Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-06
WABASH PROVES ITS CORNER
Hsuls One Hundred Thousand Pounds Of
Dry Goods Into Omaha.
NO LONGER ANY DOUBT OF MONOPOLY
Ives stiIl Has His Competitors Guess-
ing How IL was he scOOped
Them on This Little
Matter.

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d. o. Ives, freight trafhc manager Of the
Wabash. still has the other roads guess
| ing as to how he did IL. but he surely
did. Recent developments. such as the ar
rival Monday Of 10000 pounds Of dry goods
over the Wabash into Omaha and the re-
fusal OF the shippers to give the other
| roads any part Of the business show con-
clusively that d. o. Ives has cornered the
dry goods business into Omaha, as readers
Of The Bee were informed last week
Railroad men are making strenuous
efforts to find how 1t was done and have
various theories. They are watching the
shipments like hawks, but the more they
see the less they like It. One prominent
railroad man who is watching the situation
closely sizes up AFFAIRS In this fashion:
For the last twenty-five years the dry
goods men doing business along the Mis-
souri, river have been getting rebates
amounting to rs to 40 per cent. and their
business has been adjusted with the ex-
pectation Of having this low rate. Since
the Burlington offcials we're indicted they
are up against the tariff which they are
forced to pay and will consequently have
to readjust their business to meet the
raised rate.
| Inc uIg BOOub peOple nelO n COnIeIeuCe
to see II something could not be done in
the matter and finally appointed COM
mittee, consisting Of Wheeler Of St. Jo-
seph and Durham Of Kansas City. to work
out some scheme for better rates. Com
missioner Trickett Of the Kansas City Com
mercial club has been assisting them.
They tried this spring in a general meet
ing at Chicago to get the roads to give
them carload commodity rates on dry goods
and at that time d. o. ives was the strong
est opponent they had. He made a strong
speech, right in meeting, saying 1t would
demorallze all the freight business to
have this rate go into effect.
Committee Has a Plan.
THE committee decided upon a plan OF
action, which was simply to hand the busi-
ness to some road in the hope that when
that road realized the immensely OF the
business IL would not let loose when the
heavy rush came In the fall, but would
put in the lower rate to which the jobbers
were accustomed. This they have done.
They have picked the Wabash, for that
road. more than any other, will get the
best Of 1t because of the long haul from
Buffalo. They have handed this business
to Mr.. Ives on a silver platter.
'Trickett is trying to confuse the situa-
ton by giving out the assertion that the
I Milwaukee and Rock Island are to get
some of the business into Kansas City.
This is not to be the case"
That is one railroad mans view. Others
. think Ives saw the opportunity and went
, to these shippers and said you just give
, me all this business while 1t is running
light and when fall comes with it's heavy
I shipments 1 will put in your rate for you.
At all events 10000 pounds OF dry goods
Ne ha oh e. ha
r The Wabash freight depot is crowded to
overlooking. wagons are loading from the
, cars and Ives has the business.
, Many thought Ives had made reduced
rate and expected to see his reduced tarlfi
published with the Interstate Commerce
' Commission, but as the days roll by and
J the rate is not published they are compelled
> to figure out some other method used by
Ives to get the business.
. Rock Islands New Limited.
! The Iowa Limited" the Rock Island
Z new fast train from Omaha to Chicago, has
proved most popular move on the part OF
D the Rock Island ofiicials. Both Omaha and
I Iowa are pleased with the splendid time and
y connections made by this new train and
3 Iowans are pleased because OF the name
e given to IT, Leaving Omaha at 6:35 each
e evening with a diner as far as Atlantic, II
q arrives III SnlCdBO at bsl0 the next morning
A diner is put on all can have breakfast
n before reaching Chicago
e On the initial trip OF this train Fred p
Rutherford. division agent. took a Iarg,
party of Omaha, Council Bluffs and Del
} Moines newspaper owners, editors and re
porters to Chicago. that all might know OF
, the splendid service this train gives. Il
left Omaha with a sleeper, diner, two
coaches, a baggage and a mail car. wheI
Chicago was reached the train consisted o.
ten cars, having picked up a sleeper at De-
e Moines. a sleeper and coach at West Lib
j erty and more cars at Rock Island.
e The newspaper party was given An excel
4 lent time by the Rock Island officials anC
e in the afternoon the members were tn,
y guests Of Comiskey when he beat Comm,
Il Macks Champions at the South Side park
!. The evening train was stopped at the soutl
J. Side park for the party.
J. The train is equipped with all the Iates
i devices which makes travel in modern time
e a luxury. Electric lights are furnishe,
d from electricity generated on the axle
a when the cars are in motion and stored 70
., the time when the train stops. This cleo
r. tricty also keeps numerous electric fans Ii
r. motion to the great comfort OF the travel
ers. Electric lights in each berth also ar
operated by the same system, which make
s. a much steadier light than the old plan o
T. a dynamo.
~ The pride OF the Rock Island road is 1t
dining cars service and the trafic manager
have seen 10 1t that the best of the syster
n are on this new Omaha Chicago train. Al
a. though an innovation to start a Unite
"A train from Omaha, this train was CON
"a pletely filled on its first trip out.
= City Passenger Agent Kline got aboard q
~ Des Moines with large number of the De
n Moines newspaper men.
he Railway Notes and Personals.
NJ Thomas Craig has been transferred froI
the Columbus and Albion run 10 III
Omaha and Ogden run, vice Anderson
70 transferred.
ar Eddy e Anderson OF the railway ma
nd service has been transferred from tt
Omaha and Ogden run to the Nilsson
Valley and Long Pine run, vice A.
n Ashton, resigned.
r. General Manager Holdrege Of Ii
Burlington has gone TO Sioux City. r
and ID. Willard, second vice president wi
10 return TO Omaha via the new cutoff fro
n Sioux City to Ashland, the tracklayiI
he | having been completed.
Hal Buckingham returned Monday fro
Dustin, where he had been on his fathe
ne in-law's ranch for a few days. VIC
nj hunt was organized for Mr.. Buckingham
"a benefit, but when q call was made on NJ
Atu / F,lf H. OF