Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-30
OMAHA GETS TWO
MILLIONS FROM
THE BURLINGTON
Hill Road Will Spend This Sum
on improvements in Gate ~
City During Current
Year. 5k{|['
BUILD GRAIN Z
Will Have Capacity of Two
Million Bushels and Will
Be Enlarged Later.
GRADE HILLS AT GIBSON

The Burlington Railroad company
will spend $2,O0O,0OO in Omaha this
year.
OF this sum, $l0O0,000 will be ex-
pended in the construction OF 2,000,-
000-bushcl capacity elevator at Glib
son and the other $l,0O0,000 in grad
ing down hills in the vicinity OF Glib
son, where an industrial center will
be built up, in double tracking the
line between Omaha and South Oma
ha and in cutting down the hump that
juts out to the north, west of the
south end of the Tenth street viaduct.
Announcement of these eXpediturcs
was made by H. f. Byram, vice presi-
dent i'll charge of operation, and {. L.
Burnham, vice president in charge of
traffic, both of whom we're in Oma-
ha yesterday afternoon, en- route
west on an inspection tour of the
company lines west of the Missouri
river. The two vice presidents were
met here by General Manager Hold
rege, who accompanies them on their
trip.
Vice President Burnham made the
announcement relative to expendi-
lures in Omaha and it was concurred
in by Vice President Byram. The for
mer said:
you may say that the Burlington
by purchase from the kountzc estate,
has acquired title to- 80 acres of land
adjoining and lying south OF Gibson.
Here we will, during the summer,
construct a grain elevator with ca
pacity OF 100000 bushels, 1t will be
of the tank type, concrete construc-
ton and modern in every particular.
1t will be built with view to increas-
ing the capacity to 100000 by the
construction Of additional tanks This
elevator will be ready in time 10
handle the next crop.
Look Toward Future.
1--WE look upon Omaha as one OF
the greatest grain markets in the
country, and want to be in line to
handle the business as it increases
from year 10. year .....-..,-.-.
On the tract of ground that we
have bought at Gibson, we will do a
great amount of grading, cutting
down the hills on the west and filling
in the low places to the east. This
tract we intend to develop into an in
dustrial center and, owing to the fact
that it is part Of Omaha, we think
it ought to be desirable for persons,
firms and corporations seeking loca-
tions for manufacturing enterprises.
with the coming of spring, we
will begin grading the line between
Omaha and South Omaha for double
track. In doing this, we are going
to cut off the hump west of our pas
senger depot, thus enabling us to
take out the curve that has been SO
Objectionable in the past
Car Problem Solved.
Relative to the freight car short
age, Vice President Byran asserted
that he believes it will soon be ended
A plan has been worked out for re-
lieving it and this is it, according to
his statement
Railroad presidents of all the
roads OF the country have signed an
agreement that becomes effective
February 81. This agreement pro-
vidcs that every road holding the
cars Of any other road shall unload
them Immediately, or at least with
the greatest possible speed, and at
once return them to the roads own
ing them. This agreement is in line
with a rule applied by the Interstate
Commerce commission, relative to
coal cars, and has worked admirably.
| believe that within thirty days after
the agreement has gone into effect,
the car shortage will begin to adjust
itself and that in the future there will
be little cause for effect"
While the Burlington is in good
shape for handling freight business
along its system at this time, it is
going to be i'll still better condition
next fall. Mr.. Burnham asserted that
the company has recently purchased
$500 new box cars, 500 of which have
been delivered and the remaining
1000 will come along between now
and the next small grain harvest.
In addition to the $500 box cars
Mr.. Burnham asserted that the COM
pany has purchased 5000 all-steel
coal cars and fifty locomotives of the
largest type, all to be delivered in
time to handle the business next sum
mer and fall.