In Re Application of Burlington Truck Lines, Inc.

This is an appeal from two orders of the Nebraska State Railway Commission approving the transfer of intrastate motor vehicle operating rights as a common carrier from Carl E. Speck to Burlington Truck Lines, Inc., and authorizing the Burlington Truck Lines, Inc., to operate over alternate routes for operating convenience only. The appellants, Brown Transfer, Peterson & Peterson, Inc., Red Ball Transfer Co., Inc., and Watson Bros. Transportation Co., Inc., protestants and interveners below, have appealed.

On February 26, 1959, the Burlington Truck Lines, Inc., filed its application with the…