Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-20
FREIGHT TRAFFIC ALLIANCE
Union Pacific Make Agreement with St,
Joseph & Grand Island.
OPENS TERRITORY TO OMAHA JOBBeR:
New Arrangements nabic shippers
Here 20 Compete with So. Joseph
and Kansas city wboIesnI-
ers In Certain section.

A freight trafic alliance has been formed
between the Union Pacific and the st. Jo-
seph a Grand Island road which will be
OF practical benefit TO Omaha commercial
interests. The Union Pacific is to have
through service privileges over the st. Jo-
seph & Grand Island, enabling the Omaha
trade TO compete with that OF st. Joseph
and Kansas City in time as far east on the
St. Joseph & Grand Island as Fairbury.
Heretofore the Union Pacific has run it's
freight cars on its own line TO Grand Island
and there unloaded whatever goods it had
south to the Grand Island line. This pre-
vented the Omaha goods from reaching this
territory as quickly as shipments from the
two Missouri cities and practically shut
Omaha out OF this section as a successful
competitor Of either Of the other cities.
Under the arrangement Just effected the
Union Pacific will get it's freight into
Grand Island during the night and out for
the eastern territory. between Grand Island
and Fairbury, in ample time to head off
the freight from Kansas City and st. Jo-
seph.
The same provisions which concede these
privileges to the Union Pacific withhold
them from the Burlington. That is one Of
the Specifications OF the contract. The
Union Pacific has thus managed to get in
on the ground floor of an exclusive alli-
snce. The Burlington freight for points
along the St. Joseph & Grand Island in
this territory is taken from Omaha to
Hastings and there handed over to the
Grand Island road, and SO far as is known
this arrangement will obtain.
Some time ago the Burlington bought the
Kansas City & Omaha, which formed a part
of the st. Joseph & Grand Island, and at
that lime and many times since it has been
rumored that the Union Pacific had effected
a trade for the st. Joseph & Grand Island,
or at least had, by some arrangements, Sc
cured a controlling interest in that prop
erty. The report was never confirmed in
Omaha nor st. Joseph, but was in New York
some four or Ave weeks ago. For certain
reasons IL was considered best, the story
goes. for the Union Pacific to suppress any
authorized publication of It's true relations
toward this minor road. The new alliance
does not by any means have the effect OF
idiscrediting the report that the Union Pa
oihc controls the st. Joseph & Grand Island.
But whatever the facts be, the business
men OF Omaha who will profit by the new
traf1c agreement will not stop to question
since they will be getting the benefit Of an
open door into a heretofore restricted ter.
ritory whose trade is of great value.
Practically General superintendent.
The notice designating the duties Of GER
tain Union Pacific officials. previously re-
ferred to In The Bee, was posted yesterday
by President Burt. AS was predicted, this cir
cular shows superintendent OF Transporta
tion Buckingham practically In the position
of general superintendent, which title, IT
r. thought, will soon be conferred upon
him. Regarding Mr.. Buckingham's duties
the president says:
The superintendent of transportation will
have charge of all matters pertaining II
the transportation service and the following
named officers Will report direct to him
superintendent of. telegraph, l.. II. Korty
Ackley; car service agent, w. d. Lincoln.
special agent, w. t. Canada.
AS has been said, this materially in.
creases the functions OF the superintendent
Of transportation and makes him prac.
tically q general superintendent. Here.
tofore the ~oficials placed under his direc.
tion we're under General Manager Dickin.
son. Yet Mr.. Buckingham's duties will
not be as extensive as were Mr.. DIckin.
sons. Much of the work which fell t.
that oficial is now distributed amonl
Others.
The circular indicates no significant
changes in the affairs OF the chief en-
gineer and superintendent OF motiv,
power, who, however, are given some add
tional routine matters to look after. Boil
were amenable to the general manager, blu
are not to the new superintendent.
The circular, though just Issued, date
back to November l.
sWitchmen Get More Pay.
A raise in wages TO the amount Of tn
scale for switchmen recently adopted II
Chicago was granted Tuesday afternoon L
eighteen Illinois Central switchmen &
Council BLUFFS. The men were getting con
siderably less than any other switchme.
in this section and had no difficulty q
securing the advance. 1t was conceded o.
orders from Superintendent Higgins O
Chicago, through superintendent Fletche
at Fort Dodge as soon as presented. Tn
Chicago scale is an advance of 3 cent
an hour for helpers and 4 for foremen.