Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-13
HELP ITS OMAHA TRADE
Withdrawal of Wabash from Traffic Agree
ment with Great Western.
FAvoRS LOCAL DEALERS OVER ST. JOSEPH
Gives North M~issOurIans Access to
Omaha as CheApIy or Cheaper
Than They Had to st.
Joseph.

Omaha jobbers and the South Omaha
stock yards and packing houses will be
the gamers by the result of a move OF the
Wabash. For many months trafic ar
rangements have existed between the
whereby the shippers and merchants Of
North Missouri could reach St. Joseph
over a combination of the two roads as
cheaply or cheaper than they could come
to Omaha. On Tuesday the St. Joseph
Commercial club was notified that the
Wabash had withdrawn it's joint traffic
rates with the Great Western. This means
that to get in and out of st. Joseph over
the two lines the sum of two locals must
be made, which is considerably more than
the through rate over the Wabash from
Omaha. AS a result there will be consid-
cradle business added to the local jobbing
and stock yards trade.
Duties Are Divided.
II is pretty we'll settled around Union
Pacific headquarters that no new general
manager will be employed to take the
place of Edward Dickinson for some time
to come, II at all. While President Burt
has nominally assumed the duties Of gen.
eral manager. it is generally accepted that
WnAT IuncIlOQb ulu nut dilOahy CChAtA IL
the president will be distributed among
three or four other o%ficials. These are
Of a routine character and even they will
be generally supervised, though not
actually performed, by Mr.. Burt.
During Mr.. Dickinson's incumbency a
great deaf Of the routine of his office. per-
tanning chiefly to transportation matters.
fell TO Superintendent of transportation
Buckingham, but since Mr.. Dickinson's
departure Mr.. Buckingham has come into
possession OF a greater amount OF the gem
eral managers work, so much so in fact,
that he has transferred his once to the
rooms formerly used by the general man
ager, and as evidence Of the permanency
of this arrangement the words, General
Manager" which used to appear on the
door leading into where Mr.. Dickinson was,
have been erased and supplanted by this
inscription: Superintendent Of Transpor-
tation."
With Mr.. buckingham occupying this
ofice, adjoining that Of the president, IL
is understood he now stands next In au-
thority to that ofieial. Il is understood
that the functions of the chief engineer
and superintendent OF motive power, and
perhaps another ofhcial. have been widened
slightly by this change, each taking on a
little more routine than he had before Mr..
Dickinson left.
Exploits Big Horn Basin.
The Burlington local passenger depart
ment has Just had published a new edition
OF fits folder descriptive OF the Big Horn
Basin. The publication is the most COM
plete exploitation of this remarkable strip
Of country ever put into print. Il deals
with the location. area and topography of
the basin comprehenslvely. giving glimpses
Of its farms. gardens. cattle ranges. irrigat-
ing canals. oil fields and some interesting
information about the splendid opportuni-
ties offered TO homeseekers.
The Burlington is making a special eff
fort TO induce immigration TO this terri
tory and to this end an extra amount Of
these folders has been run on. Tksy have