Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-28
BRIDGE CASE In HIGH COURT
Xearnev and Buffalo Counties in
Quarrel Over PAYMENT
DEMOCRATS TO MEET TUESDAY
State Committee WIN Hold session
to Arrange for Alternate Dele
gates I'm All Nebraska Dis
tricts-short stock
Cars Go Out.
VIII Hold session
fFrom a Staff Correspondent

braska has been made by Joel Hall
against the payment of a claim by the
Standard Bridge Co.. OF Omaha amount
ing TO ssS2.7s one-half OF the amount
due the company for repairs upon o
bridge on the line between Kearney and
Buffalo counties. Hail denies that Kesr-
rev county ever entered into a contrlc:
to pay the amount claimed by the COM
pany. claiming that the bridge was built
hy Buffalo county alone for its sole bene-
fit at a point where there is not moi
ever as been a public road: that agree
ment Nas then made at the time the
bridge was built that Kearney county
should not at any time be called upon -
help keep il up; that the road was To-
Gated by special act Of the Legislature.
February 49, 1875. He further sets forth
that Franklin and Buffalo counties were
to pay all expenses in the building
the bridge which was put in TO benefit
Kearney Junction, the new county seat.
re papers filed in the casa are very
voluminous and the case promises to at
tract a great zeal Of attention.
Wahoo where he went to meet with tSe
county board OF Saunders county re-
garding the letting Of contracts for tile
rebuilding Of the North Bend and FIRE.
mont bridges which wepe washed out this
spring. There were a large number Of
bids, running all tho way from Ss,135 to
ss5,14o for the North Bend bridge and
$500 to $50, 800 for the Fremont bridge.
The bids were taken under advisement
until June 9.
Reauisition papers for the return TO
North Carolina Of Harold T. Pratt,
charged with forgery in the amount Of
$4,000. were granted by Governor Aid
rich this morning. Pratt was located by
the chief OF police Of Omaha In that
city and the authorities Of Crs/er county
in the former state, where the crime was
committed. were notified
A charter has been granted to the
Farmers State bank OF Fullerton with
capital stock of s2S. 900. The officials
Of the new institution are Theo. C. Roach,
president; Owen Kaveney. vice president,
and c. V. McClelland. cashier.
The state superintendent's office has
been busy furnishing orators for COM
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Tbs dsmocra,Io state central commit.
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Fremont and Grand Island, which Will
be the most important part Of the
meeting though other matters may come
up not on the program
Labor Commissioner Guye brancnej
out as preached yesterday and delivered
an address at the First Congregational
church In this city. II was union labor
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