Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-07

The Bowsler Grain company Of Omaha
has filed with the state Railway commits
sion a formal complaint against the term
inal facilities OF the Missouri Pacific, alleg-
ing that the road has no inspection track
on which grain may be lodged and that
very often the cunsignee has to look all
over the yards for his cars OF grain, and
that In the meantime demurrage charges
are piling up. The company asks that the
commission order the railroad to designate
a particular track as an inspection track
and place all incoming cars OF grain for
Omaha firms on that track. 1t Is said
that the Omaha Grain exchange has inter-
ested itself in the matter.
Order Issues To-day.
Governor Shallenberger has approved the
Things OF the board OF inquiry into the
conduct OF the national guard as presented
to it by Adiutant General Hartgan. The
governor made no changes in the findings.
it is said. although they have not been
made public The courts decisions have
been extremely mild. consisting almost alto
gether in fines OF SO or less, and in some
cases these fines have been RENTED. The
fines will come out OF the pay Of the men,
which mas not been turned over to them,
from the Fort Riley maneuvers.
MAKING hAAuNN 10 ~ uNAa
The biennial report Of the Wayne Normal
school. one OF the two schools added to
the state institutions by the last legisla-
ture. shows that 1t is going to try to get
along as an institution until the next lsgis-
lature comes to its aid. The Legislature
appropriated $4,000 for the purchase Of the
school buildings and grounds found there.
or this the total cost up to May last, when
it was turned over to the state. was. as
shown in the report, so. SAL. on the re-
mainder OF the appropriation the school is
operating. The report shows that since
school began in September the total outlay
has been S7,Sl7.9S. and that there is left to
complete the biennium, that is until next
June, just 81, 1876. At the rate the school
has already cost this cannot be accom-
pushed and the institution will be COM
PEELED to ask the Legislature for emer-
genoy appropriation or for a deficiency
fund. Teachers salaries run about 1850 a
month.
Want to Cue Period.
The application OF the Independents Teie-
phone system Of Nebraska to reduce its
time limit from five to three minutes will
DO heard by the Railway commission on
December q at 2 o'clock
/ The independent system wants to cut
| QOWu Lut pefluu OF TAKING WlAlouA extra
charge to the same basis as that used by
/ the Nebraska Telephone company. AZ
present the Nebraska people fix the limit
at three minutes. The independents have
always had the five-menute period. with a
| few exceptions. Notable among these Is
Omaha, where on account OF the trans
missouri nature OF much OF tire telsphOning
the three minute rate has obtained
Auditors Report.
I State Auditor EilaH A. Barton has fled
the semi-annuaI report OF his department
with the governor. this report relating an
tirely to the number OF warrants issued
and the number paid, together with the
expenditure OF the fund that is for the con-
duct or the office itself This report shows
that the warrants paid in the six months
amount to l.5S2, SIS. s.; the warrants ISSUED
amount to Sl.4s9, 3.15; the amount OF war
rants outstanding on December / amount
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