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HAS taken little more than m
Quarter of a century to charge
plain board Into a palatial rail-
f.1"Sp road office. The history of the
tramforrnatlon makea the atorle
of Alad4 n and hl wonderful lamp lose
some of t'nelr remarkable features, while the
fanciful stories of the Indian mail no longer
sound like Idle tales. Thirty -six years ago
the railroad office was not the princely af
fair It Is today. The pomp and splendor of
the modorn office was undreamed of.
Thlrty-itlx years ago the railroad ticket
wan sold over a rough plank In the front
part of a transfer office at the foot of Far-
nam street Today It la sold over a ma
hogany counter In the best business quar
ter of the city. Then any old place was
suitable; today the best location Is not any
too good.
In place of the elaborate front and the
extravagant Interior of today, the first
ticket office In Omaha was a shack redo
lent with the delightful aroma of sorgham,
cheese, pork, ham, keroaeue and other early
evidences of civilization.
A soap box often did duty for a chair,
kerosene was used instead of Incandescent
lights, plain board floors, plastered walls
and a few plecee of battered furniture com-
pleited the Interior arrangement. Beside
the magnificence of the modem office, Solo-
men's temple becomes a pretty cheap af-
fair. Costly woods are used for counters,
walls are hung with expensive papers,
floors are Inlaid with fancy tilings, there
are steel ceilings, chipped glass partitions,
elegantly panelled walnsootlngs, marble
tilmmlngs, rugs, pictures, rosewood desks
.nH o,rx-.rt mahoranv chairs In sDaclous
quarters -studded and massed with electrlo
lights. ' ' !'
Transition Cane Suddenly.
The transition Is the change from hovel
to palace and the change have occurred
In short steps that have kept pace with the
Improvement tr. rolling stock. When the
changes came they came suddenly. It baa
been cottonwood one day and mahogany
the next. It has been oil yesterday, gas
today and eleotrtclty tomorrow. One
change has followed tho other In rapid suc
cession. If my memory serves me right," said
Harry P. Deuel the other day, "ths sra of
good offices began in 1871 or 1872."
Mr. Deuel sold tickets In the early days
when packet boats ran up and down the
river and connected at St Joseph with the
Hannibal & St. Joe railroad line. -The old
transfer offl.ee was located In what is now
tho middle of the river, which since haa
changed Its course and blotted out some
of tho old land marks.
"There was no finery about the ticket
office in those days," was the venture to
Ui.iw out Mr. Duel.
"Finery? Good gracious. I sold tickets
when he had nothing but a rough cotton-
wood plank across the front part of the
trnnsfer office. Them were days, though,
when Omaha had its hustling clothes on
and Council Bluffs was the bigger city or
the two."
Another Pioneer Agent.
Among other agents of the old days was
Captain O. M. Brown, city ticket agent
for the Burlington at Council Bluffs. Cap
tain Urown sets his title from the fact
that he captained one of the boats which
used to ply between tide city and St.
Joseph in connection with the railroad.
Those were the days when the captain of
the boat was practically the whole thing.
The earth fairly trembled when he walked
across the gangplank and the abject
wretches who happened to be near shaded
their eyes in order to keep the glory of
the captain from blinding them.
It took about one duy to make the trip
down the river and three days to come
back. Notwithstanding the fact that U
old tternwheelers were made to alm)
run In a heavy fog, they frequently got
stuck in the mud, and sometimes it was
hours before the boat could be released
and resjme Its journey.
"Those were great days." said Captain
Brown, reminiscently. "and it meant sonie
thint; to be a traffic agent. Everybody had
to hustle and did hustle to get business.
Tim bwtir.css was line and ths agents took
nil,-lity uood care that none of il got
a woy."
t'm-fgl sa Advertisements.
