Show DOUBLE DOBLE GROSSED CROSSED BY UNION PACIFIC Methods of Railroad Shown in inI I I Investigation in Omaha COAH COA SERVICE REFUSED S Attorney t torney Sho Slum of Memory He HeIn Ju Ira In Iii Ln Land Omaha Neb N b. b Sept 19 firM r 1 V 4 i i Jl p JI j 1 ir yr i J o J 0 11 I g S wa-i wa begun J t fore ore t PI of ot the I commerce commissions The rhe h h I Is on complaint of or the SI Statue Ux CH krAnd il Rock Hock Springs Coal company comp ny Cf against he the Union Pacific The chief witness of ot the da day was Warwick Saunders ers of or Davenport Iowa Towa tru trustee tee of or the lock Hock oCk Springs company His company compan was m organized he testified in Wyoming In 1903 and und acquired certain tain lands adjacent ad- ad adjacent ad ud- jacent to the Union Pacific's right of ot way In December 1904 1901 after expending ex cx- sending pending for opening up tho mines the company applied to the Union Pacific for or a service track trac by b which it I could market manteL Its Is coal coal The mack would be about aboul a mile mie long bug The he Union Pacific prore professed cd to lI be friendly but did lid n not t act act Th The witness s s thou then said he came to Omaha and had hada hu hua a conference conferencE with wih D D. 0 O. Clark superintendent super super- of oC the Union Pacific Coal Coul company und arid vl i Judge JUdg K Kelley Je general solicitor of ot the Union Pacific at which time late it I was intimated to him that If It he lie wished to establish h friendly relations n with the Union Pacific he should procure title tte to a quarter section sec sec- ec- ec Ion tion of or coal conI lands on which A A. F F. Abbott Abbott Ab Ab- bott lIot superintendent of the tho Rock flock RockSprings noc Springs SprIng company compan had a claim Deeded to Saunders further testified that he purchased this property front from Abbott Abbot giving him In return stock In the Springs Coal ConI c and deeded it Il to Erastus Young auditor of or orthe the Union Pacific for Cor a consideration I ot ol o which was paid pull In two checks of the Union Pacific Railway n I company the de deed ll being drawn by Juc Judge e Kelley Kehley general al solicitor or of the I Union PacIfIcA PacIfIc A fair air valuation of what the land landat at that time was vas worth woith added Mr Mm Ir Saunders was from tb tt SOO- SOO After he lie had bind secured title tithe tte to this property for 01 or the railroad as us suggested to him him Mr Ir Saunders then tE testified the tho road load still HUl refused to furnish and amid car cr facilities s so o that hat he lie could work his mine EIa u Young au auditor for tor tIme the Union P Pacific ts testified that thal the prop prop- prof- prof ti ty referred lo to by hy Sun Saunders er was wa deeded to him him as ns trustee His ills memory mem mem- or ory me was a little faul faulty a as to the lie slate date t ol of the tho transaction antI and the amount paid He H did dil not know kumow what whal became ol of tho the deed I |