Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-07
ROAD Will NOT GIVE NAMES
Union Pacific Declines to Tell Who
Hold Passes.
NOTE TO IOWA BOARD TELLS WHY
Claim All Are for Interstate Travel,
which Does Not Affect state
james l.. Mason IL
Dead.
tFrom a staff correspOndent.l

(From a staff Correspondent.)
DES MONIES, la, Feb. 5. (Special.)-
The Union Pacific railroad has declined to
make out list of the pass holders OF the
railroad residing in Iowa, and in a note
to the secretary OF the state executive
council states that all the passes are for
interstate business and that the state laws
do not affect the same. Several of the
lsrge roads report merely few pass hold
ers, chiefly the railroad commission and
clerks. The Des Molnes interurbsn road
reports list Of 477 persons to whom passes
were issued last year.
New Railroad Cases.
During the last week there were thirty
new cases filed with the railroad commits
sioneT. Nine of these referred to failure
to furnish cars for grain and live stock;
four were concerning delay in coal ship
ments; two were with reference TO station
service at Lamont and Eldora; one was an
application for reduced rate on broken
stone and another for reduced rate on
screenings and stone dust; one was an ap-
plication for the printing OF an Iowa ex-
press classification; two concerning dam
age and delay in transit Of freight one
was application for reduced rating
on lard In tubs; three we're concerning
proper charges to be made for switching
service; two were petitions by railroad
companies, one asking for a change in
the rule relating to shipments Of eggs to
conform to the western classification and
the other requesting an advance in the
minimum carload weight on flour and
other mill stuffs In Iowa from A,0OO pounds
to $1,000 pounds; one was for telephone In
depot and one was with reference to
drainage. The following cases were closed;
Wtatman & Ehmke, Pioneer, against MS
souri, q 81. Louis Railroad company. De-
lay in coal shipments. Car traced and de-
lvered.
Interstate Lumber company, Alexander,
against Iowa Central Railway company.
Delay in coal shipments. Car traced and
r. N seydell, Ladora, against Chicago.
Rock Island Il Pacific Railway company.
B. L. Pyle, Mafshalkown, against Iowa
Central Railway company. Delay In
transit. Car delivered.
b. Gulick, Denison, against Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company. Station
service. Company agreed to erect shelter
Des Moines Coal g. Feed Co., ag ainst st.
Paul & Des Moines Railroad company.
Delay In setting coal cars. Company re-
moved cause for complaint.
A. B Gregory, Marshalltown, against
Iowa Central Railway company. Alleged
confscation of coal. Company denied
having confiscated coal
Conventions ON Highways.
A series of highway conventions in all
the counties of the state will be held
within the next two, months. About the
first of the year Secretary Simpson of
the State Board Of Agriculture, sent out
notice to all county Officials concerning the
new law which practically requires the
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tees and county officials for the consider
alton Of highway matters and for decid-
ing upon plans for systematic road build
ing. 1t is also provided that at such con-
ventions the matter of weed destruction
shall be constderedgo already he has re-
ceived reports of apyhalf dozen of these
meetings called BY means of this notice
and the work of the new law great inter
est is being aroused In the state in the
matter OF reinforcement and application Of
the present road laws of the state.
PSSt3Yfice Vote is Asked.
Congress- Frank P. Woods of the Tenth
district, who is now lowas members Of the
republican Congressional committee, has
asked the patrons Of the postoffice OF
Emmetsburg, in Palo Alto county, to mail
him their votes on choice for postmaster.
recommended to him as willing to accept
the office. He asks full vote and
promises to- recommend the man who has
been most recommended by the patrons.
Almost Immediately after making this an
nouncement, a candidHte for congress
against Woods was bkought out in the
person of l.. II. Mayne of Emmetsburg,
and IL is stated that an effort is being
made to bring out other candidates in dif-
ferent parts of the district There is no
thought, however, that Woods can be dis
placed.
Power Sites Are Wanted.
News comes from down the Des Moines
river to the effect that private corporations
are taking over land along the river, which
is so. located as to command several power
sites that have long been neglected. In
of the activity OF the local site would be
valuable and soon thereafter 1t was pur-
chased by private parties.
Brown May Not Run.
President Brown of the State Grain
Dealers association stated before leaving
for his home last week, that he might
not make the race for state railroad COM
missioner. He Is banker and farmer, is
head of large cooperative concern at Rock
well and is a member of the Board Of Su-
pervisOrs; and he has had no notion Of
getting into state politics on his own ac-
count. clifford Thorne. the other cand-