What Is the object of these luxurious
qi'irtcrs? The principal reason la that
they aro an advertisement. The office is
..il cn as an indication of the road. Ths
l.ne kept puce with the appoint
oi i ts nf the swell trains of the present
; n . A sliabby ruilroad office today is re
. i.. u'.'Ml us a detriment. If two roads reach
"' taii.e terminal, the business Is very
' t to km to the road which makes the
: . ! njipi r. ranee. It'i the world. Success
in ' v su 1 1 'us. The tourist won't go to ths
!vi'iy i ilie if lie can Itelp It, all other
tli.'r.s twliij; equal. He prefers to have his
ttcKet m.i'ln out on mahogany, he prefers
to siirn his name on mahogany, he prefers .
in rMe on mahogany or some other ex
1'iiisiv wood. The tourist Is living in the
afie of expensive woods. Cheap woods
have had their day. Their usefulness la
gone, mo fhr as the ticket office and the
raUroad coach is concerned. Yet it took
little more (linn a quarter of a century for
the railroad to pass from a cottonwood to a
mahogany period. It Is Interesting to spec
ulate ou hat the next change will be.
It la a safe venture that it will not be
any more elaborats toaa ths present one.
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At least. It don't seem that It can be.
Probably the most expensive piece of fur
niture brought Into the city by a railroad
for Its own use was a counter for the
Northwestern offloe. It was walnut and
valued at 13,(00. . It was made at the com
pany's own shops and It made eyes stick
out In other offices. The workmanship
was of the very finest, every part being
dovetailed, and It was artistic with carv
ings. When the Northwestern fitted up Its
office some five years ago the counter was
sold to the Wabash. When the last named
road moved into Its present quarters two
years ago the counter was sold In sections.
One of these sections was owned Until re
cently by one of the Farnam street sa
loons. The rest of the counter is scattered
about the city. A piece of it. was sold
to ono of the lumber dealers and brought
a good price.
Is the Northwesters Office.
The Northwestern offices are among the
finest in the country, and the one in this
city Is no exception. It Is similar In ar
rangement to the offices of the company
in other places. -Five years ago the com
pany had only half the room It now orcu-
pies. The quarters were enlarged at that
time and the place was refurnished. The
present counter is solid mahogany and
follows the contour of the office. It is
richly paneled and carved and the parti-
tlons and roller-top desks are also mahog-
any and highly polished. The wood Is
practically worth Its weight in gold and
would bring a good price by the pound,
Each man has a telephone. The walls are
hnC with embts-d aper, which shades
from a plum to light lemon to match the
steel ceiling. The celling is one of the
highest in the city and Is fringed and
studded with electrlo lights:. "Its unusual
height' gives a massive effect. It is the
boast of the company that it has the
Uy. The value
Big Fish
(Copyright. 1904, by Frank O. Carpenter.)
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I I apondence of The BeeJ Would
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you like to hear big fish stories
that are true stories?
If so, open your ears and listen
to James S. McMIUIn. the duke of San Juan.
The duke of San Juanl
you may not have heard of him. Still
n8 iB tha nao0b of the most Important of
our pUpet sound islands, an island which
once came near Involving us In war with
Great Britain. San Juan island lies just
under the boundary line between the United
States and British Columbia. In our old
treaties it was stated that the boundary
wa8 on the forty-ninth parallel to Puget
goun(j( and thence along the marine clian-
nel through that sound out to tho sea.
Tne Ban juan archipelago lies on the south
edg9 of th, channel, but the British de
cided to construe the route further north
and make these lalunds a part of their
territory.
It was the cackling of geese that saved
Rome. It was the rooting of a hog that
aved these islands and the vast Ashing
Industry, of which they are the center, to
the United States. The hog belonged to a
British resident of Ban Juaa Island. It
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WHERE THEY SOLD STAGS LOT
of the tickets carried in stock is estimated
at $5,000,000.
"Don't you believe it?" asked a repre-
sentatlve of the road the other day, in re-
sponse to an Incredulous look. "Look
here." He opened drawer after drawer,
all stocked with tickets. There were stock
coupons, simplex tickets, mileage books
and the ordinary pasteboards. The simplex
are worth as high as $35, the books ure
worth from $10 to $75. There is almost no
limit to the price of coupon tickets.
"There is one that we can make out for
any number of passengers and for almost
any place." He pulled out a coupon form
over five feet in length and having twenty-
four coupons. Coupon tickets are carried
for almost every road that is operated
under an American flag, besides railroads in
Mexico and Canada.
Where the Wabssh Rons.
