Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-05
Nebraska
LINCOLN USES COMMISSION
Railway Board Occupied Hearing
Traction Company Affairs.
MANY KICKS ARE REGISTERED
Governor Receives Invitation to
Make Trip SOuth-Death of
Mother of Ex-Spenker
MOckett,
Many KICKS ARE REGISTERED
lFrom a staff correspondent.l

commission has proved q good
for the people of Lincoln, who are
trying to force the Lincoln Traction com
Dany to observe the golden rule. The
latest complaint against the traction com
pany, which has simply been reported to
the commission without a forma COM
plant being filed has to do with the
decision Of the company to issue transfers
for East o street from the South Eight
eenth street line to be used at Eighteenth
and o streets. This makes the passenger
walk from N street to o street to get his
o street car instead of riding to Twelfth
and ., the junction. Coming back west
on o street the person desiring to go south
on Eighteenth must get off at Eighteenth
and o and walk across to N and take his
car there. This was the experience Of a
man who went to University Place RECENTLY.
While informal complaints are made to
the traction company almost daily and
some times oftener the traction company
has taken up considerable time of the COM
mission in hearing formal complaints. In
fact the State Railway commission has
practically become the Lincoln City com
mission, which the people desired so much
at the hands of the late legislature.
The commission was organized in 1907
and formal complaint No. 3 was filed
against the Lincoln Traction company and
the Citizens Street Railway mpan This
complaint was filed June7, 1907, and it was
for a fare of six tickets for % cents. Testi-
mony was taken July Is, 1920 and from
July "a to q, inclusive, and on July 81. The
order for the fares was finally made Sep
TENDER rs, after the commission had pom
dered the subject most of August, having
1t in mind since June.
Then came formal complaint No. "a
gains the two companies to prevent over
capitalization. That was filed January %,
1908. 1t was heard February % and finally
the commission completed it's consideration
of the matter and issued an order May 8,
1908.
Formal complaint No. 70 is also against
the Traction company and 1t was filed
November 1, 1909, and 1t is still pending,
hearings having been held December 20 to
"a and January 4 and s. This complaint is
to squeeze the water out of the corporation
stock. .
The people Of Lincoln have found the
Railway commission a handy piece of city
government.
To Make A~erOpIanes.
The first company organized in Nebraska
to manufacture and rent aeroplanes filed
it's articles of Incorporation with the Sec
rotary of State this afternoon. The di-
rectors of the company are H. E. Wilcox,
H. II. Mcdonald and Charles A. Merz,
and the headquarters are in Omaha. The
capital stock Of the company is SIS, 900,
divided into shares of $3.50 each. The COM
pany will also manufacture and rent au-
tomobiles and other motor vehicles.
Dispute Over Pay.
d. E.. W. Jones. who as foreman has
had charge of the work at the Norfolk
asylum on the new buildings, was before
the Board of Public Lands and Buildings
this afternoon and had a dispute with
Land Commissioner Cowles regarding pay
due him. Jones informed the board that
his salary was $40 per week and expenses.
His expense the first week which was
for livery hire going to and from the
institution to Norfolk was SO. So he in
formed the board Mr.. Cowles instructed
him to put in a bill for $40 and pay his
own expenses. This he had done until
recently when Mr.. Cowles objected to
that 50. Mr.. Cowles insisted that he had
not given Jones AUTHORITY to put in an ex-
pense bill of 50 a week but simply to in
clude in his check his actual expenses.
The board held up the matter until the
contractor could be communicated with.
Governor Invited south.
Governor Shallenberger has been invited
by Governor Gilchrist of Florida to be
present upon the occasion of the celebration
of the anniversary of the beginning of the
work on the Panama canal February 70 to
26. The celebration will be held at Tampa.
Governor Shallenberger probably will be
unable to attend.
Report ON state Prison.
T.. ". Smith. warden of the state peni-
tertiary, in his monthly report filed with
the governor today for the month of jan
uary, shows there are 436 convicts in the
prison at this time; eleven were received
and sixteen discharged while in prison; two
while on parole and one prisoner was pa.
rolled. Two prisoners forfeited ten days
good time each for loud laughing and talk.
ing In their cells after having been called
down by the guard. During the month
1880 was received from persons who paid
to be escorted through the prison.
At the meeting of the Cement Users as.
ISOLATION the following officers were
elected: President, II. c.. McCord, Column
bus; vice president, c. F. Lille, NORTH
Bend; secretary-treasurer, Peter Palmer
Oakland; directors for two years, T. C
Dougherty of Auburn, C. ]. Tracy of LouI
City and 1. Z. W~alenpaugh Of Western
Three of the directors of last year will hole
over until the next convention. They ar,
Frank Burger, Hastings; ]. NJ. Kreiger
Rising City; H. r. Park. Bruning.
saloon Man Pays AIimOny.
Mrs. Eleanor Straw recovered a judg
ment for 1882 Friday in the district court
of Lancaster county against Frank Effen.
berger. a Nebraska City saloon keeper, foi
the alleged debauchery Of her husband
Frank Straw. The jury returned with tn,
verdict shortly after 2 o'clock Friday. No
tice Vas given hat an appeal would b,
taken. The case was peculiar in that Mrs
Straw asserted she was entitled to dam
ages because her husband was unable I,
pay the alimony she was granted with
divorce decree
Strobe to he Candidate.
]. B. Strobe, deputy county attorney. viii
be a candidate for count attorney at tn
next election.
Mr.. Strobe Friday declared that he woul
run, He said: This present county at
torney, Mr.. Tyrrell, has said he would no
run again, 50 that ] intend to contest 10
the position. shall have no definite plat
form, at least for the present. have al
ways favored progressive policies. such a
Roosevelt advanced. and nave always bee