The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-06

prising that the Northwestern has
attempted to end the matter by this
curt reply. Mr.. Walters always has
had a crouch against Norfolk and the
Northwestern is apparently seeking
to perpetuate the old quarrel started
when the F., Il. & NJ. V. railroad was
built up the Elkhorn valley.
Road Tried to Kill Town.
At that time the railroad tried to
kill Norfolk and move it a mile and
half, so that it would be near the
depot. And it would have killed the
town but for the fact that the Union
Pacific built in and put its depot up
town.
The Northwestern bought the F. +.
road and, refusing to take account of
the fact that a city has grown up
here where a village formerly exist
ed, perpetuateS that old quarrel by
declining to even consider a request
from Norfolk and the travelling public
of this territory for an improved ser
vice which has been pronounced feas-
as Mr.. Walters.
Norfolk isn't entitled to Considera-
ton at the hands of the Northwestern,
apparently. The people of this terri
tory-well, the people be damned, as
some other railroad official once said.
Walters Crouch an Old One.
Mr. Walters crouch is an old one.
He disliked Norfolk the first time he
ever came to town. He's hated it ever
since. He came here some years ago
as assistant general manager He
stayed in the town about four weeks
and cussed it all the time he was here.
He never came uptown, choosing to
remain in autocratic seclusion at the
Junction. He didn't deem it desirable
to even get acquainted with Norfolk
business men. He didn't care to mix
hot with Norfolk.
Tried to Move Headquarters.
And he went further than just cuss.
ing the town. He tried to move the
division headquarters to Fremont
And he. did succeed in moving his own
He failed to get the road to change
the division headquarters because the
road wants it's headquarters at Nor
| folk.
That's one reason why the North
| western officials bluff in a Fremont
paper recently-that threat to move
| the headquarters was such joke
Walters had tried that once - anG
| failed.
| Then Walters became general man
ager-and the crouch against Norfoll
moved up peg in ofticialdom. AnC
it's stuck there ever since.
Walters Only Side Issue.
So Norfolk really didn't expect tha
its request to Mr. Walters would beal
| fruit. He's only a side issue in this
campaign for uptown trains. He's JUS
water tank that Norfolk stopped a.
out of courtesy to his official job-anC
| by request.
The petition which 593 business mer
and citizens of Norfolk, including 15(
members of the United Commercial
| lldNtltlS' Stll W tue ANOl Iu"tSltll IL
was originally addressed to Marvin
| Hughitt, president of the Northwest
ern railroad. 1t was altered so as t
address Mr.. Walters, as a matter o
| courtesy to his position.
But nobody expected Mr.. Walters
would do anything to benefit Norfolk
All his official career in this territor!
he has been doing what he could Il
hurt the town. And he'd like to have
the Northwestern keep right on givinl
Norfolk black eye by running an in
adequate and abbreviated train ser
vice to a depot located a mile and
half from the town
On Up to Chicago Now.
Mr.. Walters blunt answer will b.
reported to the Commercial club d
rectors at their meeting Tuesday noon
And 1t is presumed the directors vii
merely go on to Chicago to the me-
higher up, with their request. Tn
mass meeting of the Commercial clu
instructed the directors to use all hor
| ~ q n elk