The Wabash put In new furniture when
it moved into its present location two
years ago. The south wall Is finished n
panel work from floor to ceiling. The rest
of the walls nro done In lavender papr,
which harmonlr.es well with the ateel cell-
ing. The counters alone are valued at $700.
The gate rosts are carved and the office
furniture Is of dark woods, highly po
lished. It Is estimated that the furnishings of
one of these offices costs $2,000. Some of
them cost; mere. A few of them cost
less. There Is one window decoration at
the Rock Island office which cost over
$200. This Ih ft map of the world which low partitions of dark woods, ana ueorg
the company Is using, to decorate every J& .Abbott, city ticket and passenger agent,
ticket office in the - country. A special has one of the most' sumptuously furnished
artist was sent across tho country about private offices In the city. Carved ma
a year ago to do this work. The painter hogany chairs, an expensive, roller top
is one ' of the finest in his line and his desk, chipped glass partitions and a large
services cost the company a good many Imported rug are set off by dark, em
hundred dollars. bossed wall papers. The steel celling is
The local ticket office of the Rock Island massed with electric, lights.
Stories from the Land of the Salmon
rooted out thospotatoes of an American
resident and the American shot the hog.
This brought up the question of the owner-
hin nf th laiaml whleh whs involved in
the question of Jurisdiction. The governor
of British Columbia proposed to s nd troops
to bring the American offender t Victoria
for trial, and the American governor of our
territory sent Captain James Pickett to
prevent it. Pickett was the same man who
afterward made that famous charge at
Gettysburg. He took a company of troops
to San Juan and warned the British on
the gunboat, which was sent to settle the
matter, that if they landed he would fire
upon them and there would be an inter
national war. They did not land. The
trouble 'continued, however, and General
Wtnfleld Scott was sent out by the presi
dent to settle It A temporary arrangement
was made by which the British took the
northern halt and the Americans the south
ern half of the island, and later ths settle
ment having been referred to old Kaiser
Wllhelm. the grandfather of the present
UnoVth ofTn'juan1 L
and an Ameran wwession and it V.
to this d P0"8810". and o
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San Juan Island Is ths chief of the San
Juaa archipelago. It is only live mile
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company is furnished in light woods. Like
all the ticket offices of the city, it has a
tile floor and a steel ceiling, heavily studded
with electric lights. Hand painted tapes-
tries and elegant paintings decorate the
walls, which are hung with wine colored,
embossed paper,
Headquarters of the Overland.
Another costly office Is the one at the
corner of Fourteenth and Farnam streets,
occupied by the Union Pacific That dis
trict, by the way, is known as Railroad
Row. There Is a railroad office on each
corner. The Union Pacific has one, the
Rock Island another, the Northwestern hua
ne Paxton corner and the Illinois Central
is across the street. In the square, one
block west, opposite corners are occupied
by the Missouri Pacific and the Burling
ton. West of the Burlington, on the same
side of Farnam, is the Chicago Great
Western, and In the corner at the end
of the block is the Chicago. Milwaukee &
St. Paul. The Wabash has the corner op
posite. The Union Pacific Is one of the richly
caparisoned offices which add to the pom?
c( Railroad Row. The interior effect Is
dark. Highly polished mahogany furnlturo
enhances the effect. The counters are
ornamented with panels, edged with carved
work and have marble bases, while tho
gate posts are richly carved. The parti
tions are of dark woods and chipped glass
with beveled edges.. Each dark has his
private stall, divided from the others by
one way and fourteen miles the otheri
but it Is the northwest cornerstone of the
United States, and especially valuable be-
cause the greater part of it is pure stone,
It 'B n fact, a pure white marble, from,
which is made the most of the best lime
01 tne acme siope. n nas enormous lac-
tr'es nl furnaces for making lime, and
James a. MCMiiiin, wno nas oeen nica-
named the duke of San Juan, Is their
owner.
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Bis; Fish Stories.
