Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-02
MUCH GRAIN MOVING EAST
Great Amount Going from Nebraska 0nds
the Reduced Rates
BURLINGTON HAS BULK OF TRAFFIC
Roads Are HoIdinE W Cars from
some shippers On plea that
Rollins stock is Not
Available.

Considerable grain IL moving from Ne
braskA under the stimulus Of the reduc-
ton in rates. Some Of the roads are not
making q hustle for the grain, preferrinS
TO let II stay in the state and trusting TO
the chance Of getting the haul at a higher
.9te than now In effect. The Illinois Cen
trail IL hauling some grain TO Chicago. but
scarcely any to East st. Louis, and 1t
aid not meet the rate to that point An
oficial Of another road was heard to tell
a shipper that IT was not possible to tell
when his order for cars could be filled
when II was known that road had plenty
Of cars.
The Burlington Is handling more grain
than any other road at present. During
the last fifteen days $500 cars OF grain
have been loaded by the Burlington lines
west Of the river, 2.10o of these being
loaded In the last seven days and S31
filled Tuesday The Burlington is not
holding back on cars, but is filling orders
promptly and giving all chance to move
grain on the reduced rate. No trouble
has been experienced In getting cars, and
all orders have been promptly filled TO
date.
The Great Western Is also hustling for
all the grain that can be had at the pres
ent figures and has extra switch engine
at the independent elevator to assist IN
the speedy switching of the cars.
Bryan Special over Great western.
The Great Western will run the Bryan
special from Omaha to Chicago en- route
to New York for the reception Of w. j.
Bryan on his return to this country. The
special will leave Omaha Friday, August
"a, at Sis D. m. and will be archaeological
throughout with the private cars, Twilight
and Constitution. two Pullmans and a
diner.
Those who have already reserved space
on this train are Mayor Brown of Lincoln
who has arranged the trip; Mayor Dahlmar
of Omaha, Mayor wstske OF Humboldt
Mayor bunker Of West Point. Mayor Hoe
tor Of South Omaha, Mayor Burke Of
Friend, Mayor Ward OF Tecumseh Mayor
Gering Of Plattsmouth, ]. ii. Wintersteer
of the Lincoln journal, DR.. p. l.. Hall, ]
g. Maher, Ed. Friend, o. w. Pound, w. e
Barkley of Lincoln, w. s. Harding OF Ne
braska City. John Friday OF Norfolk, F
r. Richards OF Lincoln. F. w. Brown, jr.
OF Lincoln, w. f. strauh of Lincoln, w. r
Bennett j. c, Drexel, d. J. oBrien. Ton
Redmond and others from Omaha.
Frank Dunlop, district passenger agen
OF the Chicago Great Western. will &C
company the party. and he says Mayo
Brown OF Lincoln will invite represent
ntives OF the Omaha and Lincoln newspa
pers 10 go along.
Union Pacific Grain Figures,
The Union Pacific passenger department
has prepared fits July estimate or all small
grains for Nebraska This estimate show
10000 bushels of winter wheat 10000
!, bushels Of spring wheat. 100000 bushe
Nef rye and 6O,0O0,O0O bushels OF oats. Tn
estimates on corn are not complete. bu
what have been finished show an incrcas
over last year. The estimates OF the Uniol
Pacific are compiled from reports from 20
special correspondents over the state. rep
resentative men in a position to know wha
is being grown, and are accepted all owe
the country as being very carefully pre-
pared reports.
Railway Notes and Personals
Superlntendents Byrum and Bignel o
the Burlington at Lincoln passed through
Omaha Tuesday enroute to Chicago.
Union station was again blocked to tram
Tuesday afternoon, when two engines wer
of the tracks at the same time. A Roc
Island freight engine did not heed the bloc
signal and ran OF an open switch and tn
engine attached to Union Pacific No.