Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-27

state Board of Transportation Looks
Into the Live stock Matters.

| state Board of Transportation Looks
| Into the Live Stock Matters.
| LINCOLN, Feb. 26.-(Special.) 1.-THE secre-
| taries of the State Board of Transportation
| today sent to Governor Holcomb the fol-
| lowing letter in reply to one of recent date
| received from the governor and published in
| The Bee. The secretaries have been at
| work on the matter indicated in this letter
| for some time. They have been investigat-
ing the complaint. but have met with some
| difficulty in securing information regarding
| freight rates on stock in certain quarters.
Their report will soon be served on the
roads. They say that under the new sys-
TEN of rates adopted by the roads there is
quite an increase above the rates under the
old system. This is especially true on the
larger cars and the longer hauls. The let
ter follows:
sill hINGotN Feb 2smTo al His wa EISeenGSy bsns ,Ss
honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
favor of the oath inst. regarding the pres
to he Tn te steck cards at Sah
together with copies of complaints made
to you by certain shippers.
means. and is now and has been for some
time past under investigation by this board.
termination that would result in adjusting
the matter so that justice would be ac-,
corded all parties interested 1t will ,,b be
ject that it is one that demands consider
able investigation. The railroads west of
changed the basis by which the rates on
live stock were established. Formerly the
rate was by the carload, that Is, the charge
maximum weight to be charged as car
load. The change made by the companies MES
shipped, together with minimum weight
to be considered as a carload. Under the
deavored to ,equalize the charges for the
different carloads by making diff, different rent
no regulation or equalization of charges
attempted as between shipments in same
szed r. or One hppT ph might spvs sbDnep S
might have 25.OOO pounds in the same sized
car and the price for each shipment would
be the same If shipped between the same
points. Under the present system the last
shipper would have to pay Tor the Inc increase ease
some n,' Shipments iiGs now W cost % more ore than they
would under the former system, while some
have cost less.
we notice that you enclose in your letter
a copy of resolutions in regard to shipments
Of live stock from Tekamah to the South
given the resolutions by some of the news,
aeiS the shpments M M made made from such point to the
stock yards and find this to be, the. result
There were twenty-nine carloads Of cate
during the month of January last. and out
Of such shipments only nine paid more
had been in force. while the other twenty
shipments paid less making a sum of $3.50
less paid fG all ali the shpmsHsf o
charges had been in existence; This also
includes the s5o per ear switching ehaTses' I,Sis
of course Is from one point only; other
places may show different result; but as
Xss om ony naye single nhppers The
resolutions probably emanated from one or
the nine shippers. while the other twenty
A general Investigation means to investi-
gate the entire sub and not solely any
kk''f'i have been Re doing, On January IA last, we
made inquiry of the railroad commissioners
was W having having there e ard whether it was meet
Ing with approval or disapProtytal; Ptt nn January th
same condition there here; that there
were rumors of satisfaction, but that only
one complaint had been filed with them:
a general advance in live stock rates had
been made. or only an equalization, So it
crease in rates. while others point to only
an equalization. If the only result caused used
We're Wy shs Before aneqsa then no injustice has
been done; but If it has resulted 10 an in
crease IN the rate then an inluTy mas do1en beea
co action. u" Realizing that an Investigation Of
some shipper that had paid an Increased
YOU IN an interview that one Of the sec, sec.
aftsrS mailer to have ' SOME @ one or more Of the
parties that might complain to you about
het he mater Gould know wbere and To Whom TO
look for evidence to substantiate the fact of
such increase of rates. assuring you at the
expense for attorneys or travelling. That We
would gladly hold session of the board
venient and inexpensive to him. And we
left your Office with the idea that such a
which this is a reply, was the first in
timation that a different line Of action was
desired. While the investigation Of par
advantage toward arriving al a proper con-
clusion, yet they are not wholly indispen-
evidence to support their claims 1t will
be all that we will ask of them.
In conclusion, we desire to express to
you our appreciation of your interest I'm this
matter and to reassure you that we will
continue our Investigations and make the
result known as soon a matter of such
complication can be properly considered.
j. w. FARRELL.
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