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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,
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.

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. & O. 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., B. & Q. R. R. Co.,

Lancaster County v. C., B. & Q. R. R. Co.,

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

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

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

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.,

DISTRIBUTION OF GRAIN CARS:

Correspondence relative to,

MAXIMUM FREIGHT RATES:

Report on the relation of railroad earnings to value of railroad

property,

EXPRESS COMPANIES:

Recommendation for enactment of law to govern,

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STATISTICS OF RAILROADS:

Tables:

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

Operations,

III. Mileage by States and Territories and Characteristics of Road,

IV. Equipment,

V. Amount of Capital and Indebtedness at the close of the year

ending June 30, 1890,

VI. Gross Earnings from Operation for the year ending June 30, 1890,

VII. Operating Expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1890,

VIII. Income Account 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

South-west,

Schedule of Freight Rates between Chicago and Nebraska points,
showing all changes in rates for ten years preceding June 30,

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1890,