Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

stepping on the train he turned 10 the
newspaper men and said:
1--WE had a good trip. Japan is all right,
but the Orient is little slow"
Mr.. Hartman preferred to give out his
statement to the fasteners instead of
westerners, who live along the lines of his
fortune making railroads.
Julius Krutschnitt, director OF mainten-
ance and operation of the Hartman lines,
said:
MIR. Hartman may have made a record
across the Pacific, but he broke all records
when he dressed this morning to see Nc
Keens motor. We are not trying for any
record across the continent and are not
running on any schedule The first we
heard of schedule was when we heard
1t on the outside. There is nothing in the
report of one Of your morning papers that
President Roosevelt had asked to have the
speed slackened. We lost thirty-five min
utes with hot box on a baggage car
and still made the SIG miles from Cheyenne
to Omaha in about nine hours"
A bottle of champagne had been secured
for Miss Roosevelt to christen the new
motor car, but she evidently had not been
informed, as she did not appear
Stubs Asks for The Bee.
]. c. Stubbs. traffic director of the Har-
riman lines was in an exceptionally good
mood when the train arrived at the station
and asked for The Bee. which he said ne
wished to read while crossing Iowa. He
said:
IT arose early this morning to enjoy the
beautiful and bountiful fields of Nebraska.
The whole west is certainly prosperous and
the railroads must branch out to keep
pace with the rapid growth which is sppar-
ent on all sides. There is nothing what
ever in that report of an agreement with
the Illinois Central similar to that now
in use with the Milwaukee and North
western. 1t has been conceived in some
outsiders brain, but not by the operating
officials of this road.
Miss Roosevelt is not up, but she is a
lovely girl and just as you would expect
to meet when you know her strenuous
father. We have enjoyed every minute of
our trip across the continent and nothing
whatever has happened to mar the pleasure
of the trip The train will go right through
to New York, although some of the party
will branch off at Chicago"
Something of a Record.
George c. Smith, travelling engineer of
the Union Pacific. accompanied the train
from North Platte to Omaha and was
pleased with the record run from Grand
Island to Omaha He said:
| THAT 154 miles in 159 minutes is pretty
good when you consider that we made eight
slowdowns and a stop at Schuyler for
water"
The engineers on this train were: Con
Ryan, from Green River to Rawlins; H.
Ketlet. from Rawlins to Cheyenne; Billy
Mcclure, from Cheyenne to Sidney Charles
Ell. from Sidney to North Platte: George
Austin, from North Platte to Grand Island.
and Bill Hollenback, from Grand Island 10
Omaha. Thomas Campbell was conductor
| on the last division. The seventy -eight-inch
high speed compounds were used on the
western division and the Atlantic and Pa
cific types in Nebraska.
The trip from Ogden to Omaha was made
in two hours less time than the fast trip
made two years ago by the officials who
were returning from the opening of the
Lucin cutoff. That train was run under
the direction Of Mr.. Burt. and ran from
Ogden to Omaha in just twenty-four hours
Immediately after Mr.. Hartman had
completed the inspection of the motor car
the train pulled for the east over the Chi
cago & Northwestern, in charge OF w. b.
Parkins. conductor. and d. Adams, engi-
neer.