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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1901)
.J. . &u * Cbe Conservative * 9 f. DEATH OF JOHN B. BENNET. John Bradbury Benuet , a resident of Colorado for 26 years , died at his son's residence in Jefferson county , yesterday morning , of pneumonia , after an illness of two weeks. He was a brother of H. P. Bonnet of this city. Ho was born in Maine , April 2 , 1821. He went to Ohio when a boy , and later to Missouri , where ho was married. He removed to Ne braska in 1855 , living near Nebraska City , and during his residence in that state served in the upper house of the legisla ture with Judge D. D. Belden , a Color ado pioneer , who died some years ago. Mr. Bennet was one of the builders of the Midland railway , from Nebraska City to Lincoln , in which enterprise he sunk every dollar he had. He removed to Colorado in 1875 , and , after a few months in Denverlocated the large farm at Palmer Lake , afterward bought by "W. B. Daniels. When Mr. Bennet sold the farm he went to Colorado Springs and engaged in sheep raising for some years. He next removed to Jefierson county , where he resided until his death , except for a few months , which he spent in Denver. He leaves a widow , five sous , Washington T. , Hamilton , Byron L. , W. R. , and Cadman Bennet , and one daughter , Mrs. Lizzie Shope. All but one of the children reside in Cole - rado. rado.Mr. Mr. Bennet was one of a family of 11 brothers , of whom Judge H. P. Bennet of Denver is now the sole survivor. Denver Republican , April 27 , 1901. The foregoing will be read by the survivors of those who came to the ter ritory of Nebraska in 1854 , with pa thetic interest. Mr. Beunet was known to all of us and respected by all who had the felicity of his friendship. His was an active and useful life and he earned a good name and long remembrance. BURLINGTON'S COMBINATION. BOSTON , April 24 , 1901. My Dear Mr. Waite : Will you let me try to correct a mis apprehension about the proposed sale of Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy stock to the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway companies ? It is not by any means the "passing away of the Chicago , Burlington & Quiucy , " as described in some of the newspapers. On the contrary , there will be no change iu the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy name or management , and the alliance of the properties will greatly benefit all of them , and all of the people they serve. The Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy company will continue to do business precisely as heretofore , with Mr. Harris as president and the organization un changed. But it will be assured of , what it does not now possess , a perma nent connection by the shortest line with the great northwest , rich in minerals and lumber , with its markets for agricultural and other products , and with the commerce of the Pacific Ocean by way of Pnget sound and the Colum bia river. On the other hand the northern roads will be assured of a per manent connection by the shortest line with the agriculture and manufactures of the middle west , and the markets to be found there for the products of the north and the commerce of the Pacific. No argument is necessary to show that this assured permanency is of the great est importance to all of the interests concerned , the people as well as the railroads. As to the management , there is not only no intention to make changes in the official staff and organization , but the strongest desire on the part of those who are proposing to buy the stock , to hold onto Chicago , Burlington & Quncy men and Chicago , Burlington & Quinoy methods. The whole effect of the combination will be beneficial. Please look at a map and see for yourself how the lines of these corporations fit into and supple ment each other. And when doing so , it will interest you to trace , and compare with these railroads of today , the line of march of Lewis and Clark , who took possession of the Louisiana purchase for the government of the United States a hundred years ago. I expect to return to Burlington in the course of two or three weeks , and hope for many years to occupy my office in the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy building and continue my interest in the affairs of the company with its enlarged opportunities and possibilities. Yours very truly , C. E. PERKINS. AN ASSURING STATEMENT. The letter of former President Per kins of the Burlington , addressed to the editor of the Burlington Hawkeye , with reference to the impending change of ownership of the Burlington system , is an assuring statement for people of Ne braska , and other states served by that railroad. The interest of these states is , that the road bo operated as a distinct line and managed with a view to the development and upbuilding of the re sources of the territory it traverses. Mr. Perkins insists that the proposed sole of stock by no means constitutes "the passing away of the Burlington system , " but on the contrary that there will be no change in name or management - ment , nor in the method of doing busi ness. ness.What What has made the Burlington strong , has been its policy of expansion and its identification with the country from which it draws its traffic. The growth of the Burlington , and the set tlement of these states has been simul taneous. The future of Nebraska , as the past , depends largely upon the ex tent to which the railroads co-operate in building up its industries , and it is gratifying to know that the Burlington management , no matter what the change in ownership may be , realizes that its prosperity is inseparably bound up with that of the people along its lines. Mr. Perkins expresses the belief that the union of the Burlington with the Great Northern and the Northern Paci fic , will greatly benefit all of them , and all of the people they serve , by giving the Burlington a permanent connection with the great northwest and opening to it the commerce of the Pacific Ocean , by way of Puget sound and the Colum bia river , while the northern routes secure permanent connection by the shortest line with the agricultural and manufacturing communities of the west. He draws an apt comparison of the combined railroads , with the line of march of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition , which took possession of the Louisiana purchase for the United States , 100 years ago. If this is the natural traffic route , the union can not fail to be a strong one. It is sincerely to be hoped that Mr. Perkins" expectations , so far as the ben eficial results to the territory , girdled by these roads are concerned , will not bo disappointed. His assurances , coming , as they do , with the highest authority , can certainly be relied on , as indicating the real views of the men behind the movement. Omaha Bee , April 29. PENSIONERS' DISABILITIES. The discovery made by Secretary Morton , during the last Cleveland ad ministration , that some of his clerks were drawing pensions for incurable ailments , although the life insurance companies had taken them as first-rate risks , after a most searching investiga tion , is recalled by a conversation which Representative Loudenslager of New Jersey , Chairman of the House Com mittee on Pensions , had with an old acquaintance in a street-car in Phila delphia the other day. "I wish they would make you Com missioner of Pensions , as has been sug gested in the newspapers , " began the acquaintance. "I have always wanted them to turn Evans out. He won't give me a pension. I know that if yon were Commissioner you. would decide favor ably in all such cases as mine. " "On what ground do you expect a pension ? " asked Mr. Loudenslager. "For a disability. " "What is it ? " "Bad eyesight. " "What is your occupation ? " "lama locomotive engineer.New - York Evening Post. * *
