Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-17
STOCK YARDSTORAISE RATES
Permit to Double Switching Charges
is Granted.
STATE COMMISSION MAKES ORDER
Railroads Must Absorb the Advance
or show Cause why They should
Not DO So On or Before
October "a.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CFrom a Staff Correspondent)

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LINCOLN Sept 16-CSpeciaI )-rhe state
Railway commission has granted the re-
quest OF the Union stock yards OK South
Omaha TO Increase It's switching rates and
IT has ordered that the charges be alb
sorbed by the railroads interested. TIE
order takes effect October "a The railroads
have until October IT to make showing
asainst the order Testimony was taken
on several Occasions fff1this case, the rail--
roads and ethsr Updike-uraln company APP
pearing in opposition to the proposed in
crease, and considerable effort was made to
learn the true value OF the stock yards.
Inasmuch. however. as the values OF the
property of the company as fixed by the
company and by Engineer Hurd were very
/ far apart. the commission did not take
this Item into account in permitting the in
crease in rates. The request was granted
| because the commission believed the
charges desired to be made by the stock
yards were reasonable and just for the
service performed and in line with charges
made by the railroads one against the
! other In the matter OF the value the com
| mission held that the charges are not vet
sufficient to guarantee a proper return on
the investment as found by the parties in
vestiEatinE
On this subject the commission said
Commissioner winnett writing the decision:
The evidence submitted as to the value
OF the property was conflicting, that found
by the applicant being s.. 591, $50, while the
experts employed by the commission re-
ported 1t TO be s1.725.719. The principal diff
ference was in the real estate. the value
found by the applicant being 81, ,27s, 500 and
that OF the commissions experts ss7l, ,49s. II
is clear that the increases asked for by the
, n apf xxi1I taIr nf tt,,,
and pay a fair return on either OF the
values placed on the property at the hear
ing.
by reason OF the foregoing and for the
further reason that the commission is at
present engaged in the valuation OF the
various railroad properties in the state, In
cluding the terminals in South Omaha and
Omaha, adjacent to applicants property, II
is deemed proper to defer the fixing Of a
value on applicants property until such
time as the commission shall have received
and considered all evidence that may be
offered regarding the values OF the ad-
joining railroad properties
With the exception of the rates charged
for the switching OF cCTr OF live stock
which was Increased from IS cents to g.
all Of the items In the order are new rates
The order OF the &C ccmmiss.on provides the
following rates;
! First-For live stock rs4e.ved from or de-
, ivered 70 connecting lines, 81 per car.
Second-For cars loaded with cinders OF
rubbish and cars loaded for Omaha proper
81 per car.
Third-For grain and other commodities
from connecting lines delivered to the Up
dixie elevator, 81 per car. For commodite:
other than grain delivered from the Updik,
elevator to connecting lines. s. per car
| Fourth-For cars ordered and placed fo
loading, but not used and returned empty
: 81 per car.
} Fifth - For locomotives and passengei
|, equipment delivered direct from one con
Meeting line to another connecting line O
received from or delivered to a connecting
; line, IS per car Cor locomouve).
E Provided that a tariff in conformity
8 herewith. canceling all conflicting issues
= shall have first been published and file'
: with the commission
: 1T is further ordered that the switch
: ing charges herein authorized, except Oi
= car ordered and placed for loading, bu
: not used shall be absorbed by the con
Meeting carrier for which service is per
= formed, in all cases where freight charge
amount 70 fifteen dollars Cs15) per car o
more, and where freight charges amount L
less than fifteen dollars 0l5) per car. sucl
portions Of switching charges shall b
absorbed as will leave carrier the sam
! net revenue as would accrue to IL afte
l absorption OF such switching charge out o
freight charge Of fifteen dollars 0i5) pc
car
1T Is further ordered that all connectin
, carriers Affected by this order may ar
! pear IN the office OF the commission o
!. Mondey October Il. 1910. and show eaus.
/, II any there be. why the same shoul
not become effective as oforesaid."