Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-10
NOT one HILL PLAN DROPPED
Ho'drege Denies that Burlington Has
Abandoned Any Building Projects
ALL LINES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
General Manager MohIer of Union
Pacific Denies Statement of
Hill's Securing Control
of that Road.

we have men in the field surveying a
line into the basin from the south The
road is being built from Worand to Fran
ME. We have the line mapped out on to
Thermopolis from Worland. are still work.
ing with just as large IA force as we did
have on the North Platte extension to
Northport and have abandoned no plans
which we announced some time ago." said
General Manager Holdrege of the Bur-
lington in response to an inquiry as to
whether his road was to abandon some
of its projects in Wyoming.
This query was brought forth by re-
port from Denver that the Burlington
would not build through to Salt Lake City,
as that town was considered a Union Pa
cific point. II was said an agreement had
been reached whereby the Burlington was
TO abandon its line to Salt Lake IL the
Union Pacific would abandon its line to
Saratoga and Colorado and also to Lander.
The report also said that the Union Pa
Citic had abandoned its plan for building a
line from Wocott to Saratoga and En-
campment and that the Union Pacific and
the Saratoga & Wyoming have reached an
agreement whereby the latter will be built.
with the Union Pacific having reffic rights
over It, To this General Manager Mohler
said:
Mr.. Hill has not bought the Union Pa
cifc and our men are still at work on this
road, SO 1t does not look like We had aban-
doned it."
GARLAND, WyO.. Jan 9-(Specjal -
Track laying on the Frannie- Thermopols
branch of the Burlington will be COM
menced on January 10. and will be pushed
at the rate of mile a day. The grading
from Frannie to Worland will be COM
pletcd by that time. Frost II interfering
with the work in some places
Backed by Burlington.
The Saratoga & Wyoming is supposed to
be backed by the Burlington and is part of
a road known the Denver. Yellowstone
& Pacific and il is said this road will he
built on into the Yellowstone, but as Ia
this General Manager Holdrege disclaimed
any knowledge.
Mr.. Mohler says that the report that he
recently had a conference with ]. NJ
Ramsey. the active head OF the Saratoga e.
Wyoming and agreed to withdraw his men
from the field and give way to the Saratoga
& Wyoming, Is wrong, as his men are
still at work. The report also said the
Union Pacific had turned over to the Sara
toga & Wyoming some of its right-of-way
and that in return the Sara toga & Wyom-
ing will give the Union Pacific a large
share of its east and west business
II is claimed with the Union Pacific now
out Of the field the Saratoga & Wyoming
will now build from the Monat road on the
south from Denver, through Fort Collins,
north from Wolcott on the Union Pacific
TO Yellowstone Park. This IL strictly Hill
line as the Burlington is back OF g.
Railway Notes snd Personals.
General Manager Mohler and party leave
for Chicago Tuesday night.
Gerrit Fort. assistant general passenger
agent OF the Union Pacific, went To Chicago
Monday evening
j. Y, Callahan, general western agent OF
the Nickel Plate, with headquarters In Chi
cago, is in the city.
Superintendent Foster Of the Milwaukee