Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-14
Nebraska
ASK RAISE IN SWITCH RATE
Union Pacific Makes Request Affect
ing Inter-City Charges Here.
AFFECTS ALL BUT THE PACKERS
Hearing WIN Ne Granted should II
BE Desired by Business Men
Secretary MeIIor Tells
Fair Finances.
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NFNrom starr tCorreSpondent)
LINCOLN, Sept. 19,-CspeciaL) The
Union Pacific railroad has applied to the
State Railway Commission for permission
to change its switching rates between
Omaha and South Omaha to l per cent
per hundred weight with minimum
weight Of $1,000 pounds. The rates, should
the request be granted. will be increased
over the present rates 81 a carload or from
"a to IS a car The request applies to all
commodities except ftesh meat and pack
ing house commodities. Shipments under
Glasses A. b. c. d and e viii be affected
together with several comodities for which
special rates are made, such as lumber,
coal cattle and other commodities.
The commission has Informed the com
mercial clubs of the two cities, the pack
ing houses and other parties who are
likely to be interested and they will be
granted hearing II one is desired before
the rates are allowed.
Part of Request Granted.
The railway commission has granted
permission TO the Independent Telephone
company of Omaha TO include South
Omaha and Florence in its Omaha rate
schedule The question of permitting the
company to furnish telephones free of
charge in South Omaha until 1000 tele-
phones are installed has not yet been de-
cided by the commission.
Must Use Spur Track.
The State Railway commission has denied
the request OF the Rock Island railroad
for permission to discontinue the use of
its spur track to University Place. The
railroad. when ordered TO erected a depot
at University place asked that 1t be per-
mitted to place the building on its spur
track instead of the main line, but this
IN
stop using the spur track and today that
request was denied.
state Fair Statement.
Secretary w. II. Mellor of the state fair
board has issued the following authentic
financial statement OF the condition of the
State Board OF Agriculture funds:
From present information this year 5
receipts from the state fair in round num-
bers will amount to $4,000
THE amount on hand at the last winter
meeting was $40, 1919.
1.-THE total cost of the 1910 fair and State
Board of Agriculture to date is S675OOOO and
will reach approximately $4,000 by the
end OF the year, from present unpaid
claims and in the usual order Of business
Should further improvements be ordered
this season, 1t will increase above expendi>
lures.
"Of the above surplus, $4,000 is In our re-
serve fund, for rainy day. $4,000 win
be necessary to run to the next fair, and
the remainder can be used for improve
ments."
Reduces Corporation Tax.
The city council has fixed the occupation
tax to be paid by the Lincoln Traction
company at per cent. Of the gross re-
CENTS annually THE company formerly
-
mission compelled the company to give six
tickets for 25 cents on the Havelock line,
the company appealed to the council to re-
duce it's occupation tax and the council re-
sponded
COwles' Case In Supreme Court.
The suit of Edward b. Cowles, appellee
against Harriet Cowes, appellant. has
reached the supreme court from jefferson
county The suit is over the title to a
quarter section of land In Jefferson county
The appellee contends that he bought the
land in 1879 and later had the deed to 1t
made out to his mother to hold in trust
for him. Before his mothers death he had
her transfer the land to his sister to hold
y in trust The suit is now over the owner
ship of the land. Cowles set out that he
had at all times collected the rent for the
land, improved 1t and lived on it and at
no time until recently has the appellant
claimed an interest in it. The land was
transferred to his mother. 1t is set out, to
avoid being harassed by a party who had
secured judgment against him. though at
the time, the place being his home
stead II was judgment proof. In the
lower court Mr.. Cowles won out and in his
brief. filed in the supreme court today,
he Is asking that the decision be affirmed.
Mr.. Cowles is land commissioner.
Hoover Appeals from Judgment.
A. l.. Hoover has appealed from the de-
cision OF the Lancaster district court, which
gave Emma C. Tyler damages to the
amount OF $500 for personal injuries re-
ceived in a collision between the Hoover
automobile and the Tyler carriage. The
plaintiff alleged that Hoover was driving
his machine at a rate of speed more than
twenty miles an hour and he was con the
wrong side of the street the accident being
due wholly to his carelessness, She sued
for S1O5O0