Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-01
LIGHT IN COURT DELAYED
Tsrng Of Union Paoi6o's Application TO
BnjOin Burlington Pos poned.
W RK GOES ON IN THE MEANTIME
Construction of Union PRcihc's Cut
on ~ Resumed and VIII he
Pushed ~ Much as
Possible.

The hearing on the application Of the
Union Pacific for an injunction against
t'io Burlington which was set for 10 O'Clock
uesday morning in the United States cir
c court has been continued by agree
..,nt Of counsel until 10 a. m. Thursday
has been further agreed that the Bur-
Eston case against the Union Pacific may
l.. argued at the same time. II begins to
look, however. as n the cases may be set
tied out of court without further legal pro-
c1edings.
Work was begun at North Platte Monday
! the Union Pacific and General Manager
: Jldrege and Vice President Willard Of the
arlington are at North Platte arranging
the Burlington to continue with the con-
etruction at once. The Burlington injunc-
ton was issued in Lincoln county and
transferred to the federal court while the
Union Pacific injunction was issued by
Judge Munger.
blame for Car shortage.
Freight oficials Of the railroads say the
present car shortage is not entirely the
) ult Of the railroads and they also say
railroads often get the blame for delays
isr which they are in no way responsible.
one general freight agent said the move
ent of freight was so heavy at present
10 consignees were absolutely unable to
Unload the cars the railroads delivered and
his was tying UP many cars which should
be on the road.
The transfer companies have on hand
more loaded cars than they can possibly
handle and these combine 20 delay cars
more than failure on the part of the roads, "
said this official. Shippers often times
tire at fault and the recent shortage has
zen the means OF forcing the railroads
hints and many instances are found in
Which the railroads are not at fault at all,
1t have been blamed by the shippers as
easy way to square themselves with
cir customers One instance l recall is
where a lumber firm could not get car
OF heavy timber which 1t was claimed was
on the way. but when the matter was run
down Il was discovered no order for car
lad been placed by the mill, but it had
thrown the blame on the railroad company
Ia protect itself"
Conditions Are Fine.
T. H. Thorp. western passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines. with headquarters
at Omaha. has returned from trip through
The northwestern portion of the state and
the Black Hills country. He says:
The country looks the best l have ever
seen it, Ranchrien are refusing % cents
for wool, preferring to store it until they
can get 25 cents. Ranchmen are all pros
crous and do not care to sell their sheep
as they would prefer to keep them for an.
other year. Cattle also are looking fine
The corn has not started to move yet and
will not for some time. but If we have a
few days Of sunshine, as today, the corn
will be dried out and ready for the mar
kct."
Work on Double Track,
Construction was resumed Sunday on the
1-nlon Pacific's double track from Summit
In Lane and will be pushed as speedily a;
possible. The grading OUTFIT was hustled t.
North Platte when the fight started at tina
llace, but since matters seem to be in
position TO run more smoothly on the from
tier work is resumed on the cutoff.
An ordinance was read for the first tim,
Monday night at the meeting of the cit,
council Of South Omaha to grant the US,
az several streets and alleys in the north
western portion of South Omaha, across
which It is planned to run the road. Thu
cut-off will be double-tracked TO Lane anC
lesjdes furnishing a short line for tn,
through trains will also relieve the crowded
condition of the line from Omaha TO Gil
more. The Missouri Pacific uses this tract
- a point this side of Gilmore where 4
branches OF to Fort Crook. The Burling
ton uses the Union Pacific line from Soutl
Omaha to meet its Fort Crook line THU
side Of Gilmore and the Rock Island use
the Union Pacific from Omaha to the sarp,
county line, where its own line branches
of. The Milwaukee and Great Western us
the line between Omaha and South Oman;
for freight purposes and the Northwestern
uses it for freight trains and for passenge
trains TO Summit. So that this makes thi
stretch of track about as busy as any ii
The country.
The Union Pacific has been urged to bull
vtaduct at South Omaha for some time
hut has come to the front with a bette