Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
ROADS ADD GREAT MILEAGE
Burlington Alone Will Make 10000
Miles Monthly by New Trains.
VITAL BENEFIT TO GATE CITY
Changes I'm Time Tables and Train
Extensions VIII Become Enec-
tive Twenty-ThIrd and BE
of Help to omaha.

Sixty thousand miles per month OF new
trains will be added by the Burlington to
its lines west Of the Missouri river when
the time changes OF May q are made, and
all these will accrue to the immense adj
vantage OF Omaha.
The Burlington is not alone in making
radical changes, for the Rock Island has
added a new Chicago-Denver train, the
Northwestern has put on a large amount
of new service in Nebraska, including an
other train TO the northwest and another
to Bonesteel. The Union Pacific has also
added new trains and made changes which
will 60 into effect Sunday.
Omaha will derive immense benefit from
all these changes which make it much
more convenient for people living in the
'west to come to Omaha and also to reach
their homes. Many Of the new rains will
Civ those visiting Omaha a chance to do
their shopping in the afternoon, attend a
theater and return home the same evening.
New territory will be opened by the
changes. The Burlington's new train ser
vice from omaha to Seattle over the Great
Northern via the new line from Billings
to Great Falls will open up a vast new
territory ard put Omaha on an equal foot
ing with st. Paul for the business. Omaha
is placed on a geographical parity with
st. Paul for the mme of a most TX
tensive territory.
Equip Tventy-six Trains.
To make all these changes the Bur-
lington has been compelled to stop twenty
six complete trains at a great expense to
equip them with electric light fixtures.
This meant hat over 400 cars have been
equipped with electric lights and other i'm
portant improvements made. This i'm
proved and extended service into the north
west is but a declaration of the Hill policy
to hitch up the southwest and the north
west in the most direct way.
Another train Of great Importance to
Omaha is the new night train to Denver
which the people have been clamoring for
for a long time. Heretofore the people
living along the Burlington west of Lin
coin had to leave Omaha at 4:1O p. m. or
remain all night. The local travel will be
carried to Lincoln on a new train which
leaves Omaha at TBS p. m.
Local trains No. 80 and 40 have been
extended from Broken Bow as far as
Seneca and a new train will leave Omaha
daily at 1890 noon for Plattsmouth and
1dclIlC JuuCllou. NGW lOSdt mli0dB6 dlSO
has been added between McCook and
Wray.
Western Nebraska will be benefited by
the new Chicago-Denver train, az 1t gives
a daylight fast train to the west. No. /
will leave Lincoln for the west at 7:25 a.
m. and will be a valuable train for travel
west from Lincoln.
All these char, ges have beehfmade to ac-
aor,,,n.a4a kba araotINt ioo,L 0had .ruaraox
travel. All western roads are looking for
a big travel to the Seattle exposition this
summer. as well as to the Rocky noun
tains. and all have prepared early to get
their proportion OF the business.
The Illinois Central announces that II
will change the time Of it's fast Omaha
Chicago train Sunday to conform to the
new schedule on the Union Pacific, which
has advanced the westbound Overland
Limited one hour. The fast Illinois Cen
trail train No. 1 will, after Sunday, leave
Chicago at 5 p, m. instead Of G p. m, and
will arrive In Omaha an hour earlier.
Seger to Succeed Young.
When Erastus Young, general auditor
for the Hartman lines. is retired next
month because of the age limit, some
radical changes may be made in his de-
partment. C. b. seger, now general audi
tor Of the Southern Pacific, is slated tc
take his place, and it is thought the office
of general auditor of the Hartman lines
may be moved to Chicago. 1t is the Harri.
man policy to have the general officers
OF his system In Chicago or New York
The heads of the operating and traffic de-
partments are now in Chicago, and the
head of the legal department in New York.
If that change Is made, it will mean the
moving of quite a number of clerks from
Omaha to Chicago
The Northwestern has made the follow
ing changes, effective May %:
A new local train leaves Omaha daily at
s:lb p. m. instead of 3 p. m, arriving at
Norfolk at 1885 p. M, making all stops,
and connecting at Fremont for Hastings,
Lincoln and Superior branch lines.
The Black Hills-Wyoming express No. I
leaves Omaha at 1855 p. m. Instead of 8 D.
m, stopping only at Fremont between
omaha and Norfolk, and arriving at Dead
wood same as at present.
No. 6 leaves Deadwood at $50 d. m. in.
stead OF 8 p. M. arriving at Omaha at 5:3
p m. as at present, with Hastings, Lincoln
and Superior branch line connections.
The Wyoming train leaves Lander at
a. m, taking on a sleeper at Chadron al
$50 p. m, arriving at Omaha at 11:lO a. m
A Nebraska local train leaves Long PIN
at 1880 p. m. connecting at Norfolk with
train from the Rosebud country and arrive,
at Omaha at 1890 p. m.