Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-03
FREIGHT DEPOT FOR HILL
Immense Structure Will Be Built by
Burlington, Eighth and Farnam,
PRESENT QUARTERS NO LONGER POSSIBLE
Enormous Increase of business Makes
II Necessary to Erect New
Building, Despite Courts
and Legislatures.


and Legislatures.
A new freight depot Of extensive proper
lions is planned for Omaha by the Burling-
ton road. The plans for this structure,
which will be built at Eighth and Farnam
| streets, have been prepared and now await
the approval OF the head officers Of tho
road. The Burlington has long been
cramped for depot facilities for handling
the immense volume of freight which that
| road moves in and out from Omaha. Sew
eral minor changes have recently been
made by the Burlington in its old depot to
| accommodate the business. but in spite OF
| these the facilities are entirely inadequate.
| For years the Burlington has handled
| larger volume OF business in and out OF
| Omaha than any other line and the matter
OF a new depot has been considered many
times The directors have been forced to
move in the matter by the increase Of busi-
ness at Omaha even though courts and Leg
islatures are still in session.
New Labor Temple.
Plans are complete for the remodeling OF
the State hotel at 1s0S-1O Douglas street for
a new home for Labor Temple association.
1t has been decided to spend $4,000 I'm re-
modelling the hotel, which will be divided
into numerous lodge rooms. Misener and
Baker are the architects. An entirely new
heating plant will be installed and the en-
tire building fitted over. Tho lower floor
OF this building Is used by Gladstone Bros
as a grocery store.
! w T. Graham has bought the lot at the
southwest corner Of Twenty-fourth and
| Blonde streets, on which three franc
houses. for approximately A75o. The prop
erty was owned by George Baxter OF New
York City and was bought by Mr.. Graham
for investment purposes.
Excavating was begun Thursday for the
erection OF three modern houses, to cost
about 5000, for Mr. Graham on lots be-
tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty nth
streets on Blonde street The houses will
be placed on the market as soon as COM
pleted.
A. T. Root, who is with the N p. Dodge
company. reports the sale Of the brick
block at the northwest corner OF Twenty
seventh and Cunning streets for $4,000.
He also reports the sale of the premises
at 2612-14 Cunning street to w. T. Thomas
and A. Mcwiliams, contractors. who con-
template the erection of brick stores and
flats as soon as the lots, which are now
about forty feet above grade. are leveled.
The sale of a small lot at Sixteenth and
Martha STREETS is also reported by Mr.. Root
for $780,
Several other Sales.
, Several sales are reported by the W.
Farnam Smith company of desirable prop
critics A. L. Meyer manager OF the dis
, tillery of Her & Co., bought the double
brick fats at 1535-3 Park avenue for $780,
! The fats were formerly part Of the es-
tate of Julia Merritt and the sale was
made by w. Farnam Smith company, who
also sold a lot and two-story frame house
at 25l9 Ames avenue to F. M. Hamling
for 81 So which is considered very cheap.
Sales of few lots in Smiths subdivision
near Twenty-ffth avenue and Spencer
street are also reported, M. o. Headley
buying one full lot, upon which he in
tends to erect a seven-room frame house
3 during the spring to cost about 5000 Ell
l mer E. Shively and AXel +. Zeastedt also
bought lots in the subdivision.
, Work will soon start on the new home
for the Benson Eagles. The plans are COM
: plete for q $4,000 building which will in
clude club rooms, opera house and
= large dance hall. The money is raised for
, the building and the work will start as
! soon as possible. Mlsener and Baker are
the architects.
D RumbIinRs of the Rail.
Now that the 2-cent passenger rate bill
3 is about to become a law, the railroads are
l anxious over the bill which is now before
a the legislature calling for uniform 10 per
cent reduction on freight rates
= c. E. spens, general freight agent Of the
Burlington, in speaking Of the bill, said:
THE bill is 80 general in its nature that
it apparently has not been presented with
the idea of receiving any serious consld-
Grafton. 1t certainly does not represent
any serious thought or reflection on the
{ part OF it's maker"
The matter of a general freight reduction
has been considered by the South Dakota
Legislature and several hearings have been
had 10 per cent reduction, Directive
, March Is, in distance class rates has been
ordered on all lines east of the Missouri
e river.
b Hill swipes Gould One.
y The Burlington has issued orders that no
: more empty freight cars of that line shall
T be switched to Industries on the Missouri
l. Pacific. When asked for the reason for
this embargo against the Missouri Pacific
!. a Burlington Official said:
y 1T is because the Missouri Pacific is
. appropriating our empties and loading
them In competition with the Burlington.
q It is a matter Of self-protecton in these
! strenuous times, when it is a difficult mat
v ter to get cars sufficient for the business"
i Erwin Gets Promotion.
d E. B. Erwin formerly of the general pas
. senBer once Oh lne Chloh aS'ilS III C'ii'iiia'
n has been promoted to travelling passenger
. agent for the Salt Lake route with head
quarters at Salt Lake City. Mr.. Erwin
r has been passenger agent for the Southern
o Pacific at Los Angeles for the last year.
y He is a brother OF oliver f. Erwin. and is
u well known In Omaha.
New Time Card.
i The Burlington will put new time card
4 into effect Sunday. 1t will extend the serv-
"A ice from Lincoln to Nebraska City to Falls
! City. taking in the towns Of Peru, Brown
,f Vile and Nemaha- No. 40, from Grand
A. Island to Lincoln, will run via Milford. in
az stead OF via Germantown, as at present.
Now is the time 10 make your wants