Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-23
Nebraska
PHONE COMPANY PROSPERS
Lincoln Automatic Files Annual Re-
port With Commission.
MA1h COMPANIES ARE MISSING
LOnE List, Including Omaha Inde-
pendetn, Have Failed TO SUBJ
init Annual Re-
ports.
(From a staff Correspondent.)


LINCOLN, Aug. 2.-(Special)-Th an
nual report OF the Lincoln Telephone G.
Telegraph company, known as the Auto
matte telephone company was filed with
the railway commissioner today. The re-
port covers the year ending June 80. 1910,
and shows the gross earnings from opera
tlon amounted TO 1924, 9O69s The operating
expenses amounted to sl35.s24.46. making an
income Of $99OS2.52 from operation.
After paying SjtSGO2l dividends on SOM
mon stock, $9,S21.S3 on preferred stock and
$40, $50 interest on funded debt, there was
left surplus from operation Of S3s2O95.
a surplus Of sl5,Sl5.6O was left from the
preceding year An itemized statement
shows that a total of $500. 72s 46 was charged
TO construction during the year The cost
of the plant to June 30 is reported at 81, 49,
1856.
The company has now outstanding com
mon stock amounting to $685. 1926 and pre-
ferred stock amounting to $500. 1t has a
bonded debt OF $j5S,j10 1t owes on per
cent notes total Of S176, $50, Of which
about S15 200 Is owing to Lincoln banks and
Lincoln parties.
After Telephone Companies.
The State Railway commission has certi-
fled to the attorney general long list Of
telephone companies which have failed to
make their annual reports to the commits
sion. Suits will be instituted against these
companies and penalties applied. Among
the companies delinquent Is the Omaha In
dependent company.
Big Display at Fnir.
Twenty-Five counties have entered agri-
cultural exhibits at the State Fair This
insures the continuation OF the fact tn .,
Nebraska will again have he finest agri-
cultural exhibit shown at any fair in the
United States for 1910. Others that claim
to be leading agricultural states often
wonder how Nebraska maintains the first
position in agricultural product display,
which ii, easily answered by an eSamina-
ton of such exhibit placed by experienced
exhibitors for premiums in excess of those
offered elsewhere. The state is divided
into three districts, the eastern being
bounded on the west by the west line of
the following counties: Knox. Pierce Mad
ison, Colfax, Butler Seward, Saline and
Jefferson. The central section is all coun-
ties west of above mentioned line and east
of west line of Holt Garfield, Custer.
Dawson oGsper and Furnas. The west
ern division includes all counties west of
said line. N I'D
The entries received are as follows:
EASTERN.
Butler county, in charge of ]. d. Haslk
Able; Douglas county, in charge of ]. w
Shoemaker, Elk City; Lancaster county,
IN charge of S. X. Hall, aETvelock; Ne
maha county, in charge of o. p. Doval,
Auburn; Pawnee county, in charge OF Ar
mold Martin. Dubois; Richardson county,
in charge of Marion Arnold, Verdon; Sa-
line, in charge Of George Ross, WILDER.
CENTRAL.
Antelope county, in charge OF T. Ever
son, Neigh; Buffalo county, in charge of
' f. S. Carpenter, Poole; Fillmore county
in charge of G. w. Deming, Fairmont
Franklin county, in charge of w. II. Ar
mold Franklin; Kearney county. in charge
of 4, B. Keedle, Minden; Webster county
1n charge of L. G. Peisiger, Blue Hill
AYork county, in charge of A. j. Martin
" York.
WESTERN.
Box Butte county, in charge Of Earl d
Mallery, Alliance; Brown county, in charge
OF C. w, Potter, Ainsworth; Frontier
county, In charge of L. H. Cheney
stockville; Keith county, in charge OF A
r. Pearce, Brule; Red Willow county, II
charles Of Stephen Bolles. Box Elder
Sheridan county, in charge Of Carl Lock
man, Rushville; Sioux county, in charge o.
Emry. Conner & Emry, Andrews; Thoma.
county, in charge Of C. C. Wright, Thed
ford