Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-08
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Steady Progress During the Past
xear-Large Land Sales I'm
Kansas and Nebraska.

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Kansas and Nebraska.
The Union Pacific Railway has steadily
increased in importance during the past
year, and under the management OF
Charles Francis Adams as president, and
5. K. Galloway as general manager, ii
has made. immense strides forward.
From one end of the line to the other, a
stretch OF Gncluding its branches) nearly
hve thousand miles, nothing but praise
IS heard for its liberal and conservative
management. New towns are constantly
springing DIP along the entire length of
the road IN Kansas, Nebraska and the
other Stafes and Territories farther West.
1t is impossible, with the data at hand,
says the st. Louis Republican, to give the
statistics, but it can be safely said that
the roadbed, bridges, stations and equip
ments are among the best in the entire
country, and are constantly being i'm
proved. The car department has been
at work during the past year in placing
air brakes on all freight cars, merchan-
disc, stock and flat cars. At the present
time nearly all the rolling stock of the
Union Pacific is equipped in this manner.
FMS was found necessary on account of
the demand OF consumers for quick time.
ALI freight trains are now making as fast
time as was formerly made by passenger
trains, the regular schedule time for
freight trains now being five and one
half days from the Missouri river to the
Pacific coast
Several new branches are in course of
70 nj
braska~ and Kansas. Among them the
most important for the st. Louis trade
is the line now being built from the main
line OF the Union Pacific southwardly,
through Lincoln, Beatrice, Marysville,
etc., connecting with the Kansas division
at Topeka. This branch will be COM
pleted early in the coming spring and
will make the shortest route from Ne
braska to st. Louis. 1t will bring that |
entire section of the country into close
connection with this city.
The Oregon branch-or properly speak
ing the extension-of the main line, is
Ga miles in length, extending from
Granger on the main line, to Huntington,
where it connects with the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Companys lines for
Portland. 1t is the shortest line from st.
Louis to Portland by 24S miles. The
business of the Oregon Short Line has
shown a continual increase, and during
the past three months emigrant and
pullman sleepers have been run through
both from Omaha and Kansas City to
Oregon.
During the past year large number
of cars have been built expressly for the
California fast freight line, to be used in
he California business, An organiza-
ion was perfected under the above name
% superintend the moving of cars, and
% facilitate, as far as possible, the inter-
'st OF Pacific coast business.
The local business of the Nebraska
ines has greatly increased the past year.
New mills and manufacturing establish
nents are being continually erected at
eadlng points. The population shows
cry large increase over previous years.
Both the freight and passenger bust
less of the Union Pacific lines in Kansas
AVE augmented in very unexpected
manner, owing no doubt to the liberal
'olicy adopted in that State since the !
resent management took hold In this
Traffic Manager Kimball is !.
ntitled to no small credit. His policy
t placing a very competent gentleman in f
barge OF freight matters in Kansas, with {
uthority to act promptly and adjust, c
,ithout reference to Omaha, all matters |
interest to merchants and shippers, t
,as doubtless the cause OF very large t
ercentage of the increase in freight e
arnings in that State. e
The productive area in the States of t
ebraska and Kansas is still extending t
eastward, and very large land sales il
ave been made in both Of these States, t.
rincipally in the extreme western parts. e
he sales in both States show very b
altering increase over any previous Il
EAR, and the prospects for very heavy l.
emigration during the coming year are
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The passenger department, under the
Try able management of j. w. Morse,
e General Passenger Agent, has during II
e past year organized regular course "
excursions, both first-class and emf d,
ant, leaving the Missouri river month r.
the former in special trains of Pull
an sleepers and the latter in the i'm u
owed emigrant or tourist sleepers, built Jt
the company expressly for this class Pr
travel. This fall they have carried to ~
IS Angeles and San Francisco between M
100 and 1000 excursionists, who, were in
not for the low rates and splendid ac-
nmodations, would have stayed at NJ
me, or gone to Florida for the winter he
tead of Southern California. TO