Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-11
ST.. MILLER SUCCEEDS KUHN
Another Mas with Northwestern for Life
time General Agent Here
OTHER OFFICIAL CHANGES TAKE PLACE
MIR. Kuhn Leaves Company with
which He Has Been Many
Years 20 Engage In
Private Business.

Following the announcement that j. A.
Kuhn was to sever his connection with
the Northwestern railroad to engage in
other business in Omaha. comes the official
announcement of the Northwestern of the
resignation of Mr.. Kuhn as well as
the announcement OF the appointment of his
successor. The other changes announced
to take effect January IS are: 8. F. Miller,
assistant general freight and passenger
agent, Omaha, succeeding J. A Kuhn; II.
w. Beyers, assistant general freight agent,
headquarters Chicago; J. S. Talbot, assist
ant general freight agent, headquarters
Chicago; I. s. Rattle, general agent, Colo
rado-U Utah territory. office, Denver, Colo,
succeeding ID. II. Hoops, transferred; ID.
H. Hoops, general agent, freight Depart
ment, ONCE 80 Clark street. Chicago. sue
ceeding III. w Beyers
s. r. Miller. who succeeds Mr. Kuhn, il
no stranger to many of the shippers OF this
city, as he has been here on numerous oc-
casions and Is we'll liked wherever he has
been. Mr. Miller is pm example of the way
a man may rise In the railroad world by n
strict attention to the business of the COM
pany. He was first started i'm railroad work
as a telegraph operator for the Northwest
ern in 1880, and from that position was pro-
NOTED TO be station agent at several smaller
stations until 1887, when he was made gen.
eral agent at Oshkosh. In 1902 he was
called into tho Chicago Offices as assistant
general freight agent. and 1t was in this
position that he formed the acquaintance
of 50 many Omaha men who do business
with the Northwestern. This promotion is
terests will be glad to welcome Mr.. Miller
to his new position.
Great Western Denies IL.
1.-THE rumor that the Great Western will
continue its rate of So cents to Chicago
after January 10 is all wrong" said II. II.
Churchill, general agent for the Great
Western at Omaha. las announced In The
Bee two days ago and carried by the Asso-
ciated Press Wednesday morning, the fight
over 1 cent on grain for the east has been
the cause of the breakup of the rate busi-
ness, or rather the cause of the roads going
back to the sum of the two locals by which
rate all roads have agreed to abide. The
eastern roads refused to accept any part
Of the cut of cent required to make the
rate 211s cents instead of 221a cents from
Omaha TO Baltimore, which is the sum of
the two locals. The basis which had been
agreed upon was a differential of 3Ik cents
over the 1S-cent gulf rate, but the lines
east of Chicago would not participate in
the cut. 1t will not affect Omaha very long
anyway, because 1t is impracticable to ship
via the southern ports much after Feb
ruary, and l think Nebraska corn will con-
tinue to move just the same"
Several Have Gulf q atlets.
Several of the lines TO the east have Gulf
outlets for the grain from this section.
The Northwestern recently has established
a new route whereby 1t hauls the corn TO
Dixon, H.. which is on the main line of the
Illinois Central, and delivers 1t to this road
for shipment to the Gulf ports. The Bur-
lineton has an established route whereby
1t can haul grain from Nebraska and deliver
1t to the Illinois Central at Centralia, Ill,
thus getting a much longer haul than II
delivered at Kansas City or st. Louis, and
also thus avoiding the crowded terminals of
layed.
THE Gulf is the natural outlet for this
country and 1t will always get the bulk of
the corn in the winter time" said Secretary
Merchant OF the Omaha Grain exchange.
1.-The railroad haul is 500 miles shorter to
the Gulf than to the Atlantic ports, and the
natural course of the corn is in the direc-
ton Of the least expense. In warm weather
the heat renders the southern route not so
practicable for shipment. One reason that
the eastern roads will withdraw the rate Is
that they probably have all they can do.
anyway. The change will not hurt Omaha
We will ship our corn and send it by way of
the Gulf