Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-29
CARS NEEDED TO HAUL CORN
Shortage Of Equipment Interferes with
Heavy Traffic of Nebraska Grain.
ALL ROADS ARE DOING THEIR UTMOST
discriminating Rate of Milwaukee
one of thr Conspicuous Features
Of This Gigantic Campaign
Of transportation.

Railroads cohverginp in Omaha and Me-
braskA are busy addressing themselves to
that annual task of moving the great
grain crop OF the state. They have made
rates calculated to facilitate the traffic
and the grain is being moved as rapidly
possible. The scarcity Of cars is the
one deterrent element Thousands more
cars could be utilized il available.
But the most conspicuous feature Of the
present corn traffic campaign is the rate
OF the Milwaukee, which discriminates
against Omaha in favor OF Kansas City
TO the extent OF 3 cents; Is cents from
Omaha and 10 cents from Kansas City to
Baltimore.
Under ordinary conditions the railroads
do not object much to a car leaving
its lines, but when they are most needed
they all tighten up and refuse TO permit
cars to get of the rails controlled by
themselves and this shortens the supply
Of cars, for the Omaha market az the
eastern roads, will not let cars como be-
yond Chicago.
wabash Makes n Cut.
The Wabash has a rate of 10 cents from
Omaha to New York. on its own rails
from Omaha to Buffalo and is securing
corn for every car which 1t can run into
Omaha. The Milwaukee has rate of is
cents on corn from Omaha to Baltimore
and is hauling corn out of this city at
the rate of 100 cars per day. The other
roads have rates to the south and Chicago
which is giving them all the corn they can
haul. Elevator men say grain Is stored
in the elevators for all the roads and all
have a car shortage.
The Chicago Great Western has a rate of
20 I'D ia al
corn for which can be had. II. II.
Churchill, new general agent for the Great
Western. said:
we are seizng every car we can get our
hands on and loading 1t with corn. The
rates go up the first OF the year and no
grain Is being bought in the state for ship
ment on the old rates. as it is generally
understood rates will advance and pur-
chases are being made on that basis. The
car situation is the key to the whoie af-
fair"
No Reduction by Others.
The other roads have made no cut and
are taking the grain which comes under
the old rate. The new rates, effective jan
uary /. are from Omaha to Chicago, wheat
~ cents, nour 12 cents and corn II cents
from Omaha to the gulf, wheat 10 cents
-four 10 cents and corn is cents; from Kan
sas City to Chicago the rate Is the same
as from Omaha and from Kansas City Il
the gulf II is ! cent less. The rate to st
Louis IL the same it is from Kansas
City-wheat 8 cents, -four cents and corr
cents. Kansas City has an advantage t.
the south over Omaha OF l cent and thu
same differential exists to the north II
favor OF Omaha over Kansas City.
The Burlington rate is now 10 cents OF
corn to Chicago, as that road did not mee
the cut made by the Great Western. Thi
rate was put in by the Great Western afte
il had contracted considerable grain ant
was similar to the midnight tariff put in b.
the Missouri Pacific last year, when tina
road undertook to move more grain to tn
south than II could handle.
Omaha rates to Baltimore will be Sl cont
higher than the rates to the gulf and tn
rates from Kansas City will be Al cent
higher to Baltimore than TO the gulf, thu
making the rate TO Baltimore 21h cent
after January from both Omaha and Kan
sas city.
The Milwaukee will keep in its rate OF !
cents from Omaha and IL cents from Kan
sas City until January Is. to permit som
Of the grain men 10 make deliveries alread
contracted.