The courier., 1903-04-04
LINCOLN WILL LOSE
BURLINGTON can ACCOUNTANTS
40 TO CHICAGO.


Lincoln will lose the Barlington's car
accountants Office next month. The
office will be moved 10 Chicago and
there consolidated with the "a ana
Missouri lines offices. About seventy
Ave clerks VIII be- affected by the
transfer II. M. Iucore, car account
ant for the lines west OF the Missouri
river viii be made assistant car ac-
countant with headquarters In CHI
Cdgo.
Information relating TO the proposed
move leaked out Tuesday, and inquiry
revealed the fact that the proposed
move is no longer n secret " Will he
made some time In May. II tS esti-
mated that IL viii require two weeks
time to make the transfer Seventy
i've clerks are employed In the Lincoln
Office. which has Jurisdiction over all
the lines west of the Missouri river. At
~. Joseph the Missouri lines car oc-
countant employs about thlrty-hve
men In his office. These Will all be
taken to Chicago. where the "Q' car
accountant maintains an Office force OF
seventy-ftye men. IL is not believed
that IL will be possible 90 reduce this
force greatly by the consolidation. In
fact II Is said that "a reduction OF the
force IL not the object In making the
move.
1T is believed that better service
can be given by consolidation" said
Burlington official TUESDAY night by
ccntralizing the business of the system
the handling of equipment on the west
ern lines will not suffer from delays.
In fact the burlington aims tn make
its service better. The move was prac-
tically decided ON some time ago, but
definite announcement did not come
until very recently"
For "a long time the Lincoln ear ac-
countants office has been In cramped
quarters. For time II was hoped the
bu iding OF a new depot building would
relieve the congestion, but when this
was abandoned for the time some room
was made on the top fioor OF the pres
ent building. More room became neces-
sary as the business grew and II was
recognized that sooner o. later some
move must be made to accommodate
the clerks
People who heard the news of the
removal remembered that not n great
while ago Vice President Howard FL
liott of the Burlington visited LincoiN
headquarters and spent day In look
ing over the loca, offices. II was sur
missed that the first determination to
move the car accountant was then
made.
Great Territory Covered.
f. NJ. Lucore, car accountant for the
Huntington lines west OF the river, had
41s2 miles under his Jurisdiction. Dur
ing the period of car shortage Ills work
has been much increased. Here an ac-
counting was kept OF the II. a. NJ cars
and Of all other cars while In use on
the trans Missouri lines. The account
ant at st. Joseph kept track of cars on
the Missouri lines. which cover about
loss miles OF territory At Chicago,
where n number of men equal to that
employed In Lincoln are kept at work,
1875 miles of territory are looked after.
The Burlington system owns 45,0oe
freight, and 1b5 passenger cars. The
lines traverse eleven of the greatest
states In the union. The growth of
population along these lines In n period
of ten years has far exceeded twenty
ler cent. From these figures II may
be seen that the arrangements adequate
to care for business ten years ago are
q trifie out of date now.
Lincoln people learn with regret
that seventy-fve men are to leave the
city. Many OF them are property own
ers and the change will not be welcome
to them. The force at the office has
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lington has been looked upon as pc
J,ss culiarly Lincclns own, because of the
y nature OF the work and the location
at the hub of the Burlington wheel IN
the west The order to move, how
ever dissipates the feeling of security
that may have been experienced ir
relation to keeping any particular
branch OF the service here or any place
in the west.
The Policy of Hiil.
There have been many unlocked for
changes In the west since Mr. Hill took
charge OF the Burlington. The policy
of concentrating the operating and
traffic departments In Chicago seems
never to have been abandoned for one
minute since the merger took place
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