Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-16
KANSAS LINE is not NEEDED
New Decision Practically Dec asd On By
Interested Parties
OVERLAND CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT II
Union Pacific Reorganization Conamit-
tee Feels Itself Jnabtc to ray
the Price the Government
Now Asks.

TIE return q General Gown. special coun.
sci Tor the United States, General Manager
Dickinson, General Solicitoe Kelly and
from s. Laais yesterday s.; railway
g5ssipgrs al work again predicting What the
Union PAciac reorcsuization would DO re-
esraine the Kansas Paeife, the sale oi
which property hiss been postponed until
the middle o: FEBRUARY.
oae Of The gentlemen named said 10 The
Bee that nothing deanEe was known here
regardi the intentions Of the roo-eanial-
ton committee with respect to the Kan
sas PsciAc sale. Attention was called 10 6
dispatch from Washington to the effect
that 8 member ot the Union Pacific reorgari-
zaiion committee had said that the com
mistee would not purchase the Kansas Pa
cifo since the government HAD forced up
the up set price 10 $4,000 600 The Official
said. A member oI the committee may
or may not have said that. II he did &
ala rot represent che opinion Of the COM
nittee The gentlemen who have the power
to ssy Whist will he done regarding the
purchase OF the Kansas Pacific are keeping
their own counsel. II they have decided
one way OF the other no one here knows
ID"
The impression that the Union Pacific re-
orca n igation committee Will lie. 20 the kansae
Pacific snd cnnAne its attention to the Union
Pacific property is Esin'uz strength in rail-
way circles, il is argued that nothing more
desirable from 4 local standpoint could os
obtained, for in that even the Union Pacific
could give Eroate- attention to Omaha and
would not need to take care oi Kansas Ci'y
Or other cities remote from the Usiu line O.
the Overland Route 1t * rumorca that the
recent inspection Of The kausas Pacific by
/ Horace C. Burt has resulted in the conclusion
rhsi that line is not worth the price demande-
/ for il by the government, and that Il would
be - the hes; interest Of the Union Pacif;
70 operate only the main line, from Counci
! Bluffs 10 Ogden.
ANOTHER SALE POSTPONED.
There have been several queries ooncerninE
! the sale Of the Denver Psciic. which was
1 to have taken place on December l6. General
Solicitor Kelly OF the Union Pacific said this
/ morning that the sale Of the Denver Pacific
would undoubtedly so over for sixty days
! While no orders to that effect have yet beer
| issued. 8 mutual agreement has been reached
/ that the same course be pursued with re-
! gard TO that sale as has bean followed II
J the case of the Kansas Pacific.
Asked his opinion OF the sale and The puT'
! chase Of the Kansas Pacific, Oliver " Mini
| said TO The Bee: There is but little o. NJ
! news 10 add TO what has already beer
I printed. Tic sale O! the Kansas Pacific va:
| postponed sixty days. The government feel:
! that il should set out q the sale Of the prSp
! erty tie full amount Of the government
! claim which Is III right and IS expected o
4 the governments Representatives. On tht
( ether hand the Reorganization committee fee
/ that they could set along wiuaoat the hans2
| Pacific. ! believe the matter has not beer
| decided. doubt If ii will be for some time
Each side has been given sixty days 20 t1!cl
I the matter over, a-d VIII probably take 1
vantage OF shet time to thoroughly conside
! all the issues Involved"
What progress has been made towar
the transfer OF the main lire Of the Unio
| Pacific 20 its new owners, Mr.. Mink"
The work Of settling up matters pre-
p20atcry to the transfer IS progressing quit
as rapidly Is possible. cannot say whe
this work viii be completed but possih,
about the middle Of January. EveryJhin
seems to be going along nicely now, an
# there is no unforeseen interruption thin
the transfer may be completed by tha
time"