Ban Juan is aiso ngnt on me iraoa oi
tne millions OI salmon wmcn come in
every year from the sea to spawn in the
fresh water rivers; and it was as to flsh
chat I talked with the duke of San Juan,
Sald Mr. McMillln: '
"The salmon brings Uncle Sam moro
wealth than any other flsh In his waters,
The catch of Puget sound is worth about
f wu nAA a r. n1 Jn 10A4 wiaxa. OUan
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24,000,000 pounds of such flsh were caught
In Ihi ftroirnn rlvArfL Alnulcn lalmnn hrlnir
ieral million dollars, and altogether a
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"You people of the east know nothing
about flsh as they swarm In our western
waters. How would you like to sail for
half a day through a school of flsh from
one to three miles wide and so thick that
It blankets the face of the ocean? I have
done that again and again, not far from
fian Juan.
"What would you think of rivers so
packed with salmon that they fill the
streams from bank to bank so thickly
packed that were they not so slippery and
the water not so deep you could, walk
over them from one bank to the other. I
have seen that.
"What would you think," continued the
duke, as he looked into my wide : s'lging
ees, "of great vuts of salmon sixty feet
long forty feet wide and forty feel deep '
vats so big that you could drop a four
story business block of forty feet front
down Into them and all solid snl.ron?
We have scores of such vats. We empty
the flsh Into scows and carry them to
our packing houses, whence they are
hipped to all parts of the world."
"Those are big stories, Mr. McMillln " I
aid. i
"Y. but If you will come to San Juan
I will show you all that and more. Our
salmon exports are now greater In value
than cur lumber exports, and they are
growing year by year."
"In this fishing business a new one''" I
sked. '
"Comparatively so with us. The big sal
mon fishing of tho went was for a long
tlino confined to the Columbia river, where
the Chinook dlmon come from. The Chi
nook was the first to be put upon the mar
ket and It is Ust known. Jt Is one cf the
finest of the salmon and about the largest
I have seen Chinook flsh weighing forty
pounds apiece, and some aro caught which
weigh eighty. When James G. fcaie was
t the height of his popularity his Oregon
friends ent him an elghty-pound salmon.
It arrived in Washington In good condition
wns cooked by a famous chef and served
whole at one of his dinners. When jou re
member that It tskes good chunk of a
boy to weigh eighty pounds you mty get
some Idea of the size of that fish "
-What la the character of your "puget
ound fish. Mr. McMlliln?"
s.7 b r alttrTnt v"tle, of salmon.
jeu snow, each ef which has its own aa.
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One of the most striking wall decora
tions is a huge, stuffed buffalo head. The
buffalo plays a prominent part in nearly
all the advertising matter of the Union
Pacific. When the road went through the
animal was practically king of the plains
and It is alluded to as the first settler
along the lino of the road. All of the
roads have some design emblematical of
the line. The Union Pacific windows are
covered with them and this work cost the
company nearly $000. The shield of the
union Is, what might be termed, the coat-of-arms
of the Union Pacific. The Southern
Pacific has a circle which is now Used
with the I'nion Pacific shield. Every one
of the ticket offices has a telephone booth
In addition to the desk supply of tele
phones. The Illinois Central came upon the scene
after the era of swell offices had begun.
The office was considered one of the rich
est In the city. Dark woods are used for
the counters, desks and partitions. Like
the other offices it has tiled floors and
marble trimmings for the counters. Heavy
ornamental chandeliers hang from the cell
ing, which is also framed In a square of
electric lamps. The office cost what some
people would regard a comfortable fortune.
The private office of J. 8. Wentzell, assist
ant general freight agent, is finished in
polished cherry and rosewood, while the
polished floor is covered with expensivo
Perslun rugs. .
One of the t.nte Comer.
The Missouri Pacific Is on of the late
comers Into tho realm of mahogany splen
dor. The office is modeled much after the
sty!e of the others. . Low partitions are
used in dividing off the different depart
ments. James O. 'Philllppt, assistant gen
eral freight agent, has an office all to
himself. This is carpeted and divided off
by chipped glass partitions which reach
ture and habits as well as its particular
home and spawning ground. The fish are
ill born at the headwaters of rivers. They
iwlm down to the ocean as minnows and
live there for four years, when they come
back to the spot where they were born to
lay tne eggs ror anoiner generation, i ney
come by the millions and tens of milliors,
in great noraes or many companies, eacu
fish going back ti the place of its nativity
to lay its eggs and die.
