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Show jl ....i. i.i rnnd thnt th railroad In Omaha t'H !! nut ah..ni .".i r e ent Mnrr than the actual valle i.f tl,e-Und. tl,e-Und. h.i that Mr. Ward t imato I would loev t.i ho ojt in two i.i give j the r.i'p t value i.( ih.- t mi ual j Lmds." ('mill mi'' lie the witness i Ian . j Unit similar i oii.1i' ;cn ce-'e.l at St ) Paul. Minneapolis nn.l Duiu'ti. Trie, roads at those p Ints. ho sai l. have paid tii.iri- ih.in rut'.i.el value (ur i h : i r tiTm(nn) land. Mr. McYann entered hi- testimony on Rurlmgtnn. il-c San t.i Fe. the fiilrftio & Nor' h c 'te rn and the Chl-i Chl-i Mil aukc- x ?t r.uil railroads, h.oh ho sib! wire tho governing uc-tors uc-tors In western railway affair. "In fx.iinlr.ltii; th" ope-ntlng cxion-14 cxion-14 of these f,.ur ro.nl- " field til" Otn.t ha trjffic oxp.it. "I found there had !'i rn. iip unprecedented jump In oper-nunc oper-nunc expenses In I '.Go I say 'nnpro-ccleu' 'nnpro-ccleu' .!.' I" i .i'!if it it.- of tho railroad rail-road ow t( rs would .)! that the Increase In-crease was abnormal." 'RIDICULES THE j RAILROAD VALUES j Chlearo. Oct. 27 The shipper, who oppose prospe-ot vo frelght rate- ad- ' vance.;, attacked ce-rtaln valu.nl-n Ijdacid cn their j-roperty by railroad i wlinisties when R. J. McVann, man-:i.-or if the traffic bureau of the Oma ; ha Con. inert lal club, took the etand 'be-fore the Interstate' Commerce com-1 com-1 n. !. n I'slav. Wllr.r- rldlcjl. d the ! repr-x. j'-t Win viliatlon if f 1 ! i la. d en ihf M i .' 1 ! n f ton road's i'-r-! tt.;r.al pre; e rt by 'r.e-r il Manage r '; Ward ot ti:.- railroad at Omaha, Tt- j a --s.ee j value of th" terminal. w,t. ', ,.'i stit'-'l. n J.2!.?'j I I Tb!." oii'irije.J Mr. Mi Venn. "l I aise.-t 2' per cor; . . then th'- ae-tUSl lvalue b',ch ti.se.e - th-- letter at-. ii |