Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
CONTRACTS ON CASH BASIS
No Advertising Tickets from Union Pacific
After January l,
EDITORS TO PAY REAL MONEY FOR MILEAGE
New Announcement Follows In Line
with Circular Already Isseud by
BurIinEtOn-Pnid Land
Agents to Go.

On and after January /. 1907, we shall
discontinue giving transportation Tor ad-
vertising and shall pay cash LOT All au-
While the interstate commerce act does
not prohibit issuing intrastate transporta-
be used in connection with Interstate
journeys contrary to law, hence we are
placing both intrastate and interstate con-
tracts on cash basis.
The above circular issued by the Union
Pacific is another announcement of the
tightening which has been going on since
the passage of the new rate law. The
Burlington has already issued its circular.
which says, in effect, that nothing but
legal tender will be received for tickets
and legal tender will be paid for all ad-
vertising in newspapers and magazines.
New Years day will be day Of reckon
ing. On that day all who ride on the
street railway company's line will pay In
coin of the realm, except the officers OF
the company. The little pass book is
thing Of the past. He who rides must pay
All trains into and through the Omaha
stations were crowded Sunday and Mon
day with people who are pass holders and
who were Fastening to get home before
the first of the year, when their passes
expire. An order has been issued that
after midnight December 81 fare is to be
for those who have not reached their
destination.
The annual passes of the Union Pacific
have not been received from the hands Of
the printers, and consequently that COM
pany has issued circular stating that all
ANIMALS OF the company which are out and
which the law will permit to be renewed
will be extended until January 81.
No Franks from Express Companies.
Under the new law the express COM
panies have refused to issue new franks
except to railroad officials Of the lines
that company operates over. All business
franks were cut off last January, except
to railroad officials, and this year the ex-
press companies have gone farther and
cut off railroad officials, except of the lines
that company is operating over.
No change has been made by the tele-
graph companies. according to the local
managers, as 1t is said the franks Of these
companies were limited some time ago, ex-
cept under contract.
Land Agents Cut on.
The Union Pacific has given notice that
after the first of the year that company
will have no salaried land agents When
it was decided some time ago that all
transportation to land agents would have to
twenty-five of the leading land agents of
the west and put them on the pay roll of
the road and made them special agents for
the company. The legal department has
now decided that such action would not
be legal and consequently after the first
Of the year It will be discontinued.
Hope In Car situation.
THE car situation should surely be re-
lieved." said a prominent grain dealer Mon
day, with Sunday and New Years as holi-
days following on the of time Of last Sum
day and Christmas and the rain being
heavy and general all over the corn belt,
the railroads should be able to get con-
siderable grain from the country ~ the
elevators and get it started to the southeast,
where most Of it is now going"
With the railroads again. in position 20
move large quantities of grain. January
should be a big month for the Omaha
Grain Exchange.
B. NJ. Scott, agent Of the San Pedro line
at Long Beach, Cal, was in Omaha Mon
day. ut is strange but true" said Mr..
Scott, that over 80 per cent OF the people
we get at Long Beach are from Nebraska,
Kansas and Iowa. These three states seem
to have a large number of people, who like
to travel and take advantage of the pleas
ures Of Long Beach. That place has been
going to the front and now enjoys the
largest passenger business Of any city in
southern California outside of Los Angeles"
Frank T. barrow has been appointed
principal assistant engineer of the Burling-
ton with headquarters at Lincoln. Mr..
barrow was formerly engineer OF maintain
ance and ways.