Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-11

ton Is in Chicago where simuar Negotiations
are I'm progress. while other roads are sign
ing ur at the various general headquarters
The contracts do uot run fNr any set period,
but are Tor an indefinite time and will re-
main IN force until changed conditions
make another difference between the men
and the railroads
An differences with the men are now
settled. as the svItehmen were included IN
the agreement witch was made with the
order Of Railway Trainmen The engineers
difficulties were the first TO be adjusted.
an agreement being reached about two
months ago. Tho lrcmen came to an under
stauiirg with the managers at the same
time as the trainmen so an difficulties with
tho employees Of the operating department
are adjusted
The pay for freight conductors is the
same all over the west and they viii get
a uniform raise Freight conductors were
formerly paid S245 per 100 miles run and
the pay will now be 279 per leo miles. The
difference i'm tho pay Of the men is that the
older and better mon are given the better
runs ON which they can make their hun
dred miles in less time than the newer
men. who are given the slower freights,
on which there are more delays and also
more switching to do.
cidc were paid $3.50 and will now receive
S253 per 100 miles. The passenger con-
ductors on the main line of the Union Pa.
cidc were getting $40 a month and they
will be raised 90 $50 a month The Bur
lngtou main line conductors are paid thl
same as the Union Pacific. other road
vary.
Main line passenger brakemcn on Tho
Union Pacific were paid from s72 10 SS4
month under the old schedule and the pay
will be raised to So to 800 a month.
4 Switchmon demanded a raise last fall
and were granted an increase November
Of cents per hour SO the pay Of switch.
men is now the same on all roads, the daJ
foreman receiving 30 cents an hour tn,
day helper % cents an hour, the night
| foreman 81 cents an hour and the night
! helper "a cents an hour.
! Committees are still figuring on how the
increase will AFFECT the hremen, to whom
"A uniform increase of 20 cents per lOO-mile
day granted. The pay Of n fireman
varies according to the size OF the engine
he has to fire and according to the dis
trict over which he runs.
! The pay Of brakcmen on the Burlington
and other roads vary according to the run.
New steel Mail Car.
The first new all steel mail car to he built
| nesday was on exhibition on the Union
Pacific tracks in front of the headquarters
building at Ninth and Farnam streets It
was built in its entirety at the Union Pacific
shops in Omaha under the supervision OF
| w. r. McKcen, superintendent Of motive
I power and machinery Of the road. and Is
! a model OF construction. All wood had
been eliminated from this car, even the
floors being Of cement, while the roof and
sides and ends are all sheet steel. The
car is provided with every modern con-
venience known TO the builders art and is
practically 1reproof besides being Of such
solid construction as to add UNNECESSARILY
to the safety Of the mail clerks. who oc-
cupy dangerous position in the wooden
mail cars. which are placed Just behind
the engine and ahead Of the string Of heavy
passenger cars The car looks as IL IL
would Withstand any kind Of a collision
without buCllling and the danger from
splinters is entirely eliminated. This is the
first Of numerous cars, which are to be built
in the Omaha shops, as soon as the faclli-
ties which are now under construction are
] complete
Souvenir of May Party.
The Union Pacific passenger department
is assisting the May party committee Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers at
North Platte in preparing an elaborate
souvenir for their May party which viii
be given May /. This May party is to the
western part Of the state what the Ak-sar-
Ben festivities are to Omaha and the east
ern section Of Nebraska.
The souvenir will be worth while. for
. special pains will be made to make 1t a
fitting record Of the twenty-hfth anniver-
sary Of the May party. It will contain
brief history Of the construction OF the
= NH Of tIa Hru 4
engineers employed by the road and his
tory OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers of the Union Pacific. 1t will
contain scenes and "reminiscences Of the
! building Of the Union Pacific.
. New Line to Yellowstone.
. The Oregon Short line expects to have
the new lire to Yellowstone Park completed
July first to within Al miles OF Fountain
: hotel which is the same distance by stage
as is Gardner the northern gateway TO the
park. In speaking Of the new road d. f.
Burnley general passenger agent of the
- Oregon Short line at Salt Lake, said:
5 by the time park season opens June
10th, we will have an additional train.
81 known as Yellowstone Park train, leaving
! Salt Lake about or 1880 p. m. to
arrive at Buffalo Creek or Big Springs,
about 7 a m, serve breakfast in diner,
lunch at Dwee, supper, lodging and break
fast at Fountain hotel; thence regular tour
of park
when the line is finally completed to
y Yellowstone Montana. western border Of
the park, we will then have a 1914 mile
e drive to Fountain hotel, as against Al miles
I, through Gardiner"
1 Position Abolished.
c The position Of supply agents on the
, Burlington, east and west of the Missouri
. river, has been abolished and the work
will be done by general store keeper, who
\ will report 10 the general purchasing agent.
a While the bare announcement OF this
K change has been made It is thought the
, change more a change In system than il
!. men and that the present supply agents
!, / will be made store keepers and that the
J, Office force win be maintained in Omaha
I, just as II is at present. r. j. Frier has been
J, appointed general store keeper Of the Bur
lingtOn at Chicago.
!. NEWS FOR THE ARMY.