Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-09
UNION PACIFIC SCATTERS
Purchasing Department is Crowded
Out Of Headquarters No, 1.
MORE ROOM NEEDED FOR OFFICES
chicago Adopts the Omaha Plan of
Organising n Railroad Men's
CIuB-Rutherford' stays
at Home,

The purchasing department OF the Union
Pacific has moved into Union Pacific head
quarters No. 3. Headquarters No. l were
becoming so crowded that another depart
ment had to seek quarters elsewhere, so
the purchasing department was moved to
the second story OF the old United states
National bank building at 18th and Farnam
streets. the Union Pacific's land depart
ment occupying the first floor. The freight
tariff department will move to the offices
formerly occupied by the purchasing de-
partment.
The resident engineer, the bridge engineer
and the signal engineer and the tax depart
ment are still in headquarters No. T. while
the coal department is at headquarters No.
5 and the chief surgeon in headquarters
No. G. The dining and hotel departments
are in the commissary building at Eleventh
and Leavenworth, as are also the offices
Of the superintendent OF the Nebraska d.
vision and the various assistant superin-
| tendents.
The buildings now occupied by the Union
Pacific. wholly or in part, for It's different
departments are, the Union Pacific head
quarters, the new commissary building, the
Pacific Express company building at Four
teenth and Harvey streets. the old United
States National bank building, the Bee
building and the Brandeis block.
chicago Patterns After omaha.
Chicago will follow the lead of Omaha In
the formation of a railroad mems club and
a meeting has been called for that pur-
pose for Saturday.
The Omaha club is stlll seeking a location
with several fine places in view. The lat
est offer is that of the second floor of the
Barker block, with meals served from
Robertson's cafe. The house committee
of the Omaha Railway Mems club will
consist of J. E. Buckingham, John A,
Kuhn, G. NJ. Entriken, w. s.. BaslngeI
and E. p. Hennesey. The entertainment
committee consists Of Ralph e. Hayward
and whoever else he desires to call upor
to assist him. The membership committed
consists of w. R. Cahill, c. d. Allen, A. E
Thompson and C. II. Marley.
F. P. Rutherford. division passenger ageni
of the Rock Island, will no longer have &c
take 10 the road in search of parties tC
travel over the Rock Island, but will de.
vote his time exclusively to Omaha bust.
ness. A circular just Issued by the RocR
Island shows that G. S. Penticost, formerly
travelling passenger representative OF the
Rock Island out Of Ptttsburg, will become
division passenger agent out of Omaha,
March 10. Several changes In the time
card of the Rock Island are expected
shortly and a meeting of the passenger
men is called for Chicago for Thursday to
discuss these changes.
The Union Pacific has arranged with
the Wabash to run a through train from
tSt. Louis to Denver, through Kansas City
similar to the Colorado special. which Is
now run by the Union Pacific between Chi
cago and Denver in connection with the
Northwestern and Milwaukee" said
K. l.. Lomax, general passenger agent
Of the Union Pacific, who has re-
turned from st. Louis, where he has
been completing arrangements for the
train. For some time we have wanted
such a train and the Wabash was the most
available road for us to tie up with. so the
arrangements were made. 1t was the
decision to put on that one train which
has started all this talk about a tieup be-
tween Hartman and Gould or the Union
Pacific and the Wabash"