Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-01
BURT TOUTED FOR NEW JOB
Former Union Pacific President for Pre'i-
dent Kansas City Terminal
lust FINISHES TASK N ARKANSAS
Completes BIg work Of Reducing
Grades ON Kansas City sOuth-
ern in the Mountains
OF ROppensaek.

j Horace q. Burt former president OF the
JUnion Pacific railroad. has finished a spe-
cial task for which he was employed by
the executive board OF the Kansas City
Southern Railroad company. says the Kan
sas City star. About six months ago he
vas employed TO make a resurvey Of the
{ aatoad with a view TO ascertaining what
icould be done IN the way Of securing easier
grades. Yesterday II was announced that
the force Of 800 engineers. surveyors and
helpers had been discharged.
Mr.. Burt has finished his work." said
J. A. Edison. president OF the Kansas City
Southern railroad. this morning. He has
1 not made his report. He will simply re-
/ port what can be done in the way of re-
ducing grades and Il will then be up to
the management to recommend the work
Mt Burt made surveys along the entire
line for the purpose of seeing what could
be done toward developing lower grade.
When the road was first built II was
through an undeveloped country and as
is usual II has been found thst easier
grades are possible now that did not ae-
velop when the original line was built
Perhaps the most formidable PROPOSE
tion In connection with the resuTvey Is
that part OF the railroad through the Ar
; kansas mountains After passing Sloan
Springs, Ark. the grade gets heavier. The
road climbs the Winding stair mountain
In a zigzag course, taking time and using
power that would be saved II a moro d.
rect route on an easier grade could be
@ secured. II was here that Mr.. Burt did
most Of his work He had his headdusr-
ters at Mena, Ark, and had two or three
engineering corps maxine extensive sur
veys in the mountainous portions OF the
| road to reduce the grade to five-tenths for
-
templated change means saving OF 10
per cent In the cost Of operation.
Mr.. Burt has been talked Of as a sue
cessor TO John M. Egan. president OF the
Kansas City Terminal Railway company
2nthe corporation that is to build and oper-
= ste the new Union passenger station. MI
Burt is now in Chicago. where he makes
his home.
Protest Against Raise of Rates.
To further protest TO the railroads against
the proposed raise In grain rates from Mis-
: souri, river points q large number OF Omaha
grain dealers as well as those from other
Missouri river points, went to Chicago
wednesday night All the lines from the
Missouri river to points east, south and
north are preparing tariffs advancing the
grain rates ~ cents, which are to go into
effect April /. The grain men hope to have
that they may clean up on grain which is
already ,on hand. The raise will effect ali
grain shipments to Chicago, St. Louis
Memphis, Minneapolis and New Orleans.
No special Rates Now.
The Colorado sugar companies, which
draw each year on the foreign labor OF
Nebraska for beet sugar workers, have
asked from the railroads the usual specia
rates for several train loads OF workers
with their household effects Nebraska Il
the home OF thousands OF these worker.
who 70 TO the various beet sugar fields In
GUNNER and return to Nebraska IN winter
k.hMbN railroads have replied that under the
Of the Interstate Commerce com
" m.gbion and in view Of the possible reduc
ton OF passenger fares in western states
they will not be able to take any action fol
the present II at all.
Large numbers of these Russians ant
Poles 60 to Colorado, Michigan. wyomini
and Montana each summer 10 work in tn
fields and all live In the foreign settle
ments around Lincoln. Geneva; Beatrio
and other cities.
Prepare 20 Pay Those Taxes.
The railroads of Nebraska are preparlnI
20 pay their delinquent taxes throughou
the state. The attorneys say they ar
simply waiting for the full text OF the de
cislon to see what they have to do. Tn
Union Pacific has a special fund set asid
TO pay these taxes and the money 10 al
available as soon as the attorneys I'm
the decision calls Upon them to pay.
J. n. Baldwin, general solicitor for tn
Union Pacific; Gerrit Fort, assistant gen
,NA.A erai passenger agent, and Charles ]. L.ant
W first asstant general freight agent. hay
returned from Topeka, where they az
peared before the legislature OF Kansas l
opposition to a proposed 2-cent rate bill .
that state
Tips for Landaeekers.
The Burlington has prepared a folds
valuable to ahomeseekers, as II shows th
lands available for entry under the Kir
kaid act and gives all sorts OF informatio
concerning the lands which may be had /
a.. Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming. 1t
prepared under the direction OF d, Clsl
Beaver general agent OF the land seeker
Information bureau OF the Burlington. Dui
ing the last six years l0o.OoO.OOO acres
land have passed from the ownership
the government into the hands OF indivis
uals, The pamphlet gives information Q
dry farming. western Nebraska, govern
ment lands IN Nebraska. how 70 flnd
home. who may take homesteeds. dairyIn
In Nebraska. description OF land.