, 1907-10-30
LITTLE FELT
AT THIS POINT
THE ORDER DIscoNTINUiNG CON.
STRUcTIoN WORK HAS BUT
LITTLE MATERIAL EFFECT
Will Delay Starting Of Work on Hos,
pitaI for Time, But Few Men .Afe
Displaced and This Few Along the
Line-Interchanoeab Mileage To
Be lssued-RaiIroad News.

The order issued from Omaha sus
pending all operations in the construc-
ton of new branches and enterprises
by the Union Pacific as noted in the
Associated Press dispatches to The Re-
publican yesterday, is but little felt
here, although it may have the effect
Of delaying fora time some of the pro,
jects which are expected to be bene-
fetal to this city. Railroad men here
look upon the matter as little more
than the usual retrenchments during
the winter months and expect to heal
of an order reviving every important
undertaking on which work is now sus
pended.
Unable to Handle Business.
One gentleman quite well versed in
such matters gives it as his opinion
that the move is largely to enable the
company to clean up traffic along It's
line and facilitate the handling of the
pressing business, by eliminating its
own business SO far as possible. At
the present time it Is practically i'm,
possible for the road to handle the bust
ness offered it by it's patrons, without
devoting its energies to the construc-
ton work. At the same time the SEQ,
son of year has arrived when construc,
ton work is carried on with most dill
Guilty and expense, and can be dropped
without Inconvenience until a more fa-
vorable time.
Work On Hospital Delayed.
About the only effect noticeable here
is that an order has been received de,
laying the beginning OF work on the
emergency hospital, plans for which
were received here a day or two ago.
1t is not thought that the order viii
have any effect on the laying OF the
new water main. as nothing has been
heard regarding thai project and the
distribution Of pipe is still going on,
although it has been doubtful for some
time whether the company would get
down to the actual laying - the pipe
until spring.
Section Men Are Laid Off.
The only place where a real curtail-
ment has taken place is in the section
force. Orders have been received re
ducing the number of men on eacn
section to two with the exception OF
at, Laramie, Hanna and other import
ant points.
Train Crews Not Affected.
The order does not affect the operat.
ing department, although Superintenl-
ent Park intimates that this may oc-
cur in the event of business falling off
At the present time the company can
not handle all the business offered,
hence a reduction in force is practically
impossible. Referring to the ordered
reduction, Mr.. Park is quoted in the
press dispatches as saying: I'VE
expect a curtailment Of business and
as fast as this occurs We will lay Off
train crews. For the present this will
not be done. Our orders are to dis
pense with every available man and 10
stop every piece of construction work
on the whole system. We are ordered
to cut expenses in every possible way"
Orders Came From New York.
These orders came from New York
but the officers would not say who is,
sued them. E. H. Hartman is the
only official of the Union Pacific higher
than Omaha officials.
Lane Cutoff Abandoned.
The Lane cutoff, west from Omaha
which has cost $4,000, 600 and three
years work, and which would have
been finished in fifteen days, has been
abandoned.
The order will, of course also affect
work on the Athol hill cutoff, which
would probably have been completed
by next February. These suspensions,
will undoubtedly be of short duration
as too much money has been cxpend,
ed on them to permit of their abandon
ment for long.
The work on the new shops at Oma.
ha has also been temporarily aband.
oned.