Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-30
NEW BUILDING UP TO MOHLER
Hartman Says Omaha Man ia Responsible
for General Headquarters.
RAILROAD MAGNATE VISITS THE WEST
Enthusiastic over McKeen's Motor
Cars, which, He says, VIII Revo-
lutiOniEe the Modern sys-
tenn of transportation.

Tire new headquarters building PROPOSE
ton is all in the hands Of Mr. Mohier. and
" YOU don't get new headquarters in Omaha
or the Union Pacific you can blame him"
Thus spoke r. H. Hartman as he alighted
from the special train which is bearing
. him and his family to San Francisco, from
which port he is to sail August Is on the
Siberia for the orient. The train went west
at 1918
Incidentally there might be more signlh-
canoe than suspected in Mr. Harriman's
remark about Mr.. Mohler's responsibility
for new headquarters building. for It APP
pears Mr.. Mohler seems imbued with the
same idea. He admits the ultimate plan
OF his trackage scheme on Ninth street is
to enforce the removal Of the Union Pa
cihc offices from their present ancient loca-
ton and the building of a new home up-
town.
Personnel of Party.
The personnel of the Hartman marty was
simply Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman and their
hve children and Julius Krutschnitt d.
rector of maintenance of the Hartman
lines. Three daughters 80 Mary, Camilla
ana Carol-and two young boys in knee
trousers - Averijl and Roland 90 we're all
bright and happy in the anticipation of
their visit to the Orient.
Most of the head officials Of the Union
Paeihc were at the station to meet Mr.
Hartman. including A. II. MohIer, general
manager and vice president; w. r. Kelly,
general solicitor: b. A. McAllaster. land
commissioner; d. o. Clark. superintendent
OF coal supply; w. r. McKeen. superin-
tendent of motive power; T. NJ. Orr, assist
ant TO Mr.. Mohler; General Superintendent
PARKS and Superintendent Ware of the Ne
braska divisions Mr.. McAllaster had a
bunch OF deeds which he wished Mr.. Har-
riman to sign, but the busy president OF
the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Oregon
snort Line and Oregon Railway and Navi-
gauon company was too interested in get
ting to the Union Pacific shops to view the
no" motors which w. r. McKeen is having
constructed at that place to attend to rou
tine matters.
Enthusiastic over Motors
MY visit to the shops Ia simply TO look
over THESE motors of McKeen's, which are
to revoluuonize the suburban traflc Of rail-
roads and'which understand Mr. Mcttoor
mas about perfected or course thew are
new and probably will be improved all the
ume the same as the locomotive has been
LOT years, but they are going to do the
business Tor branch lines and for suburban
Work into large cities. They will be stroro
competitors of the electric cars
l have had my last say in the Eou,,,b,o
matters and will leave matters lust a q tho,,
are said Mr.. Hartman in reply N the
query as to whether he had anvth,Do
tiers. e0e mat
Yes we are going to tunnel the s,o.v.
Nevada mountains. but 1 don't know ,,ha,,
we VIII get to It,. You know tbera ara
just Two ways for railroad to get MONEY!
10 earn II or to borrow it--and fhe Ttnion
Facihc Is spending bushels OF money every
year on different improvements and tbers
must be limit to expenditures. II a rail-
road would do all these things that vo,,
newspaper men talk about II would uo
broke.q d. ~ ss.. .s...l a., 50
Lots of Double Tracks. .
Double track? Oh. yes, we are double
tracking the Union Pacific every day ana
IL VIII be only matter OF time until a
double track is complete from Omaha TO
Ogden. We are building about seventy
miles OF double-tracking on the Kansas
division at the present time
i don't know how long we will be gone
on our trip TO the Orient, but have my
family along and we can stay as long as we
wish"
Mr.. Hartman thanked c. f. Miley, SUI
perintendent OF the Northwestern's Iowa
lines, for the splendid trip across Iowa
Yes said Miss Hartman I'VE did en-
JOY the trip, only it was too bad about
poor Dick"
Inquiry revealed the fact that a horse
had strolled onto the track the other side
OF Council Bluffs and was killed This
caused the delay In the train. which reached
the Union station at l0:4O instead Of $3.50, as
scheduled.
We are not trying for any records on
this trip" said Mr.. Hartman. "Our boat
doesn't sail until August l6 and we have
plenty of time"
Although Mr. Hartman has the reputa-
ton OF being silent man. his first inquiry
after alighting from tho train and greeting
Mr. Mohler was. where are the news
paper boys? ! know they have a lot OF
questions they want to ask and will at
tend to them before we go to the shops"
Views the Big MUDDY.
While Mr.. Hartman and Mr.. Krutschnitt
and the local officials visited at the shops
Mrs. Hartman had the porter bring a
wicker chair and she sat where she could
View the Big Muddy and see the peoplo
hurrying- TO and fro around the station
The three young women were taken for an
auto ride around tho city by Mr. Van Tas-
sci of the ONCE OF Superintendent Parks
and who knew the girls in the east.
Ahe udih was composed or seven cars
one OF which was Mr.. Mohler's car. Mr.
Mohler went west with the party. taking
with him his secretary, s. r. Toucey. He
did not know how far they would go before
returning.
While waiting for the Hartman train TO
pull In, Mr.. Mohler said TO a reporter Tor
Tho Bee:
SEQ those switch tracks on the other side
OF tho fence2 Well II will not be long be-
fore they are done away with, for we need
the room for an extention Of our sheds and
We are going to extend them soon. The
switching yards will then have to end
farther to the west"
The Northwestern crew which hauled the
Hartman train was, composed OF w. B.
PaTlin, conductor; r. McKinnon and J.
shull, brakemen, and d. oHara. engineer
The Union Pacific crew was w. r. Harding
conductor; II. Z. Fulmer, brakeman; John
Welsh, fagman and Adam Johnson. en-
Gineer.
GATHERS ANN PnnT ENI0INEn