Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13
UNION PACIFIC CONES BAtK
Artwsrs Grain Exchange with Denial Of
riscrimipstine Aesintt OSAKA
s7lcmEY OFFERS FREE ssaNeI
Owing 80 This Action Grain Exchanwe
May Drop Petition Filled
Against HarPinaan air..
Road, j

The Chicago Great Western will. after
January II. haul grain from Council Bluns
70 Omaha and South Omaha for &C. This
II the rate which the Union Pacific charged
for sometime unity II decided to raise the
rate TO / cent hundred, which n g or
moie a car. When the Union Pacific an
nOunced the rate would be Increased a
storm OF protest was raised ana the Omaha
Grain exchange filed charges with the
Interstate Commerce commission. The
Great Western then stepped into the
breach and said IL would haul. free Of
charge, grain from Council Bluffs to eIe-
vators on the Great Western tracks IN
Omaha.
This again raised protest from other
elevator men not on the line Of the Great
Western, notably some OF the South Omaha
elevators. The Great Western has met
the situation By agreeing TO haul an grain
for 81 from Council Bluns to Omaha and
South Omaha. The Great Western has
contract with the Union Pacific by which
1t has the right 20 haul cars 20 the South
Omaha terminals
General Denial Is Made,
The Union Pacific has filed It's answer
to the Omaha Grain exchange with the
Interstate Commerce commission. A gem
eral denial is made that the Union Pacific
wishes to discriminate against Omaha.
The Union Pacific will attempt to show
that the business is unremunerRtiye under
the old scale and that II Is the business Of
the Iowa lines to bring the grain to
Omaha and not force the Union Pacific to
take It at Council Blufrs where the ter
minals are already congested. All these
lines have an annual contract with the
Union Pacific for the use of its bridge and
tracks. All the cars which would come in
that way are foreign cars on which a
charge OF 50 cents per day Ia made for the
time they are In the Possession of the
Union Pacific and as Il generally takes
four days to bring car across the river,
unload II and send 1t back II would take
all the profits.
The action against the Union Pacific may
be dropped as long as the Great Western
has volunteered to take mp the same SER
vice at the old price which the Union Pa
cihc charged.
Not so much Importance is attached to
the action Of the Union Pacific said Sec
rotary McVann OF the Grain exchange
"since II. IL learned that the Great Western
Council Bluffs to elevators on its own ter
m'nals in Omaha. but will also switch
grain to any other elevators at the rate Of
81 a car"
c. c. Hughes Resigns.
Announcement II made Of the appoint
ment Of 8. NJ. Braden TO be general super
intendent of the Northwestern lines west
OF the Missouri river, vice c. C. Hughes.
resigned. Some time ago the rufnor was
anont that Mr. Hughes was to resign. but
this was denied at the time Mr.. Braden was
appointed assistant superintendent and Mr..
Hughes went to Texas on a vacation. Mr..
Hughes has been with the Northwestern
for over forty years.
IlIinois Central to Rescue,
For the next two months from twenty to
thirty cars OF Illinois coal will come into
Omaha over the Illinois Central. Between
700 and 500 cars of coal are TO be trans
ported across the state and will be turned
over to the Union Pacific for use by that
road. which has heretofore used Wyoming
coal Fog western roads to use Illinois
coal Is anew feature in railroad operation.
qs they have found an abundance In the
ksest Large, BALTIMORE "a Ohio coal tanks
viii be used IN the trapspcrtation of this
big shipment OF coal. which viii be turned
over to the Illinois Central at Springfield.
III.
Celery Trains Race.
dispatch from Iowa Falls says:
Pulled by one OF the biggest engines on
the Iowa division and the train given
preference over all others. celery special
has heen sent over the Illinois Central in
a race with similar specials over the MIL
waukec and Northwestern. Each train
was composed OF eleven cars OF celery
R3erom southern California. delivered at
Omaha by the Southern Pacific and the
Union Pacific Each train left Omaha by
the three routes at the same time and tho
one that made the best time to Chicago
was to be given the business by the west
ern roads in the future
Busy Days for IcyieP.
j. r, Eyler, live stock agent OF the Bur
nngton, leaves Sunday for a circuit Of the
meetings of the live stock men In the west
The first meeting will be that of the wyo-
ming Wool Growers association at Rock