Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-22
NAIL CARRYING RATES HIGH
UnolS Sam Pays Over Twice Gs Much Per
Ton as Express Companies
FIGURES TAKEN FROM ANNUAL REPORT
Large PROFITS of Railroads Suggest
DesirabiIity of Eauipping Lines
with All-steeI Electric
Lighted Mail Cars.
(From a stan Correspondent.)

| cording to date taken from the report of
| the postmaster general for 1906, the gov
| ment that year paid the New York Central
and the Lake Shore railroads s674O per
ton for hauling the mail between New
| York and Chicago. The express rate on
matter similar to mail matter between these
| two points is $50 per ton. The railroads
haul the business Of the express companies
for one-half, or less, OF the total charges
| Thus the railroad got 1910 per ton for
carrying the mail, and SIS per ton for haul
| ing express.
In that year the Chicago & Northwestern
railway handled 23807,O75 pounds of mail
on its route between Chicago and Omaha,
| distance OF 4S9 miles. For this service
it received S447.7O1, Of which Ss9,S95 was
| rentals for postal cars. This made the
mail rate between these two points $3.50
| per ton. The express rate on matter
| similar to mail matter between these two
points was $40. OF this the railroad got
one-half or iess.l Thus the government
paid the Chicago & Northwestern $3.50 per
| ton for service similar to that it rendered
the express companies for $50 per ton.
During the same year the government
paid the Erie railroad S222.5OS for carrying
S,93S,S5O pounds OF mail between New York
and Dunkirk. including $50 l56 paid for rem
| tai Of postal cars. This made the service
cost the government $500 per ton The
express company charged the public $50
per ton for carrying express of a similar
nature. OF this the railroad got one-haf,
or less. Thus the railroad rendered a serv-
ice to the government for which It got
1890 per ton, while It got only Sl5 per ton
for rendering a similar service to the ex-
press company
These comparisons are fairly representa-
tive Of what Il m a11 taJ
States. The profits are pretty generally
conceded to be sufficient to require the
railroads TO equip their lines with modern
all-steel. electric lighted postal cars, like
the one recently turned out OF the Omaha
shops of the Union Pacific.
Forest Planting in the sand Hills.
On April forest planting was begun
within the Dismal river national forest,
near Halsey, Neb. The planting operations
will be more extensive this season than
any previous one. About 10000 pine trees
will be planted in the sand hills. A force
of forty men is now employed to conduct
this planting work and II more men can be
secured they will be employed. The reason
for having a large force OF laborers is to
finish the planting In the shortest possible
time. since the trees must be set out during
the spring rainy spell and before they
Planting has been conducted annually
within the Dismal river national forest
since the spring of 1904. When the present
planting season is ended 100000 trees in
all will have been planted, a SUFFICIENT num-
Der II spaced FIVE feet each way to plant
approximately 500 acres
1t requires considerable time to produce
results in forest planting. but some OF
the earlier planting made near Halsey has
already begun to make a good showing,
and within a comparatively few years the
sand hills near the planting station will as
sumo forested appearance.
Many ranchers in the sand hill region of
Nebraska are asking for advice on planting
trees, and the government tree planting
, has far reaching usefulness as an object
7, lesson to the people
/ Adee and His European Tour.
Alvey A. Adee. second assistant secre-
l tary OF state has gone to Europe That
is by no means an uncommon occurrence,
( for Mr.. Adee goes to Europe nearly every
I summer. Mr.. Adee will tour France on a
5 bicycle. That is nothing new either, for the
E bike is Mr.. Adees common vehicle of
e travel on the continent. Nor is it an un-
Q usual thing for an American official TO
D visit Europe. They go in droves every
r year, but not one man in a million arranges
his itinerary before hand. Mr. Adee spends
six months out of every twelve in laying
e out his course" When he left Washing
ton on Wednesday he carried In his pocket
program that for completeness OF detail
has never been approached. He knows
: within an hour what time the French
Liner savoie VIII reach Havre has ar
, ranged for his first meal on French soil,
and the French boniface has already been
advised as TO the number Of courses and
the component parts OF each. Mr.. Adee
has figured oct 70 a nicety Just where he
will repose the first night of his STAY and
, has even arranged for the exact location of
, his room. He can reach II without a
candle The second morning, rain or shine.
. he will have ridden at least ten miles before
he takes his cafe au lait and rolls He
has his "dejeuner" and dinner menus pre-
pared and at each inn and hotel on his
/, journey the proprietor has always been ad-
vised as to the exact minute when the dis
tinguished guest may be expected and ex-
actly what food and drink TO prepare and
at what moment OF time is must be served
: There must never be the slightest deviation
: for the Adee program is as carefully ad-
justed as the works OF the chronometer on
the Savoie itself
Mr.. Adee is methodical He is ALWAYS
! accurate to a degree; that is why he is
regarded as the most valuable man in the
a State department, His position can al.
ways be depended upon whether ne IS
needed to define a diplomatic note or e
reach point in Europe at a given second
Of time, which he has previously marked
on his sailing chart" before leaving Wash,
u ington for his annual vacation.
2 Hotel Rates High at jamestown.
n Reports from the jamestown exposition
4 seem TO indicate that the proprietors OF tn,
. boarding houses and hotels in the vicinit,
e OF the forthcoming fair have formed z
Il combination for the purpose OF bilking tn,
e public TO the utmost of their ability Gov,
u ernment officials and others who have ha(
e business at the exposition grounds all re
e port that the hotels in Fortress Monroe
e Newport News, Hampton. Portsmouth, Nor
folk and jamestown, as well as the sum
mer resorts in the immediate nelEhbor
\ hood have quadrupled their rates in man,
instances. and even regular guests hav,
z been notified that they must pay double OF
move out on and after the first of May. Al
of the towns and cities in the vicinity o.
jamestown combined have not suficien