The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-12-30
The MINNEAPOLIS and Pacific.

Now that it seems pretty well as
sured that the Minneapolis and Paci-
fc road will build branch into Sank
Centre next season, the following
facts from the Minneapolis Tribune
relatige Fqi will he read with much
interest:
Gen.W D.washburn was called upon with
reference o the completion of the Minneap-
oils & Pacific railway. In answer to ques-
ton. he said:
s!Tes," said Mr.. Washburn, 1--WE expect to
close the last gap 70 dqg, which will give us
a continuous line Of railroad rom Minneap-
oils to Lidgerwoo our present terminal
point IN Dakota, a distance o. 2lS miles"
"rhere hos been good deal of cHrosity
shown as to the real parties int crested in
this enterprise"
II desire 10 say that the real parties are
the stockholders, all of whom are we'll
known citizens of Minneapolis, Thomas
Lowry. r. B. Langdon, John Martin. j. X
sdIe. II. E. Fletcher, j. c. Oswald. c. H. Pet
tit, John De Laitsre, J.. Fletcher and mysel
own every dollar of the stock i4 this com
pany, and have furnished all the money re.
realized from the sale of bonds. No one out
side of the company composed of these gen.
nemen, have any interest in any way, shape
or manner, with the enterprise. 1t is q
railroad owned by Minneapolis men and
built in the interest of Minneapolis and the
country it traverses. In fact, Minnear oils
has been Disseminated against 10 an extent
that, il continued, in my judgment, would
have ruined our milling interest. II seems
to me this company will, to some extent,
have the power to remedy this d fficulty.''
1T is said that You propose to adopt O new
method for handling wheat on you llue?
81 don't know as 1t can be called a new
method. The railroad company has gop q
forward and erected its own elevators and
warehouses, never have been able TO see
any good reason why a railroad company
should not afford facilities for lecpiviDg
wheat and all kinds of grain the same as IL ey
afford facilities for receiving all other classes
of freight. IT appears to me the only consis-
tent thing to do. At any rate our company
has acted on that idea. We have, as have
before said, built warehouses and elevators
at every station on the line, and we propose
to charge the public for receiving and hand.
ling this grain what 1t absolutely costs us
anu no more; the railroad not proposing to
make profit as an elevator company, but
simply to afford facilities for receiving grain
and charging only the actual cost, adding
this cost INTO It's regular Transportation rate
Qlher parties are, however. allowed and in
vited To build elevators and warehouses; a,
every station. and every facility will be af
forded them for handling such grain as shall
go TO their warehouses. The railroad com
pany only issues receipts. or tickets, for
grain received. 1t has nothing whatever to
do with enthusiastically issuing its tick
cts. We invite buyers of wheat. miIlers or
outside parties TO purchase such tickets. In
necessary to determine the value of the
post i'm a conspicuous place our rates of trans.
portatisn We publish once or twice a day
the market reports of the wheat in Minneap-
oils. so that any one can easily figure the
value of his wheat when he takes 1t to a sta
tion. There has been great deal OF COM
plant made in this country In the past two
or theee years against the exhortiou of the
miller's association and the different eIeya-
tor companies. So far as the millers are con.
cerned do not see how ever they have re-
ceiyed any benefits from the alleaed abuses
in handling grain. I am fold that the eleva-
tor companies have been in the habit of
making large margin between the prices
paid for the wheat In the country and the
markets here and Duluth sometimes. un.
derstand, they have operated on a margin
from to cents a a bushel, really getting
mcre for what little they did In connec-
tion with the whsat than the railroads
fer hauling 1t. or the millers for milling ii
Those who have suffered from this condition
Of things are the farmers and the miilsrs.