Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-26


sns a track was afterwsrds laid to the
elevator Ha sr
II. r. Mulhail OF Chioago, general man
ager OF the Southwestern Elevator COM
pany Of Kansas city. an Armour concern,
was present on his own request to refute.
some Of the allegations made IN the hear
ing at Kansas City 10 she erect that his
company was IN the cotpbination to control
trade. He was asked BY Attorney Marble
why It was lik company had Shipped so
little grain over the Milwaukee road.
because" said Mr.. Mulhail. I'VE were
allowed to operate a transfer elevator on
the Burlington and, got an allowance OF
IA cents from that road. We could not
set q on the Milwaukes.g
GFeat wesferH Hlsrator.y
Charles =, MartiB clerk OF the Chicago
Great Western, testified that the elevator
was owned and operator By the chicago
Great Western Railway company and was
used as a public transfer house, where
grain was cleaned, stored. clipped and
mixed. ana that ali Operations OF the ele-
vasor were for the beneht OF the general
public. The identity Of the Individual
shippers grain Is not destroyed in the
elevator II the shipper wants Ia identity
preserved. About 10 per cent Of the grain
received here is cleaned ana treated. The
PROPORTION was about. the same last year.
The elevator has eight tanks. with 10000
bushels capacity each The elevator does
not pay elevation charges. neither does
Il carry insurance on grain. This ele-
vator cannot handle grain quite as cheaply
Is elevators who buy and sell grain.
No charge Is made for transfer service
and witness knew nothing about the alb
aorptlon Of switching or other charges.
Witness stated further that the capacity
~ these elevators was 1250,O 900 bushels. and
the assregate cost Of handling Including
fixed charges, would reach rs cents pei
hundred. H6
Confesses to arrangement"
~ +. Huntey OF Omaha said he was II
the grain and brokerage business and wa
formerly connected with the management
Of a line OF country elevators, being il
business at salix, Ia. This was about ont
and half years ago He entered into (
pooling arrangement with his competitors
The arrangement provided that II one nrn
got more than les equal share OF business
that the difference should be paid at IN
rate Of cents busbel on wheat and
cent on corn This Arrangement was mad
with the Transmississippi Grain company
The volume OF business at Salix was SUI
ncient to admit paying this difference.
l. W. Jacoby OF Havelocit told his expe
rience with the railroads and line elevators
He said:
II am a farmer and shipper Of grain
have an Office q pair Of scales and a coupl
Of good scoop shovsls | do not buy eraiT
only ship my own grain, and ship mostl
70 Omaha particularly since the marixe
opened Up AZ Omaha in February, 1904.
have not been able TO get cars all the tim
and have not been fairly treated by tn
elevators. We have been unable to set a
elevator at Prairie Home, station on tn
Rock island, our nearest shipping poin
though l have applied for a site three Off
fefenei tflnesyc srefthefs would they fetf'u
have a site on their right-of- way for
scale house, 50 we now haul our graf
right across the Rock Isias'd tracks
Waverly, where we have scales and an o.
nee. and ship direct to Omaha"
Submits the correspondence.
Mr.. Jacoby submitted the correspondent,
with the Rock island people relative to Il
request for site and the refusals Civ,
BY that company on various pretexts. II
correspondence was accompanied with
blue print diagram Of the station. n
Jacoby was granted the privilege TO tut
over TO the Interstate Commerce commi
sion the copy Of his evidence given in II
4 Worrali case against the Nebraska Ora
Dealers association. He did not know tn
the case had yet been tried ana was of {
opinion that II was still pending in some
the courts.
8. McAIurray, q scoop shoveier fro
Wood River, testified thai he transact
business in that manner at Wood Riv