Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-03
Nebraska
ROADS GET STIFF BOOST
burlington Draws Three Million
Raise, With $1,125 a Mile.
NORTHWESTERN UP 81 500 A MILE
Union Paciac Boosted SI,G6T n Mile
on One BraHeh--Protestants
Against switching Rates TO
Florence Get Reduction.


LINCOLN, June 2.-The following fig
ures show the valuation of the three big
railroad systems Of the state. as made by
the state Board Of Assessment this morn
ing. compared with the valuation OF last
year: lSe. l5o'
Burlington ..........$1 sic, 1I0.s70 SIP 2sO go
Union Paoific..""''. $gS'@ 25e.'S S5S
Northwestern .......... 5o,bo9'so SSzs,'.S
Missouri Pacific ........ n,345,62O ~ 49, 4eo
The Burlington was increased SLIPS a
mile: the Northwestern SL500 a mile. and
the Union Pacific Central city branch
was increased 1867 a mile. The remainder
OF the Increase on the Union Pacific was
due to the valuation OF new mileage. The
total increase on the Union Pacific was
S1.s23 925; on the Burlington. $,ll9.63O; on
the Northwestern, $l,59S,0J5; the decrease
on the Missouri Pacific, S613, 40. The net
increase on all the railroads amounted to
1928, 40. actual value, or Sl,1s5.6A assessed
value. upon which taxes will have to be
paid. All the loads other than those
named were valued at the same figures
as last year.
The total assessed value Of all railroads
in 1908, which Us one-fifth OF the actual
value, was S53, 3sI O72.S3. and this year the
assessed value is t54, 4s3, 666. The actual
value Of all railroad property last year
was 1886, $50. $50. and this year the actual
value is S272, 9ls, 800.
The board intends to rearrange the di-
vision of the Burlington property by ar
b~itrarily fixing the main line and branches
of that system. Heretofore these corpora
lions have been so divided up that in one
town frequently the same tracks had a
different value.
How Result was Reached
The board spent most of the morning ar
irving at its conclusion. When the Shall
lenberger motion TO increase the North
western $4,000 a mile was brought up, Mr..
Junkin moved the following amendment:
The Northwestern to be assessed at $36,
PA, 400. Union Pacific at $50. 012, 1856 and the
Burlington at S119, 29O, 800. Governor Shall
Ie%nberger insisted that the motion be di-
vided. Junkin then moved to assess the
Union Pacific at S7s,O31 ,21O, but this mo-
tion received no second.
Brian moved to assess the Union Pacific
al SIS, 767, 325. This carried unanimously,
after the treasurer explained that the in.
crease was on the Central City branch
and new mileage.
Junkin moved to decrease the Missouri
Pacific from $4,000 to SIS. 200. The vote
on this was as follows: Yeas. Shallen-
berger, Junkin, Cowles. Nays, Brian and
Barton.
Junkin moved to value the Burlington a
s119, 299, 500, or an average of S42, 600 a mile
The vote was as follows; Yes-Junkin
S~hallenberger Barton and Brian No
Cowles.
The vote on Shallenberger's motion on thu
Northwestern was as follows; Yes-Barton
Shallenberger. No-Cowles, Junkin and
Brian. Barton moved to value the North,
y western at S34, 500 mile The governor
Z amended this to read $S5, Ooea The,vote OF
the amendment was as follows: Yes
Cowles. ts~hailenberger and Barton. No
Brian and Junkin.Ga
In voting against the increase in thu
Northwestern, Mr., Brian said: II vote M
because no figures have been furnished t
Justify the increase as made in the motion
Cowies AIahe Voted No.
When Junkin moved to increase the Bur
lington there was silence for what seemed