Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-01
GET TRAINS OVER THE RIVER
Union Pacific Freight Men Nay Have to
Change Residences.
CANNOT START CUT FROM OMAHA
order Posted says They Must Go TO
Council BIuGs for TheIr Trains,
which May Necessi-
tate Removal

which May NeceeaA-
tate Removal
An order is posted In the Union Pacific !
dispatchers office at Union station that
hereafter all freight train crews will have
TO 60 to Council Bluffs to get their trains
instead Of picking them up in Omaha, as
has been customary. This order at present
affects thirty-three crews, including con-
ductors. brakemen, engineers and hremen'
and II IL thought will force the men to
move TO Council Bluffs to live because OF
the time OF leaving of most OF the trains.
At present there are four regular time
freights leaving Council BLUFFS each day,
handled by thirty-three crews in the chain
gang about as many engine crews being
/ required as there are train crews Some
time ago, after the blockade on the road,
( there were about six regular trains day
| with forty-four crews in the chain gang.
! For some time It has been the custom
! for the trains to be run to this side of
1 the river by hostlers and switchmen, the
! caboose being attached on this side Of the
/ river, where the regular crew took charge
and started west. No 81 leaves Council
! Bluffs about 4 a. M, so there is no chance
for a crew to cross the river on street
car, as the cars are not running at that
hour Of the morning.
! A similar order was issued some years
| ago, and at that time the company would
call the men on this side in ample time
and run a switch engine across the river
! with the caboose. Another train leaves at
1850 a. m, and another at $50 p. m. The
men could cross the river on the motor
cars to catch these trains. The Nebraska
merchandise train leaves from this side Of
the river and is not affected.
The claim is made that It delays the
trains too long after they are made UP to
stop to hitch on the cabooses on this side
OF the river.
Both General Superintendent Park and
Superintendent Ware are out of the city.
but Chief Clerk Sykes Of Mr.. Parks ONCE.
says he did not know the order was issued.
although there had been some talk concern
ing It some time ago. The chief clerk in
Superintendent Wares once said he had
never heard of such an order and that 1t
had never come from his ONCE. The order
is signed by Chief Dispatcher Stephens.
McKeen Builds More steel Cars.
W. r. McKeen, jr., superintendent of
motive power and machinery OF the Union
Pacific, returned Tuesday from New York.
where he went to deliver an address be-
fore the New York Railway club last Fri
day and also to consult with Mr.. Hartman
on the subject of new cars. Mr.. McKeen
spoke on gasoline motor cars before fifty
of the most prominent railroad men in the
country and had charts and figures on his
new motor cars which were of great In
terest to the railway builders of the east
THAT was the FIRST meeting in the new
building OF the Carnage Engineering club
rooms" said Mr.. McKeen, land they have
| aplandid
: men are all aroused over the new motor
cars as they can see the future OF them"
Mr.. McKeen says he lie at work now on
! thirty-three of the new steel mail cars and
! will turn them out as fast as possible to
= put in service between Omaha and San
, Francisco.
1.-The motor cars we are building at the
Omaha shops are being rushed as fast as
possible" said Mr.. McKeen. I'VE want to
get them in operation as soon as possible.
! The more we have running and the closer
they are together the easier # will be to
operate them, for we can then establish a
; base of supplies and can easier get repairs
in case Of an accident. AS 1t is we have
them scattered in all sections of the United
States. some in Texas and some in Cali
fornia, and the operators as we'll as the
cars are, OF course, widely scattered"
Mr.. McKeen will leave Wednesday morn
ing to attend the silver anniversary OF the
first annual May party OF Division s.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
which will be held at North Platte
When asked as to the new steel freight
cars which the Union Pacific is building
T Mr.. McKeen said he had not completed his
. plans for their construction, but would
i know in a few days as to the extent OF
building these cars.
, some Special Trains.
The Northwestern brought in a specia.
train OF twelve cars OF Shriners from st
" Paul, Duluth and Aberdeen Tuesday
= There were 14O persons in the party. They
= were transferred to the Burlington, which
= train moved their special to the west.
The famous Ninth cavalry OF soldiers wa
brought from Fort Sheridan by the North
"a western Tuesday morning and turned owe
a to the Union Pacific at Omaha to be takel
to San Francisco, from which point 1t 4
to sail for the Philippines.
: The Medlnah temple OF the shriners o
Chicago will reach Omaha over the Illinois
Central early Thursday morning and leav
at $40 a. m. over the Union Pacific.
The Missouri Pacific brought in FIVE car
OF sugar beet workers Tuesday from Lin
coin and they left over the Chicago Grea
- Western for the sugar beet fields OF Mlchi
: gan. The movement OF these workers ha
! been heavy all week although most o
"A them have been moving from Nebrask
:, west The railroads were slow about put
: ting in rates for these people to move east
= the reason being given that they preferre
. TO keep them in the west, where there wa
- a shortage Of labor. Most Of the laborer
: have been moving to the fields Of Colorado
western Nebraska and Wyoming.