Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Nebraska
TRAIN SERVICE SUFFICIENT
State Railway Commission Decides
Complaint on Omaha Road.
CR0FT0N AND BLOOMFIELD LINES
Board Reserves Right to Grant
Further Reduction of Cattle
Train Service on These
q Branches.
(From a staff Correspondents

LINCOLN, March a&-(Special. THE
State Railway commission has decided
that the train service On the Croftnn and
Bloomfield branches of the Omaha road
il ample and nsed not be increased, and
in addition it reserves the right to permit
the service to be decreased when the
stock shipments become lighter.
The South Omaha Live stock exchange
was the complainant and the desire Of
the complainant was TO obtain service
which would land stock from those
branches on the South Omaha market
at as advantageous times as It now
reaches the Sioux City market. The
commission holds that the company Is
giving reasonable service TO shippers and
that Sioux City is entitled to the natural
advantages which it enjoys by reason Of
nearness to the towns and general direc-
tion of the roads in question. The service
which may be discontinued when the
stock, shipments are light Is a Sunday
train run especially to land live stock on
the market Monday morning.
PlninvieN Files Complaint.
The town of Plalnview. through Fred
III. Free has filed complaint with the
Railway commission setting forth that
Piainvicw is town of more than 1000
inhabitants and gives the Northwestern
road more than 5000 worth of business
each year and that in return the COM
pany maintains an Old delapidated and
poorly ventilated depot. which is also
Inadequate in size. lie also asserts that
-, ..ss., - l.. I,-s s.Fs ska
vintage of 1861 or thereabOuts, that the
patrons are furnished water from an old
pump instead Of being served the fine
brand served by the town water works
- stem. The petition also sets out that
the ONeiil branch of the Burlington has
a depot 600 feet distant and that this Is
inconvenient to many people who desire
10 transfer from one road to the other.
and 1t is asked the commission not only
order the Northwestern to build a new
depot, but that it be either an union sta
tion Of the two roads or that the depots
lie near enough TO each other to be con-
Nenient.
L. G. Magri OF the STATE Pardon board
went to Washington tonight on legal
business. While gone he will visit Il
number of eastern penal institutions 10
get what pointers he can for the benefit
of the state.
Guyc Makes Inspection.
Il V. Guye, labor commissioner, has
returned from Omaha and Plattsmouth,
in which places he inspected forty-four
manufacturing establishments to see that
tho law was being complied with In re.
gard to fire escapes. protection of dan
eerous machinery and sanitation. Sew
eTal employers were instructed TO make
some MINOR changes.
Niliiken 10 Bring suit.
T. :. Mllliken, whose wife and daughter |
We're killed while picking up coal on a
Rock Island crossing near this city. jan
uarS ., last. has asked for, letters OF ad- |
n,inistration OH thcir estates preparatory !
10 bringing suit against the railroad |
company for damages.
Mrs. Mary \. Mitchell VAS given a |
Judgment today In Justice Stevens court |
against her grandson, Ira Iludkins. for /
three weeks wages and S. money loaned /
while Mrs. Mitchell was at the IIudkins' |