Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-09
Nebraska
RATES UNDER STATE RIGHTS
Northwestern Road May Find Itself
in Pretty Predicament.
CEMENT TARIFF CAUSES TROUBLE
Road Lowers Rate Pursuant to order
from Interstate Commission
and y ebrasLa Authorities
Flare III.

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LINCOLN. July S-CSpeciaL) For follow
merce commission and reducing lntras ate
freight rates in Nebraska without first con-
suItlng the Nebraska commission. the
North western railroad may get itself into
trouble and the case may lead TO con-
flict over state rights.
The Northwestern has filed a new rate
schedule with the railway commission
showing q reduction in rates on cement
from Norfolk to other towHs in Nebraska,
and with the schedule was filed an order or
decision Of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, authorizing IL 90 charge these
rates. In the printed decision Commis-
sioner Harlan disseuts holding that the
question is one purely affecting the state
and therefore. the Interstate Commef-e
commission has no jurisdiction over the
matter The ma iority Of the commission
hold that the rates charged between Nor
folk and the other Nebraska points were
unreasonable and ordered reduction, and
the railroad complied with the order with
out consulting the local commission.
The case was brought by the Acme Plas-
ter company Of Wyoming against the
Northwestern. This company ships its
cement from wyoming TO Norfolk over the
Union Pacific and from Norfolk 10 Ne
braska points on the Northwestern. II was
the rates on the Northwestern that were
reduced
No Roosevelt for the Fair.
Secretary MeIlor OF the state Board OF
Agriculture has decided not to try to get
ex-Pre sident Roosevelt for the Nebraska
state fair He will do nothing that might
lessen the chances OF Omaha securing the
colonel
Colonel Roosevelt Is going through
Omaha September ? for Cheyenne" said
Mr. MelIor. and that would be a week
before the fair. so it would do US no good
to secure him for the fair crowd. II he
stops over in Omaha more people would
get to sec him and it would not interfere
with the crowds which are coming 70 the
state fair"
Not I'd to Legal Department..
Being in Omaha today. Governor shallen-
berger did not set 10 ask the opinion OF
the attorney general on the legality OF ar
exhibition OF the Jeffries-Johnson prize
fight pictures Mr.. Thompson said he had
not looked up the law in the matter, but
II he had TO pass on the question it might
be probable he would have 10 see the pic
lures first In fact the defeat OF Jeffries
was the first prize fight disappointment the
attorney general has had since the defeat
OF John L. Sullivan by CorbetG
Consolidation of Rural schools.
Superintendent Bishop has just issued a
forty-page bulletin on the Consolidation Of
Rural Schools" Consolidation. is explained
IS meaning the uniting Of two. three OF
more small and weak schools into one that
shall be large enough in point OF members
to be interesting. and strong enough In
the way OF money to afford comfortable
Building. two OF more good teachers and
reasonable facilities for work Il also
means that outlying territory with but few
children shall be combined with a nearby
school that is strong. rather than remain
Izuorganized into a separate but weak dis
4rict In its fullest sense it means the unit
ing OF all the schools OF a township intC
one or two so located as to be most &C