Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
BRADY BILL BACK IN SENATE
Committee Amendment Contains
Joker in It's Repeating
Clause.
(From a stan correspondent

LINCOLN, Feb. 2Z-(Special .)-Brady's
bill, S. F.. 102, to compel railroad com
panies to erect and maintain a sidetrack
to elevators erected along the right-of-
way, has come back from the railroad com
mittee, 10 which 1t was referred. 1t came
back with The Brady plan stlll in the bill,
but With a repeating clause that would
no doubt receive all the support of the
railroad influence to secure its passage.
The bill, as reported back, repeats sec
tion 1, article ", chapter lxxii, and section
4 Of the same, is as follows: Every rail-
road corporation shall give to all persons
and associations reasonable and equal
terms for the transportation of any mer-
chandise or other property of every kind
and description upon any railroad owned
or operated by such corporation within
this state, and every railroad company or
corporation operating a railroad In the
state of Nebraska shall afford equal facili-
ties to all persons or associations who
may erect and operate or who are engaged
in operating grain elevators at any sta
ton of It's road, and shall provide side
tracks. switch connections, cars and all
facilities for erecting. and operating such
elevators. without favoritism or discrimi-
nation in any respect whatever provided.
however. that this act shall not apply to
any elevator hereafter to be constructed.
the cost of construction Of which shall be
less than $780, e
The clause repeating section 1, article
II, chapter Xxi. strikes out from It this:
And at any point where It's railroad shall
connect with any other railroad, reasonable
and equal terms and facilities Of inter-
change, and shall promptly forward mer-
chandise consigned or directed to be sent
over another road connecting with its
road. according to the directions contained
thereon or accompanying the anne"
The members Of the railroad committed
are: Wall, chairman; Fries, Brown, Cox
Day, Dean. Meredith, Saunders and I'm.
stead. Brown, Saunders and Umstoad wer,
not at the meeting when the new bill wat
adopted. Senator Wall said the bill wal
broader than the Brady bill and more along
the line OF the Ramsey bill introduced II
the house. Day said he understood thu
bill was the same as the Ramsey bill.
Senator Brady said he had not studied
the amendment carefullN but would max,
a night for his bill as Sent TO the com
mittee.
senate Routine.
The committee appointed some tin az,
to investigate the MANAGEMENT OF the laboI
commissioners ONCE asked for and wal
granted more time.
The night Waterman and foreman wer,
allowed pay for seven days a week.
s, F. 95, relating to objects insurable
was passed.
II. r.. IS, providing that school board
shall pay the cost of the pond of the treas
urer. was passed.
Several bills were placed on general file
s. F. So, providing for the establishment
OF not more than Ave nor less than thre
normal schools was indefinitely postponed
The committee OF the whole, with o'Neil
OF Lancaster In the chair, recommends
the passage OF H. R. 40, relating to leas
ing. contracts.
At ~ o'clock the souate tool a reces
until 2 p. m. Upon reconvening took a re