Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-05
Nebraska
TRACTION PRESIDENT BEES
W. E. Sharpe Of Lincoln Tells
Troubles to Railway Commission.
SNOW BURNS OUT THE MOTORS
Company Caught Unprepared, Though
Machinery Had Been Ordered
Supreme Court Clerk
Reports.
(From a staff Correspondent.)

LINCOLN, Jan. 4-(Special.) 1.-THE taking
OF testimony In the Lincoln traction COM
pany case, wherein COUNTY Attorney Tyr
rell is seeking to dissolve the merger of
the two Lincoln companies by an order
from the railway commission, was resumed
this morning.
President w. e. Sharpe Of the traction
company told of the difficulty Of the COM
pany to give adequate street car service
to the public OF Lincoln because Of the
storm, which occurred before the arrival
of new machinery. which had been ordered
for delivery December 1.
Had this machinery arrived he said the
tractiontraction company would have had
sufficient capacity to handle the merged
company satisfactorily. But even with the
new equipment he said IL would have
been absolutely impossible to give good
service during the snow of the last month.
The company had burned out twenty
eight motors In trying to give a reasonable
service he said, when that equipment
could have been saved had the traction
company simply shut down as the street
car companies of other cities had done.
Philadelphia ne 1aid had shut down it's
plant at 2 o'clock on a Saturday and SER
vice had not been esumed before Monday
at 10 o'clock.
I1ON HNFe soon Outs
Fire which started in an upstairs room
of the building at 1884 o street at the
noon hour threatened for a time to destroy
a half block of buildings. BY hard work,
however, the department confined the
flames to the upper story, though a mil
llnery stock on the ground floor was al
most destroyed by water. The loss
amounted to several hundred dollars.
Big Day for Treasury.
More money was paid into the state
treasury yesterday than on any one day so
far as the office force remembers. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Forbes, bookkeeper, it was
the banner day in the history of the treas
ury. The total amount collected was 101,-
49,. SO. OF this amount A, O02. 80 was interest
on Investments. OF this amount Douglas
county paid $780, 35, Massachusetts 81, 600,
Idaho 5000. School districts and munich
ralities paid the remainder.
Lindsay Makes First Report.
II. c. Lindsay today made his semi-an-
nual report to Governor Shal.enberger
showing the amount of fees collected by
him as clerk g. the supreme court from
July 3 to January 1. The total amount col
lected was 733. So. When cases are filed in
the supreme court a deposit is made to
cover costs, but until the mandate is issued
it is not possible accurately to figure the
costs, so the fees viii begin to count up
more rapidly during the next month, as
The cases are completed.
Cost of Industrial Scheme.
It has cost the state sSl5.11 per capita to
run the industrial school for boys at
Kearney from June I to December /. One
Jear agos tins ner ecaplta st the same in
Stitute was $117.64 and six months ago it
5as $2O4S4.
The total expenditure for maintenance,
officers salaries and employees wages
wages amounted to 500, 1865 and there is
eft in these funds a total of $50. 317.H to
Vun for three months Of the biennium.
The report Of Superintendent Manuel
shows that the institution has now enrolled
lighty-five person. Six officers, eighteen
attendants, four teachers and eighteen
members of families Of officers and en-
ployes have been cared for.
Superintendent Manuel explains the enor-
nous cost of the present administration
by charging II all to his predecessor.
In his report he says the store room was
depleted when he took charge of the school
and he was forced Is begin at once the
buying Of the necessities of life for the
inmates; the institution he said was In a
bad state OF repairs; the boys were poorly
fed and clothed and "the whole plant wore
. detected look" His extraordinary expen
Bes amounted to a total of $4.0S1 .2S; He
has on hand he said merchandise to the
Rmoun OF S1,4SS.34 in excess of what he
had a year ago; farm products to the
amount Of s1,715; cash fund on deposit with
the state treasurer and at the Institution
of A,462.S6. After making these deductions
the superintendent says 1t will show that
the expenditures have not been excessive.
During The year from February 1, the coal
bill has amounted to IS, 211. 80, against an ex-
I penditure OF $s,S46.sS by superintendent
Sherman, so the report says. Mr.. Manuel
says he will be able to continue the work
and come out within the appropriation at
kSe end of the biennium.
In the institution there are under the
heading members OF families, five babies.
eleven children OF school age and two
adults not employed.
johnson Bound over.
HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 4.-(Special)-O
n Johnson, Alfred Barnes and James Horn