Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-06
LOOKS BRIGHT FOR OMAHA
Movements in Union Pac fo Affairs Lend
New Encouragement
MERGING or CENTRAL PACIFIC MEANS MUCH
Notablcs of the system Are Now In the
West on OGicisI Business-Posi-
tion of the Burlington
Route.

The merging Of the Central Pacific into
the organization Of the Union pacihc, as
outlined in n dispatch to The Bee from salt
Lake City yesterday morning, is regarded by
railroad men who have been Watching the
kaleidoscope changes In the railroad deals
as he most probable solution OF the union
of the two roads under the resent Purchase
by the Hartman syndicate.
The fact that Judge W. II. Kelly, the
general solici or, and Lawrence Greer OF the
legal department In New York City went
to Salt Lake City Saturday, that President
Burt and the heads of the departments in
this city left here Sunday morning, when
it was stated that "a meeting In Salt Lake
City was one of the objects OF the rip anil
the additional fact that "A meeting of tho
stockholders Wi le held in ,he Utah 'spi-
ta March 2S, are significant when taken In
connection with 60 Ia other.
Looks Good for Omaha.
That move OF this kind should be made.
Il is asserted. Is the most natural sequence
10 the events that have gone before. Tho
new deal will give the Union Pacific q
trunk line from Omaha to San Francisco,
with Omaha as the headquarters and the
base for the direction OF the operations.
This is taken to mean much for this city
and increases the benefits which the city
will derive from the new deal.
In tho same connection comes the report
from Sacramento of the suspension OF 200
men in the Southern Pacific shops at the
end of last weeks work. The newspapers
of that city have taken the action to be
a possible fcIerunner of the entire removal
OF the shops from that place because of the
merging OF the Central Pacific with The
Union Pacific. This has been the skeleton
In the closet to the Sacramento people for
years and every time there is a reduction
in the force In the shops it has been taken
Rs an indication that the shops are to bo
abandoned there. officials of the road
however, have explained that the company
has been doing work for the Pullman COM
pany which has now gone to the new Pull
man Stops at Denver and that this is but
200 cut in force of $500.
The Union Pacific at the present time
has about all it can care for in the way
of shop work. The largest building shop
is at Cheyenne, while some work OF that
nature is done here and in Laramie. An
official OF the company in discussing the
matter the otter day said that the work
is being cared for now In the several shops
and the building of the new shops here was
referred tC not as matter OF immediate
necessity, but ms a provision for future
growth. This points in the same direction
as the salt Lake dispatch, that the Union
Pacific VIII soor extend to the Pacific
coast. including what is now known as
the Central Pacific ard that the business
OF the road will be greatly increased, need
ing more attention for the rolling stock.
The dispatch from Salt Lake suggests the
possibility OF also merging the Oregon Short
Line and the oregon Railway and Naviga-
tion company into the new Union Pacific
organization. This would give the road
line to the northwest. which is now working
under a separate organization branching
from the main line in Wyoming
Position of the Burlington.
One OF the most Interesting features Of
the whole deal Is the position OF the other
roads. and chief among them stands the
Burlington. Wall street correspondent
for western paper stated positively last
Saturday that the Burlington would not
build its proposed Salt Lake extension
What his authority for such a statement
was he did not state but the men watching
the turn OF events in this section OF the
country claim to see a different view Of
affairs. The indications have been that the