Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-30
TRAFFIC To- BREAK RECORDS
Passenger Movement on Q. A. R, Rates
Promises Largest West Of Missouri
ALL RAILROADS TAXED TO CAPACITY
Every western transportation Com
pany L. Preparing 20 Meet
Heavy Demands 10 BE
Made Upon IL,

From present indications the passenger
trafic to Denver occasioned by the low
rates offered for the Grand Army OF the
Republic encampment to be held there
beginning September 4 will far surpass
any movement that the western roads have
ever been called upon to handle. The
continued warm weather in the east is
driving tourists to the mountains, where
It Is cool.
This movement comes at a time when
the roads already are taxed nearly TO
their capacity to handle the regular sum-
mer tourist business which has been aug
mented by the Portland exposition until
1t has broken all records
The Illinois Central will start the move
ment with a special train from Iowa
| points, which will reach Omaha Wednes-
day the first date of the sale of the cent
a mile tickets.
The Rock Island will bring the Alle-
| gheny special OF eleven cars into Omaha
Thursday at 10 p. m and the train will lay
| here until Friday at 1 p. m. TO give the
veterans and their friends an opportunity
to see Omaha The Sioux Falls and
| Watertown, 8. D., special Of ten cars
/ leaves Omaha on the Rock Island at
1880 p. m. Saturday. The Iowa head
quarters train from Des Moines with
| fourteen cars leaves Omaha September
I at Z p. m. and the Independence train
| Of ten cars leaves Omaha September 4 at
| 7l5 D. m. The Dubuque and Waterloo
special OF ten cars leaves Omaha Mt 1880 D.
m. September 4 over the Rock Island.
Union Pacific and Burlington.
| The Union Pacific will haul an inn
| mense number of trains from eastern
| connections and w. II. Murray Of the
passenger department has been in Chicago
for the last few days arranging for the
trains of the Illinois Central, the North
western and the Milwaukee, which will
be turned over TO the Union Pacific at
Omaha.
Passenger. operating and TRANSPORTATION
departments of the Burlington are all
working in unison to handle the immense
amount of business which the Burlington
will be called upon 10 move to Denver
They are preparing for the biggest passen-
ger movement ever handled west Of the
Missouri river. From advices received
from stations in Nebraska and requests
for cars and spaces in cars the trans
portaton department is preparing tC
handle from Nebraska points outside Of
Omaha $500 people, including the Blacl
Hills country. Add to this estimate 500
people from Omaha, other Missouri riveI
points and the passengers from the eastern
|
people that the Burlington expects to hau
into Denver.
First of Nebraska Movement.
The Burlington will start the Nebraska
movement August 30, when a special will
) leave Lincoln at 7:15 a. m, stopping a
| Crete, Dorchester Friend. Exeter, Fair
mont, Sutton, Harvard, Hastings, Hold
! rege and oxford. No stops will be mad
) by this train for passengers west OF OK
ford. A second section of No. will b.
run daily from Omaha and Lincoln durinI
this movement to care for the extra bust
ness.
The special trains which the Burlington
will handle and their dates are: Uniol
Ex-Prisoners of War special leaves Chi
: cago September /; Ransom post, st. Louis
September 2; Indiana special Septembe
3 2; the Ohio special reaches Omaha Sep
tember 2 at 10:SO p. M; the Rockford spe
} cial, September 81 the Aurora special, Sep
r tember 4; the Iowa special train, in tw
sections, September 4; the Rock Island
Galesburg special train, September T.
The special official headquarters trai
will leave Omaha Monday, September
| at 4:10 D. m. and the veterans and thei
women and the Ladies of the Grand Arm
5 | Of the Republic are planning to leave o
. | this train. The Women's Relief corr
8 have declared the Union Pa cifc as theI
/ official train.
4 To accommodate the large concourse {
8 people which the city of Denver will hay
= to entertain next week the public school
5 will not open for a week and the building
r will be turned over to the use of the Gran
= Army Of the Republic as rooming house
for the veterans and their friends.