Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Wilber Chamber of Commerce

This is an appeal from a decision of the Nebraska State Railway Commission denying an application to operate two railway agencies at Wilber and Swanton, Nebraska, with one agent working part-time at each station, commonly referred to as “dualization.”

The applicant, hereafter referred to as “railroad,” maintains two^ station agencies at Wilber and Swanton in Saline County, Nebraska. The population figures for Wilber are 1,360 and for Swanton, 190. The distance between these communities is 14.6 miles by highway and 15.24 miles by rail. The railroad maintains a full-time station agent at each…