Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-10
PROSPERITY SMELLS TRAFFIC
Increased Travel Compels Northwest
ern to Add New Train.
MUCH WORK STARTS UP IN WEST
Railroads Already Are Resumins
Larger Activities since the Ma
tiouaI Election Resulted on
sound Business side.


Increased prosperity and increased pas
senger travel have forced the
to put on a new train between Omaha and
81. Paul and Minneapolis. so heavy has
become the travel to and from the north
that The two trains that have been in
service for some time were not able to handle
the business and next Sunday a new train
will be put In service. The new train Will
be known as the st. Paul and Dakota train
and will leave Omaha ct 6:45 p. m. and
arrive at Sioux City at $40 p. m. 1t will
carry the Kansas City-st. Paul sleepers and
the Aberdeen sleepers and coaches. The
limited train will leave Omaha at 9. p. M,
arrive at st. Paul at $40 a. m. South
bound the new train will leave Sioux City
7:t5 a. m. and arrive at Omaha az u Z. IN.
Actual railroad work in the west has
begun since Taft's election and much con-
struction which had been held in allegiance
will soon be under way. Actual work has
begun on the Rio Grand in Salt Lake City
and actual work is being pushed harder
than ever on the Gould Western Pacific.
It is expected the Oregon Short Line will
be double tracked between Salt Lake City
and ogden early in the. spring. Another
Improvement looked for around Salt Lake
City in the spring Is a system of interbur-
ban llnes which Mr.. Hartman has been
contemplated for some time.
New Freight Rules.
Western railroads are issuing the new
freight rules which will goven under the
new uniform bill Of lading order of the
Interstate m commission. The
Hartman lines nave issued a circular in
which It is stated that all western roads
arc in accord. Effective the first Of the
month. all consignmcnts in less than car
load lots must be marked plainly on each
individual piece Of freight.
The uniform bill Of lading is now effec-
tive on all western lines. Concerning this
move the Freight Bulletin says:
Upon the recommendation of the Inter
state commission which was
made after public hearing of the matter,
at which all interests were given an op-
portunity OF being heard. the carriers
will, on and after Novembe. /, adopt a
new uniform bill Of lading. combined with
a new shipping order. II the shipper elects
to ship under the terms and conditions
OF the uniform bill OF lading and shipping
ton will apply. II the shipper elects to
not accept the uniform bill of lading and
new shipping order the property so carried
will be at the carriers liability, limited
only as provided by common law and the
laws Of the United States but subject to
the conditions Of the uniform bill in so
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common carriers liability and the charge
therefor will be ten per cent higher (at
the rate of one cent Increase per ITO
pounds), than the rate charged for prop
erty shipped subject to all the terms and
conditions of the uniform bill of lading
and shipring order"
McAIIaater Goe. 20 Constr.
b.. A. McAllaster, land commissioner OF
the Southern Pacific and formerly land
commissioner of the Union Pacific, left
Monday, with his family, for San Francisco
where he Will have his headquarters. He
has secured a house in Oakland. where he
will reside. Mr.. McAllaster has about
100000 acres OF land belonging to the
Southern Pacific which he will try and
dispose OF during the next few years
This work will be of a similar nature tC
that started by the Union Pacific about ter
years ago and similar plans will be fol
lowed out. An effort will be made to sci
this land to actual settlers and thereby
furnish more producers of traffic for thC
Hartman lines.
Mr.. McAllaster had Just returned from
Chicago, where he went to confer with
Vice President Cornish, who died there
suddenly.
Speculation is rife in railroad circles al
to the probable successor of w. D. Cornish
the vice president OF the Union Pacific
who died In Chicago Saturday. Mr.. Cornisl
had special work all the time, work on
of the ordinary lines which required a maj
of special ability, and his place, 1t is con
ceded, will be hard to fill. He came to tn
Union Pacific when the road was takel
from the hands of the receivers.