Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-12-02
STATE REPORTS ARE COMING
One Of State Railway Commission
Awaited with the Most Interest.
THINGS IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED
Secretary of Lincoln Commercial CIub
Looking UP Evidence to support
Contention of Discrimi-
nation I'm Rates.
NNom . stan correspondent.l

Gfom a star Correspondent)
AlNCOBN, Dec. l.--(special. &c Consider
able interest attaches to the reports to be
filed the first of the week BY the various
state officers with the governor. Each of
the departments viii in its report detail
JUST how It has spent the money appro-
priated for It's use by the legislature. In
asmueh as this win be the nrst report ever
made by the State Railway comnission
more interest IL taken in that report than
In any other.
The legislature which enacted the law
under which tho commission operates an
propriated 10000 for its maintenance for
Two years. In return for that the com
mission has permitted the railroads to re-
ouce rates m numerous localities on sand
and cement; It has granted permission to
the telephone companies to decrease rates
IN several localities where there is oonnnet,-
uon or whore a new telephon oompanv
osirod TO start in business; It issued an
order compelling the Lincoln Traction COM
pany to sell six tickets for 5 cents after
having the case under advisement for many
weeks ana listening to testimony which
occupied the whole bf more than ten davs.
mas taken up many private claims
against the railroads and settled them
without a hearing or caused their settle
ment; It Issued g. statement that # IN
tended TO put in effect a lower corn and
grain rate and gave publicity to the
hgures, but gigged back when II was ad
vised by the author Of the law that II was
proceeding contrary to the law; then II
was tied up with an Injunction to pre-
vent 1t again fooiing with corn rates; Il
announced 1t was going to accept a IL
per cent reduction on express rates instead
OF enforcing the % per cent reduction 40
provided for in the sibley law. Before n
did this however the commissioners
changed their minds and now this law is
tied up In the courts; 1t established a
sohedule OF cream rates after a lengthy
hearing; it listened to testimony and arRu.
ment for better service for the shipment
OF cream, but has not yet issued any order.
though It had intlmated what the order
Will be; 1t listened to arguments and tosti-
mony on the application Of the Independent
oil companies for lower rate on oil, but
that case is still pending; It listened TO ar
guments about the bad condition of the
Missouri Pacific tracks ordered that road
to repair the same and make weekly re-
ports of the progress OF the work; II issued
a speed order against the Missouri Pac-
nc; about concluded to gigback after the
enginemen objected, but so far as the pub
lie knows the order still stands; refused the
application OF the railroads to chan0a
switching charges in Omaha; refused to
allow the telephone companies to put In
free telephones allywhere; It has not acted
ON the COMPLAINT against the poor passen.
ger service given by the railroads. During
the year Chairman Winnett attended A
meeting of railway commissioners In Wash
ington city; Commissioner Clarke attended
a meeting of the inland waterways conven-
ton at Muskogee; Commissioner Williams
has made speech at Palmyra; at the
Peru normal school at the Rearney nor
NAL school and up in Custer county.
EII<S' Memorial.
Memorial services were held at the oliver
theater by the Elks this afternoon and the
building was crowded. The address was
delivered by the Rev. Gilbert A. Ottman.
Two interesting features Of the program
were the numbers by Carl Stsokelberg on
the violin and the vocal solo by Miss Helen
Dean.
Lincoln Looking Up Rates.
Secretary whitten OF the Commercial
club has gone 70 Washington TO look up
evidence against the railroads doing bus
mess in Nebraska which, Il is alleged
discriminate against IAncoln in favor of
Omaha The tariff sheets Of all the rail- |
roads interested are on file with the Inter |
state Commerce commission and Mr.. Whit |
ten expects by these to prove his case. 1t
is the rate made from southern points that
Lincoln objects to.
Priaes for Poultry.
More than $500 in cash PRIZES to ex-
hibltors win be paid out by the Nebraska |
State Poultry association at rs annual |
show, to be held in lincoln, January 20 TO |
S. A large number Of special prizes are |
also announced in the catalogue which |
Secretary L p Ludden is sending out |
1t Is claimed that the coming exposition |
win not only be the largest ever held for
poultry raisers in Nebraska but will be the |
biggest thing OF its kind in the whole west. |
1t will take place in tho auditorium, as |
usual
The State Poultry association is one |
branch Of organized agriculture In Ne |
braska. All of the kindred associations, |
avteen in number, will hold their meet |
ings here at the same tome, and a number
of them will show classified exhibits.
It Is announced that owl car service on |
the South Seventeenth and East o street |
lines of the Traction company win be |
inausurated next Monday. The general |
schedule will be one car every hour on |
both lines. but the time win be governed |
by the arrival and departure Of trains at |
the passenger depOtS. It is tho purpose Of |
the Traction company to have it's cars meet |
the trains whenever they come in. As |
nearly as possible, a car win leave the /
potoffice square every hour between mid !
night and o'clock. running to Twenty |
seventh and Holdredge Cars running on |
South Seventeenth VIII leave the square /
half way between the departure Of the |
others At $50 a. m. a car win arrive
down town. bringing employees who 1.-Two /
near the Tenth street line. The ten minute /
service South Fourteenth street for the /
full length Of this line viii also be started
on Monday.
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