, 1898-12-22
RAILROAD NOTES
THE HOSPITAL FUND NOT YET
BEING DISTRIBUTED TO
EMPLOYEES.
H. S. Abbot OF Denver, Master-inC hanc-
cry. Closing up Matter-Policy of
Filling Places on Onion Pacific
With Elkhorn Men Accusing Feel
ing in Certain Quarters.

stations on the Union Pacific. Said the
traffic official of n Iowa line to a Be-
reporter: ITS pretty hard on us t.
see Elkhorn and Northwestern mel
being given adj the important station.
of the Union Pacific in Wyoming. W.
have worked hard for business coming
out of Wyoming over the Union Pacific
so we can carry it from Council Bluffs
to Chicago. With a straight Union Pa.
cific agent at these points we had Q
fair shake for the business. But when
all these places are filled by North
western men what chance have we got
I'm inclined to think the Union Pacific
may very shortly receive an official pro-
test from the Milwaukee and the Rock
Island roads over further action along
this line. l do not like to comment or
another line, but it seems to me Super
%intendent Harris will have to run up to
Green River and Rawlins every little
while to keep his men from being run
over by the trains. They have not been
used to seeing so many trains at Chad
ron and Hot Springs as go whizzing by
Green River and Rawlins every day in
the week."-Omaha Bee.
Howard S. Abbott, master-in-chanc-
cry in charge of cases arising out of the
Union Pacific receiverships, has just
returned from a couple of months alb
sence in the east, say the Omaha Bee,
where he has been engaged in hearing
testimony and otherwise closing up the
last Of these cases. Among other mat
tiers Mr. Abbott has in charge is the
settlement Of the Union Pacific hospi-
tai fund, about which so many exag-
gerated accounts have recently been
published.
In answer to a question concerning
the status of the hospital fund and its
proposed distribution among Union Pa
cifc employees, Master-in-Ch ancery Alb
bott said: There has been no distri-
button Of the fund made and there will
not be any until all the property be-
longing to the hospital department is
sold. and the proceeds added TO the
money of the department now on hand.
l am not sure just what this O is,
but l believe 1t is between $50, 900 and
$55, 900. 1t is in the form Of cash and
is on deposit in a bank credited to the
hopital department.
The department also has two hospi-
tai building on it's hands, which 1t is
trying to sell. One of these is located
in Ogden and the other In Denver. In
neither OF these cities is the rea estate
market very active at present and the
s~uccessory receivers have lot yet re
ceived what they consider fair bids for
the two buildings. They do not want
to give the property away and will hold
1t until something like a fair amount
can be secured for them.
When both properties have been
disposed OF and the proceeds added tc
the cash on hand the court will consid-
er the question Of distributing the fund
among its subscribers. Just how thie
will he done no one knows. The cour,
win not decide ON the rules for the dis
tribution Of the fund until the two hos.
pital buildings have been sold and the
funds made complete.
One rule that has been proposed tc
the court Is that after a person has LEFT
the employ of the Union Pacific he
should to receive amy benefits
from the hospital fund. II this rule
adopted It would exclude Those
who subscribed for the hospital FUND
and later left the employ of the com
pany from participation in the bene-
fits resulting from the distribution l
the fund. But the court has not passed
on this question and has not adopted as
vet a single rule concerning the dis,
tribution."
The Union Pacific hospital building
In Denver cost 345, 900 when 1t was or
igfnally constructed. Several years agS
1t was condemned by the Denver boart
of health on account OF its marked un'
sanitary condition. 1t was PRACTICAL,
without a drainage system, and com
pany physicians pronounced 1t al unfit
place for keeping patients. The build
ing is located on ground belonging t.
the old Union Pacific railway company
near Fortieth street. Until ten year
g the grounds were beautifully kept
and the spot was n Of the prettiest ID
Denver. On account Of the large ex
penditure of money necessary to maxi
the building Of any 3 as a hospita
the company abandoned 1t, and sine
that time all Union Pacific acciden
cases on the Colorado division hav
BEEN treated at the st Joseph's hos
pital, Denver.
Such equipment OF the old hospdta
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