૨. BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION. 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, 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, W. S. GARBER, Secretaries. CONTENTS. REPORTS AND DECISIONS upon Applications and Petitions coming before the Manning, J. R. and Sutherland, J. R. v. C., St. P. M. & O. Ry. Co., Petition of Union Pacific Ry. Co. et al. for modification of pre- Farmers' Co-Operative Grain and Elevator Co. v. O. & R. V. Ry. Co. South Omaha Live Stock Exchange v. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. and Riverside Coal Co. v. C., B. & Q. R. R. Co., Stewart, H. G. v. F., E. & Mo. Vy. R. R. Co., Page. I. Details of Nebraska Railroad Mileage, June 30, 1890, II. Mileage covered by Reports of Capital and Indebtedness, Earnings and Expenditures, and all Statistical Reports of III. Mileage by States and Territories and Characteristics of Road, V. Amount of Capital and Indebtedness at the close of the year VI. Gross Earnings from Operation for the year ending June 30, 1890, VII. Operating Expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1890, Comparative Table of Freight Rates in effect August 1, 1890, between Chicago and points to the North-west, West and Schedule of Freight Rates between Chicago and Nebraska points, 195 1890, |