Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

KNOW now 10 ma out, DO youi the NAlue py
any information you have access to, or ever
have had access toi you don't know how TO
md out the value per mile. cash value, Of
any railroad In the state OF Nebraska A.
only from the reports that have been filed
with the auditor here by the different rail-
road companies.
o.-Do you know now, and can you tell
us the value Of the Union Pacific railroad
In this state per milei Can you figure 10
outf A.-Nc, sir, l couldn't do It.
Q.-How ala you get At the value Of 1T
A.-weli. by looking at the former assess-
ments by former boards and taking into
consideration their assessments and state
ments we kind OF formed a basis on which
we went on to make the assessment.
Qs-Do you know the amount of stock per
mile against any road In the state7 A
Not the stock.
Q.-Do you know the market value OF any
railroad stock in the slater A.-No. sir.
Q.-Do you know the amount Of bonds per
mile against any road in the stated A.-No,
sir.
o.-or the value of its bonds2 A.-No,
sir.
o.-You don't know any Of those thingsv
A.-No, sir.
Q.-You simply did the best you could
with the physical property and looked for
the prior assessment to find that out the
best you could? Al also took into ac-
count the earnings OF the road; we consid-
cred that.
Q.-Did you take into account the earn
ings Of the Chicago. Burlington q Quincy?
A.-well. anyhow. for 1899 and 1900.
Q.-You mean you took into account the
reports In the auditors office of what the
railroads themselves claimed we're the earn
ings apportioned to these fifteen different
rA-
were sworn statements.
Q.-As q matter OF fact, you do not find
anywhere in the auditors report any state
ment Of what the c., B.. & Q railway earned
in Nebraska, do your A.-No, sir; not the
c., B. & Q.
Q.-All you got was alleged estimates Of
what was earned by these dead corpora
lions that haven't run a road for twenty
years? A.-No, / don't know about that.
Odd you know there was a railroad
in Nebraska known as the O., B. & O., a
live concern and doing business and carry
ing passengers? A.-Not the c., B. & O.,
but the Burlington & Missouri river line.
Q.-Do you carry a pass on the c., B.
& @. in Nebraska, yourself. A.-Not in
Nebraska, that know OF. The Burlington
q Missouri River railroad.
Q.-Get your pass and see II It Is not the
O., B. & Q.
Mr.. Kelby objects.
Q.-Your pass didn't tell you that? A
I don't know whether l looked at the pass.
l never travelled on the c., B. & Q. pass.
I have one, but I haven't Travelled on
1t and 1 have never looked at 1t.
Odd you ever know Of a railroads. in
Nebraska known as the Oxford & Kansas
Ayes, sir; that is somewhere out west
here.
Q.-You dom know where It is? A.-No.
sir; not exactly.
Q.-You never knew that road to issue
q pass7
Attorney General Prout objects % In
competent, immaterial and improper.
(Sustained).
Q.-How many miles OF railroad known as
/ the Burlington railroad do you know OF
/ there being in Nebraska? A.-That ]
couldn't tell. I never added It together,
There are quite a few companies that be-
long to the same company.
!, o.-You know 1t is all one great sys-
tenn Of railroads. didn't you? A.-No. sir;
/ didn't know that either.
: Q.-Did you know that the whole Bur-
lington system had been merged into one
: corporation and all Of it's stock. or al
y least ss per cent of Il. sold to the Northerr
Pacific and Great Northern railrosdf A.
e No, sir.
Q.-You didn't know that that occurred
about a year ago, and yet It was Of such
= importance that 1t stirred the whole coun.
: try? A.-No, sir. I have heard Of sorat
d kind of a merger, but I didn't take any
: interest in 1t.
: Q.-You never heard Of that merger
. Al heard of It.
Q.-You knew jim Hill, as they call him
: had gotten control Of the whole Burling.
ton system Of railroads.? A.-No, sir;
y didn't know that, honestly.
Q.-Are you not a banker? Ayes. sir.
Didn't you find that In your nnaneial
publications that the whole OF the BurIing-
=. ton system had been turned over to tn;
Northern Pacific and Great Northern rail
roads? Al haven't seen any such reports
7 for the last two years, 80 I don't know.
a Q.-Then what you want the court to I'M
derstand is chat you don't know whether
the a." road runs and operates trains Of
y not in Nebraska2 A.-No, sir; / don'
know that. know the Burlington is run
n ming q road.
a Q.-The B. & NJ. you mean? Ayes. sir
Q.-You don't have any report Of thu
earnings Of the B. & M? A.-No, sir; mo-
z In 1902, 1 don't think 1 had.
g Q.-out Of the 2.400 miles OF the Bur
lington road In Nebraska you assessed onll
u 1911 miles OF 1t, then, to the b.. & NJ, didn'
your Ave assessed 1t to the different
8 corporations as given to the auditor here.
o.-How did you get at the main line IL
Nebraska, and what is the main linef A.
From P~lattsmouth to Kearney, I guess.
Q.-Do you mean that that Is the maiE
d line now? A.-Weli. ! don't know, l coulC
n not tell you.
Q.-You didn't inform yourself on thai
subjeetT A.-No. sir.
Q.-Do you know what name that portion
Of the road from Hastings to Denver II
known as-what different corporationsf A
We'll, sir; l couldn't tell unless I REFERRED
to the report.
Q.-Now refer TO the report and see 1
q you cannot tell US the name OF the roat
that runs from Hastings to Denver. o.
roads? Alt will take some time TO d.
that.
Q.-The fact Of the matter 10 you couldn'
tell that. even by looking at the reports
= could you? ALI / could tell what eoun
ties IL runs through / could tell then.
Odd you ever in your life know tn
names Of the corporations or In who's
names you assessed this property from
Hastings to the line Of the state. TO Arapa
hoe county? A.-No, STIR I couldn't tel
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