The Omaha Southern Railway was a subsidiary corporation owned by the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...
Company. In 1891 the railroad bought a plot of land south of
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Plattsmouth is a city and county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,502 at the 2010 census.
History
The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed the mouth of the Platte River, just north of what is now Main Street Pla ...
that caused speculation in the town about the location of a
railyard
A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or ...
there. The railroad was also subject to a period study of
subsidies
A subsidy or government incentive is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy. Although commonly extended from the government, the ter ...
it received from local and state governments.
[(Tingley, C.E. (1892) "Bond Subsidies to Railroads in Nebraska", ''Quarterly Journal of Economics. 6''(3) pp. 346-352.]
See also
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Omaha and Southern Interurban Railway
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History of Nebraska
The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act of ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Omaha Southern Railway
Railway lines in Omaha, Nebraska
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Defunct Nebraska railroads