Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
TRYING TO SQUARE ITSELF
Board Of Transportation Digs Up, Little
Ancient History.
CLAIMS TO HAVE NOTIFIED THE ROADS
Saws ~ Served Notice 10 Them to
Restore Carload Rates, hut
thn. No Return Was
Recorded.
:LNSS TO HAVE NOTIFIED THE ROADS

LINCOLN. Jan Specially The state
Board OF Transportation this morning IN
vestigated the alleged failure OF It's secre-
tarios in 1897 TO serve the railroads Win
copy OF the order restoring carload rates
on live stock The finding OF the board
shows that while no return was recorded d
copy of the order was mailed to each COM
pany violating It's commands and that oNiY
one company has so far denied having re-
ceived it. The report in full is as follows;
We ind that on the 26th day Of NoVGm- m
Der, 1897 on the recommeh,da',Un ,,, VI Jn.
at is therefore, by the state BOARD Oh
TRANSPORTATION of the sta.e OF NsDraska,
considered, adjudEed ana ogbSTfu gSe ON r"S or bc
fore Tho 9Th day of De gember, 1891 restore
The the carload rate in force prior to the 10Th
DAY oil AsJu6gIHTN f. CORNELL. President
wv. + PORTER, Secretary
We further find that on the ,Id a,un ,,,,; ot ~
the order was made out ana mallea 10
each OF the defendant roads: -, 90
at is therefore, by the state BOARD OIL
TRANSFORMATION of the state of Nebraska
considered, adjudged and ordered that me
defendant railroads herein snaii; ." rosturc oe
the carload rate in force prior % the lVth
u'S VI "JT65HN +, CORNELL, President.
"W. +. PORTER, Secretary
state of Nebraska Lancaster county
S.; uo,,, oor,tfv that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy OF an
order made by the State board OF Trans.
Rortaton in the be- case Te,and 1t e ,OP Pasise Rail
way company ct al on the 18th day OIL NO
vember 1897, relative to rates on nNe
stock In testimony whereof hereunto
subscribe my name and set the seal of the
State Board of Transportation TINS Zth oay
Oh ,seen e9S ~ W. E,DGERTON, Secretary"
We further find that the Burlington Is
the only road that has claimed that they
did not receive a copy of said order and
that the Burlington, through Us representa-
tive, Immediately after the making OF the
order applied to the secretaries tor an ~ in.
tension of time for the taking effect OF the
order that they might notify the Inter
St Commerce commission ten days be
f. a change of rate, as required by the
in.Crs ate commerce law.
We further find that on the Attn day OF
December the following recommendation
was made by the secretaries:
"In the matter of the order made by the
of THbbles against The Chicago, Rock
island &, Pacific Railway Company ct al,
requiring the defendants to restore the old
carload rate on or before December .:
them, have notified the Interstate Com
merce commission as required by law, ten
days notice being necessary before a a
finding that 1t will require until the 10th
of December to complete said notice, we
would therefore recommend that the date
for the taking effect of said order be eX-
tended until the 18th day of December 1897.
Dated at Lincoln, Neb., this 4th day of
December, 1897 G. l.. LAWS.
-. w. EDGERTON.
~. c. DAHLMAN."
We further find that the same date
the following order made:
at is therefore considered, adjudged and
ordered by the State Board of Transporta-
ton that the day for the taking effect of
said order be extended until the 18th day
of December. 1897
JOHN +. CORNELL Chairman.
r PORTER. SecretarV,'
We further find that on the 10th day of
December all tine roads doing business in
the state returned to the carload rate in
compliance with the order of The board.
j. r. CORNELL.
..... .. .... j. V. WOLFE.
-..r J. b. MESERVE.