Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-22
HILL OFFICIALS CO WEST
Executive Heads Of Burlington Will
Go Over New Line.
DENVER YARN CAUSES LAUGH
Amused az Ambitions OF Real Estate
Exchange In Talking Of Nov
ing Omaha Headquarters
90 Colorado.

@. Il. Harris. president: D. willard. vice
president in charge of operation, and
Darius Miller, in charge Of traffic Of the
Burlington, will arrive in Omaha this att
ernoou and in company with O. w. Hold
rege. general manager, will proceed TO
Denver, to go over the newly acquired
Colorado & Southern road.
The Burlington lines west Of the river
under the control Of Mr.. Holdrege, com
prise 4,5s miles Of road. The mileage OF
tho Colorado g. Southern is Ll34 miles. The
mileage Of the roads controlled by the
Colorado e. Southern is: Fort Worth &
Denver city, 44 miles; Colorado Springs
and Cripple Creek District, "a miles; Trim
ity & Brazos Valley. 1876 miles, and Wichita
Valley, so miles.
The Associated Press carried the follow
ing story from Denver:
DENVER, Colo. Jan. H-The securing
for Denver OF he weSCGir ncafed ar Omaha,
is the objective OF a vigorous moyement
insugurated yesterday by the DenVet
Real Estate exchange. 1t is expected tnai
ali the commercial bodies of Denver VIII
Join in the movement
Local officials simply laugh at the idea
of Mr.. Hill moving any headquarters OF
the Burlington to Denver when Omaha Is
70 much more centrally located.
Rates Despite the Decision.
The granting OF speclal rdles y IHS
lumbermen's convention at Kansas City
for next week has caused several reduc-
tIons in rates TO be announced by the
western roads in spite Of the decision Of
the traffic officials to give no further re-
duced rates curing 1909.
The Burlington has announced that IL
will make a reduced round-trip rate from
Denver to Chicago and return OF $S2.15
from January 20 TO 2S, and during the same
dates a reduced rate from Chicago TO Den
yer and return of $3.50 has been made
The Union Pacific announced a reduced
rate from Denver and Nebraska points to
Kansas City and the other roads have
gone further and made the reduced rate
apply to Chicago.
w. p. A. Meeting at Chicago.
Many of tie Omaha representatives of
the traffic departments Of the Omaha
roads have gone to Chicago to attend the
regular quarterly meeting Of the Western
Passenger association. Il. L. Lomax, gen.
eral passenger agent; w. H.. Murray, as
sistant general passenger agent and War
rem Cundiff. chief rate clerk, will represent
the Union Pacific.
A. L. Mohler, general manager Of the
Union Pacific has gone to Chicago.
Neil Mooney, general western passenger
agent of the West Shore at Chicago, was
in Omaha Thursday.
The Union Pacific is using some of the
Cananea, Rio Yaqui Pacific engines or
the Overland trains. These engines were
built for Harriman's Mexican roads, but
the Union Pacific, becoming short Of loco
motives, pressed them into service.
Line Ralston to PapiIIion.
Grade stakes are being placed by thu
Nebraska Traction and Power compan
for a new line from Ralston to Papillion
The line is to be built as soon as the on,
from the city limits of South Omaha anC
West Q streets to Ralston is completed
Ties and rails for the South Omaha lin,
have been scattered along the right-of-wa.
and this promoters say the rails will b.
laid as soon as work can open up in tn,
spring. The line will start from the ives
end of the West Q street viaduct and run
to Ralston.