Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
Nebraska
UNION DEPOT FOR LINCOLN
Various Roads Name Committee to
Work Out the Details.
BURLINGTON COMEDIES PHONES
Agrees TO Put Them In where Needed,
but Denies validity of BartOs
Act Compelling Company
60 DO So.
UNION
BURLINGTON COMEDIES PHONES

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LINCOLN. Oct 22-(Special.)-At a con-
ference this morning Of railroad men and
business men OF Lincoln, the matter of
securing a union station here was dis
cussed at length, resulting finally in the
appointment Of a committed OF railroad
men to work out the details Of the PROPOSE
ton.
General Manager G. w. Holdrege OF the
Burlington. Chief Engineer r. /. Huntley
OF the Union Pacific. Engineer OF Main
tenance A. Schanck Of the Northwestern.
b. Chief Engineer ]. b. Berry of the Rock
Island and a representative Of the Missouri
Pacific yet to be chosen will constitute that
committee. All Of those named have head
quarters in Omaha except Mr.. Berry. When
they will meet and begin calculations is
problematical, that matter being left to tho
direction of Mr.. Holdrege of the Burlington.
At this meeting there was an imposing
representation OF railroad men. {, General
Attorney j.. T.. Kelby and Real Estate
Agent Ed Westerveldt appeared for the
Burlington. Mr.. Holdrege being unable to
come because he was away from home on
imperative company business. The Union
Pacific was represented by General Man
ager A. L Mohler. General superintendent
Park and Chief Engineer Huntley. For the
Rock Island Vice President H. u. Nudge,
General Managers F. o. Melchera Chief
Engineer Berry and General superintendent
II. S. Gable were present General Man
ager +. Walters spoke for the Northwest
ern- There was no one on hand in behalf
of the Missouri Pacific, Mr.. Middleton, who
attended the previous conference and who
had been designated by Vice President
Cls-Ve to attend this one. having been un-
avrH9bly detained at St Louis.
IN ing with them were most Of the
Members Of the city council, the mayor,
and city attorney, members OF the State
Railway commission and about fifty lead
ing business men OF Lincoln.
Attorney Kelby OF the Burlington said
his road was ready to furnish terminal
facilities for all the roads and Mr.. Mohler
II the Union Pacific said he was in accord
With this. idea
Telephones Go to DepOts.
The Burlington has notified the Railway
commission that IL has or will install tele-
phones IN depots In several communities
where II believes they are needed. II also
Jtates in the communication that the Bar
JOS act in unconstitutional and It Is not
In compliance with that law that the
telephones are being installed. The Bartos
act provides that railroads must furnish
telephones in their depots.
Juror Gets Fall Time.
The county OF Douglas must pay L d.
spaulding for serving as a Juror for three
weeks or twenty-one days, Sundays ex-
eepted. The county commissioners OF
Douglas county locked Mr.. Spaulding when
be handed in his bill for twenty-one days
keoadse Athey held court ola not meet on
Saturday and for that reason the Juror
was not entitled to pay for those SatuF-
days. The court held, however, that q
juror Is entitled to pay for the time for
which he was summoned, Sundays ex-
eepted unless excused. The county filed a
demurrer to the petition of the plaintiff
and this was overruled by the district
court and the supreme court has affirmed
that decision.
johnson Child Case demanded.
The supreme court has remanded the
case from Gage county wherein ]. Alfred
Johnson and Seth Terry ct al, are fight
ing for possession of Johnson's daugh-
ter, Effie Johnson. In remanding the
case the court held that the habeas cor
pus issued byta county judge cannot be
served in another county. Terry secured
a habeas corpus writ and secured posses.
sion of the child in Omaha. The father
then brought habeas corpus proceedings
in the district court OF Gage county and
this appeal was dismissed by the court
The supreme court ordered the district
court 10 give an immediate trial OF the