Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-28
Nebraska

Is authorized 10 reissue. The remainder
Of the original issue. slosS.ooo can only
be issued as rapidly as their predecessors
are paid and retired. leaving the equip
ment mortgage no greater than II origin
ally was. II is set out that the money
derived. from the bonds Is TO be used
for the purchase Of equipment and to re-
imburse the company money paid for
equipment out Of funds derived from
other sources than bond issues.
4. p. Rtgsht-of-Wsy.
The railway commission was occupied
today hearing testimony regarding the
Union Pacific company. II. Borten Of the
company arrived At his conclusions OF the
value OF the right-of-wsy In cities by
adding sSs per cent to the assessed value
Of similar lands and then using the null
iple OF two as the segregated value OF
the lands. The states experts take issue
with both the method Of arriving at the
actual value OF the land and also main
tain that the multiple used as the segre-
CATION value is correct. asserting that 1t
is too high.
Emmett stays Win state.
f. f.. Emmett state bank examiner.
who was offered a position as national
bank examiner, has concluded he does not
want the job. but prefers to keep the
one he has with the state. This will be
bad news for large Rumber Of persons
who had applied for the position Of state
bank examiner when Mr.. Emmett should
vacate the place.
C. NJ. Penny OF the state superinten-
dents office. was at Auburn Sunday
when the storm blockaded the roads and
was not able to get home until today.
state Buy. some Land.
The state is buying triangular piece
Of ground containing one and one-half
acres TO add TO the grounds OF the tuber-
culosis hospital at Hearney. paying there
for 500. The tract lies between the
present grounds and the direct road from
the hospital building to the public high
way and the state purchase was to enable
the institution to have a more direct
outlet The land was the property OF
Frank II. Gilchrist.
Two Men Pardoned.
Harry Davis. sentenced for forgery. and
Reynolds. sent up from Adams
county for mayhem. were pardoned today
from the penltentiary. The pardons were
issued yesterday. but the men served an
extra day because OF the blockaded condl-
ton OF the street railway making II
Impossible to reach the city. Both men
are to be turned over 10 the Kansas City
Society for the Friendless. which win
care for them until they can obtain en-
ployment.
Opposed to Changing Rule.
Local Methodist ministers have been In
terviewed on the proposal. which will
come before the next general conference
Of the church, TO be held in Minneapolis
TO lift the ban on dancing Without ex-
ceptlon the local clergy OF that church.
so far as seen. are opposed TO changing
the rule Of the church. One OF them. In
close touch with the students at Wes-
leyan university, said he was sure a great
majority OF the student body at that In 4
stitution was also opposed TO dancing.
The proposition has been up before every
general conference for many years, and
has as regularly been voted down. though
the majority has been gradually decreas-
Ing. In many pastorates Of the church,
especially in the cities. the provision OF
the discipline has been a dead letter ex-
cept 90 far that the church has never
sanctioned tho practice.
snow Disposal scrious. iii
Snow disposRl Is a serlons problem for
the city. cafking. otfsssse vast quantity
would entsii an expense which the city
does not feel able to bear, Street labor-
ers cleared the cutters in the downtown
district and the experiment Of flushing
the streets from hydrants was tried with
Indifferent success.
Water Fiiing on. Middle Loup.
Il. d. Bennett OF New York City, In
behalf OF himself and capitalists. has filed
a claim for water right on the Middle
Loup river near Arcadia. The plans con-
template the expenditure OF $4,000 to
erect a hydro-electric plant, which Il Is
anticipated will sell power and light 10
Grand Island. York, Hastings and numef-
Gus other towns and cities within the
radius OF the profitable distribution OF
current from the plant. His filing calls
for so cubic feet OF water per second
and by the erection of a dam twenty
six feet high he expects to develop 1900