Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-09
MILWAUEEE'S RATE ON CORN
omaha's Position Not Altered by the
Apparent Discrimination.
KANSAS CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN FAVORED
Difference Due to Fact that Missouri
Town il Nearer TO Gulf and
Gets the Advantage for
that Reason.


all against Omaha by it's rate from Omaha
and Kansas City to Liverpool" said F. A.
Nash, general western agent of the Mil
waukee upon his return from Chicago Fri
day. ION the other hand, the rate is the
same proportionately from Omaha and
Kansas City as it has been for the last
two years. The rate from Kansas City to
Liverpool has always been ~ cents lower
than the rate from Omaha. This is brought
about by the difference in rates between
Omaha and Kansas City and the gulf on
corn.
THE Missouri Pacific. which has no line
to the east. has never made the same rate
from Omaha south as it has from Kansas
City. This is an established condition
which the Milwaukee cannot regulate and
is not a local condition. We have made no
rate to Chicago nor to Baltimore, but SIM
ply a through rate to Liverpool, in an at
tempt to move some of this bumper corn
crop of Nebraska which is lying in the
fields and cribs Of the state. The grain
men are not kicking on the rate, but, on
the other hand, are giving up the corn to
haul. We have no road to the south and
have simply attempted to haul some OF
this corn by putting in a good rate TO
Liverpool, and we are doing it. This rate
won't move corn from Kansas City, be-
cause there is lower rate via the southern
route from that city. The only corn which
will be diverged from this city is from a
few small towns in the southeastern por-
ton of the state, which are much nearer
TO Kansas City. This rate, however, will
move the corn from Nebraska, as we in
tended it should"
Mr.. Nash also advises that the Sioux City
rat bau
contention, will be adjusted, placing Omaha
on fair basis. There was some mistake
in these rates and they will be corrected.
No Sugar Rate War.
The threatened rate war on sugar has
been knocked in the head by the discovery
that the Santa Fe rate which was expected
to bring on the war was simply a rate on
burnt sugar. When the Santa Fe an
nounoed rate of % cents on sugar from
Rocky Ford TO Chicago the announce
ment did not say anything about the kind
of sugar TO be hauled and all of the traffic
managers started to burn up the wires to
start something. When the Santa Fe saw
the mixup that was likely to occur it sent
out notice that the sugar which was to
be hauled by that rate was simply some
salvage sugar from plant which had
burned at Rocky Ford. The chance for a
war from this source is gone.
Work on Lane Cut on.
r. d, Fitzpatrick OF the firm Of Kilpat-
rick Brothers & Co. is in the city arranging
10 start work Immediately on the Lane
Cut-on for which work his firm received
the contract this week. Mr.. Kilpa trick
said: I'VE will go to work as soon as the
railroad company will let us and will con-
tinue the work right through the winter
This is one OF the heaviest pieces of rail
reading in the west. and will require
modern and up-to-date machinery. Some
OF the cuts and fills are enormous, but we
expect to keep the steam shovels running