Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-14
MORE INFORMATION WANTED
Railroads Are Requested 10 Pile oOmPlsts
Reports Of Passes Issued
OHFERtNct OVER CONSTRUCTION OF LAW
approximately -Four Hundred Thou
sand Dollars to he Distributed
to che Schools Of the state
DurinG May.
CFrom a STAFF Correspondence

(FrOm n stan correspondent
LINCOLN May 10. - Especially - Acting
upon the advice OF Attorney General
Thompson. thu State Railway commission
prepared an order to the various rail-
roads OF the state to report the names Of
all persons e. whom transportation has
been issued, not paid Tor at the rate Of 2
cents a mile. coin Of the realm.
Commission Makes order.
The order issued by the commission late
this evening was as follows:
II is hereby ordered and directed that all
common carriers doing business in the state
Of Nebraska shall file In the office Of the
Nebraska Railway commission at Lincoln
on or before May IS 1907 statement
showing the following facts:
l. The names and addresses and the rela-
ton they bear to common carriers of all
employees to whom they have Issued. or
contracted to issue, passes, mileage or other
good within the state OF Nebraska, now in
force, for which the full published rates
have not been paid in cash or agreed to be
II issued under written contract. a
copy of the contract; II Issued under a
verbal agreement a statement Of the
8. The names, addresses and the relation
the recipient may bear to the common car
rier. of all persons other than employees
20 whom the common carrier has Issued,
OF contracted to issue, passes, mileage OF
other transportation for the passage of
ess9lns' good within 81, tine state 90, 81 r NE
lished rates have not been paid I'm cash,
or agreed to be paid in cash.
II Issued under a written contract,
copy OF the contract: II issued under a
verbal agreement a statement OF the
II is further directed that a copy Of this
order be served upon each and every steam
railroad company doing business within the
state OF Nebraska
Mr.. Thompson advised this order or ore
~ he - ~
the railroads to come up to the spirit OF
the anti-pass law in their reports of passes
issued. II Is the belief of the attorney
general that the railroads complied with
the commissions order asking for all free
transportation issued, providing. of course
the railroad attorneys have interpreted the
anti-pass law correctly. The corporations
held under the anti-pass law a pass issued
under contract is not free pass and there
fore under the order Of the commission II
was not necessary to report this class OF
transportation.
The commission is of the opinion this
new order will necessitate a great deal Of
work on the part Of the railroads, but
under the circumstances 1t saw no othel
way to get at the information desired, and
Il believes also such a report win serve a,
damper on people accepting free trans
portation. The Missouri Pacific, which re
ported today, did as the other roads had
done, reported nothing Of any Importance
After looking up the matter very carefully
Attorney General Thompson advised tn,
second order of the commission
An application was made by the Burling
ton today for the privilege of putting in
scent per hundred rate on milk from Lin
coin to. Denton and Havelock. The lette
accompanying the application said most o
this milk was now dumped in the sewer
but II the rate was put In a great deal o
4 It would be fed to hogs in Denton ant
14aveiock and some one would get som,
good out OF Il.
Big Dividend TO Schools,
State Treasurer Brian will have in tn
nAighborhood OF 100000 to distribute 10 tn,
various school districts OF the state Ma!
"a, that being the time for the semi-annua
Apportionment OF school money The tenn
porary school fund at this time amounts L
about SSss.O00. In the various depositorie
tonight there Is about $4,000 Of state money
but within few days t275,Ooo OF thi
win be used to pay for the Idaho bonds re
Gently purchased by Mr.. Brian without th
aid or consent of any middleman.
MecaIfe "a commencement Orator.
Richard L. Metcalfe will deliver the ad
aress at the commencement exercises o
the high school at Platte Center, May 2
and at Cambridge May q. Next Thursda
night Mr.. Metcalfe will speak to the Men