Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
BURLINGTON TO SPLIT LINE
Present Wyoming Division to Be Out in Two
Parts December J.,
SHERIDAN TO Be HEADQUARTERS POINT
=. r. Phelan 70 emai ne suPerinten.
dent At Alliance and Y. Gnlette
TO Take CharEe of New
sheridan Division.

An order has been issued from the head
quarters Of the B. & NJ. railroad which
will cause the creation Of q new d.
vision. The order, which will become
effective December 1. 1902. viii divide
the present wyoming division at Newcastle,
Wyo. The main line and branches east OF
that. point, formerly included in the Wyo-
ming division, viii be known as the ALI
ance division and all lines west Of that
point will be known as the Sheridan d.
vision.
At present the b. & NJ. road is
divided into four diviEions-the North
ern, Southern, Western and Wyoming.
The wyoming division, which heretofore ex-
tended from Rsvenna, Neb., to Billings,
Mont, was originally looked upon as q
branch line which ran through an u%npleas-
ant country OF sandhills and wilderness.
Since its establishment, however. the coun-
try has made such rapid progress that with
the addition Of new trains to the coast over
that route Il became the main line OF the
Burlington, -overshadowing the Omaha-Den-
yer line.
The new order will make two important
changes among the officials J. r. PhelEn,
who has been superintendent Of the Wyom-
ing division, now becomes superintendent
Of the Alliance division. This means that
the territory under his control will be cut
about In half. The headquarters for htH
division will remain at Alliance and owing
TO the increased business the once force
there will not be materially changed Tie
order also promotes z. Gillette. formerly
assistant superintendent Of Wyoming divi-
sion, TO superintendent OF the Sheridan
division and makes him an equal with his
former superintendent, Mr. PhelRn. Mr..
Gillette has the rep5rd of being q first
class operating MN and has been with
the road for twelve years. Tn order will
also create division headquarters at Sheri-
dan. Wyo.
One result Of this order will be to place
the two new territories which the Burling-
ton is now taking great pains to boom
each in a separate division. The new
branch running from Tolucs into the Big
Horn basin will be in the Sheridan division
and the Guernsey territory will be under
the control oI the Alliance once. The
Alliance divisi on viii take in the Black
Hills branch and viii extend as far south
as the old bot ndaries OF the Wyoming divi-
sion, which includes Sterling, Colo. and
the Cheyenne branch.
New Book on Nebraska.
A new volume has just been issued by
the Union Pacific railroad entitled Ne
braskA." The book contains LOG pages. Civ
ing a complete and comprehensive descrip-
tion Of the agricultural, stock raising.
eUc1mercisi and manufacturing interests OF
the state. There are also statistics in re-
gard 10 Nebraska's climate, population, in
d~uElries. finances and much general in
formation. The statistics given are eK-
haustive and are brought up TO and in
elude estimates Of the present year.
Among the chapters Of especial interest
is one devoted to alfalfa, showing the
preparation Of the crop. the market value
OF the product, statistics and notes and
additional notes for the benefit OF the
farmer. Considerable space is also de-
voted to the sugar beet industry. re-
sources OF irrigated lands and to the edu-
cstional Institutions Of the state. The hg-
ures giving the estimated acreage and croI
and livestock reports in the different eoun-
ties were prepared with great care and
make several chapters Of interesting tables