Show WINTER OR of BURL NUCH MUCH TY SHOWN BY OMAHA northwestern official still hoa has the tha edge chicago lines interested local rates not sate safe omaha neb dec 4 gossip regarding the presidency of 0 the reorganized union pacina was active in omaha railway circles today thomas M orr assistant secretary of the union pa cities executive department has been suddenly called to new york but the reason cannot be learned while at union pacific headquarters it 11 Is 19 still believed that edwin ednan W winter win will be the next president those who have predicted the election of horace G burt had bad their bellet belief strengthened today when it was announced that on ills recent isit here he made application for its his foi mer residence in this city which ho he still owns there Is considerable anxiety at local headquarters of 0 the union ra pa cinc as it Is believed that the coming of either winter or burt as president will be immediately followed by a number of 0 official decapitation and a complete change in the general operation s and arrangements of tile the road it Is claimed by some that it winter whiter should be made baoe president burt will be the first vice and general manager in full charge of the roads affairs the general opinion la Is that burt Is to be the th next president of 0 the rood road CHICAGO GREATLY interested chicago dec 4 the western passenger be ger men are watching the course of oe the union pacific with great interest and many of them admit that its course under the new management will for the next few m months lont ho shape the he colrue of its competitors some SM or of ft the passenger men expect it to cut the rates and others are claiming that it will be handled in it conservative I 1 manner the men of the latter opinion being in in a decided majority it Is admitted on all sides that the stand the union pacific will mill assume toward the passenger 9 er association will have very much to 0 do with alth reorganization of the transcontinental passenger association and with the future of the western passenger association as well gross earnings of seventy y nine railroads for the month of N november lovern ber were an increase of a trine trifle over 16 per cent over the aggregate ase regate earnings of the same roads tor for the same month of last year ENLARGE THEIR TERRITORY the gulf guk lines getting the best of chicago roads heads chicago dec 4 it la is possible that in the near future tile the transcontinental roads will be compelled to meet the same trouble that has caused the roads between chicago and Idles missouri ourt river points to reduce their freight rates the arrangements that the steamship companies have made between I 1 new york and the gulf of mexico ports from froin there to san francisco w with ath the South southern Paci have hava proven so satisfactory to that it Is altogether likely that they will send much freight in that way if they name equal rates vla via the distinct mall mail routes freights shipped by bleamer from new york via houston to san fran cisco have been cabled through in nine and one half days which Is fast enough for the average shipper and w fill lower rates this method of getting freight to the pacific coast Is if bound to prove it a strong competitor of the nil all rail routes NEW HEW TROUBLE ARISES utah rates bates nay may become affected ly by the colorado cuts there Is a a bare possibility that the rate tr troubles will not be kept out of utah ut all after all the colorado utah rates were withdrawn solely to prevent the spread of the contagion but since the rates have taken so many tumbles that a new danger arises and that Is the missouri river utah rates will have to he be withdrawn also for the following reason the withdrawal of tho the colo i ado utah votes lates necessitated the application c a t on by gulf lines of the MIs missouri river utah rates to colorado utah scurf in order to malic make the rate into salt lake und and utah common points it slow now develops that but one more slight cut front from seaboard to colorado will with the basing being done on missouri river rates disturb the regular seaboard utah rates for example tile the cut rate now new york to colorado on oil first class Is this added to the missouri river utah rate matera makes a rate non new york to utah of this is 13 only 7 cents above the regular seaboard utah rate via the go eulf if which ix Is and it if the colorado rates tire are again cut it wilt will be in the case of many class rates below the latter figure railroad notes notee local railroad officials are follow following iraq the union im alc reorganization with the deepest interest william P gould and william walte two prominent 13 0 men from pittsburg and johnstown are lit in the city visiting 11 II 13 kooser C A caine absi assistant stant general pass pashien e n ger agent of the chicago nortow northwestern eat was wa hote train from chicago yesterday accompanied by r E S andrews it aveling passenger agent fro from denver denven an organ recital tor for them was arranged arr rl gd by will pence and ad given iven in the tabernacle er vice W n H bancroft and chief engineer returned to the city list evening the two officials have ben been making a a tour over the idaho ill talon where tho the heavy steel la is being laid the work to Is progressing quickly and the road is la in splendid condition free passes to employees and subordinate officers of connecting and other railway lines were abolished by the llie southern llo southern california and santa fo pacific railway companies on find and after december lat but a special rate of at one half fare will be granted instead exception to this rule will be made only upon autographic requests from the pios ident vice dent deni or general manager of oc the ile connecting an lines connecting Connect lne lines are requested to ignore reque requests for arpa passes unless similarly signed by tile the same eanie officers of the roads named |