Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-20

the Union Pacific, but the company wanted
| Il reduced to 80 per cent.
Profits Begin to Grow.
After the witness took over the man
| agement of the independent companies at
Rock Springs the profits began to increase
and the coal from these mines was sold
all the way from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coast. The witness arranged
a pool or combination OF the several coal
companies at Salt Lake, the general pur-
pose of which was TO sell coal for cash.
j. E. Markell represented the Union Pa
cihc Coal company at Salt Lake city at
that time Mr.. Megeath stated further.
that the pool continued as long as he
| managed the Union Pacific Coal company,
but that 1t went to pieces after his re-
| tirement from the management, but he
| did not know why.
Mr. Megeath said at the present time
/ he Is not a member of any coal associa-
ton in Omaha. The present output of
| the Sheridan Coal company, of which he
| is president, was about 1000 tons per
| day and the rate on one mine was $2.15
per ton to Omaha He did not know
/ what the present rate was. from Rock
| Springs but the haul from Rock Springs
was further than from Sheridan There
| were two other mines at Sheridan at
| present, whose output was much less than
\ witness company The companies were
| able to get all the cars they needed and
were required to shut down only four ur
Ave days during the winter from the
shortage of cars. The rate of wages and
| material is higher than at Rock Springs.
The hauling rate is 90 cents lower In ten
! than in five car lots. He believed that the
rate from Rock Springs at present
/ was rs cents in ten car lots.
| Nothing Doing for Brown. -"
| Randall w Brown, manager of the
! Omaha Coal company, testified that he
l owned certain mines at Hanna, Wye,
and one In Iowa and Missouri. His mines
| at Hanna are about six miles. west 1ef
/ that place. The Union Pacific Coal com
pany also owns mines at that place The
] witness mines are about half a mile from
! the main line of the Union Pacific and
| extend up 10 within a few feet of the
! Union Pacific. Witness acquired these
coal lands about eight years ago for the
| purpose of opening the mines and had
! applied to the Union Pacific for transpor-
tation facilities in 1905. General Mari
! ager Mohler of the Union Pacific had
assured witness that these facilities would
be afforded. The matter was subse-
i quently referred to D. o. Clark, general
manager of the Union Pacific Coal COM
/ pdny anu lnuS nOlnlnB ndu DeeH uOHt,
] notwithstanding that Mr.. Brown offered
to build the track and pay for 1t. In, the
meanwhile the Union Pacific had BUILT
a spur along the property OF the wit
ness and refused to permit the witness
company to cross the Union Pacific tracks.
AS a result, the witness says, he is unable
to reach his mines by rail. He had made
three demands for track facilities i've
to Mr.. Mohler and one to Mr., Clark, with
out result
| There is a good market for coal in that
! vicinity and for the product of witness
1 mines, which is in all respects similar to
the product of the mines owned by the
1 Union Pacific Coal company in the i'm
mediate locality, being part of the same
| vein. .J
Powers that BE and Are.
Witness asserted to his knowledge the
Central Coal and Coke company and Union
| Pacific Coal company controlled all the
coal lands in the Union Pacific coal coun-
| try. The Union Pacific Coal company had
| also opened up it's mines after the wit
ness had bought the property near Hanna
J II was the rule of the Union Pacific Coal
company to sell coal only in ten car lots
| at s375 only to Omaha, South Omaha
Lincoln and Council Bluffs but elsewhere
out in the state the price was 81 or
$3.50. These ten car lots must all be
| billed at one time. Witness Guys his
Rock Springs coal OF the Union Pacific
Coal company. When we cannot get Rock
Springs we buy Kemmerer coal, which IS
controlled by the same company. The
rate is from 81 to t3.T5, The witness
figured the proht on Rock Springs at from
to cents. and pay IS cents on mine
run and $3.50 on select. Witness belongs
to the Iowa and Nebraska Coal Dealers as
ISOLATION. The association. he says, Is not
q trust but is organized simply for the
purpose of demanding the adjustment of
short weights and other railroad abuses.
Ersstus Young Recalled
Auditor Erastus Young of the Hartman
lines was recalled and gave additional
testimony regarding the purchase OF the
A +. Abbott quarter. northwest of sec
tion rs. township 81, range 102 in Sweet
water county. The property was trans
ferred to the witness as trustee by ID. O.
Clark The deed was never placed on
file but was cancelled and destroyed. He
did not know why the deed was destroyed.
The property was paid for In two checks.
one for $4,000 and one for $4,000 payable
to Warwick Saunders. They were Union
Pacific railroad checks and were paid ON
a Union Pacific Coal company voucher.
ne Knew oi no COPY VI the oeeos oeih6
kept but there was a copy Of the voucher.
He said he did not know why the dee1
was made TO Clark and the money paid to
Saunders. The payment was made on
the authority of the president OF the
railroad company. The witness then pro-
duced a list OF coal lands for which the
Union Pacific had paid. The conveyances
were TO individuals temporarily. but TO
whom he said, he did not know, None
of these deeds had been recorded
Clark an Important witness.
d. o. Clark. vice president OF the Union