Annual Report

FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT.

DECISIONS

OF THE

BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION

OF THE

STATE OF NEBRASKA

UPON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

SECRETARIES,

ALSO

REPORT ON THE STATISTICS

OF NEBRASKA RAILWAYS.

Year Ending June 30, 1890.

OMAHA, NEB.:
HENRY GIBSON, STATE PRINTER,

1890.

STATE OF NEBRASKA.

OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION.

LINCOLN, December 1, 1890.

To the HONORABLE JOHN M. THAYER, Governor of Nebraska:

SIR:—Pursuant to Section 20, Chapter 60, of our laws, we submit herewith the Fourth Annual Report of the doings of the board for the preceding fiscal year, ending June 30, together with such information and data collected by the board as is considered of value in determining questions connected with the regulation of commerce in this state.

Respectfully,

Your obedient servants,
T. H. BENTON, Auditor of Public Accounts,

Chairman.
WM. LEESE, Attorney-General.
BEN. R. COWDERY, Secretary of State.
J. E. HILL, State Treasurer.
JOHN STEEN, Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings,

Board of Transportation.
L. W. GILCHRIST,
J. R. GILKESON,
W. S. GARBER,

Secretaries.

CONTENTS.

Page.

RULES OF PRACTICE - - - - . . . . . . . .

REPORTS AND DECISIONS upon Applications and Petitions coming before the

Board under Sec. 13 of the Act:
Manning, J. R. and Sutherland, J. R. V. C., St. P. M. & 0. Ry. Co., .
Petition of Union Pacific Ry. Co. et al. for modification of pre-

liminary order relative to coal rates, -
Bays, Wm. v. Union Pacific Ry. Co., - ..
Scott, J. W. and Murphy, W. P. v. C.,
Lancaster County v. C., B. & Q. R. R. Co.,

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Barber, W. L. and Walker, J. W. v. C., B. & Q. R. R.

Elmwood Farmers' Alliance, No. 365, v. Mo. Pac. Ry.

Farmers' Co-Operative Grain and Elevator Co. v. 0. & R. V.Ry. Co.

South Omaha Live Stock Exchange v. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. and

others, - - - - - - - - -

Riverside Coal Co. v. C., B. & Q. R. R. CO., .

Stewart, H. G. V. F., E. & Mo. Vy. R. R. Co., - .

Barnum, G. C. v. Union Pacific Ry. Co.,