Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-12
ELEVATORS TO BE- REMOVED
Union Pacific Nesds ths Ground for
Trackass.
SWITCHES ARE TO OCCUPY THE SPACE
Upon Completion of Depot Business Of
umnhn Elevator Company
Likely TO he Transferred
to Council Huns,
ARE TO OCCUPY THE SPACE

when Frank H. Peavey.s new elevator al
Council Bluffs Is completed it is understood
on this side OF the river that the property
Of the Omaha Elevator company in Omahs
will be vacated and the business OF me com
pany transferred 20 the new property al the
Bluffs. The accommodations Tor the husl-
ness OF the company on tuis side are sala 90
bc vastly Inadequate, and in ADDITION 10
being unable TO secure from the Union ia
cihr company any more ground lot ne"
buildings, II is reported that the elevator
people were informed by the railroad com
pany that the latter required the space no"
occupied by the formers buildings N lhIS
city for purposes Of its own.
This notification by the railroad company,
Il is understood was what actuated MT.
Peavey TO build the new elevator across the
river. He was given ground space on the
Union Pacific right OF way over there lot the
buildings needed, and as they had TO De
erected somewhere, II was decided TO be best
TO 70 where there Was little liability IN
years to come Of being cramped Tor room
The vacating of the ground on this side oi
the river and transferring the business TO
Council Bluffs is entirely an amicable agree"
ment between tho two corporations, ana the
elevator company in It's new location VIII
continue 70 handle the grain when comes
in over the Union Pacific road.
What will be done with the ground where
the elevator company buildings now stand
can not be learned at Union Pacific head
orarters It is said the officers n the road
are not fully determined as 10 the puT-
poses for which it will be used, II adjoins
the right of-way Of the main line OF the
road extending from Eleventh to Thlr-
-eenth. on the north side OF Mason street
II is about definitely settled, however,
that the buildings will be removed. This
seems at first glance to be a big under
taking but the proposition is made that
with the limited space remaining in that
vicinity for railroad uses, and the con
stantly growing needs OF the Union Pacific
for more room, nothing is too big to under
take which would furnish the additional ia
cilities required.
1t is generally accepted among those who
are familiar with the situation that the
Union Pacific will use the ground for track
age purposes The new union depot will
be completed IN the fall. BY that time 1t
Is believed the new elevator across the
river will be occupied and doing business,
while the buildings on this side will be
ready for the operations Of a wrecking COM
pany. One OF the Inconvenience OF the
present entrance to the depot is the reverse
curve in the Union Pacific tracks at this
point, which makes severe strain on all
the engines pulling trains over it.
When work was begun on the new depot
contract was also let for
filling in a large tract OF ground
at the west end of the bridge,
This built up track surface covers two or
three blocks of ground and will enable the
company to reach the new depot with a line
which has a slight curve. With the ee-
vator buildings out of the way this track can
be continued on out toward South Omaha,
with only one wide sweeping curve from the
bridge round in a southerly direction to the
Sixteenth street viaduct.
Another incentive for recalling its leased
ground is the needs which the Union Pacific
will have for more trackage room incident
TO the increasing business at this point and
the probability of more roads using the ia
cilities at the new depot when that structure
shall be completed. If the plans of Presi-
dent Burt to secure the Elkhorn, Omaha and
Missouri Pacific companies TO use that depot
mature additional trackage room will be
needed and it will be furnished by building
up the space now occupied by the elevator
buildings.