Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

hNANANN VI hANh Will AhNt. n hIhAe VI hUOuA
2 per cent and will be built with the in
tention OF eventually double-tracking IT,.
Building Double Track.
Double tracking between here and Chi
eago is being worked for by all Of the
lines. The Chicago. Burlington q Quincy
is the first one to follow the Northwester
and reach the Missouri river with a douole
track. There Is only a small portion re-
naming unfinished. from Glenwood to Pc
cihc Junction, and work will be pushed
forward on this. so that it will be com
pleted before fall.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul are.
also working toward the double track ~
its western end and are pushing into 10 ava
rapidly with the work. Owing to the. run
ming Of through trains to the coast ", con-
junction with the Union Pacific, ebe two
tracks are becoming a necessry. More
than 200 miles have been built f.rd the two
tracks are well into Iowa. Ar. the road is
double-tracked a number - changes in
grade are being made AMI lle track is be-
ing Strengthened conside rablv.
Both the Missouri Pao &c and the wabash
are making arrangemc cts to give the best
Of service to st. Lou If next wear and their
tracks are receiving a thorough overhaul
ing preparatory t. this. The wabash has
completed all Of t'nis work with the excep-
ton OF the stretch Of track extending from
Brunswick, No, to Omaha, which is to be
pallasted ms spring. Work on the south
ern portioTA Of the track is already begun
ana duriT0, the spring 1t will all be com
pleted' he northern end is to be bal
lasted Nth crushed rock and the southern
with 'Jurnt clay.
TFB Missouri Pacific still has 100 miles
OF track on its ST. Louis line to relay with
- venty-hye-p pound rails. This work,
which extends from Omaha to Falls City,
Neb, will be done this spring and summer.
Service TO the west.
Il is not likely that a double track will
be needed between Omaha and Denver or
the west in the present generation, but
both the Union Pacific and B. & NJ. are
working slowly toward that end. Both
have laid out work for the spring and
summer months hat has the tendency al
a two-track road throughout the west in
the end.
The B. & NJ. contemplates improvements
that will result in an expenditure Of about
$1,000, 900. On the Billings and Denver
, lines all of the sidetracks are to be ex-
/ tended to a length Of $500 feet, so that
l passing trains may not be hindered by
t each other. Eventually these sidetracks
can De joined together ana a QOuDle traCh
( system Incorporated. A number of old
wooden bridges will also be replaced with
steel and the roadbed considerably i'm.
/ proved.
Work on the Union Pacific in Nebrasks
will be pushed rapidly along the main line
between Silver Creek and Watson's ranch
= There are now twenty-four miles Of double
track on this section of the line and the
= two gaps, from Silver Creek to LOCKWOOD
S and from Aida to Buda, will be supplied
E with double track, making a continuous
double track for ninety-two miles. Tit
[ Union Pacific schedules are so arranged
= that a great number of trains pass alont
5 this ninety-two miles and with the new
additions the line will be much more valu
able to the company.
I Western Work on Overland. ,
= To the westward and close to Cheyenn,
there is some double track in place. Con
u tracts have been given now to grading
contractors for grading of twenty-five mile
on the east slope Of Sherman hill and ex
I tending from Borie, Wyd, to eight mile
y east Of Buford, Wyo. This work include
5 the Strengthening out of several curves
I and the reduction of grades in two place
q and the placing of two lines of track owe
Z portions Of 1t.
On the western end Of the line and be
6 tween Echo and Ogden. Utah. contracts
a have been let for grading along twenty
. four miles OF track. This work is prin
o cipally composed of roadbed widening an,
is preparatory to the double tracking o
another section OF the road.