Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-08
OMAHA In TOUCH WITH GULF
6, City u Direct Outlet BY
hartman outhsrn Extension.
SeiNEERs NOW MAKING SURVEYS
short Line from Omaha 20 Lincoln, 60
Topeka and Then 60 Den
nison, Texas, on 90 the
southern Sea.

Surveyors are in the field for the new
line which the Union Pacific is TO build
from Topeka, Kan, 20 Dennison, Tex, to
give Nebraska a new outlet to the gulf
for its grain product.
This new line is arousing great interest
80. railroad circles, as II will form a great
connecting link for the Hartman system.
Hartman now owns the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific from Omaha to San Fran
cisco, has lines from San Francisco
south to southern California and lines
from there to New Orleans. The line
which IL missing to complete the EectangIe
is one from Omaha 10 New orleans. and
this will be supplied by the WORK which IS
practically now under way. A short line
is being built from Omaha TO Lincoln and
the line from Lincoln to Topeka short
ened, giving the Union Pacific splendid
line from Omaha to Kansas City running
through the capitals of both Kansas and
Nebraska.
The new line will run from Topeka to
Dennison, where It will connect with the
Houston & Texas Central railroad, which
runs from Galveston TO Houston to Den
nison, and thus make a complete chain
around the loop for Mr.. Hartman and
give Omaha an outlet to the seaboard
The Houston & Texas Central belongs to
the Southern Pacific and is therefore a
Hartman line.
Hartman and Fish.
Hartman has been lighting for some
time with President Fish of the Illinois
Central for control of that line which
would give Hartman a line from Omaha
to Chicago and then to the gulf, instead
of the line to the gulf as the new propo-
sition contemplates. 1t is given out as a
N.t..- gh ovaA
Hartman have been settled and there will
be no strife for the control Of the Illinois
Central at the coming election in October.
Fish has won out in the present fight
and claims to have the upper hand.
Had the Union Pacific gained control OF
the Illinois Central conditions In the west
would have been entirely upset. for Har-
riman would have been in position to
have broken his trafic agreements which
now exist between Omaha and Chicago,
and this would have forced the Milwaukee.
Burlington, Northwestern and Great West
ern to have Immediately worked out some
other outlet to the Pacific slope. AS the
matter now stands the Union Pacific has
working agreement with the Milwaukee
and Northwestern business between
Omaha and Chicago, and these roads in
turn give an immense amount of business
to the Union Pacific.
Importance to Omaha.
The value Of a direct outlet to the gulf
cannot be overestmated, especially II II
is owned and controlled by a road whose
greatest interests in Omaha More
and more grain each year is moving to
the gulf ports, for the distance is but 500
Szsrniles and grain can be taken to Galveston
and then to Europe almost cheap as II
can to New York and Baltimore from
Omaha by rail. Omaha is thought to have
made a great mistake when the Kansas
City Southern proposition got away from
II. and now Mr.. Hartman is going to
rectify this by a line OF his own. ]. J..
Hill once said you can start a barrel
of -four. at Minneapolis, and It will roll to
the gulf and the same proposition applies
from Omaha TO the gulf by the new line.
With the completion of the Panama
canal the southern ports OF the United
States will increase in Importance and Mr.
Hartman wants to be on the ground floor
with line into the interior Of this country
TO handle the stun which will be unloaded
from the boats at the southern ports.
Offset 60 HiITs Action.
This move on the part OF Hartman also
will Offset the action of Hill in building
a line from Ashland 20 Sioux City by
which to get the grain OF Nebraska to
move by Duluth and from there on HIS
own boats to Buffalo. Hill is doing what he
can to get all kinds of business to move
north, at present hauling most of the cot
ton to the orient via his Great Northern
line to his boats at Seattle. BY the new
line Hartman will tap the cotton country
and get TO haul some Of this over the
Union Pacific to the Hartman boats at
San Francisco.
The line to Joplin also will open to the
Hartman lines the fine mineral country
around Joplin. where some of the largest
zinc and lead mines of the country arc
located.
Stickney as Authority.
The testimony of Mr.. stickney giver
Monday before the State Railroad and
Warehouse commission at st. Paul is
looked upon as most expert by the railroad
men of Omaha.
when MIR. stickney says the present
manipulation of tarifrs is but a substitute
for rebates. he knows what he is talkins
about" said one railroad offcial at the
Henshaw Tuesday noon. mo one knows
better than Mr.. Stickney how things hav,
been DONE for Mr.. Stickney started the
business when he made a 7-cent contrac
with the packing houses in order to ge
a good per cent OF their business and theI
tuggled the tarin to suit the occasion. Mr.
Stickney made the rate on flour from Kan
sas City lower than the rate on wheat
and that WAS what started the presen