Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-04
OTHER ROADS JOIN IN FIGHT
Milwaukee and Missouri Pacific Announce
Outs on Grain and Grain PrOdutcs.
ELEVATION FEE WILL ALSO BE DROPPED
Union Pacific I'm Its Comeback De-
cIares IL VIII Meet the
Cut Instituted by the
BurIiRgtOn.

The Milwaukee road has announced It will
follow the lead of the other roads and re-
duoe its tariff on grain from the Missouri
river TO Chicago and Mississippi river
points IA cents, at the same time doing
away with the payment of elevation
charges. The Missouri Pacific announced
late yesterday that it would make the same
cut OF IA cents, effective July s, on all
grain and grain products originating west
Of Omaha and going south and south
east The battle is waxing warm. On
Monday the Burlington announced the
grain rate from Nebraska points to
Omaha would be reduced Ia cents as long
the Union Pacific continued to pay ele-
walton. At the same time the payment OF
elevation was announced as discontinued
and the rate from the Missouri river to
the Mississippi and Chicago was reduced
the same amount. ....
Now comes the Union Pacific and says
that road is going to take a further hand
in the fight. At Union Pacific headquar-
ters Tuesday it was said there was but
one thing to do II the Burlington lowered
the rate and that was to meet the cut.
Grain. not elevated would be overcharged
by the Union Pacific just IA cents unless
the cut is made by the Union Pacific as
1t is by the Burlington.
And the end is not yet" said leading
Union Pacific freight official. LAS the
IL cents per hundred refund applies only
TO- grain elevated, the Union Pacific would
be at disadvantage TO that amount IL the
Burlington cuts"
Lincoln Displays It's Nerve.
A protracted meeting of the freight off,
cials of the Burlington. Rock Island and
Missouri Pacific was held in Omaha Tues
day to take up the question of Lincoln
rates The Commercial club of Lincoln
has been pounding the railroad officials on
the back to get them 20 put Lincoln on
the same basis as Omaha. Nothing definite
was decided upon.
THAT proposition is almost too foolish
to consider" said one railroad man." for
IL Lincoln was put on the same basis as
Omaha, why not Beatrice and Hastings
and Kearney? Where would you stop?"
Another railroad man said:
THAT would be the worst thing which
could happen TO Omaha. for much OF the
freight from the south comes through Lin
coin. II Lincoln was put on the same
basis as Omaha and some legislature
should come along and put in the mileage
basis that is in effect in Iowa. the Omaha
merchants might as well close up shor
and move to Lincoln. The river is the
proper basing point and towns inland
should not expect to get on the same
basis as the river cities"
BETTER Freight Rates.
That something will have to be done tC
induce the railroads to- inaugurate better
freight service between Omaha and th'
towns Of southwestern Nebraska was The
decision reached by the transportation com
mittee OF the Commercial club at its meet
ing Tuesday. The agitation is a result oil
the recent trade excursion, on which the
jobbers were made to realize more thar
ever the advantage better freight service
gives st. Joseph and Kansas City. Tho
transportation committee az the club and
the heavy shippers Of the city will be
called together Friday 10 talk over ma
subject
1t was decided to begin a campaign fol-