The Mineral argus., 1885-11-19
DOUBLE DECK CARS.

We herewith publish in full an article
from the Wool Grower on the question
Of dOuble-decked cars for shipping
mutton sheep east OF St. Paul. l.. w.
Peck, relates his experience with the
railroad officials and throws much
light on the question He says:
Much to our surprise, we found upon
arriving ut the end Of the Northern
Pacific road that there was but one
line willing to take our dOuble-deck ed
cars to ChicagO-that road WAS the
Omaha 4 Northwestern. Having made
up our mind before arriving that we
would prefer the Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
we went TO that road fOr an explana-
ton. We were informed that the
roads, including the above two and the
Rock Island-;,ll the lines then running
from st. Paul to ChicagO-were pooled,
and one Of the regulations Of the pool
fOrbids the carrying Of double decks.
The fine was $50 per car for any road
So doing.
II seemed that the Milwaukee road
had one hit Of experience. Last Fourth
If July they tOok-by an oversight,
they say--a train load Of dOuble-decke ed
sheep from the Transfer Ia Chicago, the
result Of which was that they not only
took the train over their road for moth
ing, hat were $50 out Of pocket by so
doing. That is, suppose the freight
amounted to $3.50; this goes into the
81,
third, or $3.50, for taking the sheep to
Chicago. But they were fined $50
car for twenty cars, amounting to $500;
as this goes into the pool also, they got
One-thirl Of it back, which left their
fine 800 to be paid. Hence Commits
sioner Carman in balancing up the
hooks Of the pool i'm this transaction,
finds the NJ. X st. 7. in debt to the pool
tO the amount of $50. At least, that is
the way we understand the pool busi-
ness, and how it was that this road had
tn pay $50 rs they say, for the privilege
Of taking in n dOuble-decked train Of
sheep.
We asked this official il he did not
think it decidedly unfriendly act upon
the part Of his road to refuse without
"rS so.' N""so ~ '"Nc ~, c"e 'oru
oi mutton as tney u'u oi "eei. 10
ms ana an other quest'ons .! u similar
nature nc s'nhP'y shswere" that II was
pool-thcy were bound to stand by the
rules Of the pool. Then we asked him
if he did not consider it n decidedly
friendly act upon the part of the
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