Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Nebraska
PHYSICAL VALUATION COSTLY
Railway Commission Looks for Way
to Spend Forty Thousand.
WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT TASK
Anu-SaIoOn League Has Plans 90
Enforce Daylight Liquor Law
Letter Addressed TO
Assessors.
IRON . staff correspondent

From . Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, April 22-CSpecisL)-The rail
way commission will soon receive visits
from engineers who are willing to manage
the work Of veluing the physical property
Of the railroads of Nebraska.
One applicant has expressed a willingness
to accept $50 a day, but he desires to
limit his services to a short period and
to give half Of his time to the work
after he gets his force organized. Next
Monday, NJ. K. Cooley, dean OF the engi-
Deering department Of the University Of
Michigan will call to confer with the rail-
way commission. He will he accompanied
by 7. II. Hinchman and Harry e. Riggs,
the latter at Toledo, O. Henry Rohrer of
st. Louis will arrive Wednesday, J. w.
Rinehardt Of New York will come Tuesday.
and Dwight c. Morgan, who is still at
work on the same kind Of work in Mime
sofa, will visit the commission Friday.
Mr.. RinehArdt was formerly president Of
the Santa Fe road.
bic Cost Per Mile.
Some engineers believe the work can be
done in Nebraska for 50 or 80 a mile. The
cost in other states has been as high as
$3 a mile. The commission has $4,000 to
expend for this purpose. Chairman Clarke
said today that the commission has
seen q dispatch in the newspapers
saying the Interstate Commerce COM
mission intended to value railroad prop
erty in the Spokane rate case. AS this
case involves the ULion Pacific. Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and the Bur-
lington, the Nebraska commission has
written the Interstate commission that it
daafrae 10 ro-oparato NTH that hndv ~
this can be done the state commission may
save some OF the appropriation made by
the last legislature.
To Enforce Daylight Law.
Enforcement of the daylight saloon law,
when It becomes effective in. July. is
one OF the chief things the Nebraska Anti
saloon league has in view at the present
time" said S. X. Warrick OF Alliance. state
president, this afternoon, Mr.. Warrick
came to Lincoln TO attend an advisory
meeting Of the trustees who constitute the
executive board OF the league. U. s.
Rohrer OF Hastings and Prof. A. B.. Fair
child Of Crete, two of tile other trustees,
sre also here. The meeting was held at
the office OF ]. NJ. Guile, who is a member
of the board.
IN common with other organizations
that are working to restrict the liquor
traffic" continued Mr.. Warrick, the Anti
Saloon league will focus interests and force
the issues along certain lines. We expect
to see that the daylight saloon act is en-
forced TO the letter in every part of the
state, Omaha and South Omaha will be
looked after by the workers there. who
will have the assistance of the state or
ganiEation. County attorneys will be asked
TO perform their duty in prosecuting Of
tenders against the s o'clock closing law,
and II they refuse the league will employ
it's own attorneys,1f .g- AheS1
Whenever saloon men have not lived up
to the new law during the last year, the
league will encouraged the filing of re-
monstrances to prevent the renewal of their
licenses. This, it is claimed, will put a
large majority of the liquor dealers in the
state upon the defensive.
Next fall, the league will probably take
q hand in the primaries and the general
election with particular reference ia
sheriffs and county Judges. With officials
In those positions who are friendly to their
cause, the anti-saloonists believe they will
be able to make good progress in compell-
ing liquor dealers to obey the laws and
in narrowing the sphere Of the traffic. In.
terest will also be shown in the selection
81 supreme court Judges.
walter Leeae to Retire.
Walter A. Leese will retire as clerk OF
the county court on May ]. Rumors Ia
this effect rave been in circulation fol
several days and were this morning con.
firmed by County Judge Cosgrave. The
latter stated that he had received a large
number of applications for the place and
though he had practically decided who
to give IL TO. he would not be ready tc
make an announcement for several days
A report filed by the county Judge with
the county commissioner shows that ths
Judge has discovered that he has beer
paying Clerk Leese more than tn,
statutory salary.
Mr. Loeso was appointed 10 fill tn,
vacancy caused by the death OF JudE,
Waters. which came very Unexpectedly
He stated today that when he went int
the office he was advised by Mr.. Lees,
what the salaries had been i'm the pas
and he 10 the county board
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