Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-27
HARTMAN AND HILL AGREE
Come to Terms on Joint Use Of North
ern Pacific.
LOOKS LIKE HARTMAN VICTORY
Move Taken 90 Mean that Hartman
Mt Last Gets Through the Porte
land Gateway a. a Conn
petitOr.

Hartman and Hill have reached an
agreement whereby the Union Pacific. the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern
roads will Jointly use the Northern Pacific
line between South Tacoma and Vancouver.
Wash, and the bridge over the Columbia
river.
The Northern Pacific AT once will begin
work to complete double Tracking its road,
so as to care for the business Of the three
companies. The property will be used for
any and all kinds Of business by the three
roads and will be maintained as a first.
class modern double track road for all the
interests named between Portland and
Puget sound.
This announcement Is taken to mean a
great deal more than shows on the face.
Railroad officials believe It means that
Hartman and Hin will obey the order OF
the commission to open the Portland gate
way, and not only allow the Union Pacific
to sell through tickets to Seattle through
that gateway. but also to run the Union
Pacific trains on through to Seattle.
For years Hartman and I'm have been
fighting for the business of the Puget
Sound country, but Hin has up to this
time been able TO shut Hartman out by
keeping the Portland gateway closed. The
official bulletin says that the Northern
Pacific will throw open it's tracks to the
Union Pacific and the Great Northern for
all kinds of business. This is taken to
mean that the Union Pacific will not only
run Its passenger trains through, hut will
also be in line to ompete for the freight
business Of tho coveted territory.
While IL is no. given out, II is thought
the Union Pacific will use the Milwaukee
tracks from Tacoma to Seattle. This part
Of the Milwaukee road is completed, but
the Milwaukee will not be ready to run
through passenger trains from the east
until fall, although freight trains are get
ting through.
New Northwestern Train.
Northwestern officials announce that
Sunday they will put a new train in
service between Omaha and Chicago, max
ing eight complete passenger trains which
the Northwestern runs daily between
Omaha and Chicago, or two more than any
other road. The new train will onnec
with Union Pacific No. 6 and will leave
Omaha at sos p. m. and reach Chicago at
1880 the next morning.
This train will relieve the regular train,
NhiSh VIII u al % CAoth as usudl ana
arrive in Chicago at S a. M, or half an
hour earlier than at present. A third
evening train will leave Omaha at sos p.
M. and arrive at Chicago at $50 a. m
The train leaving at 6 o'clock will be an
exclusive Omaha train, made up ex-
c~luslvely Of sleepers and other equipment
from Omaha to Chicago
Business for All at seattle.
ut looks like there was going to be a.
big business for everybody to Seattle this
year" said c. p f. USHER. assistant pas
senger traffic manage OF the Canadian
Pacific, who was In Omaha Wednesday.
Business in our part Of the country is
being resumed at a rapid rate this spring
and every berth OF every car we are able
to secure is filled. Local passenger bust
ness has increased all along the line from
30 to 80 per cent since February, and this
is generally a good criterion as to the
status Of business