Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
WEST BACK TO Old RATES
Road, in This Part Of Country Return 10
Normal Corn Schedules
ACTION FOLLOWS ANNOUNCEMENT OF IVES
Inference f. Roads VIII Here
after Publish No Through
Rate to Coast, but VIII
Adopt Two Locals.

Following the announcement Of d. o.
Ives. traffic manager of the Wabash, that
his road would continue the l9-cent rate on
corn to New York long as the Milwau-
kee kept in the 1s-cent rate TO Baltimore
from Omaha comes the announcement from
Chicago that the western roads have agreed
70 go back to the established rate after
January Is
This is said to mean the roads will here
after publish no through rate to the coast
but will go back to the combination OF the
two locals, which will make the rate from
Omaha to Baltimore 22h cents. 1t had
been announced that after the ROADS mao
finished up their contracts under the pres
ent cut rates the rate would be Als cents
10 Baltimore with differential of 3H cents
from Omaha and ~ cents from Kansas
City in favor of the gulf ports. the rates TO
he the same from Kansas City and Omaha.
This will make the dinerentlal a cent
higher in favor of the gulf ports. The
roads have therefore agreed ito skin the
tariff back" and all have promised that
when the present contracts are filed they
will be good.
Last Day of Grace.
Friday was the last day of grace for the
. alinR of the notice of the discontinuance of
the cut and the information comes in the
form stated above. Corn is just starting to
move In good shape and the advanced rate
will check II for a little while, according
10 a prominent railroad freight man, but
when the farmers see the basis is perma-
nent and they must lose that little on their
corn they will again let go. Last year
there was considerable corn, but 1t was
short in some sections, so the railroads
hauled it back and forth to the feeders but
this year all stations have corn to dis
pose Of.
The new arrangement of the Northwest
ern TO ship grain to the gulf ports via the
Illinois Central transferring the grain at
Dixon, ILL.,. gives another route to the coast
for Nebraska grain. The Burlington has
Just such a route, shipping grain to Cen
tralla and there turning it over to the Illi-
nois Central. This is a better exchange
point for the Burlington. as it escapes the
crowded terminals at East st. Louis. The
Burlington contemplates extending its road
from Herrin, its present southern terminus
in Illinois, to Cairo junction point with
many roads and the point from which all
southwestern rates are based. The rate of
IS cents is the same rate which the Mis-
souri, Pacific has to the south and the same
as the Milwaukee has from Omaha to Bal
timore.
This Is looked upon as good move on
the part of the Northwestern, because II
will get just that much longer haul on its
corn which originates west of Omaha than
II 1t would let loose at Omaha.
Gives Hill short Line.
The building of the AshlandeSoux City
line by the Great Northern. which will be
operated in conjunction with the Burling-
ton will give that road the short line be-
tween Lincoln and Sioux City and between
Fremont and Sioux City. This naturally
will cause a readjustment of the present
rates, but this will not be of a radical ma.
ture. The freight tariffs have been worked
out as well as the passenger rates. The
building of this line will effect some
changes in the rates between Lincoln and
the northwest. but they will not be very
great. The Burlington will be the short
route and rates always are based upon this
short mileage.
The passenger rate from Lincoln to Sioux
City will be $3.50. as against the present
rate of A6o, and rates from points cas-
and west of Sioux City will be based upor
this new figure.
Railway Notes and Personals.
General Passenger Agent Wakeley of the
burlington has gone to Chicago.
The Union Pacific has large force o.
men at work putting in the Capitol avenue
switch track under the ordinance granted
by the city council giving 1t that right.
Fred Montmorency, assistant genera
freight agent OF the Burlington, has re
turned from Kansas City, where he at
tended meeting of the Transmissour
Freight bureau.
Western roads are asked for bids 70
hauling two batteries of troops from For
Russell to San Francisco. The horses an,
equipment will go to Seattle for shipmen
to the Philippines, while the men will go t
San Francisco.
Gerrit Fort and e. L. Lomax of the pas
senger department of the Union Pacific
attended banquet in Chicago Thursda
to Charles +. Daley, former passenge
traffic manager of the Lake Shore, VIII
goes to accept a similar position with tn
New York Central.
SOL ONION BOY SIIRRENQERS