Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-16
Pueblo's Courage
Sets New Example
In Rehabilitation
Latest Demonstration
In Rapid Recovery After
Near-Deyasiation by
Summer Flood.
By HOLLAND.

New York. Dec. ls.-Galvesion
Tex, chiefly by lis own exer.
tions and the financial support
given by lis citizens. recovered rap.
idly from the disaster which the gi.
gantic waves OF the sea caused. Ant
this recovery was often referred tC
rs an eSemplihcaiion OF the energy
and courage of the modern south
Baltimore, which stood appalled,
for few hours after the devastating
FIRE was put under control. neverthe.
less speedily forgot the past. began
constructive work ard in wonder
in'ly short time had buildsd rev
Baltimore.
Dayton, O.. and the district OF
which il is the center, began within
few hours after the food had
brought so great a tragedy in the
loss OF life and property. to plan and
TO provide the initial financing bv
mcans OF which floods will never
devastatc that large and hourishing
region because the rivers will be un-
der perfect control That work
which has gained world-w de
celebrity is now nearly completed.
Pueblo Latest Example.
The latest demoustrat.on Of courage AMI
n' the ablllty to make rapid recovery has
been ~ .niahei nv Pueblo, colo Reports
York which. II they I'D not come from
authoritative sources, would have bee,
looked uron rs incredible, That flood
which began in the early days OF the
summer covered . considerable part of
tho business section and a very large
ae-o ot the poorer residence district.
William II, Hodge, who is man OF
ruthnrity. has returned recently from
Pueblo aud reports that the business men
and In fact all the people have already
made recovery which matches, If
does not surpass. the speedy recovery
made In other cities or communities which
were devastated by fire, flood or gigantic
waves Of the sea.
This recovery has stimulated action SIM
ton under the leadership OF John II. Pat
terson before that now traditional flood
had completely subsidized. For the citi-
2ens Of Pueblo. having organized and APP
pointed a committee of H. purpose TAX
ing such action as, no matter how tremen-
dOus the oloudbursts are or how swift
moving the currents that are in thn
rivers may he. Will nevertheless make
Pueblo forever secura against another
disaster OF that kind. This committee
has gone 80 tar as TO obtain competent
technical advirors, II probably VIII mean
in the end a greater and more Influential
community of which Pueblo i5 the center
than was the fact before the flool,
Buildings More Modern.
one proof of this is found in the fact
that the business buildings which have
been erected to take the place OF those
which were destroyed by the flood are
more modern and in every way much
better than the buildings which were de-
stroyed The prompt and adequate action
of tho citizens OF Pueblo VIII gain Tor
that city tradition which represents
covery secured within a few months after
the flood and this will be tradition
which will match that other one which
tells of the flood.
Ono of the many romantic features
associated with the early life OF James
] Hill and the inspiration which led MN
at last to undertake the construction OF
the Great Northern railroad was his asso-
ciation with the late Lord Mount stephen.
Mr.. Hill once made a hazardous trip over
snow and ice in the winds and heavy
cold of the arctic penetrating forests tnat
lay between Minnesota and sii3nitoba, cos
tuned as though he was travelling in
search of the North Pole and doing this
because he desired to have consultation
with Lord Mount Stephen. Presumably,
out of this consultation came the in.
fluences and the opportunities which led
MIR. Hill to undertake the construction
of new railroad almost paralieling cur
northern boundary line and stretching
from st. Paul to the Pacific.
Aided Hills Project.
whether Lord Mount stephen ever carne
TO New York with Mr. Hin upon any OF
the occasions when Mr.. Hin was nego-
tlat!ng for the financing of part of tha'
Great Northern railroad is doubtful IsTe
used 10 hp a tradition that he, togetn "
with Lord Mount stephen, spent several
hours with one of the great international
banking houses OF New York and as a
result Of that visit the financial assistance
wmca was sought was obtained AZ az
evcrts New York. Canada and Loh'inn
financed the construction OF the Great
Northern.
With Lord Mount Stephen and Lord
Strathcena, one American was assoclat-
Pacific railroad. He was Sir William
Van Horne, who began life in a humble
way in an Illinois village and who after.
wards received recognition from Great
Britain through the bestowal upon him
Of tEe honor of knighthood.
A few years ago Sir William sojourned
for a few days in New York City. He
was on his way to Cuba, where he was
tropics which would match, relatively
speaking. the monumental work which
he did in the construction OF the canad-
ian Pacific In the sub-arctic region he
spoke while in New York Of his rela-
tons witE Lord Mount stephen. saying
that he had heard that although Lord
Ntnnn. Ste~hen WIS nearly so yet he
was In excellent health. very vigorous
dred.
I. 8. Wealth Greatly Increased.
Now all Of those who were associated
with MIR Hill in transcontinental rail-
road construction, both in Canada and in
the United States. have. with the recent
death of Lord Mount stephen, passed
away. In fact. not one of the very able
almost supermen whe conceived and built
hA fr.Y n nj roi hp
United States and in Canada is now liv-
ing
Hopkins and Crocker who conceived and
then built the Southern Pacific and the
Central Pacific systems no longer live:
Their achievement together with that OF
Mr.. Hartman who really created the
modern Union Pacific have increased tho
wealth of the United States by billions.
Their share in this increase OF wealth was
comparatively 81. small NE r., HaTrimans ss mans
was about $50. 600. 000 There were other
great railroad builders of that now earlier
day, James ]. Hill. Henry Willard, the
Boston men. Sears and Perkins. who made
the Atchison system what it now is and
in the east, Garrett of the Baltimore and
Ohio, Scott of the Pennsylvania. and the
vanderbilts Of the New York Central were
developeding great railroad systems. II
may be that the hostility of the public
TO the railroads and legislation by federal
and state commissions have made I'M
possible for new railroad leadership simi-
lar to that of the past
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago. Dec. observation-disclosures
$4,000; beef steers mostly CSC higher:
spots off more; choice yearlings, slg.5o;
bulk beef steers. rs. 5ea7 7.5Q; fat cows
and heifers weak to CSC lower; Gamers,
cutters bulls. stockers and feeders
steady: veal calves. IS 20 soc lower
Hogs-Receipts, 47,Q0e. uneyenly steady
70 fSc lower than yesterdays average:
,,,nsflr Z to DC lnMar: closing fairlY ar-