Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-10-21
HUCHITT WILL BUILD MORE
Northwestern President Says Omaha
Terminals Will Be Doubled.
COMPANY WILL MEET DEMANDS
Head of system and Large Number
OF other Omcinls Visit Omaha
and Praise Its Growth
and Future.

big as these terminals are they will be
doubled just as soon as the volume of
trafic demands IT," said President Marvin
Hughitt of the Northwestern railroad,
who with other officials Of that company
and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis *
Omaha, spent three hours yesterday In
Omaha viewing the new terminals and
other interests of the combined corpora
tion.
I'VE are highly pleased with the location
and construction OF our new terminals.
added President Hughitt. They viii sub
serve our growing interests for a while
anyhow and do II we'll and will enable us
to serve our patrons better than ever And
when these terminals become too small
for the volume OF business the Northwest
ern trsnsacts. then the Northwestern VIII
double the size OF the terminals. That's
all there is to that.
Omaha is one of the big and important
points OF the Northwestern system and
think the people of Omaha realize by now
that the Northwestern appreciates this
fact The country tributary to Omaha Is
growing and Omaha is growing and the
situation certainly is encouraging. Your
city has a future that is destined to place
it among the biggest cities of the west;
It is already among the best and most
progressive Its growth is steady and sub
stantial and denotes determination upon
the part of its people to seize every OPP
portunity offered by the rapidly developing
country back of the city TO the west and
northwest
Enthusiastic over New Line.
! President Hughitt and party had come
down from the northwest, having made
the trip over the new Northwestern line
from Pierre to Rapid City, S. D.. and the
president was enthusiastic in his impress
I sions of that country tributary TO Omaha.
! I'VE found our new line a success said
/ he, "and we found 1t running through
! splendid country; a fact which we appre-
/ ciated when we run It there. But that
! country is growing. l was much impressed
! with the number of little settlements be-
! tween Pierre and Rapid City. They are
I composed of thrifty. well-to-do people; just
the sort Of people any country is fortunate
to secure as pioneers. for they will de-
velop the country just as rapidly as its
resources will permit. l think that very
little line has a future as an instrument
of settling up and building that country.
And all that will rebound to the advantage
Of Omaha, for Omaha is the gateway TO
that section of country"
Personnel of Party.
President Hughitt and party had gone
from St. Paul over into South Dakota
with him were vice presidents z. E. 'oe-
born OF New York. H. r.. McCuiloush and
:. NJ. whitman of Chicago; Directors kim
bali of Boston. FGTge OF New York. and
Byram Smith ana =. c. Carter. chief en-
gineer of chicagoi Assistant Genera
Freight and Passenger Agent Walters Of
Omaha. representing the Northwestern, anc
these officials of the Chicago, st. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha: Vice president
Clark, Traffic Manager II. NJ. Pearce, Gen
eral superintendent Robinson OF ST. Paul
All these were in the original party and
they were met at Rapid City by Enginee
OF Maintenance A.A. scheneck of the Omahs
road and S. NJ Braden. general superin
'tendent of the Northwestern at Norfolk
and c. H. Reynolds, superintendent a
Norfolk At Omaha the party was met b,
r. H. Ashton. general manager of tn
lines east of the Missouri river. The spe
cial train, which consisted of Ave cars
arrived over the Northwestern at 2 p. m
and left over the Northwestern for Chi
cago at p. m.
None of His Affair.
President Hughitt didn't honor any re
quest for an expression of views on tn
Fish Hartman Harahan contest for con
troll of the Illinois Central stock, which i
engrossing public attention. He foun'
Omaha, the west, the Northwestern AM
his new line subjects of much more agree
able discussion. President Hughitt sail
the Omaha terminals would be in opera
tion as soon after November l as possible
The other oficials, and particularly thos
from New York and Boston. spoke in term
of enthusiasm regarding Omaha, Nebrask
and the west in general. so far as the.
had viewed it.