Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-03
Nebraska
CALL RAIL COMMISSIONERS
Nebraska Board Seeks Uniformity L
Physical Valuation.
STOCK YARDS HEARING OVE2
Protest Against Raise in Ferd Rate
Made Theory Patron. of
Yards DO Not Get Benefit
of Reductions.

Nfrum a stan Correspondent
LINCOLN. Neh.. Aug. 2-CSpecial The
Nebraska state Railway commission today
Issued a call TO the railway commissions
Of al tho states now having physical valu-
alton departments asking that they be the
guests Of the local commission at a meet
lEE 10 be held here August ~. THE purpose
a the meeting Is to discuss q uniform svs-
TEN fer the valuing OF the property Of rail-
reads
The call was sent 10 the departments Of
tho following states: California. Minnesota,
New Jersey, Iowa, Kansas Mich gan, Ore
Eon. South Dakota Texas, Washington and
Wisconsin.
The movement fnauEurated by the Ne
lTashR commission follows a trip taken by
Z. J. Gates Of the physical department 10
different points and commissions in Other
states. Mr.. Gates found the demand grow
ins for some arrangement whereby results
Of physical valuation could be better ar
rived al and with less expense than At
present.
Feed Charge Hearing over.
The state Railway commission has taken
under advisement the request Of the Union
Stock Yards company Of South Omaha for
a raise corn from 81 10 s.10 per bushel
and On hay from $50 10 81 per ton. The
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and a period Of today. was confined largely
the part Of the stock yards men 10 prove
that they could not afford to maintain
the old prices in the face Of present cundi-
tons. Shippers represented by different
associations protested against the proposed
Increase in feeding rates. hnops IN nuTij', r
lr."g the American Live Sto5k association
represented by 7. W. Tomlinson OF Denver
The latter asserted before the commission
that the raise was wholly unJuscified ana
would hit the stockmen If the country
very hard He says THAI the ,Ticcs of hay
and corn may without doubt be higher
this year than for some dme past, but that
they viii probably be much lower next year.
Further, he said, the charges now in effect
have added a good profit to former years
and certainly sufficient to tide over This
season Of possibly higher prices. There
might be some merit in the complaint Of
the stock yards company. IL when prices
were lower they would make their prices
correspondence less, but they do not adopt
such a plan. and ] believe the present
schedule Of prices on an average gives them
ample compensation
south Omaha Protest.
The South Omaha Live Stock Traders
exchange demanded that the stock yards
be required TO show the amount Of hay
and corn purchased and sold by II, price per
ton paid and price per ton for which hay
was sold during 1906 and TO August ] Of
1s11; also 10 show tht average cost per ton
for distributing hay and corn TO customers
II demonstrated on the ground that the
present prices charged by the company are
high enough To earn reasonable returns
upon the investment made by it and de-
voted TO that use; that the proposed rates
for corn and hay are excessive and would
earn an unreasonable return and would
impose upon the public and upon members
of the traders exchange.
Objection TO Assessment.
President Sharp. General Manager
Humpe. Attorney Hainer and Director
BoEgs OF the Lincoln Traction company
were again before the County Board Of
Equalization today, having been granted
a further hearing on their protest against
the valuation placed on the property Of
the corporation by County Assessor Miller.
The traction people assert that their
tracks on paved streets were valued by
the assessor at Sc. 900 per mile. while the
State Railway commission placed the value
OF the same property At from $4,000 to
900 per mile. The county assessor has
valued tracks outside the paved streets at
S24VO0 per mile while upon the same tracks
the rhuNky commission placed a valuation
OF s11eW per mile. Complaint is also made
that the assessor raised the valuation OF
the heat and light plant from 900 to
$4,000
Phones In Ledge Rooms.
An informal" ruling Of the railway com
mission claSsifies lodge and school rooms,
according TO conditions as residence or
business houses far as telephone rates
SO. The original intention of the com
mission was TO take up churches Young
Mems Christian association and other re-
ligious organizations, but no mention Of
such organizations is made in the 'infor-
NAL" ruling. which is as follows:
In the opinion of the commission. tele-
phones installed In ward schools and lodge
rooms where no business offices are main
tanned should pay the individual residence
rate charged by the exchange with which
they are connected
Telephones IN administration buildings
Of schools or IN lodge rooms where per
mHnent offices are maintained for the
Transaction Of business should nav the
business rate Individual or party, accord
ms 70 class Of service rendered"