Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
BRADY ISLAND SEES A RAILROAD
Burlington Mt work on an Extension
from Enruam,

BRADY ISLAND, Neb. May 29.-(Special)
This bit of town, which claims 10 be the
oldest in the state OF Nebraska but which
has been stunted since its birth, Is just now
worked up over the prospect OF becoming a
railroad center All Of this is the result Of
the fact that the Burlington has commenced
some railroad construction in this neighbor-
hood which is enveloped in enough OF mys-
terry to cause world of speculation. Ger
talnly new railroad is coming. Surveyors
have been laying out the line for 1t for some
time, and within the last couple of weeks
a gang Of graders has started upon the route
in two spots. This supplies enough founda-
tion for our dreams even II they know only
the beginning point OF the new road and
are as yet in ignorance of It's terminus
They know that it will leave the main line
of the Burlington a few miles from Farnam,
that 1t will run through Brady Island, that
1t will pass through Dawson and Lincoln
counties and reach into Custer 1t is pretty
well established, too that the extension is
to run into Wyoming and that 423 miles Of
1t have already been surveyed, but its ter
minal point is as yet unknown. Many peo-
pie believe that Ogden is the lnal objective
point. From Ogden the road can easily con-
meet with the coast. but talk about this is
all speculation.
People hereabouts are especially interested
in the extension of the road into their midst.
Farmers in this section Of the country do
not wish to disparage any other part of Ne
braska, but they are confident that they
own the richest and most fertile portion of
the state. With the Burlington in this sec
tion in position to compete with the Union
Pacific it will rebound to their benefit, as
they will be able to more easily and cheaply
ship their products.
The farmers, however, are not in the state
of ecstacy in which the inhabitants of Brady
Island are living for the latter are looking
into bright future. From what they can
learn, their town Is booked to be the dis
tributing division point of this new extern
sion. North Platte, but few miles away,
is division point of the Union Pacific and
this fact is held to be responsible largely for
it's growth. Brady Island looks forward to
the time when it will possess even greater
Importance than North Platte.
The extension will come into Brady Island
from the east, it will cross the Platte river
short distance away. The preliminary sur
veys for the bridge have already been made
and the spot where it is to cross the river
has been selected. A point has been chosen
where there are three islands. The sup
ports of the bridge will be located upon
these.
Before the extension Is completed con-
struction will be commenced upon some ex-
tensive machine shops in Brady Island. A
big roundhouse is also to be located at the
town, and other buildings that are necessary
at an important division distributing point
| These improvements will naturally bring
| people to Brady Island and with the people
will come long wishedfor enterprises. Fol-
| example, the Omaha Elevator company has
| given assurance that If things are to be as
| they are reported they will Immediately
| build at Brady Island an elevator with q
capacity Of 30,0 900 bushels.
AS has already been stated. a gang Of men
is already at work grading the roadbed from
| the point where 1t leaves the Burlington
| main line. Reports have it that the work
| is to be pushed as rapidly as possible and
| it is therefore possible that the extension
| will be almost, If not completely laid within
| the wear.