Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-27
NJRL CAR SHOPS FOR OMAHA
C. A. Rslston. Chicago Car Builder,
Looking for q Site.
SEYMOUR PARK Is FAVORED
Omaha Assoctstes of ChicaEOan De
clare Thts Point is Almost Cer-
tain TO BE Selected for
New suburb.

Car shops employing 4l0 men 70 pt lht
center Of q new suburb TO Omaha, TO he
located at Seymour park, is what several
Omaha business men furesee in the visit
Of G. A BRlston Of Chicago TO Omaha on
Tuesday and Wednesday Mr.. RRlston an
nounced he was looking for q site for rail-
road car shops for the repair Of the rolling
stock Of eastern roads which have no repair
facilities in this part Of the country. He
spent the greater part 81 the day Wednes-
day at Seymour park looking over the
ground. Late Wednesday afternoon he left
for ST Joseph.
He was shown over several sites for the
proposed car shops in the vicinity Of
Omaha, including South Omaha East
Omaha and Seymour pars1. by Cummis-
siuner Guild OF the Commercial club, w A.
De Bord and Messrs Sinner and Chase. He
was entertained at luncheon al the Real
Estate exchange at noon wednesday and
did not finish the trip to Seymour park
until about O'Clock. being accompanied
there by Mr.. DeBord and Mr.. Sinner by
automobile.
Mr.. Ralston seemed favorablv impressed
with the Seymour park site. as being the
most advantageous and available for his
purposes. Messrs. Sinner and Chase have
submitted a proposition to him for thirty
five acres OF land approximately In the
center Of Seymour park through which
both the Missouri Pacific and Burlington
roads run and only about half a mile from
the Union Pacific. The location Of the
proposed site is south and west of Deerfield
station.
The proposition ountemplates the invest
nent Of about s150,OOO and will employ at
least 900 men. The company is capitalized
at S5OO.00O No bonus lis asked from Omaha,
the only favor solicited being the moral
backing and support Of the Commercial
club and other industrial and business
bodies of Omaha
Omaha Central Location.
MI RalEton was very fsvorsbly i'm
pressed with Omaha as a site for the pro
posed plant because Of its central locs-
ton, shipping and freight facilities, and
the further fact that II is the great gate
way Of the continent between the east
and west
The only other general plant Of the
kind in the west is at streator, III. How
ever. there are general repair plants al
Plattsmouth and Omaha but these are es-
tablished for special roads, the Burling-
ton and the Union Pacific. which control
them as their own private enterprises
these two points. but practically all 'oi
the facilities Of the shops are utilized for
the work Of the respective roads, and
then they hardly meet the emergency.
I MI DeBord said: "a Was much i'm.
pressed with the direct business methods
OF Mr. Ralston He knew exactly what
be wanted and It cannot be put too en-
phaticaily that he Will accept the SeymouI
park proposition
May Develop Seymour Park.
Mr.. Sinner of Simmer d Chase, said %
do not care 10 go into the details, bur
can give the assurance that the deal ii
practically settled and that Seymour parl
win be the location. II was not the ques-
tion with Mr. Ralston as to the probabls
patronage that his shops might receive
hut the question Of trackage facilities
housing his employees, the central location
and the nearness to the raw material
He not only intends to repair but TO bullt
cars. The enterprise is one Of the bigges
that has come to Omaha in recent years
fEnd one Of the most important to tht
western country. The location is but twC
and half miles from street car facilities
and there Is no question but that thes,
viii be extended at once; if not by tn,
Omaha Street Railway company II vii
he by the interurhan lines. An interurba1
line would almost pay out there now. tn,
CudahyE employ about fifty people ther,
during the summer time which Is increased
to 200 in the winter. The park is a grea.
natural resort and is being-yisited by in
creasing picnic parties every year. Witt
the establishment Of the car shops on
there a thrifty community will spring u
at once and another wide-RwRke suburb
viii be added 10 Omaha"