The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
AFTER THE RAILROADS.

The Business Mems Association OF
Minnesota Not Satisfied With the
Adjustment Of Freight Rates on
the Milwaukee and Omaha Rail-
roads.
Pioneer Prlss: Thursday was railroad
mems day again at St. Paul. The bust
ness mems association have made their
demands and had their hearing. and
Thursday the Representatives Of the
roads against which the complaints were
made appeared before the commission
to present their new schedules. The
following officials were present in behalf
Of the railroad companies:
General Freight Agent ii. X. McCul-
Tough and General Traffic Manager ii. &.
Wicker, of the Chicago 4 Northwestern;
General Manager +. w. Winter, Attor-
ney Howe, General Freight Agent j. I.
Clark, and Traffic Manager Il. b. Clark,
of the Omaha; and Attorney Fisk and
Division Freight Agent Fisk, of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee q st. Paul road.
The business mems association was
represented by Senator Pope, and the
ST. Paul and Minneapolis freight bureau
by Manager Chapman. The new dis.
lance tariff adopted by the roads, which
is to 20 into effect June "a, was present.
ed with the hope that the association
would be satisfied and Withdraw their
complaint. Manager Wicker, OF the
Northwestern road, in showing the rela-
ton between the new and old tariff, said
the new tariff was intended to be reas-
enable, and was based upon the value of
the service rendered and the surround
ing circumstances. Some of the compar-
isons between the old and new tariffs as
given are az follows.
For distance OF fifty miles the new
tariff on merchandise is 30 cents; the
old was 81 cents. Second class, new %
cents, OLD q cents. Third class, new 20
cents, old II cents. Fourth class, new
IL cents, old IL cents. On classes A and
b the rates remain unchanged.
Following this Mr.. Wicker stated the
rates on the tariff from st. Paul and Min
neapolIs to New Ulm and from Winona
to New Ulm, maintaining that by the
new tariff they proposed TO make Vino
ma pay more than st. Paul and Minneap-
oils by the exact difference in the dis
lance fairly graded into the tariff. Sen
ator Pope tried to confne Mr.. Wicker
to the question as to whether, in making
this new tariff, they did not admit that
the old was unjust. Mr.. Wicker did not
answer the question, but said that he
COubiucJcu Tic ne" LdIlu ldlI duu just W
all parties. The examination lasted
nearly all day, the afternoon being occu-
pied in examining the new rates and a
general discussion in which Manager
Wicker was again closely questioned by
Messrs. Pope and Chapman. The meet
ing adjourned to 10 o'clock Friday morn
ing, when the hearing was continued.
The Omaha road yesterday was first
given hearing, and Traffic Manager +.
b. Clarke was placed On the stand. He
stated that the cuts made in the rates
should never have been made at all, but
was made necessary by the competition
OF the trunk lines which cross the Oma-
ha at various points in the state. That
when the Omaha again raised its rates
they merely placed them where they
should have been before. He also
showed that numerous reductions had
been made in freight rates during the
past two years, giving the following fig
ures to illustrate the rates between st.
Paul and The points name:
LIE sUEUR.
Glass of Freight. 2 3 A
}Iannary' 5 1855 g g = is
MANKATo.
,s GIass Of E 5sss % 3 . A. A.
January, 1888. 25 20 IS 10 l2K
HERON LAKE.
Glass of Freight. :. 2 . A
January, IIssssss.:.......5 60 50 g % e
Mr.. Clark then gave the following fig
ures to illustrate the old tariff and the