The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-05-24
j. ,. OFFICIALS HERE.
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL
MANAGER MoHLER CAME.
TO VIEW DEPOT SITUATION
Mr.. Moher Said He Would See Gen.
eraI Manager Walters Of Northwest.
ern Tomorrow to Discuss the Matter
With Him.
LFrom Fridays pally1

lFrom Fridays Dally1
A. l.. MOhlcr, vice president ant
general manager of the Union Pacin,
railroad, spent the noon hour In Nor
folk Accompanied by other officials
: Mr. Mohlcr arrived In Norfolk on q
special train at noon and left ut about
| o'clock. lie said he had como to
investigate the union depot situation
In Norfolk, incidentally inspecting the
track He said that he would see Mr..
Walters, general manager of the
| Northwestern road west of the Mis-
souri, river, with regard to the Nor.
folk depot situation, tomorrow. Mr..
Mothers train left Norfolk for Omaha
over the Northwestern.
Depot Apparently Dead.
| Whether or not Mr.. Mothers trip to
| Norfolk had any Significance that
might mean further hope as to u
union depot after all, in view of his
statement that he would confer with
the Northwestern general manager to-
morrow regarding the depot situation,
was not apparent Not having seen
| Mr.. Walters since the conference last
Saturday, Mr.. Mohlcr was unprcparcd
to definitely say either that the union
depot project was dead and buried or
that. it had been buried alive and
might be rug up from It's grave and re-
yived to life Those who talked with
him, though, seemed rather of the
opinion that the union depot was dead
and that Mr.. Mothers conference to-
morrow with Mr., Walters would sim
ply be one to diagnose the case and
sign the death certificate.
Looks Over the Debated Ground.
Mr.. Mohler and the accompanying
officials were met at the Union Pacific
station by Il number of Norfolk citi- |
zens who had been advised that the
special train would arrive. Immedi- |
ately the railroad men were escorted
to the block between Madison and |
Philip avenues, which had been dis |
cussed as the site for union depot |
Mr.. Mohler pointed out that the vaca-
ton OF Madison avenue would not
permit union station because of the
railroad intersection there, destroying,
he said, the value of the place for
depot building site.
Why Philip Avenue is Needed.
Asked in regard to the need of va
eating Philip avenue for a union sta
ton, Mr.. Mohler said: There is
plenty Of room in the triangle to build
a depot. The long trains are what
make the street necessary Norfolk
is situated on the mainline of the
railway and the time
will come when that roads trains will
De twelve and fourteen cars long, Just
as are our overland trains.
Would Mean Sure Trouble Ahead.
IF the depot were built without
closing Philip avenue, trains would
stand across the street 1t would be
Iut a short time before people pass
ng along the strickland as the city
grows the traffic will increase-would .
'egin to complain and criticise be- =,
'ause Trains were blocking the road. y,
We have been through the mill over -,
md over again and there is no use
rying to dodge the thing. You might .
IS well prepare for that trouble be-
ore you begin. For it would surely :,
ONE. It's just like making a pur.
haSe. When you buy an article you
now you'll have to pay for it-or at y
east you ought to. And we know
here would be trouble about trains !;
cross the street If the avenue were
OF closed. | know the situation in c.
hat regard as well as know the ten =
ommandments-and better, | pre- 6
ume. A.
Would Need Commodious Grounds. O.
IF we built a union depot in Nor q
Dix it ought to be one large enough G,
comfortably handle the traffic for p,
ears to come. There should be at :,
active grounds and ample drive II
avs. But you gentlemen will admit, G,
believe, that you must have room nj
which to lay out those things" a
Would Have Spent Over $4,000. II
The railroads would have been will n
lg to put at least $4,000 into union
epot in Norfolk, according TO Mr.. al
Iohler. In,
Was our proposition, aside from o,
'NhihS 'hC NlOSlllS VI 1Hlllp avenue Ia
satisfactory one?" asked A. j. Dur n,
md, who has so ably engineered the II
epot matter as chairman of the Com. tc
lercial club union depot committee.
was the requirement that the build d;
lg cost at least $4,000 satisfactory?
"Oh, think So" said Mr.. Mohler,
pparently of the opinion that at least
lat much would have been necessary
'r the station that was contemplated.
AS to Location North of Avenue. al
Asked as to why a union depot C,
1uld not be placed north of Norfolk II
venue on the forty acres of vacant Il
md owned there by the Union Pa p,
fic, Mr.. Mohler said the location So
ould not be convenient to Norfolk p
eople. And before the point could IL
thoroughly discussed the railroad e;
ticials were summoned to lunch in .
leir dining oar 4,