Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-14
NORTHWESTERN HOLDS OUT
Refuses to JON Union Pacific and Burling-
ton in STOPPING Work.
PROCEEDS WITH LOCAL FREIGHT DEPOT
Hartman Road Cancels Contracts for
Branches in Kansas, Colorado
and wyoming, ThrowinG
Out Large Force.

The same lack OF sympathy which re-
strained the Northwestern railroad author
tiles from cooperating with the Burlington
and Union Pacific in carrying the fight on
taxes In Nebraska to the supreme court
Of the land is said to have kept the North
western from joining the Union Pacific and
Burlington in the policy Of abandoning inn
provements on the ground that funds are
not now available. This fact has come 70
light through the official announcement OF
the Northwestern that It will proceed with
the construction Of its large freight depot
and terminals in Omaha. simultaneously
with the announcement OF the Hartman
road that still more contracts Of consid-
cradle proportions have been cancelled.
Contractor John Harte, who was awarded
the contract for building the Northwestern
freight depot and office building at Four
teenth and Davenport streets, has returned
from conference with the oficials Of the
company at Chicago. He will begin active
work on the structure In about ten days.
Some work yet remains to be done on the
building site by the railway company
which will be completed within a week.
and tracks will then be laid for the re-
ception of building supplies which are
being bought by the contractor.
Union Pacific Calls Halt.
Following the announcement by Vice
President MOhler in The Bee wednesday
morning comes the announcement by Kill
patrick Bros. & Collins contractors, that
the Union Pacific has suspended work on
its Maryville branch in Kansas and an
other branch road in Colorado. Kilpatricks
also have the contracts for the Lane or
South Omaha cut of and the double track
ing Of the Union Pacific from Rawlins TO
Wamsutter, Wyo. This work. as Mr.. Mob
Ter stated to The Bee. will not be sus-
pended.
Mr.. Mothers explanation is the same as
that given for the order knocking on on
the general headquarters-a policy Of re-
| trenchment. This policy of retrenchment
was inaugurated in view Of the action of
the Nebraska and Kansas legislatures, to-
gether with the recent court decisions and
congressional attitude toward corporation
power.
r. ]. Fitzpatrick and 8. d. Fitzpatrick,
two 81 the Fitzpatrick brothers, were In
Omaha Wednesday and were called to the
office of Chief Engineer Huntley. where
they were informed the work on these two
projects would have to stop because Of the
lack of funds.
THE work on the line from Merysville
u 1Opehd Is oU per cent COnpiStet bhlu
! r. j. Fitzpatrick. THE railroads have a
clause In their contracts which permits
them to call of work on thirty days no
tice and to pay OF on an estimate of tht
amount Of work done. This move will
throw 700 men out of employment on the
Kansas line, beside a lot of machinery
and horses and mules, but we have beer
working for the railroads for a good many
years and have found that when they say
stop we had better stop, for there is M
use working II we are not to get an!
money for It.
Impossible to Get Money.
The Union Pacific officials simply said
It was impossible for them to get money
and guess that Is fact. I noticed b!
the papers the value OF railroad securitie
had shrunk a million and quarter and
know OF one road, personally, which triet
to make a small loan and for the first tim
was forced to put up securities.
THE other contract called OF was tn
one from Carr to Borie and Corlett. Thi
is the new cutoff in Colorado and Wyo
ming south of Cheyenne. The work oil
this line was Just started. They have no
stopped work on the Lane cut-off or tn
double track between Wamsutter and Raw
Inns, for which we have the contract"
Mr.. Fitzpatrick said they had move,
100000 yards OF dirt on cuts and nils oil
the Lane cutoff. but could not give al
estimate of the nearness to completion, be
cause the dirt was still settling in tn
Papillion bottoms, as was expected. Thi
will also throw out OF employment larg
forces of engineers and chainmen at thes'
camps. The civil engineers have afread!
been called on from several proposed line
in Nebraska, where they have been run
ming lines, one Of these being the line be
tween Omaha and Lincoln.