, 1889-03-24
DIRECTOR DODGE TALKS
The Union Pacific Man Speaks to
the Point.
Says the Overland Route Will Con-
tinue to Live.
Through Burlington Line--0maha
Shops--Paciflc Hotels.
MIR. ID TALKS.


viewed Gen. &. M. Dodge of Iowa, a
prominent director of the Union Pacific.
He said:
AT the coming election Adams will be
re elected president and w. II. Holcomb
will be reelected vice president. The
stockholders are, as a rule, well satisfied
with the labors of both the officials. AS
to the existence of two factions, namely
Ames- Dillon l must say hat conclusions
in this respect have been largely over.
drawn. Ames and Dillon are intimate
friends and the utmost harmony pre-
walls"
Then you are not aspiring to the pres
idency OF the Union Pacif32"
mo; sir, | am not in quest of any
such position"
What is the idea concerning the iu
ture development of the Union Pacific?"
IF the Union Pacific will devote its
time and enterprise between the Missouri
river and the Pacific ocean it will make a
mark. If the management will put one-
half the enterprise into developing local
territory, mining industries and such mat
tiers, as it does in securing one car load of
freight from a point 500 miles away, from
which but little revenue accrues, 1t will be
of great benefit not only to the Union Pa
&c, but to the entire west, and will add
so per cent to the earnings of the sys-
tenn"
What is your opinion of the inter
state law2"
Il am in favor of the law, provided it
Is enforced in all its bearings and pur-
poses. In rigid endorsements of the law
the tidewater points will be most benefit
ted and interior iobbing centers will re-
ceive a set back. As regards the rail
roads, it will necessarily be of great bene-
fit. As yet the law has not been carried
out as it should be, but matters are rapid
Iy shaping themselves in that direction
Are you cognizant Of the details in
connection with the union depot for
Omaha?"
Vice President Holcomb has Just in
fJrmed me hat the arrangements for a
union depot have been completed. | ought
not, | suppose. to quote Mr.. Holcomb on
this, but you can say that l said Omaha
will have a union depot costing over ST.
600, 900 before many months roll by"
what have you to say concerning the
attitude of the Union Pacific toward the
United States?"
well, sir, let me say that If | had my
say l would never solici: aid from congress
or even make an endeavor to warp a sym
pathetic feeling. The Union Pacific has
done enough for the government. | do
not think the government has any claim
on the Union Pacific. If it would pay
our company the one-thousandth part it
owes the road, we would be largely REIN
bursed. The Union Pacific is good prop
erty and, as | say, that for my part |
would neSer solicit favor from congress.
You may say that the Union Pacific has
never defaulted thus far, and hat when
the debt of the government falls due it
will be paid. As to the expectation of aid
from congress, nothing is more uncertain.
What can you expect when the bill that
originated in congress was tabled IN the
hands of its friends? The Cultivate bill
was a step taken by the government on its
own responsibility. What has become of
it? Everybody is aware that it still hangs
In the balance, although it is a government
instrument.
POOL AT CHEYENNE.