Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-04
OMAHA CATE FOR MASSES
Through This City Thousands Of Tour.
lists Will Pass in Summer.
CONVENTIONS DRAW PEOPLE WEST
Railroads Prepare for the LarEest
Passenger Tramc I'm Their Hts
tory-ODaha VIII Invite
Tourists to stop.

Omaha, the gateway to the west, will be
a busy place on the railroad map this
summer, for many of the largest annual
gatherings Of the year are to be held in
the west and the majority OF those attend
ing will pass through Omaha, many stop
ping over. The railroads OF the west are
preparing for the biggest year in passen-
ger business and are starting their cam
paign Of advertising and also Of prepsrs-
ton for the big summer business.
The Grand Army of the Republic en-
campment at Salt Lake City in August. the
National Educational association at Denver
in July, the annual convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor at st. Paul in July, the
general assembly OF the Presbyterian
church at Denver the last week in May,
the annual convention Of the Elks at Los
Angeles in July summer tourist business
to Colorado and to the Yellowstone Ma
tional park and the Seattle exposition are n
few of the magnets which will draw thou
sands n thousands of fasteners to the
west this summer
Nearly 1000 variable routes are offered
by the railroads as an inducement to the
fasteners to See America First a cry
which will be recognized by many who
nave heretofore spent the summer in the
old world. The Burlington took the lead
of the low rates to the west and all the
roads have now Joined In and il is so ar
ranged that a traveller may go by any route
he chooses and return by any other.
Ad Club VIII Invite ~StOpOvers
The Omaha Ad club has started a move
ment to provide a plan by which these
thousands of travellers may be induced to
stop over on their long jump and see
Omaha.
The Portland exposition more than
doubled the number OF sightseers who made
the trip through Yellowstone park and the
Seattle exposition is expected to do even
better. At the melting of the Burlington
passenger representatives at Chicago last
week a campaign of advertising for the
summer was mapped out.
The enormous hotels on the Pacific coast
are built for the accommodation of winter
tourists who prefer to spend their win
tiers in California than in the colder cline
of the middle and eastern states. These
hotels cut their rates IN two during the
summer as an inducement to people to
visit the Pacific coast during the summer
months.
Bridal couples, Elks, professional men,
school teachers and hundreds Of other
classes will journey to the great west this
summer.
Park Returns February 10.
w. L. Park, general superintendent of
the Union Pacific. who has been making a
tour of the lines OF the Hartman system
that he might make recommendations
| looking toward the standardizing Of the
various lines and for the betterment OF
, operation will return to Omaha February
10, and resume his work as general super
! intendent of the Union Pacific. He will
make his reports to Julius Kr~uttschnitt, in
charge of maintenance and operation Of tbs
| Hartman system.
Illinois CENTRAL Changes.
Donald Rose is appointed assistant to the
president Of the Illinois Central to take
the place OF L. c. Fritch, who il appointed
consulting engineer, with headquarters al
Chicago. vice L. T. Moore, who will con-
tinue as chairman of the board Of pen.
| sions. The changes are also effective on
the Indianapolis Southern Railroad com.
| many and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
| Railroad company, subsidiary companies to
the Illinois Central.
The annual. meeting of the mechanical
and maintenance departments Of the lines
Of the Hartman system will be held this
year at New Orleans, the date of the meet
ing being February 10.
Eugene Duyal, assistant general western
agent of the Milwaukee, left Wednesday
for Salt Lake City and Denver to visit the
western agencies of the Milwaukee.