Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
Outcome of tho Union Pacific and
Northwestern Federation.
THE DEFEAT OF Ma. vRoMAn
|. The New experimenting OF the Tcie-
graph System OF the Union Pa
cific with n SKctch OF
His Eventful Career.

progress which have so long been at a stand
still will be set in motion. Conservative
railroad men look at the deal being as very
important one, and the conclusion reached is
that it is but a step toward the absorption of
the entire Union Pacific system by the Van
derbilts. AS to the time when such a move
will be made, great deal, IL is SAID, will de-
pend on the attitude of the government
toward this latter road. Should the passage
of the Stan ford relief bill be brought about,
the opinion abtains. that the Union Pacific
would be Immediately gobbled up by the
~|anderbts. But even under the present
circumstances the amalgamatlou means
great deal for the road. There is no longer
any doubt that the Union Pacific element
will be provided with sufficient means
to extend the road from Frisco. Utah, in
southwesterly direction to Los Angeles,
thereby gaining double liue to the Pacific
coast, and thereby establish Il line that will
answer the purpose of the fruit growers
much better than that which Is provided III
the Southern Pacific. The building OF
branch lines. as feeders in Nebraska, Wyom
ing, and Colorado has long been considered
necessity by the management of the Union
Pacific, and it is quite probable that this will
be one of the early moves of the company.
The extensive aud valuable coal fields of
Wyoming cannot but attract capital. Their
development may be delayed, but develop
ment must and will come. Thus tar, the de-
lay has been occasiOned by the lack of avail
able funds with which to carry on the work.
The federation of The Union Pacific and
the Northwestern is not of a mild character
that has so frequently marked agreements
among railroads. II appears as if every
necessary provision had been made to insure
tho permanency of the arrangement, and
when the supplementary features shall
have been added, as in ali proba bility
they will be, the Vanderbilts will have under
their control a line of road extending from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from. the
great lakes to the gulf. There IS no doubt
but that other lines will be forced into a
coalition in order to compete with this gigan-
tic rival, and, az has been previously an
nounced in lie BEE, the combine, as far as
the Union Pacific is concerned will not have
been carried out until the Chicago & Alton
and the Kansas division of the Union
Pacific are made one, traffically speaking
When an employe of a railroad company is
injured while IN the performance of his uu-
ties, and to such an extent that he is after
ward unable to perform manual labor, it IS
considered hard that he should be cast out,
and thrown upon the hands of the charitable
world. How often in passing along
the thoroughfares of Omaha one meets
inviduals manned and almost helpless, strong
robust men with an arm or lower limb miss
ing. This, in most instances, is evidence of
the unfortunate having at one time been in
the employ OF a railroad company. There
are numerous positions where individuals
thus crippled might even earn their daily
bread, and perform the work as satisfactorily
as others, who are retained in the iuliiliment
of political and MINOR obligations.
The great question of who should fashion
the destiny of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers for the ensuing term, has at
last been answered in the reelection Of p.
A NTH rpht of nd ic
sor. The Vroman faction made sterling
fight. With Vroman himself as leader
they entered the convention, and no general
ever received such an unbroken support as
did Vroman. With defeat omnipresent his
followers took up stand and maintained it
until the final action of the convention placed
them in the minority. But the result was
not verdict representing choice
between the two men. 1t was
merely an endorsement of the policy of
of Chief Arthur as against that of George
Vroman ON the momentous question Fed
GRAFTON. The result of the vote demonstrates
one thing ana that is that the advocates of
federation are gradually gaining strength
Consequently, George Vroman's policy in
this respect, may enlist material aid that
will be available in the future. Even now,
Chief Arthur cannot but give it proper con-
Slderatlon.
Tom Entreken formerly contracting agent
of the Rock Island, with headquarters at
this point, and who retired from active serv-
ice in railway circles some time ago, has re-
turned to his old love in the capacity of chief
clerb in the general office of the Chicago Il
Northwestern.
There was a tIme when western railroad
lines were not provided with very suitable
accommodations for the travelling public,
and it does not date back many decades,
either. Not alone did the trains of the trans
Missouri roads present second class appear
ance to the tourist, but the roads themselves
were uneven, and strung, of rusty,
service of to-day is not the western service
of five years ago. On the other hand all the
overland passenger trains on the roads lead
ing from Omaha westward are provided with
coaches that not only present palatial ap-
pearance, but are fully equipped with the
latest and best improvements that have been
made. The motive power is up to the stand.
ard, and run of sixty miles an hour has
ceased to be wonder. These are the essen
tial components in the building up of the pas
senger traffic Of railroad. The travelling
public cannot be duped, much less invelgled
into patronizlng road furnishing at best but
inferior accommodations. 1t is largely owing
to this that a very large volume OF trana-
continental travel passes through Omaha at
the present time.
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LOUIS H. Korty, the new general superin-
tendent of telegraph of the Union Pacific,
came TO this country when he was about two
years old and settled at Fort Madison. Iowa.
He left school at the age of thirteen to earn
his own living, and entered newspaper
Office 10 learn the printers trade. The paper
being Of the ''long .felt-wantn order, it failed
before Mr. Korty could acquire the printers
art any further than 'shiftlng the rollern
sweeping the office and such other work as
usually fell to the lot of the printers devil in
those days
He next applied himself to the study of
telegraphy, and after few weeks practice
mastered the art sufficiently to take his first
office at Fort Madison, WHICH, like all tele-
graph offices at that time, were operated
with register and tape-reading by sound
being forbidden as unsafe '''ph
In 1861 he went to Chicago as operator for
the Illinois a. Mississippi Telegraph COM
pany, which is now part of the Western
Union system. In 1862, when operators were
in great demand In the army he Joined the
United States military telegraph corps,
serving throughout the war SUCCESSFULLY as
operator, chief operator and cypher clerk
with various union commanders in the south
western armies; and, in common with
others, in the telegraph corps, per-
formed valuable, faithful and Oftentimes
very hazardous services for his country
After tho close of the war; and during the
reconstruction OF the southern states, he
filled various positions in tine telegraph SER
vice under the government finally as man
ager Of the American and Southwestern Tel.
egraph companies Joint Office at New Or