Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-09
HIGH RATES ON LIVE STOCK
Complaint Of Shipper at Bddyville
Answered by the State Board.
REDUCTION SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE
Secretary Sutherland Points out that
the Apparent Increase In Cost
Has Really Put the Figures
Lower.

LlNCOLN, Feb. 8.--tSpeclal.)-A few days
since Governor Hocomb received a letter
from Darr Woodruff Of Eddyville, Custer
county, complaining OF a change Of freight
rates on live stock on the Kearney Black
Hills railroad from Eddyville to Omaha. His
letter conveyed the idea that the rate had
been materially advanced. The governor
referred Mr.. Woodruf's letter to the State
Board of Transportation. 1t investigated the
matter and under date of February Z writes
20 the governor follows:
Governor of Nebraska: Yours of the Sd,
enclosing letter from NJ WoSo,drun S,,. re, re,
In this state Is at hand.
Mr. Woodruff Illustrates IN his letter the
tSe Kenreey trGm BACK HS road to
SSileAging A that the change Of rate as as mad, made
% per cent In the rate between said points.
sIssslppi SIS ,, river & did, 9Pn On January @ / ,isss,
cents per ieo pounds. we, think Mr. Weed.
ssSS which .sSk siect January 1884,
and is only only intended to Apply where rates ate
are not otherwise provided. To illustrate:
per 100 pounds in CARLOS carload Sins os for 20 % niles niles
which is the distance from Eddyyi:le to
Omaha. is "a cents, subject to the following
minimum weights on cattle:
Cars >thirty-one feet and under, inside
Cars UNDER thirty feet six inches i'OV'
Cars over thirty-three feet six inches. 1900
BY taking 1900 pounds, the weight of
cattle In standard cars and multiplying by
p would make the charge by carload from
Eddyville to Omaha $3.50 Instead of s35;
the formeT bop rate per carload between fad
the allegations made by Mr.. Woodruff that
the new method had increased the rate
n nnr ltIt nil 40
erai freight order No 1885, naming rates
between Omaha and stations in Nebraska,
in effect since January l. 1896, on live stock
on the Union Pacific system. In It we find
Eddyyliie to Omaha 16is 'V cents ''' per 100 loo
pounds, which In standard cars containing
sSa CHARGE at the per rate G S
points ssi.s5 and in cars over thirty-one feet
and under thirty-thrHee Il zee feet six .dJ INCHES in
carload, and for cars over thirty three feet
sN inches, minimum weight 22OOO pounds,
Under the old method s35 was the charge
pei, standard car Of thirty-one feet or under,
ments in larger cars. From the above basis
Of figuring no advance IN rates has been
nness f on heavy 9S eae
most respectfully,
Secretary State Board of Transportation.
SUPPLIES FOR THE PENITENTIARY
The State Board Of Purchase and Supplies
held meeting today in the governors office.
There were present: Governor Holcomb
Land Commissioner Russell and Attorney
General Churchill. 1t was agreed by the
board that Warden Leidigh should go on
purchasing supplies, at the best rate he
could, notwithstanding the fact that the
Board Of Public Lands and Buildings had
appointed James Whitehead of Broken Bow
purchasing agent for the penitentiary
While 1t was given out by an Omaha paper
this morning that Mr.. Whitehead would
certainly accept the position, 1t is quite as
authoratively denied today that he will do
20. Other than giving the warden permission
to go ahead and run the prison, the board
took no action. The clerical force of the
land commissioners Office was engaged today
In sending out estimates for bids for peni-
tentary supplies for the months of February
and March.
The State Board of Irrigation today dis
missed the claim of John G. Chamberlain
. of Dundy county, to an appropriation for
water The board finds that he has not com-
piled with the terms of the law Of 1889
He has. however, been given ten days from
the receipt Of the notice to perfect his claim
by paying some attention to the law govern
ing water appropriations.
Hearing Of the charges of ]. r. johnson
against the Farmers Mutual Insurance COM
pany of this city was concluded today so
far the taking of testimony is concerned.
Quite number of WITNESSES were examined
on behalf Of the complainant and some re-
butting evidence introduced, all Of which
was reduced to writing. Insurance Com
missioner Eugene Moore states that he can
not name the day which will be set for hear
ing the argument, but thinks it might be
some time next week
LINCOLNS FIRE RECORD.
Chief Malone Of the Lincoln Fire depart
ment haD prepared an interesting report of
the business of his department covering
the entire year OF 1895. 1t was prepared
mainly for the benefit Of the insurance men
of the city and Is as follows:
The total number o: alarms turned in dur
ing 1895 was 144. divided as follows: Fires
In brick buildings, 80; fires in frame buildings
81; fires other than those in buildings, 27.
Other divisions of the alarms show that 107
Of the fires were confined to the places where
they originated, while ten extended to ad
jacent property, and OF the 107 that were
confined to the buildings where they started
seventy-six were confined to the very floor
Of the building where the blaze originated.
Property involved: Buildings, $3.50, ,167;
contents, 1851 .Oss.7O; total, 81, ,6S1, ,255,70.
Loss on buildings where the fires origi-
mated: Buildings, sS1 ,99S.S5; contents. $685.
172.o7 total, $3.50, ,16o.92
Loss to adjacent buildings: Buildings,
$2.376; contents. $lol; total. $2476.
Total insurance On all Of the property In
volved On buildings, s655,005; on contents.
1886. $50; total. s1.14l, 1886.
Insurance loss same property: On
buildings, s44,4S5.s5; on contents, $6i, ,149.07;
total, $1O5, 5,bS4.92
District Judges Hall. Cornish and Holmes
this morning selected the new county in
sanity commission. The commission is made
up of a physician and attorney, who, with
the clerk of the district court, make the
full board. DR.. e. L. Holyoke and Attorney
Edwin M. Lamb were chosen. The old COM
mission comprised DR.. Carter, b. f. Johnson
and the district court clerk. Sam Low The
last case in which they took official action
was that Of Sam Payne The latter, who
has been adjudged insane, is still at the penl-
tentiary and will not be taken to the insane
hospital until some official action is taken
by the governor, either in the way of par
don or commutation Of sentence.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lindell-
NJ Sachs, jr,,; L. p. Sine, A. w. Clark, II.
Dickens. At the Lincoln-A. NJ. jeffrey, ii.
J. Madigan.
Accused of Stealing Cattle.
RANDOLPH, Neb,, Feb. S.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-John Drayton of Holt county went
to Wausa, where he captured a man by the