Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
PULLEy RATES LOEER
Charges Are Cut Down By Interstate
Commerue Commission
UPPER BERTH F0R LESS EOEET
81 Faul Gets Hetter Hare 10 Can-s-
short Nizhf-s Jsu-aev shauId
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WARRINGTON anrl 1l--rha Interstate
Ccnnerre ccurnlss1o1- n a decision mas.
held L. tn De- ~uu.-ut ard uu-sascnabir--
FOR -le pullman cempH1r CD -iarrs equally
frr lie urper and lower berrhs l1 jar
sleeping cars. Dt@srenttnl chnrEes ara 1r-
dered ln several instances and Pullman
rates from Chicnso t1 tire Pacific are orr
dered reduced
Alrhuugh tals ruling 1f ths co-uuisHiun
lr1erg reiiuctiUnH "a rates whirh we're
SPECIFICALLY and formally ecmplalned Of n
recnEulEed as the opening wedge for
-sad.uztment of sleepins ear rates WIEN
ever shev exceed ne Average which the
commission mas found uo be INST and
-aaEunaale n teese lrHtancEE IRE Pull
nan compaur. q ls sad. Eiu -a--- -=e
decision to tire courts
rhe commission r-lled tnar tHe present
Pullman rate of 81 from St Paul % the
Pacific coas- was 500 hlEn and ordered Z
reduced % Uh The present rate uf e. fur
an upper berth Vas ordered rr-duced 70
$50 SNORT niEhrs 5Lur1ev the com
mission holds should not carry q rars of
more than r-5s for lower berth and 81
f5r a1, upper The rate 1f g. which the
company -as ual1rained from ST paul %
Farrn ~ DE- ~ miles ls Ordered reduced
acrur-1inElv-
The prevailing upper berth rate af E-58
iH reduced 70 E-lD between 81 Paul and
superior WIS. ard The upper 6e % -a-e
between s. Paul and Grand Forks is
reducad rrum q TO UM The rates pre-
valllng a-e approved for lower bsrths.
The report. written by Curu1niss5uuer
Franklin r. Lane. 10 brief and does not
disclose taze szhauative examination which
was made II rhH Pullman cumpHny's az
fairs. bur the record shows the couuIiH-
sion iEVesrsE cation Of the sleeping car
-umpazy-s contracts and the general SIS
rem Of charges. and earnings The EEurHs
reveal aauual dividends Of nearly 81
gea 90 from -Es9 10 19as inclusive.
The inveatlEzr5on showed thar the a-noun,
carried to surplus annually atd not fail
lar snort of the annual dividends of per
cent thar IN Ig7s a cash dividend az g. 28a
4 t8s was paid uut 0f accumulated surplus.
N 1igg a special STOCK dividend Of 80 per
cent amounting To SIS. Ea8la. was declared
and In r9gT another Of Is per cent amount
nE 10 ssEM5.Es we're divided During a
period of eleven years 81. 188s88 n spaoaal
cash and STOCK dividends ware PAID n ad.
dtrun 10 the annual unez-
In zg8s the STOCK Of the cuupanv was in
creased frum Sss.lgl0 la8.la9 70 EDa. .ua o9a o.
which SS1laaa.9aa is accounted TOR BY &C
QUESTION nf Wagner Palace Car company
The remainder Of Increase Of SsAaaBRN rep
rszsuts capitalization af surplus The rec
ord shows thai additional capital va,
put IN
Carporarf0n Tax Lew.
Attorney General Wickersnam has De
Gsdsd that assessment levied under rhe &C
imposing lax al z per cent on the ne
-a a..
of the United States from the time II VA
cHired from the collector. az internal rev
enue of the district IN whira zlca cor
porat5uR 4 Ioczrsd-
Many Letters had been recrived az IA
lursrna3 revenue bureau from tide ex
smin.ng companies A. % uas dars was,
t-ls assessment beuzme a iAE. and 5ecre
-arv MacEeaE ASKED ne attorney seu
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