Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-26
Local OpinIon of suIt.

Nothing in railroad rate matters recently
has created the interest among local trafio
men that this news has. 1t is generally
regarded another victory for Stckney.
when the old man gets after you you
better rum" was the sententious express
sion OF one railroad man when he read the
report in The Bee yesterday evening.
IT'S another victory for sitckney," re-
marked another.
While all were interested, many were
surprised, as It seemed to have been taken
that the case would not be reopened for
hearing
Because Of its present position, which is
much stronger than when the case was
first heard. the general feeling is that the
Union Pacific may win in the second hear
ing.
The petition for rehearing was brought
out by President Stickney of the Great
Western, but he secured the signatures Of
the Burlington and the Santa Fe to back
his position and TO help him out with the
evidence The case is that against the
-Union Paoilc Cor having contract with
Peavey & Co. by which the Union Pacific
agrees 20 pay Ia cents per hundred for
grain elevated. The conditions now are
slightly different from what they were at
the time Of the other hearing, the Union
gdClllG naNlnB ElTellklntntu JUS ppelllOH ny
publishing a tariff granting elevation TO
all elevators on the Missouri river which
will perform the service. When the con.
tract was entered into with Peavey & Co.
| It was understood this company was to
build elevators at Omaha and Kansas City
| to receive all the grain coming In over the
! Union Pacific and TO transfer 1t to other
| lines to carry beyond. The complaint Is
that the general public was not invited to
use these elevators, but they were used eK-
! clusively to handle the grain coming from
| the lines of elevators of the Peavey com
pany.
Union Pacific wins First.
At the former hearing of the case the
| Interstate Commerce Commission decided
the Union Pacific company had perfect
right to pay this elevation charge on ac-
! count of its situation. Omaha and Kan
sas City are the terminals of the Union
Pacific and that company Is willing to pay
liz cents per hundred TO have it's cars
emptied and returned TO It inside of forty
eight hours so they can be sent back for
| another load. The contract with Peavey
& Co has stood. and in addition contract
was entered into with the Transmissis-
sippi Grain company similar to that Of the
Peavey contract.
Mnen MT. ONlChuts htBah MS dblldllOl
against the payment OF elevation charges
at the Missouri river the Union Pacific
thought to strengthen its position by
making the rate open and agreed to pay
liz cents per hundred to all elevators
which would perform the service of un-
loading these cars and getting them back
TO the Union Pacific inside Of forty-eight
hours. This removed the exclusive nature
of the contract and gave all elevators an
even break. A crusade was started and
all other roads have stopped the payment
of elevation charges except the Union Pa
cifc at Omaha and Kansas City and the
Rock Island at Kansas City.
Union PacIhc's Attitude.
The Union Pacific claims that by the
nature Of it's position In terminating on
the Missouri river IL has the right to pay
this service for the prompt delivery OF its
cars, Il being worth that much TO get the
cars back Immediately. Time was, not far
back, when several elevations were paid
The roads tired Of this and cut out the
elevation allowances and cut the rate
which they said was the same to them
They claim 1t is better to have a lower
rate than to be handing back rebates IN
/ the shape of elevation allowances
, II was the announcement OF the Unior
Pacihc that II Would pay the elevation
, allowance to all elevators performing IN,
service which brought on the recent rat,
! war with the Burlington. The Burlington
; reduced its rate and refused TO pay eleva
tion. This war has been settled and all II
running quietly, waiting for somethinl
new to turn up. The date Of the hearins
has not been announced. but the Unior
Pacific officials say they are ready The,
saw they won the case before when theii
' position was not as strong as IL Is nov
and when the best legal talent the Bur
lington and the SantS Fe could procur.
' was engaged IN prosecuting the case
which was thoroughly hashed out.