Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-19

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arbitrary apportionment of the company;
gross revenue intra state $4,000, inter state
$50, 900, expenses intra state $375OO, inter
state $S7, 800, net revenue intra state $22,50O.
inter state S22, 500. The net revenue should
have been, the said intra state $4,000, and
inter state $4,000 The intra state business
lost 81, 800 and the inter state gained $500.
Mr.. Wettllng gave many examples, taking
the actual figures introduced by the rail-
road company to show that the arbitrary
apportionments was unfair and unjust,
using figures on both passenger and freight
business. Following is an example he gave,
using the passenger figures of the Rock
Island:
Mr.. Nay Gives Figures.
According to the testimony of Mr.. Nay,
auditor of the Rock Island, the revenue
for the year ending June 30, 1902 was:
Passenger interstate, $431, 4O9.5S; intrastate
S1SO, 1S0, the interstate being 1854 per cent
Iof the intrastate; expenses, interstate
$500, ,222. a; intrastate $133, 1858; net oper-
ating expenses, interstate, Sill, 1916; intra-
state $46 393.77.
On the same basis adding to intra rev.
enue so per cent to passenger revenue
the result would be as follows: Interstate,
o: intrastate, $74,S59,33; total revenue pas
senger, Interstate $431, 40s.53; intrastate,
1854, $685. or the interstate revenue would
be 62.S5 per cent of the intrastate revenue.
The example shows that the addition to
the net revenue would be $74, ,S59.33, or $34,-
91s.43 to the Interstate and $Ss, 1880 to the
intrastate, while the interstate business
contributed nothing to the increase.
U. G. Powell and l.. e. Wettling, who
have investigated the earnings of this Rock
Island for the attorney general, have
reached conclusions very different from
those reached by the railroad. Following
are the two statements:
AS shown by Mr.. Nay of tt4r lock
| Island:
Irtrastate passenger earnings. 49,. $780, 1870. 90
Intrastate freight earnings.......... nO,78S. SO
| Intrastate passenger expenses, in
cluding rentals and taxes........., 13S, 6.2S
| Intrastate freight expenses includ-
ing rentals and taxes. .............. 109, III O5
Net earnings from passenger in 80. -
traState 43, S9STl
Net earnings from freight, intra-
state ...............,.......... 1,Ol1bI
(After paying all operating expenses and
| taXes.)
States witness found:
Intrastate passenger earnings. :. .$176, ,007 32
Intrastate freight earnings. 116, ,691 Al
EIntrastate passenger expenses, in
cluding rentals and taxes. ........ 113, 1871
Intrastate freight expenses, includ-
ing rentals and taxes. 81, ,036. Al
Net earnings from passenger, in
Net earnings from freight, intra-
CAfter paying all operating expenses and
taxes)
Slow on Raids.
City Attorney Flansburg has not YET
caused a raid of the Elks club rooms tc
see whether any of the members are get
ting any liquor there Illegally, though a
people were very much up in the air be-
cause an injunction operated to keep the
police out This injunction has been SC
modified that the raid can be made by
the city attorney whenever he gets out q
search warrant and puts up bond.
The impression is out that no raid will
be made on this or other prominent clubs
at least until after election, then If the
town goes dry again the strings will be
drawn little tighter.
One of the papers here which is FOR
one day and against" the next. suggests
t4iat if Havelock goes dry and Lincoln
goes dry then the excise board may change
it's rule and permit the thirsty to ship In
booze without having to go to the station
and sign for 1t themselves. The excise
board, however, has issued no such state
|
every reason to believe that the board
will see to 1t that every effort is made tc
keep liquor out Of the city.
Big Campaign Fund.
The committee of thirty, which has the
management OF the dry campaign in hand
has not selected a secretary though there
are several parties who have been dis,
cussed for the job. Among them are Frank
Harrison, John c. Fremont, McKesson
Dennis Fieharty, Clark, oberlies and
others, The office pays a salary.
1t is the plan of the committee to spend
; 81 900 on election day moving voters 70 the
poles and to that end the finance commit.
tee is now busy at work collecting the
money. Should the vets have campaign
fund Of equal size to spend on the day OF
! election, it is doubtful II there are many
people who walk to the polls
Fight over school Site.
Because the school board delayed gettins
busy on the construction Of a high schoo
building after the land had been secured
and permitted itself to be persuaded &c
change the location, Lincoln is in the
throes of big fight over the proposed
bond issue. The tract bought is known
as the Davenport site at Twenty second
and streets beyond the Rock Island
tracks. The proposed site is near Seven.
teen and ] streets and il bought will cost
the taxpayers $4,000 The opposition n
the Davenport tract is that, II is said. tc
be low land. while many have voiced oh.
lection to the purchase OF the new tract
because Of its cost and the small size ot
the tract Since the agitation started there
10 now argument being offered for separate