Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-07
ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES
Rock hland FIRST to Increase Tariff on
Wheat and Flour,
OTHER oMAHA-CHIcAG0 LINES TO FOLLOW
Immense wheat Crop is Expected 10
Give railroads Bis Boost ON
Their Surplus Earnines
-Fsisco Gossip.
oTHER oMAHA- CHICAGO LINES TO EoLLON


In anticipation OF the heavy shipment Of
wheat and -four as a consequence Of the
enormous wheat crop this year. freight rates
on these two commodities between Omaha
and Chicago and Mississippi river points
have already started upward, This Rock
Island Is the first Omaha Chicago line to
announce an advance. The local once has
received orders from Chicago that the rates
will go up / cent on the hundredwe!ght,
effective August 10.
This corresponds With the rats recently
announced BY the Kansas ity-chieago lines
and was anticipated here. Other lines,
while they had not received information Of
such a rate yesterday, probably viii make
similar announcements within q few days,
As there has never been any nat rate on
wheat and heur from Omaha. Il is not pos
sible, 70 say now what the exact charge
under the new schedule will be. though It Is
| thought n will stand at about 10 cents, as
the average rate has been running about Q
cents. The prevailing schedule has been on
the proportional basis. which Is the balance
OF the regular rate on shipments originate
ing west Of Omaha and brought as far as the
Gate City BY the Union Pacific, Burlington
or other lines west
The advance announced by the Rock
Il AItINl 10 tt uHNLt No 'Nn~A GA"AH N~Nrf~
wheat. The i-cent increase. It js ealeu-
lated. viii turn into the Golfers o. che rail-
roads enormous sarpluses. ~ view Of the
Acxtraordlnary crops Of the present year.
Advances similar 10 the Omaha Chicago
rate are looked for on wheat and -four
from THIS city 70 Minneapolis and ST. Paul,
but a. yet none such has been announced
TaIks Of Frisco Anairs.
An omeiai Of the Frisco who was in the
city yesterday from st. Louis has this to say
regarding the alleged sale Of his road to
the Rock Island and other Frisco rumors;
"Tha sale may be made or pending; !
am not able to speak positively. but my
impression is the deal is not consrmmated.
However,. / believe there Is something
doins. Things are pretty well stirred up
around headquarters az 81. Louis and Il Is
dinlcult to say just what the real status is.
President Yoakum appears 20 be serene
enough and makes the statement that the
St. Louis 4 San Francisco Is atill doing
business on the same old basis Since the
president himself does not ccniirm the re-
port OF the Rock Island deal. ! certainly
cannot, nor can / afford to deny II. for to
tell you the truth, 7 am not In a position
to speak With authority
ION thing / can say. and that Is that fhs
Frisco. which Just recently closed q deal
for the Chicago 4 Eastern Illinois road. Il
starting right out 70 connect that road with
the main line OF the Yoakum road. Whlei
will mean a great deal 20 the Frisco n 4
remains Al Independent line. and 70 thu
Rock Island. II the latter gets A. TIL
connecting link viii extend from Thehes
H.. to the nearest point on the main lin
between st. Louis and Memphis. thus form
ing a direct connection with st. Louis and
Tdirect and very short route from Memphi
to Chicago. BY this splendid arrangemen
our road VIII be enabled 70 carry out
scheme Il has long figured on. that OF al
vertins the great bulk Of business iron
the east 70 st. Louis.
outlet 10 the Atlantic.
"But there Il sim another intorsstlnl
feature 70 be considered right here. YoI
know. Il is reported ihe frisco has bough
ths Central Of Georgia. which Is closely a