The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-19
Ne NAY GET UNION DEPOT.
UNION PACIFIC WILL GIVE 1T Sc.
RioUs CONSIDERATION.
COMMITTEE SEES MR.. moHLeR

vice PRESIDENT ana General Manager
Of Union Pacific Says He VIII be
Glad to Entertain Proposition From
Northwestern for Union station.
"The Union Pacific will be glad to
entertain n proposition from the North.
| western looking to the Vroction of II
union station ut Norfolk, and we will
give IL very serious consideration /"
was the announcement made by A. L..
Mohlcr, vicop president and general
manager of the Union Pacific railroad
company Mt the close of an interview
held in Omaha on Wednesday with the
depot committee of the Norfolk Com
mercial club.
Members OF this committee, consist
ing of A. j. Durland, Geo. d. Butter.
field and w. N. Huso, met by appoint
ment the general manager of the I'm.
ion Pacific at If o'clock Wednesday
forenoon, and presented the matter of
n union station, showing from charts
the location of the various depots in
this city and the magnificent distances
between them, and representing that
the erection of large union station
centrally located would he very pleas
ing to the people of Norfolk.
| Mr.. Mohlcr gave close attention to
the proposition, and while he did not
agree with the committee as to some
of the details, yet he was unqucstion-
ably Interested and the committee
| hnt ,Nr
the three roads entering Norfolk can
agree upon location, division of cost
and expense of maintenance, that the
Union Pacific will not be the one to
stand out against the wishes of the
people of this city. Positive assurance
was not given but Mr., Mohler prom
Used very careful consideration OF the
matter when 1t Is presented by OFF,
Gals of the Northwestern system.
This Is the second time the commit
tee had made the trip to Omaha to con.
fer with Mr.. Mohler on the union de-
pot proposition. The first time the
committee did not find Mr. Mohler In
his office, having been suddenly called
to Chicago after an appointment had
been made to meet him, on account OF
the impending strike.
AS the committee VIEWS the situa
ton, there Is a good prospect that Nor
J folk will secure q creditable union sta
ton during the present season. The
city depot of the Northwestern was
burned over a year ago and since thai
time the passenger business of the
road has been conducted In little ole
wornout baggage car. The Northwest
: ern has announced that n new depo
will be put up this season, and Mr.
Gardner said in an interview with The
News a few weeks ago that 1t was NJ
: to the Union Pacific as to whether
: there should be union station or not
In the meantime the Union Pacific hal
been making an estimate of what !
will cost to rebuild their station II
this city, showing that that road ha
concluded that better station facilitie
are needed here, and now when TIT
matter of union station is presented
Mr.. Mohler practically duplicates tn
Northwestern proposition by putting
1t up to the Northwestern.
Under the circumstances, it woul
not seem impossible to get the tw
: roads together on the proposition.
d is a matter that all of Norfolk is In
K terested in, and the Commercial clu
J. will undoubtedly pursue the matter a
l long as there is a prospect of brins
u ing the desired result.