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Tioo railroads show faith in future of Omaha and
the west in substantial manner
Here's two news items that appeared in this paper, showing how these two great
roads are preparing to aid in the upbuilding of both Omaha and the west by improv
ing their facilities for the handling of freight and passenger traffic.
Omaha Daily Bee, Sept. 3, 1910:
Permits Issued for
Harriman Headquarters
license Calls for the Construction of an Edif ace to Cost a
Million Dollars
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A permit for the million-dollar office
building of the Union raclfio railroad
company now being constructed at Fif
teenth and Dodge, was Issued by the
building Inspector Thursday noon.
The building Is to be twelve stories high,
of brick with terra cotta trimmings, the
first two stories having marble Blabs In
the walls, and the twelfth story will be
surmounted with a ten-foot cornice pro
jecting out four and one-half feet. The
building covers more than half a block
end the court will not begin until the
the third story. Jarvis Hunt of Chicago,
Is the architect, and James C. Stewart
and company of St. Louis, have the build
ing contract.
In the basements will be vaults, a fan
room, express room and shops. On the
first floor will be housed the land de
partment and colonization agents, rate
clerks, the poot-offico and private offices.
The second floor is for the general su
perintendent, the general manager and
the car service department. Claims and
law departments will be on the third
floor and the engineer on the fourth. The
general auditor on the fifth, freight au
ditor on the sixth, elgnal engineers and
disbursements auditor on the seventh
more auditors on the eight and ninth,
with the surgeon's department on the
ninth. The tenth and eleventh floors all
are unaaslgned.
On the twelfth floor will be a kitchen,
reading and writing room, a large living
room, and a dining room, all for the use
of employes.
The building stands 146x199 ft., and will
be 173 feet high. The main corridors are
all to be marble and every office to be
an outside office.
Omaha Daily Dee, Sept. 24, 1010:
Work is Rushed
On Hill Depot
Expect to Have the Outbound Freight House Ready for Use
By Christmas
Before the Christmas rush of freight
begins the Burlington road expects to be
using its new outbound freight depot,
now in the course of construction. Work
Of all kinds Is being rushed on the Job
and wonderful progress has been made In
the building
At present all the piers are In for 1 lie
foundation In two auctions and over a
third in the third and last section. The
end walls and one fire wall and wing
walls are built In the first section and
cement work on others progressing at
the rate of 85 cubic yards of cement from
each of the two machines each day.
"The steel columns for the first sec
tion will he here Tuesday and a stiff leg
derrick raised by them and as fast as
' columns and two trussed are raised we
will proceed 'with the "brick work," stat-
ted J. T. Colvin, superintendent for the T.
S. Leake company, contractors, building
the depot.
"I have been able to get on much faster
than I expected and have an extra
gang on the cement work now, so as to
get the cars back to the mines for more
stone as soon as possible. Mr. l'helps.
the resident engineer, located here, and
W. H. Salisbury, the Burlington Inspec
tor, have aided me greatly in matters
that came under their part of the Work,"
he continued.
A week from today we will have all the
concrete done and about two-thirds of the
floor Joists. Up-to-date there has been a
little delay in the Joists, as they had to
come from Texas, but otherwise things
are going nicely. My plan Is to rush it
as fast aa possible, and I am advertising
for brick contractors now.
Western Land-Products Exhibit
To be held in Omaha January 18 to 28n 1910
Will consist very largely of exhibits made up from the sections of country traversed by the Burlington and the Union Pacific railroads,
which sections, the best informed men of the country concede to be the richest, most progressive and most interesting part of the western
empire. These exhibits will show, as nothing else could show, save to see the country itself, the wonderful achievements of the past, and
the vast possibilities for the future of those who will come to cast their lot and bend their efforts in the carving and shaping of that empire
destined to be the richest, most powerful and most delightfully located of any in the world.
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"Wish to convince the people about the wonderful possibilities of the west, and they are backing up the Western Land-Products
Exhibit because they realize that an exhibit of this kind will show people more of the real truth about this wonderful section
than fmy amount of pure talk and the real interest in the upbuilding of the empire is due to the fact that they realize that it is upou
w.est that Omaha must depend or its future progress and greatness.
Land information bureau
So many of our readers have written us from time to time, asking us for reliable information as to soih; climate and value
of land in localities in which they were thinking of locating or buying for investment, that we have decided to establish a
Land Infonnation Bureau.
This bureau will make investigations and gather data, so that it will be able to either answer inquiries director give par
ties wanting information the names of reliable persons to whom you can write. "r
.When writing, address, Land Infonnation Bureau, The Twentieth Century Farmer, Omaha, Neb.
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