Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
Beginning Today Through Trains
Will Move Over These Tracks.
COST THREE AND HALF MILLION
One Of the Engineering and Construe-
ton Feats in Railway.
ATTRACTS NOTICE OVER WORLD
ReducinE Time, Distance and Fares,
New Line VIII Bring Omaha
Nearer TO Heart of the
state.

7 now declare the Lane cutoff officially
opened"
] This declaration was made by A. L Moh-
ler. vice president and general manager
Of the Union Pacific. Saturday afternoon,
as the special trains Carrying the heads Of
departments Of the Union Pacific COM
pleted the official tour Of inspection Of the
ten-mile spur that reduces time. distance
and passenger rates.
Leaving Union station az . ? m. witf
engine No. p the heaviest engine on this
division Of the road. pulling three cars. the
officials went to Lane and back and found
everything in good condition for the open
ing OF the road today. AS a consequence,
the regular through westbound trains viii
travel westward over the new road today,
making q saving Of nine miles.
At an expense Of $s.50o,O00 the Union Pa
cific has built a new line which has at
tracted attention all over the railroad
world, inquiries even being received from
England. That the company should go TO
such an expense to save nine miles seemed
remarkable, but for the immense tonnage
which the Union Pacific hsuls that nine
miles means q mint Of money saved in the
course Of q year II also saved the heavy
pull Of all eRstbound trains from Gilmore
to omahs through South Omaha
4 Means Much for Omaha.
! The new road also means considerable TO
Omaha for It puts the metropolis Just that
much nearer TO the rest Of the state and
besides makes & saving OF from 10 10 p
cents each way for all people along the
line Of the Union Pacific who desire to
, come 10 Omaha
I
party that went over the route. for some
Of the cuts and fills tTe truly marvellous
When Horace G. Burt. then president Of
the Union Pacific, conceived the idea that
1 Il would be beneficial 70 the company TO
make the cut and save the expense Of run
ming out Of the road nine miles through
Gilmore. Pspiiion and Millsrd. he set z. L.
Huntley at work on the project In the
middle Of winter. with deep snow on the
: ground. Mr.. Huntisy went over the proposed
route and then mace estimates as TO what
it would cost The cost was presented TO
z. H Hartman, president OF the road, and
he issued orders 20 proceed with the work.
: In putting the line through with such q
stretch Of straight track numerous diff
cUlties were encountered. Many people aid
not like the idea Of having their farms
cut up, but all this was arranged and to-
day the road stands. nearly completed, one
OF the marvels Of the age in railroad con-
struction.
, One track with a underground rail Is
laid al the way. mostly with Sherman
. gravel ballast. although in the heavy fills
sand is used, that more may be added as
the cuts settle. The second track is laid
, for about three miles, and for nearly all
! the rest Of the distance the ties are strung
, out and workmen are laying the rails.
The rails are put down with an idea Of hRv-
b ing the finest roadbed possible to make.
and when completed. the speed limit VIII
be cut down only by the limit OF speed
= Of the engine pulling the train
s s'seenie Route" Appropriate.
The scenic route" might be well an
: nounoed as the name Of the new road, for
2 the scenery along the road is picturesque
Prom the top Of the I55-foot fills one may
look for miles up and down the valleys Of
the Big and Little Pspillion. upon fertile
farms spread out in every direction. with
q the streams winding their circuituous paths
into the distance. Prosperous farmers re-
side ell along the route and the traveller
jcurneying over the Overland will surely
r get splendid impression Of Nebraska and
- what was formerly a part OF the Great
2 American desert
One Of the show places along the route
. which viii be pointed out 20 travellers, Is
i the house in which Pat Crow is said %
have kept Z A Cudahy. jr., at ee time
c be had him kidnapped and held for 81. 600
= ransom.
= Two stations will be built on this new
stretch Of track. The new stations are
, Seymour and sarpy. Seymour is located
e just north just north OF Seymour lake and
a splendid view may be had of the lake
; and the surrounding country from that
wfh ha q hal
between Seymour and Lane.
Personnel of the Party.
Those who wsa; on the official trip
were A L. Mohler. vice president and
general manager: 7. NJ. Orr. assistant 20
/. the general manager; F. D. Brown. local
: treasurer: W. L Park, general superin-
tendent; Charles Ware superintendent OF
= the Nebraska division, W D. Lincoln. car
service agent; W r. Cahill assistant su-
: lperintendent. 7. J. Foley. superintendent
! Of terminals: J. H Stephens. chief dis
- ipatcher; W. n. Andersen Of the auditing
department: ". r. McKeen. IT.. superin-
tendent OF motive power and machinery;
1 B. julien, general car foreman: A H
Fetters. mechanical engineer: Z L Hant-
= ley. chief engineer. Messrs. ]. c. Young.
> lSchermerLorn and Gerber Of the engineer
ing department. B. 4 McAllastsr and
J. A Griffith Of the tax department,
A W Scrfhner snd Robert Clancy cs
= the purchasing and store department;
'e Messrs. Griffith and Stafford Of the
= freight department; K H Wood and C. J.
= Lane Of the passenger department; W. II
b Murray and D. A. Bassinger. assistant
ie genera! passenger agents; Alfred DarloW,
'e general manager Of the advertising de-
Z partment; W, T. Canada special secroi
z. service agent. and George A Abbott ticket
ID agent Al the Union station Others IN the
1t party were Manager Hsder for KilpatricE
b. Bros. a Collins; Frank Walters. general
se manager Of the Northwestern; z L
re- Tsuntley and q r. Porter. press CORE
q EP0ndents; "a A. FueEsle Of the News
sr " p Watson O the World-HersId and
M c. L. Thomas % The Bee.
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