"Among the best and most numerous of
the Puget sound salmon are the Sock-
eyes, auu an npei.-.u iau.n. .
or rung amnion, iiio ouin-rj'c id onmuoi
than the Chinook. It weighs from five to
seven pound, according to the season. In
some seasons we catch millions which aver-
age five pounds apiece, and in others the
average Is seven pounds or more. The Chl-
nook makes directly for the rivers, and it
is caught there only. The Sock-eyes sport
srinii h nrh Pnvat ssilVlfl rr tVioll W a V Trt
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the streams; and their course Is such that
wn ran entetl thnm mm thev com in fresh
from the ocean.
"l & k"W yU aW th8t
the salmon does not feed at all after he
art. on hi. long voyage from the salt
water to the sources of the rivers. The
Journey take, weeks and during this time
he must livs off hi own fat Ths result
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to the celling. The office Is provided with
twelve new desks of the same rlie and
color. In Mr. Phlllippl's office is a photo
graph showing a group of railroad mag
nates whose combined wealth wl'l reach
a startling distance In the millions. The
picture was taken at the reception to Paul
Morton, which Mr. Philllppt attended, be
fore the secretary of the navy gave up
railroad life to take a place in President
Roosevelt's cabinet.
The Hurllngton general offices are like
its magnificent depot elegant, expensive
and attractive, but the city ticket office
has not yet blossomed out like the others.
It undoubtedly will. The company built
a depot in Omaha that was the talk of a
continent. In stateliness and grandeur
there is nothing In the country that will
surpass It. With such a depot the com
pany will not be satisfied until It has a
city ticket office to compare with it.
Home of the Milnrsakee.
Most prominent among these palatial
quarters Is the Milwaukee office. IJke
the Northwestern, it has very high ceilings,
which are richly studded with Incandescent
lights. The walls are hurtg with Uncrusta,
an expensive quality of pressed paper,
which reaches half way to the celling.
Above the Uncrusta Is a plum-colored, em
bossed paper with a frieze of paintings.
The counters and desks ure made of ex
pensive, Imported woods and half the
room has a wainscoting of. mahogany
panels. The counters have a marble base
and the floors are tiled excepting In the
private officers, where rugs are ued.
The Great Western, another of the late
comers, has an attractive office, fitted up
In light woods. The road is newer than
come of the others and It is yet devoting
Its attention to equipment, terminals and
road facilities rather than to offices. This
will probably be the next stage of progress
ls that fish taken far up the rivers are
lean and they lack the' flavor of those
caught fresh from the sea. This is the
advantage we have in the Sock-eye. We
catch it when it Is fat and fresh. It Is, I
believe, the most delicious of fish meat."
Fish Trapping;.
"How do you catch the fish, Mr. McMll
lln?" I asked.
"We are now using great fish traps. They
are not liko those of the Columbia liver.
which are made In the shape of wheels
turned by the stream, so that they catch
the fish as they go up and, carrying them
aloft, empty them Into the boat with which
the wheels are connected. Our traps are a
series of great heart-shaped enclosures
walled in with nets, so that the fish go into
them and roam about until they finally
come Into a great vat-like net which will
hold 30.000 or 40,000 at one time. I have
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M6n such a trap with more than 100,000
blg gamon Jn tt ..
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" y0U " the n"h lMo tne
' take advantage of the habit, and
CU8t0m8 of th, Mlmon. They hava thclr
own way of doln, thlnw and they wlu do
the same thlnaa over analn the nm wow
Wr aga'n th8 Way
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In the development of Its property. v
The vicissitudes of the early ticket offices
are extremely interesting and at times al-
most amusing. In following the changes
that were made In trying to find a suitable
location, one gets the Impression that ths
agents of thje early days in Omaha spent
a large share of their time In moving
from place to place, and that they moved
when business Was dull and there was
nothing else to do. Now some of tho most
expensive sites In Omaha are occupied OS
city ticket offices. , '
Joseph Teahon, who is probably the oldest
railroad man in point of service still lr
harness, furnished a brief review of ths
movements of the ticket officer from tha
day of the old warehouse with Its cotton
wood board In the front port. The first
depot was located in the middle of ths
river. At least. It was where the middle
of the river is now. The Missouri has
changed its course since then. It may ba
responsible for the habit of moving which
possessed the early ticket agents, but they)
did not stay long in one location.
