Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-03
Nebraska
AUDITOR STILL AFTER CASH
All But Ten Thousand Paid in by
Insurance Men.
SLIGHT HITCH IN PROCEEDINGS
Seward Telephone Company Inauir-
ing as TO What IL VIII Do
for Long-Distanee Con-
lections.
FrOm a staff Correspondent

From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. s-tSpeciall-A
slight hitch has developed in the settle
ment of the Union Fire Insurance com
pany muddle growing out Of the pay
ments of money TO former officials 10
procure their designations TO permit the
consolidation with the Woodmen Fire.
The total amount paid was se6,Oea, and
of this all but $1,000 has been returned
to Auditor Barton as trustee, who will
hold it until the courts decide whether II
belongs to the Union or WoOdman COM
pany.
The official who has not paid up Is T.
j. Bromfield. former manager Of the
Union, who received $4,000. He is now
at Hot Springs. Ark. for the benefit of
his health, but through his attorney is
negotiating with Auditor Barton. He ex-
presses a willingness 10 return the
money, but claims an offset. In part, for
the amount In the receipt which he
gave for the money when paid is a clause
which reads:
Elm consideration Of the above amount,
i agree and bind myself to devote as
much Of my time to the promotion Of the
Union Fire Insurance company Of Lin
coin, Neb., as my health will permit. and
assist in the adjustment of losses, and
when requested, advise and assist in the
MANAGEMENT Of said company, and /
further agree not to engage in any bust
ness which will conflict with the fulfill
ment of this agreement before December
y. MA .-.
Seeks Pay for Services.
Mrs Bromfield insists that under this
agreement he performed certain work for
the company and that either the COM
pany should pay It or some Of the present
officers should reimburse him, II he Is
10 pay back the entire amount received.
Just what work II was intended he should
do under the contract is not specified In
its entirity, or just what services he
actually rendered are not given out.
Mr.. Barton, of course, does not care
Il the others desire to pay Bromfield some
portion of the money. but what interests
him is to get back the $1,000.
He is Of the opinion that the present
hitch will at most only delay the settle
ment and that the entire amount will be
maid in soon, and II II is not done before
the money will be forthcoming on the
return Of Mr.. Bromfield from the springs
Empty Cars Are Few.
At the office Of the railway commission
Il was stated today that 50 far as COM
plants made to them the car shortage
was not acute at present, but that II
might easily become so at any time. for
reports from the railroads Indicated there
was no surplus OF cars at any point and
that they were operating on hand-to-
MOUTH basis under (which any Increase In
grain or coal traffic would cause trouble
Unless bad operating weather intervenes'
however, they expect to be able to move
all grain with reasonable promptness.
The state treasurer's office is busy TAX
ing up outstanding registered warrants
about $500 worth being presented the
first day under the call and approximately
the same amount today. On February l.
the date Of the call it was estimated
there was outstanding about s26Sooo in
registered warrants. These are all being
taken up with general fund money and
cancelled and current warrants, for the
present are being cashed on presentation
with school investment funds.
Hotel Inspection,
X. d. MeFadden, hotel inspector, and
his two deputies have up to date inspected
an af tho
state He reports that as a rule the hotel
men are perfectly willing TO comply with
any suggestions made and that In going
over some Of the territory already COW
cred they find material improvements in
conditions. He says that the manner in
which the bed sheet law is complied with
is amusing In some instances.
The hotel proprietors have provided the
sheets required. but do not know how TO
use them. One of the principal faults
found with the hotels is the lack Of fire
protection or means Of escape from the
buildings in case Of fire. Few of the
hotels in smaller towns are provided with
chemical fire extinguhshers or standpipes
and hose as provided by law.
Plans for New Buildings.
Plans have been received from the state
architect for the new building at the
Kesrney tuberculosis hospital. They call
for a main building. 5exS2 feet and two
stories high, with wings 1O0x27 feet. one
story high. The open character OF the
building renders construction cheap and
It is anticipated they can be erected for