Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-24
0MAHACARS REFUSED
Grain Buyers Testify to Discrimina.
ton Against This Market.
GREAT NORTHERN OFFENDER
Plenty Of Empty Cars to Be Loaded
for Other Destinations.
SHIPPERS ALSO HEAVY LOSER
Grain Worth More in Omaha Than
Where Forced to Ship.
COMMISSION HEARS COMPLAINT
Road Assigns as Reason "a win yo.
Permit Its Cars 90 Go Oh IL.
Own Lines, as They Cannot
Get Them Back.
Plenty Of Empty Cars to Be Loaded
for Other Destinations.
'HIPPERS ALSO HEAVY LOSER
Grain Worth More in Omaha Than
Where Forced to Ship.
COMMISSION HEARS COMPLAINT
From a stan ,correspondent.)

From a stan ,Correspondentl
LINCOLN. Aug. 2a.-tspeciaL,- I'm the
case before the State Railway commission
wherein the Omaha Grain exchange charges
the Great Northern Railroad company with
discriminating against Omaha to the ad-
vantage OF Minneapolis and the northern
markets BY refusing to furnish cars to
shippers along the line Of the Sioux Falls
& Wilmar railroad in which to ship grain
/ TO Omaha. Attorney ". L. Learned for the
/ exchange showed By witnesses that the
wilmar & Sioux Fails railroad IL owned
and operated by the Great Northern: that
though Great Northern empty cars were
on the sidetracks. shippers were rot per-
mitted 70 use them in shipping 10 Omaha
/ though they could have them TO ship TO
/ Minneapolis: agents OF the GREAT Northern
compelled shippers to wait for Burlington
cars If they desired 10 ship to Omaha;
| that this kind OF treatment caused loss
to the shippers, as the price in Omaha was
| from to N cents higher for grain than
in Minneapolis: that the rate to Mime
apolis was "a cents higher than TO Omaha
and that the grading OF oats in Omaha was
easier than in Minneapolis. Omaha allow
ing twenty-three pounds for No. white
and Minneapolis twenty-six pounds for No
| 3 white; that one party lost several hun
dred dollars because he was forced to
wait for Burlington cars. which it usually
/ took him from I'VE TO ten days TO get.
/ As a defense the Great Northern set up
1 that 81 did not operate the Wilmar &
| Sioux Falls road; that this road was
separate corporation and therefore the COM
| plant should be dismissed against the Great
\ Northern. Then its attorney. J. l. Ken
I uedy Of Sioux City. claimed and attempted
to show by witnesses that il was a rule
J Of the Great Northern not to allow its
| equipment to leave its own tracks. and
| therefore it did not discriminate against
/ Omaha more than against any other city
not reached by It's road
Establish Ownership of Roads.~
1 To establish ownership of the Wlmar 4
Sioux Falls road IN the Great Northern. h
J. McVann. secretary Of the Omaha Srsan
exchange, testified that he had seen the re-
] Do-t OF the comptroller of the Great
Northern aied with the Interstate Com
4 merce commission and that report showed
that practically all OF the stock OF the
! Wuunar & Sioux Falls road was owned
! ~, the Great Northern and the same gen
| .,sl o4roers conducted the affairs Of both
| roads. Other witnesses testified that
/ ,ratnmen Of the wilmar & Sioux FANS
! roa4 wore caps and uniforms stamped
| '.Gnat Northern" that the depot superin-
terdeut at Sioux City in calling trains re-
| go 70 the Great Northern for Nebraska
Doints The pass list furnished By the
| Great Northern was introduced to show
that the general officers issued passes
over the wilmar Sioux Falls road
II II Browneli Of Allen said he was re-
,,,,es Great Northern cars for the ship
nent OF gyain when he desired TO snip 10
Omaha. but could get them for MinneAp-
oils shipnest. Oats in the Omaha market
ne said. would bring him from TO II Genus
more a bustel than IN the nor'hern ma, ".
ket and the freight rate north was ~
cents higher.
| ro,,ss y Mai,n Of osmon testified to the
sa,,e as did W. g. Hart Of Allen.
/ q + spens freight agent OF the Bur
,,,g,o, and O. l. Dickson. assistant
freight agent. testified 1t had been rune
I Of the Great Northern TO keep It's trains
and eouipment on us Own tracks. put Doth
denied they ever had any correspoho-
ence with the Great Northern regarding ls
refusal to furnish es,rs to bring grain 70
the Omaha market
E r-.o-ge e Thomas. grain dealer Of
omaha. testified to ths difficulty his Gus
toners had In getting Great Northern cars
sbtr.,es from tthe WflnAar Sioux FANS
territory even though - was 70 the ad-
vantage Of the producer TO sell IN Omaha
John A. Kuhn. with the Updike Grain
company. testified to the Fame facts
Railroad splits Hairs.
Assistant General Freight Agent MCGUIRE
Of the Great Northern testified the Wnmar
Sioux Fails road was q separate cor
poration from the Great Northern and run
nv different set of ofioers and as .
separate corporation: that when Great
pSo-thern engines run over this road they
80 naia for by the Wilmar Sioux
Fails road. though the prohts Of the road
vent into the general treasury Of tie Great
Nortbern system. which also made up any
Ssheiencv. The Great Northern system
owned several lines. he said, of whish the
main one was known as the Great NoEth-
ern and another one Was the Wilmar 4
sioux Pals He placed considerable stress
on the Great Northern company and the
Great Northern line as being separate and
distinct
The Great Northern Is q system until
you want 10 stow that il IL separate
corporation. Il that III asked Learned
i am just stating the facts" answered
the witness.
Then II the Sioux Falls road IL sepA-
Z rate road what objection has It to sending
| Great Northern cars 70 Omsha?" asked
p Learned
, The witness said there was no Objection
. unless the cars were needed On the Great
Northern
The Sioux Falls road runs from O'Setn
, 10 South Sioux City In Nebraska and grain
, SHIPPED 10 Omaha on this road has 70 be
transferred al Sioux City. The Great
Northern, II Is charged. refuses 70 have
, It's own cars transferred there.
FOUR ARE KILLED IN WRECK