Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
MANY FOR MOHLER BANQUET
Responses Ar, Being Received in Large
Numbers for Commercial lub Function.
TRAVEL NOT DELAYED BY THE SNOW
Burlington Already Receiving Many
Inquiries of Land to he Handled
by Its View Depart
mcnt.

Although the date is stil two weeks
away numerous responses are being re-
ceived to the announcement of the Com
mercial club of q complimentary banquet
to Vice President and General Manager
Mohler Of the Union Pacific at the Conn
mercial club January i6 At the dinner
given to President Stickney of the Great
Western road at the Commercial club the
Omaha Grain exchange was formed and
the foundation laid for making Omaha the
second grain market in the country and
that inside of two years.
MIR Mohler, through his road, is doing
much for Omaha and to show it's spprecis-
ton the Commercial club has decided to
tender him a complimentary banquet on
the above date.
Mr.. Mohler has said no road is as vitality
interested in Omaha as his. for it's whole
territory lies back OF this city and conse-
quently his road is going to do all possible
toward the upbuilding of Omaha.
SNOW Not Interfering.
Travel from the east was very light
Tuesday morning not many people SEEM
ing to want to start on an overland trip
on New Years day. The snow has been
falling in an even style, without drifts. 50
that no delay had been occasoned to the
trains up to noon Tuesday. This snow is
regarded by the railroads as better than
one OF the million dollar Nebraska rains
that people are wont to talk about, az it
is spreading a splendid even layer of mois-
ture over the whole corn belt While the
indca tons are this snow will not remain
long, it will all soak I'm the ground and be
OF immense benefit.
Inquiries for Land.
Although the announcement was made
by the Burlington that ID. Glenn Dcaver,
former receiver at the land Office at O'Neiil,
would take charge of the newly created
department February l. General Passenger
Agent Wakeley already is being delugcd
with letters from homeseekers who wish to
settle in some new district. A great many
valuable homesteads still remain in Ne
braska, which simply are waiting for some
thrifty farmer TO come along and locate.
and 1t is to assist these that the new Office
is created The Burlington has no farm
lands of its own to sell, but simply wants
to density the population along the Bur.
lington route. Desk room is being pre-
pared at headquarters for Mr.. Deaver.
Hallway Notes and Personals.
! G. s. Mclin, president OF the New York
| ANt" raven anu fdllTOau, former
president OF the Northern t'acIhc and once
! with the Union Tactic, will pass through
Omaha Wednesday IN mis- private car en-
| route east.
The Burlington is taking advantage of the
| frozen condltlon TO DO "A lot OF rIprappI .
! on the east side of the river above tn,
! bridge winch crosses at Nebraska City
! SeNeI al hundred cars OF stone and brusf
! Will tie put into protect the briuse from tn,
| waters which viii rush down IN the spring
! Rock Island officials take exception Il
! the statement in some of tho eastern pd per-
| tnat the santa Re Is the road now nauunl
| the fast mail 10 southern California, sayin,
| that Uncle sam mas decided upon tn,
/ Golden State Limited, which runs iiom chi
! cago through Kansas city to Los Angeles
| Inc Denver & Rio Grande announces tn,
appointment or haWsOn f.. atkins as as
| sistant treasurer OF the company at Denver
! 4. b. McAtee Is appointed assistant SuperlH
tendent or the lOuitn division, with JuTlSdic
/ ton IRON Cnama TO Durango, incluuing 81
/ Verton and harrington branches. Inc JurIs
dlctIOn OF A. Maioney, assistant sperlnten
/ dent, will be from La Neta to Cnama, in
GLIDING Chama yarus and Creole and Santi
| te branches.
The Burlington soon will receive the 1lrs
consignment OF ten douDle deck stock car
. to assist IN reviewing the car snOrta ~
! ineSe cars are the nrst OF 80 when ar
| beng constructed in the company's shops Il
Aurora, H., and are the newest and latcs
or single decks, the second deck being s
1 constructed that it can be raised to the to-
! of the to haul cattle or horses or gram
| and also 50 constructed that II can he uppe
! on angle to assist in cleaning. They ar
, Of the design of the =. h. {. Universe
| stock Car company which patents hav
been bought by the Burlington.