Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-29
FOR CONTROL OF BIC MUDDY
Burkett Hopes to Secure Funds to
Protect Water Plant.
SENATE COMMITTEE OPPOSED
stands ont for Favorable Report of
Engineer Board, which Has
Not Yet Been
Secured.

WASHINGTON March 2S.-(special Tele-
gram.)-senator Burkett appeared before
the senate committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. today in support of his
amendment to the river and harbor bill
appropriating $4,000 to protect the banks
of Missouri in the vicinity Of Florence. and
water works adjacent thereto against the
encroachment OF that stream.
Senator BurISett was requested to present
this amendment by the park board, the
county commissioners OF Douglass county,
the county surveyor and those in charge
of the Florence waterworks. Senator Bur-
kett early realized tho lie was up against
hard proposition for the interstate and
foreign commerce committee of the senate
is inslstent that appropriations for river
and harbors should have the sanction Of
the engineer board of the army, which does
not exist In this case. However with q
map and a good deal of forceful language
he showed the committee that II the river
in and about Florence was not stopped
from washing away the banks, Omaha
would be without water supply and that
this being an interstate stream under the
supervision Of the government, 1t behoves
congress to get busy and do something for
the protection Of citizens along the banks
Of the Big Muddy o..
While Senator Burkett is not overly en-
thusiastic about securing the amount asked
for, he believes he will get somthing of
an appropriation and possibly survey,
which will give a status to the case
Des MOines Opinion Filed.
Commissioner Cockrell Of the Interstate
Commerce commission today formally
filed his opinion In the case of the Greater
Des Moines committee against the Chicago
Great Western Railway company and
others in which the complainant charges
discrimination against Des Moines in favor
Of other cities, notably st. Paul and Min
neapolis on north, and st. Louis, Kansas
City and st. Joseph on south, ordering that
the complaint be dismissed very full
examination on the part of the commission
was had on this complaint and the de-
clsion reached Is signed by the full COM
mission.
In the case Of the Acme Cement Plaster
company against the Chicago North
western Railway company and others
Commissioner Prouty today decided against
the railway and ordered that on or before
May 10 and for a period of not less than
two years thereafter it shall abstain from
exacting its present rates for transportation
Of cement plaster in carloads from Nor
folk, Neb.. upon the defendant company's
lines in Nebraska and South Dakota The
commission fixes In cents these rates per
hundred pounds from Norfolk to the fol-
lowing points, with minimum carload
weight of $1,000 pounds:
Creighton, Neb Z: Verdigre Neb., 8;
NiobFara, Neb., 8; Nerdel Neb., 81 Monowl
Neb., 9: Lynch. Neb., 8; Bristow, Neb., 10
Spencer, Neb., II; Anoka, Neb., IL; FalT-
fax s. D., 10; Bonesteel S. D., "a; Her
rick, S. D.. IA; Burke, S. D., 16; Gregory
S. D., IS; Dallas s. d., II.
r. ]. Clancy Of the Union Pacific tax de-
partment, who has been in Washington for
the last day OF two on business connected
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