Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-08
SAY BETTER DEPOT
is A CRYING NEED
Say Other Cities of Same Size Are
Much Better Cared For Than is
the Gate City.
FIRST IMPRESSION IS BAD


Following the agitation OF The Bee
for a new union depot in Omaha,
business men Of the city continue to
express themselves emphatically in
favor of a new depot, and to man
insist that it is an absolute necessity.
j. w. Metcalfe. Secretary Of the Asso-
ciated Retailers of Omaha-There are
two things the retailers of Omaha must
have If omaha is to be the kind of a
city and the kind OF retail center it
should be. Those things are: First, a
new union depot, and, second, adequate
shopping train service into Omaha daily.
The retailers at a meeting discussed the
need of such a depot at a meeting Feb
ruary 10, 1913. They were unanimous for
a new depot at that time. Victor Rose
water was before the retailers at that
time boosting for it, always boosting
for it. and he has been boosting 1t from
and Byron Hastings were also at that
meeting. all expressing themselves
strongly for the project,
]. w. Robbins, Former President Of
the Real Estate Exchange-Of course. we
need a new union depot. We need it
badly and when it comes we want IL
on Twenty-fourth street somewhere, as
that is to be the main thoroughfare of
the city eventually without a doubt
Depot Surely Needed.
Harry Christie, Real Estate Dealer--It
might be worth while to get at the
method used by the people of Kansas
City and put that into force here in an
effort to get a union depot Kansas City
suffered long with old shacks of depots,
but 1 guess everybody hammered so long
and so hard at the roads there that they
finally got 1t. There 10, Of course, some
talk of a subway to connect the present
Union depot in Omaha with the Burling-
ton. That would help some. but it would
not be like getting q new union depot.
All Pull Together.
C. s. Rainbolt of Rainbolt Commission
Company--The depot here is not in the
Same class with depots in cities half the
size of Omaha. 1t is not in keeping with
the growth and advancement of the city
and is about the worst advertisement we
could have. People entering a city judge
It by the depot and If Omaha is so
CA'AeAAAN'
out coming up town leave with the i'm
preston that we have rundown vii
Iage and that II is a good place to keep
away from. Besides. the present depot
lacks the necessary accommodations. 1t
is nowhere near large enough and the
way by which travellers have to get from
the building to the trains I consider very
bad. Something should be DONE and that
f,,da fc haf ha
way to accomplish anything is to get
together for long pull, a strong pull
and a steady pull 1t don't look as IL the
railroads intend to do anything unless
we do some very vigorous pulling to-
gether.
Robert C. Druesedow, Bond Broker-I
travel to Chicago and Kansas City a
great deal. as well as iaaking great
many short trips into Iowa. and | want
to tell you have often lain as long as
thirty-five minutes on q train before we
could cross the bridge and get into the
terminal here in Omaha. II is a shame
the kind of terminal facilities we still
have here in Omaha, when other cities
have things so much better. Omaha gets
a great deal Of unfavorable comment on
account of this. ] hear It all the time
when / am out
Byron Hastings Of Hastings & Heyden,
Real Estate Firm-It is certainly not fair
to Omaha to make US do with such a
depot and such terminal facilities as we
are getting along with when Kansas City
! has a depot that cost between $S5, ,0OC
and 100000 we must have a new
union depot, and when it comes it should
| be located on lower sixteenth street, or
somewhere between sixteenth and Twen-
! ty-fourth streets.