Migrations Wert Numerous.
"The Northwestern was the first line in
here," sold Mr. Teahon, "and we grabbed,
the business on this side of the river.
Sometimes an immigrant train came ' in
during the night and there was hustling
the next morning. Those were the days
when we had to work and ws slept with
our eieevea rolled up. The first line In hers
from tha east was the Northwestern, whfcti
had a sort of an office at the corner of
Ninth and Farnam streets. There Is a
lumber office there now. The Burlington,
which came in over the Kansas City ft BU
Joseph, when that line was extended t
Omaha, had an office at tlia northeast ears
ner of Tenth and Farnam. Ths . Rook
Island located in the same office; It after
word moved Into the old Creighton block
at the corner of Eleventh and Farnana
streets." ' . . ,
The Tenth street location was known as)
the Benevolent corner. At the time of tha
Chicago firs ths occupants of tha plaoa had
a merry time one night and threw every
thing out of the building. Ths debris,
which Included everything from, a shirt to
a mattress, was sent to Chicago for ths
relief of the sufferers. 1
"Tha Burlington located at ths corner of
Ninth and- Farnam and afterward movsd
Into quarters between Ninth and Tenth,
where The Bee office was. Then the office
consolidated. They were th Northwestern,
Burlington and Rock Island; later they
separated. Ths Burlington moved to ths
Grand Central, where ths Paxton now Is,
and the Rock Island moved Into the Hell
man block, at Thirteenth and Farnam
streets. The Northwestern stayed in ths
old location for a time and then moved to
Twelfth and Farnam, where the Nebraska
National bank now Is.
Back and Forth They-Went.
"All the roads pooled again after that
and located In the Orand Central. -Ths
Kansas City line moved to the Stone build
ing west of the Grand Central. The Rock
Island pulled out again and the Kansas City
moved Into the Grand Central. The Burl
lngton went to the corner of Fourteenth
and Farnam, where ths Union Pacific ticket
office now la, and the Rock Island went
back to tha Hellman block. The Kansas
City remained in th Grand Central until
It was burned out, when ths office was
moved tq Fourteenth street, where Mc
Namara's liquor house was, but It subse
quently moved to the north side Of th
street, where Kern's saloon now Is. From
there It moved to Fifteenth and Farnam
and from there It went to Douglas street,
between Fifteenth and Fourteenth. When,
the road was consolidated with the Bur).
lngton the effects of th office were ab
orbed by the Burlington, which was then
located at th oorner of Fourteenth and
Farnam. - .....-'
"The Wabash cams hsr In "It or .77, anS
opened an office at the oorner of Fifteenth
and Farnam, and from there It went.' to
the room in the Paxton hotel, where ths
floral store now is, and It remained there
until two years ago, when It moved to
its present home. In ths meantime th
Rock Island bad moved to Fifteenth and
Farnam, and later settled In Its present'
location. The Northwestern - took , ths
Grand Central corner, the Burlington went
to where the Union Pacific now is, and
In the meantime the Union .Paclflo opened
an office in the Millard hotel. Then It
went to the corner of Thirteenth and
Farnam and thu Burlington moved to ths
'Wabash corner.'
"The Milwaukee opened it ' first offlcs
where Beaton's drug store Is. It went
acrors the street to where the hat store
now is, and then moved to Sixteenth and
Farnam. The Illinois Central opened up
in its present location, and the Chicago
Great Western opened in' Its present loca
tion about two years ago.
"I worked for the old Kansas City as
city agent before it was absorbed by th
Burlington. There was no style in those
days. There was no roller top desks,
We were pretty well satisfied with th
tables; w didn't kick on a soap box. Ths
Kansas City had to build th first build
ing It occupied on leased ground at an
expense of $S,0O0, and It paid $160 per month
for th pleasure of having a building there.
The owner of the lot afterwards bought
the building. Every time a ateamboai
came up the river practically tu whok
town, men, women and children, wrs a,
the river to sea It unload." ,