Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-12
NEBRASKA CENTRAL R'Y CO
Don't Accept False Statements Of Inter-
ested Parties, but Investigate for
Yourself
VOTERS READ! VOTERS READ!
DO You Know What the Nebraska Gem
tral Railroad Proposes? nor
Well Then, Read
This.

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ground betwee Fifteenth and Eleventh
streets, and California and Chicago
streets, except small fractions of blocks
"a, % and 3S Compare this with the
grounds occupied by the three railroads
at Fifteenth and Webster. You will find
1T double the size. 1t can accommodate
at least twelve railroads. What next2
To. build 100 miles of railway east of
the Missouri river.
What forl
TO bring into Omaha number OF rail
roads not now doing business there,
How much does the Nebraska Central
get TO AID 1T in buying this large track
OF ground and building this 100 miles of
railroad.
100000
What lines of railway are there with
in easy reach of Omaha that may be
brought in by this Iowa line?
The Illinois Central.
The Winona g. Southwestern.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis.
The Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City.
The Chicago. Fort Madison g. Des
Moines.
The Atchison. Topeka g. Santa Fe.
The Baltimore q Ohio.
The Ohio & Mississippi
The Keokuk & Western.
The Quincy, Omaha g. Kansas City.
The Iowa Central.
When will they get this 100000. 90?
Not until they purchase the depot
grounds and have completed the con-
sruction OF the Iowa road and con-
nected it with two or more of these
roads.
Can they occupy the territory and
keep these roads out of Omahap
No. BY the terms of their PROPOSE
tion they must allow every one of them
to run both their passenger ana freight
trains over this road into the city of
Omaha.
Can they charge them an exhorbitant
price for the use OF these tracksp
No.
Why not?
Because the proposition provides that
| ii they cannot agree, three of your dis
| trict judges shall fix the rental to be
paid.
When does this provision take effect?
Read the propositions; you will see
that it takes effect Immediately and not
at the end of five years, as the enemy"
persist in charging.
| Is 100000 large sum to be paid to
| secure these agreements?
Would you prefer to have one railroad
occupy this territory, keeping the others
out, and enter the city of Omaha and
Duylng only sufficient ground for its own
| use?
! Would it not be worth 100000 to Sc
cure the entrance of any two of these
roads?
Carefully consider these three ques-
tions and answer them for yourselves on
the 10Th OF June.
What next does the Nebraska Central
! proposep
To build u double-track railroad
bridge across the Missouri river.
Where?
Up at Florence, or opposite East
Omaha, or down at Child's Mills, or at
some other point to benefit some par
ticular locality, or to further SOM, real
estate speculation, or where it can be
put in the cheapest. No.
| Well, then, where?
! At the foot of Cass street. opposite the
center of the city, just as near to the
present wagon bridge as the act of con-
gress will permit.
Is this a single track bridge?
No. 1t is double track bridge
How many roads would single track
bridge accommodate
AT least three, but probably not more
than five.
How much is paid to aid in building
this bridge making it double track in
stead Of single track, so that a large
number of roads can get in over it?
$250,000
When are these bonds TO be deliv-
cred 7
Not until the bridge is completed.
How does the Nebraska Central get
from its bridge across the Union Pacific
shop grounds?
BY an elevated double tracked via
duct.
Does it disturb the buildings or tracks
of the Union Pacific railroad to eifcc,
this crossing.
No. 1t does not disturb single track
or building.
How does it support this elevated via
ductp
BY piers which have been carefully
located by actual survey between exist
ing tracks and buildings.
vii! this prevent the Union Pacific
from building its boiler shop?
No Why?
Because it has plenty of room else
where within its grounds, not only for
the proposed boiler shop, but for Il large
| number of other buildings.
Did the Union Pacific stake out its
boiler shop and intend to build it upon
block 30 in accordance with its applica
tion for a building permit?
No, but across Cass street, in the way
of tho Nebraska Central.
What next does the Ncbr aska Central
propose to do!
To build line of railroad to Soutf
Omaha and IA branch line from poin
on this main line near Leavenworth ant
Fortieth streets to the Little Paptllior
in sec %, twp. l5, range IL, in Douglas
county, and also branch line from
point on the main line near Fourteenth
and lizard streets nOrtherly 10 Grace
street.
| Are these lines to be single track?
The one west is, but the one north i
to be double track.
Are these lines to be run on the sur
face and across all the railroad tracks
streetc,.r lines and public streets a
grade?
No. The main line is TO run overhead
from l1th and Cass streets until it hai
reached point south of Cunning stree
and west of oath street.
How many streets does it then cross a
grade before it reaches Leayenwortl
st eet? .
Only four. because when it reaches
California street it is low enough to pas
underneath that street and all succeed
ING streets north OF Leavenworth street
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