Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-13
No QUORUM FOR MEETING
Session Of Western Gar Service Association
Necessarily Postponed,
CHANGES IN BURLINGTON AGENCIES
Railroads Conveying Picnic Parties
20 Iowa Groves-HousecIeanInE
mt the Union Pacific
Headquarters.

Because of a failure to secure the quorum
necessary to do business the annual meet
ing Of the Western Car Service association.
set for yesterday morning. was put of till
some date in the near future to be chosen
by Manager A.. c. JONES' at which time 1t
will be possible to get together a sufficient
number Of representatives Of the different
railroads Of the association.
The transportation and operating ofncials
who did make their appearance had their
journeys to Omaha for nothing. The office
Of General Manager Dickinson Of the Union
Pacific railway was the place designated
for the session and at the appointed time
there met with Mr.. Dickinson: H. S. Gable
Of Topeka. Kan, general superintendent OF
.Ihe lines OF the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cihc west OF the Missouri river; G. E.
Simpson Of Chicago, superintendent Of
transportation Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
G. st. Paul; @. w. Loomis, chief clerk to
General Manager Holdrege Of the Burling-
ton; H. G. Cheyney, general agent Of the
Chicago & Northwestern, Lyman Sholes,
division passenger and freight agent Of the
Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha,
and A. T. Abbott Of Fairbury, Neb., d.
vision superintendent Of the Chicago, Rock
Island q Pacific.
The matter Of chief Importance to COM
up at this meeting lie the election Of off,
GERS, or rather OF the executive committee
which manipulates the AFFAIRS of the asso-
citation. This embraces not men, but rail-
roads, the makeup Of the committee at
present being the Burlington, the Union
Pacific and the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mis-
souri, Valley lines.
Will Move to maha
]. W. Williams, who has been for some
years local agent Of the Burlington road at
Longmont, Colo, has just been appointed
travelling passenger agent out of head
quarters, and he will move at once to
Omaha, making this his home. His terri
tory will be east Of the Missouri river.
Mr.. Williams succeeds S. r. Drury, who
is advanced to be city passenger agent at
Denver. Mr.. Drury. in turn, succeeds
Colonel Joe Miner. who becomes depot
passenger agent at Denver. Mr.. Drury is
well known In Omaha, having been con-
nected with the Burlington here for a long
time.
Picnic Time IL Here.
The time of the fraternity summer picnic
Is at hand. Pleasure outings Of this sort
are being organized now with a frequency
very pleasing to railroad men, and the first
one Of the season went to Glenwood. Ia,
over the Burlington yesterday. 1t was
the Ancient order Of the Sons and Daugh-
tiers of Jerusalem, and there were more
than 300 OF them in the party. The throng
travelled in a special train, and was re-
turned to Omaha In the same conveyance
last night.
Meanwhile the Omaha division Of the In
ternational Union Of Stationary Engineers
has set next Sunday for its picnic affair.
Jeffries Grove in Iowa has been chosen as
the scene, a place twenty-five miles from
Omaha. The Illinois Central has been
dubbed Official route and the engineers,
with their feminine accomplishments. will
be taken out Of Union station on a special
train at S:15 Sunday morning, returning
late that night.
Union Pacific Housecleanins.
Certain portions OF Union Pacific head
quarters are torn up as badly as the home
of the most fastidious housewife these days,
all due to the refining Of the entire build
ing with q coat Of cementico. The floors
and rooms are being taken in turn. begin
ming with President Burt's once. the walls
scraped and a coating Of light green APP
piled. which will greatly improve the light
In the building. This had become very
poor in some OF the rooms Of recent years
because Of a~ccumulations Of dirt on walls
that were once Of a light hue. Just now
General Freight Agent Wood. with his
stenographer and corps of three assistants,
is camped in the small private ONCE Of
General Passenger Agent Lomax. mid a
chaos Of desks and chairs. All the large
force Of clerks IN the big general room Of
the freight ONCE. meanwhile, has been as
signed to the private once of Assistant
General Freight Agent Lane. where they
are smothering that oficial.
Rate Lower In Oregon.
Information has been received at Union
Pacific headquarters that the Southern Pa
eihc railroad has finally reduced its trans
portation rates in Oregon to 8 cents a mile
fiat in all sections Of the state. This is a
marked reduction, as mileage there has
been from 4 cents to as high as 6 in differ
ent parts. The change does not alter rates
from this part of the country out there,
as the railroads here all have blanket rates
over all that territory.
Special for Race Meeting.
The decision as to special railroad rates
to Omaha on the occasion Of the meeting
Of the Omaha Driving club was announced
yesterday. A rate of one and one-third for
the round trip has been given, good coming
to the city June 20 to rs inclusive, return
ing June 80. Tickets at this rate will be
sold at all stations within $50 miles OF
Omaha in the state OF Nebraska and within
100 miles Of Omaha east OF the river. It is
said that there are now nearly 300 horses
entered for the races, which will take
place on the track at the old exposition
grounds.
EpiEcopal Confession of Faith Again.