Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-31

leRal ClllH5n buunlVNeu WAT IL was
trenchipg upon private grounds. Mi.
Galley urged that it wSs a proper ques.
ton. Mr., Kimball is notorlously re.
gsrded and understood to be connect.
ed with the Union Pacific, and en-.
ployed by them, and it is very impor.
tant TO know whether tho gentleman
had taken N active part in politics
siriply as n citizen or as the general
manager of the Union Pdc. tic.
After some further discussion the
uituess asio: perhaps the commit
tee will ALLOW me to state what will
auswur The question 30 tho gentle.
man's sati faction. II it is his purpose
to ascertain whether l have fiji Tally
worked Cor me election OF repub ian
clDdtdatss l will answer that l have
not, and for two years ltave not been
asked hv Guy stock holder or director
Of the y. =. to work Fpr any csndi
date for either nomius i N or election.
Whatever I have done in p%olisicS has
sesu done ~ . q izsu and a number
# he r, pnpiiclu parry"
A.ked IA 10 whether or not % o
representative of U =. II Il Co.,
hls choice for public .ofic rs had not
been Influenced more or less by what
he deemed to be for the interest of
the U. p. r r Co., the witness
admitted that undoubtedly to some
extont 1T had.
In answer to another question he
9 ID, 1T a candidate was nominated
by the republican party to any Office
to which if elected ] knew that man
would blackmail the U. p. r Il Co.,
1 al ways worked against him
Asked to state whether the U. Z.
r. X %. WAS interested in the sslec.
uuu e candidates for state off ,ers
who we're to become or be the men,
bers of the state board of equ,iiz,.
ti)n, the witness replied, "Not to my
Knowledge, aud l will state TIC the
committee further that it is within my
Enowleoge that a IA 'iority of the en-
ployes OF the U. L. Co. within the
stase of NJ brasks voted against the
mpu who are cleo ed to the present
, fiji ;es.'
In regard to the pass buBiness, the
witness said, "Ws have for cutie a
uumoer OF years made a rule, and
pretty strictly enforced it, to charge
d halt rate 10 political conventions to
all parties in the state. W~continued
70 do thai until Wa ascertained that
QUE friends of tho BIS NJ. read were
issuing passes. Ia :hoss deys the b.
& NJ. aud anti-monopolists were the
same thing. I found that they werC
issuing passes pretty freely in cases
where We would give half ratos, AID
knowing a notable case, q found NJ,
r s3wAtar down a ths b. s. NJ. depot
distributing pasSes to the state con.
veotlo!) 1 made up my mind that the
U P. Was getting Il little cshind tbs
times, and from that day, when we
could not persuade Them 20 pay fJr
passes, we granted them free
asked as to whether 'he'ever di,-
tated or intimated to his attorneys o,
agents or employees what he desired
on bshalf of the e. Il. railroad In re.
spect to the choice of public off iers,
witness said: II don't remember any
instance of that kind but there may
bs. If, as | Eaid before, the cardt
date / knew TO be seeking an OIL ,e
for the purpose of blackmailipg ol
Jaking advantage OF the u. z. com
papy I should oppose him, and
should say to airy other man 4 wan
5 that mar defeated ,"
Asked whether he could state tn,
, per cent of travel over the .. Z. rail
road that goes upon free passes thu
witness gaid: "Tne last time 1 exam
ined the records of our free transpor
tation in connection with our payin
g.. mileage 4 found that about two pc
: cent of our total mileage was mainl
} made up of free transportation that
exchanged between the railroads G
the country. That includes all fee
transportation given to other railroad
for their Off ,ers and employees @
transportation given to editors, mis-
sionaliss, charity passes, etc"
: With regard to issuing passes to b
q distributed, witness said he had II
sued a few blank passes. to M
Thurston, but never many. His in
preston was that he (Thurstoo) ha
u never had a hundred blank pssces a
together, perhaps not more than hal
q that. He kept a record of all fire
passes issued and he was the eustt
dian of the record.
a In reference to the,basis upon whic
!. the Union Pacific fixed their rate
o witness stated. "The cost of tram
portstion Is the primary element, an
theS cost is, especially in matters
o passenger rates, governed very IN
g terially by the volume of bushes
In the state of Nebraska we base OF
o passenger rates at four cents a mi
for the main line and al! it's branche
o We could not afford TODD the hue
ness on our branches at feur cents
mile directly, and Al order to suppot
ls the branches we allowin the divislon
business interchanged between tt
main line and all branches in Nebrs
ka a constructed mileage equal to
20 mile and o half on the branch 70 a mi
Is on the main llue. Taat is eauivalel
A. to the constructed mileage OF 30 p
le cent ia favor of the branches
reply 60 another question witne
stated: "When the Gnion Pacit
/. road was frat built the rates were tt
ss cents a nile, the volume of traffic
is travel at that time not yielding rev
o nue. enough to run passenger trains
3, LEES than ten cents a mile. IL W,
then redgceS to seven and a half cen
a. and subsequently reductions ha,
n been made down to 1884, whom Il
s. rate was established on the bash
e. four cents q mile.
N Intercepted a to whether the Ii
ct crease of business was not suficlel
I'd now to warrant another increase, Il
sr witness stated that it had not. III