, 1876-03-03
THE OMAHA BRIDGE CABE.

River at Omaha ia part Of tho Union Pacific
Railway, and that It must not bo opcratod as
toll.gate by that road. OF course tho cars
Of tho Union Pacific muat bo run to Council
Bluffs, and tho trnnsfer Of freight and passon-
gers must bo made there. At the commence
ment OF tho controversy between Council
Bluffs and Omaha, TIE TRIBUNE examined
the whole subject carefully, oven sondins to
Washington for some Of tho laws under
which tho bridge and the railway wero built.
Wo becamo thoroughly convinced that tho
Supreme Court could not possibly reaoh any
other conclusion than tho one it has just an-
nouuced. Tho franchises Of the Union Pacific
require the Company to connect with other
roads On the Iowa shore.
This decision, based on Just construction
of tho acts Of Congress, accords exactly With
tie neoossitics md tho convenience of tho
bnainess and tho travelling public. Tive
Eastern roads, VIZ: tho Chicago, Burlington
l. Quincy, Chicago d Northwestern, st.
Louis, Kansas City l. Council Bluffs Chicago
i Rock Island, md tho Sioux City d Paciao,
oil havo their western termini at Council
Bluffs, and; since the completion Of tho
bridge, passengers, and we presume freight
as well, have been transferred from ill these
roads to q separate tain to croas the river.
when second trangfor Ind to bo made.
For this transfor Of o mile or two
passengern woro charged hnH a dollar, and
tho cost and injury to fruight in handling
wero very heavy items. These outrageous mud
Illegal charges tho managers Of tho Union
FIR HIn 1nf1$ zSrvt4t A. At
public forever; but, thants to the Supreme
Court, and to the onactors Of tho lava under
which tho Pacific Railway wna built, this
whole ayatem Of robbery must be stopped.
Tho history and the result Of tho rivalry
between Omaha and Council Bluffs show
how much bettor 1t would DO for commu-
nifty to canYaas carefully tho aituation and to
accept 1t. a careful examination Of tho laws
could scarcely havo failed to convince even
tho people Of omaha TINT they conld not
hold tho terminus Of the Union Pa
ciao Railway. They have indulgcd in
n great deal Of bad blood and incur
red vast expense in tho effort to aohievo
an impossibility; and what they themselves,
If careful to examino all the laws and to
consider oil the facts, should have known to
DO such. For telling them tho truth, TIE
TRIBUNE WAS souudly denounced and ostra-
cised at Omaha, and even throughout tho
State of Nebraska; It was regarded as an
enemy to its bust interests aud progress.
While 1t is probable that Omaha may nt
first be injured by the running Of the traina
to tho Iowa sido Of tho river, tho State Of
Nebraska, in our judgment, will be largely
tho gamer by tho change. Tho charges on
her produce eastward aud hor merchandise
westward, il tho bridge Is operated rs q part
Of the Onion Pacific Railway, will Be much
less, and inuro moro to tho benefit Of the
people. than any remote advantage thoy
would have received from the larger growth
Of Omaha.
Now that all theao voxed questions are
settled, we trust the people Of Omaha md
Nebraska will do us tho Justice to believe
TINT TuE tribune never had particle Of
in-feeling towards them, even when thoir
Journals denounced most bitterly The
course which tho law and due regard to the
best interests Of the whole country required
us to take. We mover had particle OF In
terest personally In tho discussion, either tho
ono way or the other. We think tho people
Of Omaha must now bo convinced TINT it
would in all respects have been far better
for them had they needed the advice and
adopted the conclusions ot THIS TRIBUNE.
The now journalistic venture oftho Reformed
Episcopal Church, the Appeal under Dr.. FA1r
Lows competent and 1udlclous management
appears to DO mcoting with moat encouraging