Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-12
CATTLE TRAINS BY SCORE
Thousands of Cars Of Live Stock from
Panhandle TO Northwest.
RANGES NORTH BEST EVER
Cattlemen Are HurryinE Their stock
Up in order 60 Get Them
on Good Green Feed
Early.

Thousands Of cars OF cattle are now
leaving the Panhandle Of Texas and are
being moved to she ranges OF wyoming.
Montana and North and South Dakota, to
be at some future date brought to the
Omaha market. The movement has begun
and is heavier than ever before.
The Burlington has moved l,2cO cars.
mostly through Denver and thence to wy
oming and Montana. John Eyler. live stock
agent Of the Burlington, is now in Texas
in charge of these shipments and he wires
that he expects the movements this spring
for the Burlington will exceed 5000 cars.
other roads are also getting their quota.
the Rock Island handling many cars
through the Omaha gateway and then
turning them over to some other line to
be taken to South Dakota. The Rock
Island had se~venty-five cars behind the
high water in southern Nebraska and the
cattle had to be unloaded and fed until
the water subsidized.
On the other hand many cars for South
Dakota. which formerly were moved from
the Panhandle through Omaha are now d.
verted because Of new lines. The North
western is handling a great many over
the Pierre, Rapid City line and the Burling.
ton was moving a large number over the
Ashland-Sioux City line. until the bridge
went out near Fremont. These are now
coming through Omaha.
Reports from the ranges all over the west
are that they are now in the best condi-
tion they have been at this time Of the
year. for many seasons and the stock Is
also reported to be in fine shape. The re.
ports also show that the 4 and 5-year old
stuff is exceptionally fat and will be ready
for market early. The high prices Of
-.-1 .N..gN - SIT N-z.
when 10 head sold for $40. stirs up the
cattlemen to their best endeavors to get
the top Of the market.
Dozen Railroads at Meeting.
A dozen railroads were represented Thurs
day morning at the meeting of the West
ern Car Service association which was held
In the office of G, w. Holdrese, general
manager of the Burlington road. The en-
tire forenoon was spent in discussing
changes in the rules which were finally
adopted. These will be effective August 1.
There was no material change in which
the public might be interested" said L. r.
Van Tuyl, manager of the association. "The
changes were more changes of form than
meaning. the changes being made to have
the rules of this association conform 10
the rules of the American Railway associa-
ton. No allowance s for free time were
changed"
The representatives lunched at the Schlitz
after the meeting.
Lines Recover From Water.
Most of the lines/in Nebraska which were
gu tot commission because of the recent high
rains have been put back into shape and
regular service has been resumed except
on the Acknowledgement line. the bridge
still being out of service. The Burlington's
, Kansas City trains to and from Omaha
are now able to get through practically on
time. running into Kansas City over the
Milwaukee.
New Grab for Hartman.
The Union Pacific Railroad company took
over the Leavenworth. Kansas & Western
Railroad company, June l, and it will here
after be known as the West
ern branch of the Kansas division OF the
Union Pacific. Ali the old employees will
be retained and are now on the payroll
of the Union Pacific.
Omaha, the Gate City.
Never was the above name for Omaha
more real than at the present time. For
years Omaha has been recognized as the
gateway to the entire western country.
During the last decade other cities, such
as st. Joseph. Kansas City. st. Paul and
Sioux City. have been trying to step in and
get some Of the business. That Omaha is
the real gateway with the gates always
open and ready for whatever traffic might
come Is shown again this spring, just as
it has been in times past. Lines to the
north are Indefinitely closed because OF
high water and the Kaw is just beginning
to rise at Kansas City, shutting off that