Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-17
INV ROAD TO YELLOWSTONE
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RAILROADS REPORT ON CROP CONDITIONS
Eheat ThreshinE Out Wen ana Corn
Promises an Unusually Heavy
YieId-RaiIroad Notes
and Personals.

The government has completed arrange
nents for the construction Of a new stage
road into the most picturesque part Of yell
.owstone park, and a large force Of men
already has been sent into the territory to
begin the work. The road will extend from
Cody, Wyo., to the eastern outlet OF the
park. and will therefore connect with the
Burlington track which terminates at Cody,
giving this railroad a new and more direct
entrances into Yellowstone.
The government stage road is TO be about
hfty or seventy-fve miles in length. 1t
will pursue a direct route from Cody to
Canon hotel, to the north of Yellowstone
lake and the center Of what is regarded as
The most attractive portion of the park
proper.
The Burlington has for some time had in
kontemplatdon the building of an extension
from It's terminus at Cody into the eastern
Entrance Of Yellowstone, and may yet carry
put such a plan, but when completed the
government stage road will shorten and ia
ciIitate It's travel to such an extent as to
render the temporary abandonment Of this
plan for a rail extension practicable. At
present the Burlington enters the park
either BY a rough stage road from Cody or
from the north, where its line ends at Gin
nabar. three miles north of Gardiner, to
which place q good stage road extends.
This necessitates a very long and circuitous
route through Billings, which will be OBJ
viated when the government completes Its
new road. The Burlington trains will then
10 as far north on its own line as Toluca,
thence down on its spur to Cody, where
tourists will leave the rail and take the
stage road.
BY the old or present route a detour
around the lake is necessary in order to
reach the most attractive and scenic part
Of the park, which will be done away with
by the new route.
Railroad Crop Reports.
Weather and crop reports from the Elk
horn route show that the heavy rains have
not done anything like the damage that
might have been expected. Similar condi-
Hons are reported from the Union Pacific
and Burlington routes.
The Elkhorn office has a report showing
that at Morse Bluffs wheat is threshing
out fifteen bushels to the acre, at Bee from
twenty to thirty bushels, and from twenty
Ave and thirty-fve bushels an acre at and
around Seward. Norfolk reports weather
favorable and crops of all kinds In excel
lent condition.
The Union Pacific ~oflcials say they are
not worrying over crops along their line
at a single point for the reason that re-
ports have been so reassuring as to give
no cause for alarm. Interest centers on
corn now, but no predictions are made as
to the yield except that IL present condi-
lions continue 1t will be unusually heavy.
On the northern division Of the Bur-
lington almost incessant rain fell during
the last week. the ground being thoroughly
soaked. Harvesting has been In progress
IL a. Awv2aol
days and threshing is In operation in places.
The yield generally is large, but, Of course,
wet weather has done damage to the wheat,
the extent Of which is not yet known.
Oats in this section also have been hurt
by the continuous rains, lodging in the
heaviest fields. The output. however, is
vAid to be promising. Corn along this
route In places has been drowned out and
seriously damaged by weeds, as 1t has been
too wet to cultivate In the lowlands. Hay
Il in good FIX and the peach crop is said
to be the most promising in years.
On the southern division from three and
one-half to nine inches have fallen in the
last week, the mean fall being five inches.
This means that wheat is more seriously
damaged there than in any other section
on the Burlington route. Some that was
already cut has fioated away on the sur
face or q large volume OF water and other
has sprouted in the shock.
Cut in New York Rate.
R~ound-trip rates to New York and q
number Of points on the Atlantic coast were
out $500 yesterday. The published fare is
now $780, rs from Omaha to New York and re-
turn, At first the rate was based on SO
per cent Of the full fare east Of Chicago
but the announced intention OF one road to
make the basis o. one fare for the round
trip brought about the cut. This reduc-
tion was FIRST met by the Chicago Great
Western east of the river, but the Omaha
lines at once followed suit.
Railway Notes and Personals.
H.. D.. Dutton, travelling passenger agent
for the Kansas City Southern at Kansas
City Is In the city.
H. N. Butterheld, travelling passenger
agent for the Northwestern of Chicago, is
in Omaha on Official business.
c. 8. Young, advertising agent for the
Burlington route. left last night for a trip
TO the Pacific coast, to be gone about a
month.
The Wabash has dropped the joint
agency fee from the excursion tickets be-
tween Omaha and New York. This fee Is
80 cents.