Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-22
LINCOLN LINE WILL Be CUT
Union PsCi6os Route to Capital Shortened
BY Lane Road
MOTOR CARS WILL Be RUN OVER IT
when This short Line IL Completed
Hartman People Expect to
Compete with Their
Friend, Hin.


South oman to Lane will shorten the main
line OF the road ten miles as well as cut
on ten miles of the Union Pacific between
Omaha and Lincoln. 1t is now planned to
put a motor car in service between Valley
and Lincoln and possibly Beatrice for the
present and when the cut off is complete
motor car service will be established
between Omaha and Lincoln.
The motor service on the Galloway branch
has been such an immense success that ali
OF the branch lines are Clamoring for the
service. Travelling men, who formerly
rode in the dusty cabooses on this branch
are now enabled to ride i'm as fine and
dustless car as ever hit the rails. Motor
car No 4 will be out this week and the
others will follow as fast as the machinery
can be installed.
MohIer Goes 90 Coast.
General Manager Mohler OF the Union
Pacific, accompanied by his secretary, ,.
r. Toucey, left Tuesday for Portland in
connection with some private business
affairs. Mr.. Mohler said;
MY visit to Portland has no significance
from a railroad standpoint l am simply
going to straighten out some private mat
ters.
incidentally, would say the Union Pa
cifc is building the line from North Platte
to Northport as fast as the contractors
can get the men and teams to do the
work. Some steel already has been laid
and the work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible. other improvements under way
by the Union Pacific will be hurried along
and Omaha will be called upon to furnish
a great many men to do the work planned
by us.
stNn 10 hal
appointed and no one has been considered
up to date. as we have had our hands too
full since my return from New York even
to think about it,
Biggest shops in Country.
The new shops as planned by the officials
OF the road will give the Union Pacific the
| most complete and extensive shops of any
in the country The Santa Fe shops may
| look larger to a casual observer, but that
| is because the buildings are larger and the
roofs more expansive The local shops will
have several important features which the
! Topeka shops do not possess. Several Of
| the different shops contemplated will sur
pass anything in the country. Superintend-
ent McKeen is enthusiastic over the pros
poets Of the new shops and is anxiously
awaiting the completion of the new loco
motive plant as well as the car shops.
All sorts Of cars also will be built at The
new plant and the motor cars will not he
overlooked in the new shops.
Building Stirs Up Business.
Railroad gangs at work on the Union
Pacific and Burlington extensions in Nc
braska along the North Platte are calling
for large number OF laborers in that Soc
ion and are also greatly raising the price
4 farm lands in that vicinity.
Many men and teams are now employed
rear Sutherland on the construction of the
north river extensions of both the Bur-
ington and Union Pacific. Several hun
ired yards of steel have been laid out OF
o'Fallons by the Union Pacific, which Is
llso to put in new rails in place of tho
old along the main line in that vicinity.
The old steel will be used on part of the
new line.
The headquarters of w. c. Bradbury,
who has the contract for building the
Union Pacific grade on the Hershey North
port extension, are located in Sutherland,
and the shipments of laborers and grading
outfits are in many instances sent there
and later distributed over the proposed
route.
Willow River Railway.
A meeting was held In Magnolia last
week to consider the advisability of raising
$4,000 and granting the right-of-way to the
Willow River railway, which il Is esti-
mated could be built for $4,000 a mile,
standard guage. Farmers have expressed
q willingness to take from $500 to 5000
in stock. After a few hours elaboration
A. Edgecomb, J. S. Dewell and ]. b. Lyon
OF Missouri Valley J. d. Stuart, Frank
Hill and W. W. Latta OF Magnolia, H. B.
King, l.. w. White and George Kibler OF
Woodbine were made a promoting COM
mittee to canvass the matter and, IL
thought best, to make or have made a pre-
liminary survey, then call another meet
ing.
Cedar Rapids has a line of thirty miles
in operation, which is soon to be extended
to touch Muscatine and other river towns.
The cars are regular sixty-foot cars with
baggage compartment. They carry fifty
people. ten tons OF baggage, mail and ex-
press and run from twenty to fifty miles
per hour, stopping at way stations for
farmers produce, freight and passengers.