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Show quered, it is only necessary that there should bo perfect harmony and complete com-plete flexibility between the general managements, but the supply must flow from the proper source, in order that the interchange of traffic may be with-I with-I out delay or friction. WHY MR. ADAMS COMES. Ha is Trying to Find a Eemedy lor the Great System's Inharmonious Operations. SUPT. BARS ASKED TO STEP OUT, Blickendorfer to Have His Old Position on the Nebraska Division Phenomenal Growth of the Company's Business. President Chas. Francis Adams' visit to the west is alroady bearing fruit. The first result is announced in a telegram tele-gram from Omaha which says that James M. Barr, superintendent of the Nebraska division resigns, to take effect Wednesday, and Robert Blickensdorfer is to bo recalled from retirement on his farm in Mississippi to take his former position. Blickensdorfer, about two years ago was superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific roaa, ana naa an argument witn uen-eral uen-eral Mannger Dickenson, got the worst of it and stepped down. Mr. Adams is in St. Paul today but is expected at Donvcr in a few days and will thon make a tour of the company's lino, arriving in Salt Lake probably the first of next week. In regard to this trip the Denver Republican says: The impression prevails that particular inducements in-ducements have brought him out at this time and that the result of his visit will amount to more than tho inspection of the system. Last week and the week before were spent by Vice President Holcomb of Omaha in the critical study of tho status of the Missouri River and the Mountain divisions of the Union Pacific system, the latter being the special object of his scrutiny. He made the trip to the latter lat-ter division In his private car from Omaha over the main line through Cheyenno and returned by way of Denver. Den-ver. Jlle remained in this city, however, not quite a day, which soeraed to suggest sug-gest that the Gulf division was of no special interest to him. What instigated the investigating tour of Vice-Presidont Holcomb? Some time ago a Union Pacific railway official went to Omaha and laid before the vice president certain difficulties that had arison in tho operation of the system. His grievances were specifically against certain difficulties in the Missouri River and Montana divisions that prevented the successful operation of his department. depart-ment. After a long conference with Vice-President Holcomb, he extended his trip to Boston and laid the matter before Mr. Adams. He was in Boston two weoks or thereabouts, and after studying the situation that long with the president, returned to Omaha . It was at this time that Mr. Holcomb planned his tour around by Cheyenne, and he was accompanied on the journey jour-ney by the officials who had just left Mr. Adams' office. After Vice-President Holcomb, had completed his mission mis-sion and started to return homeward, it was announced that Charles Francis Adams, the president, would como to the west on an annual inspection of the road. The business of the Union Pacific has increased the last year at an enormous rate, and the undisputed fact is that the system has been unable to accommodate the patronage that has accrued to it. The traffic situation has grown to be a puzzling question, and the situation has boen enhauced by a lack of motive power. The complicated system of management now in yoguo has also had something (to do with complicating affairs. There are five divisions of the system under five independent managements, manage-ments, and as the operations of oue must necessarily effect the prosperity of all the others tho result of the operating oper-ating system is often perplexity, discord. dis-cord. The particular circumstance that has caused the implication of Union Pacilio affairs is the fact that tho contral point of the system, the headquartors, might as well be located in New York city or Chicago, as in the city where now located. lo-cated. If there is auy advautage to a general to be on the field of battle in the conduct of a campaign, Omaha is not the proper location so far as a practical, prac-tical, economic and successful operation opera-tion of the Union Pacific system is concerned. con-cerned. There was a time when all tho Union Pacific embraced was a line from Omaha to Ogden and a branch to Denver Den-ver from Cheyenne. Then the natural location for the fountain head of the system was in Nebraska city. Now the great system stretches across from Omaha to Portland, from Pocatello to Garrison and Helena, Cheyenne to tho North Platte river, Cheyenne to Fort Worth and substantially to Galveston, Denver to Kansas city, Denver to Lead-ville Lead-ville and Gunnison, and a half dozen other branches. With such a marvelous increaso in trackage and the consequent patronage that would flow to it, the system has outgrown the importance of Nebraska city, which does not now possess either the advantages of nature or location fitted to make it the center of this great system of railroads. The scarcity of cars has been an old thing for a year and every day the magnitude mag-nitude of that difficulty has been on the increase. In order that the obstacles arising therefrom can be met and con- i ....... A . |
