Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-06-29
ALL RATES IN WEST TWO CENTS
Interstate Fares Soon Level, Says p.
y. Eustia of Burlington.


=. Eustia of Burlington.
THE 2-cent passenger law will be in
effect by July in all these western states
and as soon thereafter as possible the in
terstate rates will be reduced" said p. S.
Eustis, passenger traffic manager of the
Burlington, Friday morning, who was in
Omaha on official business. at first the
railroads thought for legal reasons II would
be necessary to abstain from that form
of voluntary reduction of revenue which
will follow II interstate rates are reduced
from to 2 cents a mile. AS time passed
it became more and more impossible to
maintain through fares on the old basis
and It has been determined the legal phase
of the question is not 30 important as at
first supposed. The railroads are now re-
vising Interstate tariffs as fast as rate
clerks can do it and have applied TO the
Interstate Commerce commission for spe-
cial dispensation to permit making new
interstate rates I'm each district fast as
the tariffs can be published without the
necessity Of the required thirty days pub
lie notice.
"The rates from Nebraska to points in
nearby states, like Iowa, Illinois, Missouri
and Colorado, can soon be rehgured. Rates
to points like Chicago, st. Louis or St.
Paul can also soon be refgured but 1t
will take a long time to adjust all fares
to and from all points in the United States.
1 think II will take q year to rearrange
all the tariffs In the United States"
Mr. Eustis said the roads hestated about
deciding what they would do until after
the difficulty in Missouri was settled, but
had now decided to leave It to the attorneys
20 get tho cases into court by some pre-
vious act and to abide by the new laws
until a fair trial was given them.
II am making trip over our lines to see
how the new schedule is working. When
such sweeping changes are made in sched-
ules 1t is, of course, necessary that many
kinks will appear which were not at irst
foreseen and which win have TO soon be
remedied by a new time card. This will
not be so sweeping but will straighten out
some Of the Irregularities. Most OF the
changes are meeting with the approval OF
the people who live along the lines OF the
Burlington and many have much better &C
commodations than they had before"
The freight department of the Burlington
says It will be ready to make good on the
promise made by Attorney j. q. Kelby tha
the tariffs on the reduced rates will b,
( filed by July S. These rates will be s. pei
/ cent OF the rates in effect January !. 1871
z
/ action of the last legislature. The ofh,
cials say they will have them filed By
/ July 8, in accordance with the law.
More Motor Cars.
Two new motor cars will soon be ready
| 10 put into service by the Union Pacific
/ They will be sent to Colorado, probably tC
do service in and out OF Denver. Othe1
motor cars are rapidly nearing completion
/ and as soon as they are out OF the shopi
they will be put into service on difteren
parts Of the system. Nebraska will ge
some.
So extensive has become the manufac
ture OF these cars that a special shop hai
been set aside In the Union Pacific yard
/ enclosure. painted a bright red and labeled
Motor Shops" Here a large force o
skilled mechanics is working on the las
order Of twenty motor cars. which will b,
turned out as fast as possible. They are o
| a design similar TO No. s, which Is running
( with such success between lincoln and Be
strice. As fast as these are turned ou
from the shops they win be immediRtel
put into service on different branch nnSA