The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-10-21
More About Those POtatOes---AnOther
Hill Opened of II Different Variety.

EDITOR TEMEs:-I see by an article
in the TINES of last week that Mr..
Geo. M. Smith Of Duluth, has come
boldly forward in the defense of the
n. Z. railroad company, in regard to
the outrageous charges on a car load
Of potatoes received by US on Septem-
Der =, their charges on the car load
being $36 from the n P. Junction, be-
ing one dollar more than Mr.. Smith
says their regular charges are from St.
Paul.
| think can state some facts that
will lead Mr.. Smith and the public
in general to think that we have oc-
casion to find fault with the way the
n. 7. company have treated us.
Mr.. Hannaford says there was car
load and a half Let me figure it out
for you:
$50 bushels potatoes 60 lbs per bushel 80. 1920
IS bushels turnips 60 lbs per bushel. NM. 1850
100 head cabbage, small lbs each......... 800
80 squash lbs each Observation-Disclosures. 30
30 pumpkins lbs each 80
Total ............... ..................... 246So
Making in all "a $50 pounds freight,
the usual amount shipped as car
load; yet the n. P. folks bill it as
10000 pounds and call it a car and "a
half / am told that if | had applied
| could have obtained special rates.
We don't want special rates. We
want a railroad corporation that will
deliver to us our goods at the least ex-
pense possible, and not, because we
didn't ask for special rates, charge US
as much freight as the goods are worth.
Now this is not the first or last cause
we have had for complaint by any
means. | can state for certainty,
that, with one or two exceptions, we
have never received a shipment of
freight, be it ever so small. but that
something was either missing or
smashed. A few cans taken out Of
this box, few out Of that box in next
shipment; out of forty MELONS twenty
gone, out Of a case of oranges one-third
gone, twelve boxes of sardines gone
out of next lot, $50 worth of cheese
and butter smashed up and scraped
back into the tubs, ETC., etc. You
may ask, "why don't you report these
things?" Why don't we, indeed?
Simply because we have reported so
often and SO little notice was taken of
it that we are discouraged, and we
think we had better bear it, rather
Thor, ,rocto O1Ir noStouo ctop,pc AIo
did ask Mr.. Hannaford once when the
company was going to settle a large
loss that occurred last spring. His
reply was as soon as they could get
around to it, as they had other stations
on their line Of road besides Superior.
Mr.. Hannaford is undoubtedly a
gentleman, and most highly respected
by those who know him best, but /
claim he does not treat the shippers of
Superior fair, as / can prove by the
heaviest shippers here.
In regard to Mr.. T. D. Taylor, he
is one Of the most agreeable, pleasant
and competent station agents we ever
met, and is no more to blame in these
matters than any common civilian.
What surprises me most is how Mr..
Smith, receiving as he does less than
one-half as much freight as He do, can
get his car loads from St. Paul for
S35, distance Of $50 miles, while we
pay $50 from the Junction, a distance
of % miles The only way | can ex-
plain it is this, she has special rates."
granted only to Duluthites.
Yours very truly,
CLINTON ANsLEY.