Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

The people Of Bloc Springs Will have
occasion to rejoice over the decision OF
the supreme court to the effect that the
B. & M. railway managers must give
them proper railway accommodations
The decision was not unexpected as the
demand Of the people OF Blue Springs
was in perfect accord with the principles
Of law and justice. The B. & M. man
ayers when they built the branch known
SIS the Republican Valley railroad became
involved In a dispute with the people OF
Blue Springs concerning a depot site, and
as the citizens Of that place, as we re.
member the circumstances, would not
donate quite the amount of ground de-
handed by the railway spectators, the
management concluded to revenge itself by
Ignoring the town entirely. When the
read was completed no depot was built ct
Blue Springs, and the trains ran through
the town, without stopping, to a point
about three miles beyond the place. At
the same time the railroad company and
an inside ring Of spectators did all In
their power to build up the rival town,
In which they had become largely Inter
ested. All this, of COURSE, worked a
great damage and annoyance to the peo-
pie of Blue Springs. Their appeals to
the managers of the b. d. M.
railway system for relief proved In
vain, and at last they carried the case
Into court, where they are at last
victorious. The railway managers, who
have able legal counsel. undoubtedly
we'll knew that the result could not be
otherwise, without a gross violation of
we'll established principles of law, Their
obstlnacy In continuing their outrageous
discrimination can therefore only be
accounted for on the ground
that they wished to continue to annoy
the citizens of the Blue Springs as long
as possible. The order OF the supreme
court Is very explicit, and speaks for
itself. 1t establishes q precedent In this
state, and forever sets at rest any doubt
on such questions as have been raised in
the case of Blue Springs. The dictum
of the supreme court only confirms the
recognized principle that railroads are
common carriers, and as such must not
only furnish proper accomm: datlons for
the public but must not practice discrim-
nations to the damage of n town in
order to benefit another. The order of
the court to the resp ondent, the Rspub-
llcan Valley railroad company, is as fol-
lows:
The respondent is ordered. to forthwith
change the order, method and mannerlof run
ming its trains on its line between Wymore
and Beatrice, 80 that all passenger trains rum
ming thereon shall stop at such point as may
be established for a depot at Blue Springs, as
hereinafter provided, sufficiently long for the
receipt and discharge of passengers, and that a
sufficient number of freight trains on said.1ines
shall stop at such depot as shall meet the de-
mands of the business at said Blue Springs;
which said order, method and manner
of running said trains shall be
adopted and maintained by said
respondent 30 far as not to discriminate
against said Blue Springs or its business, or
the depot to be erected and established there
as hereinafter provided. Also, that the said
respondent is ordered within sixty days from
this date to lay down, erect and establish at
some point on its said line within TIE corpor-
ate limits of the city of Blue Springs suitable
sidetracks, switches and depot building ade-
quate to the business of said Blue Springs,
and that it hereafter keep and maintain the
same so as not to discriminate against the SAID
Blue Springs, its business or depot.