St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-25
HILL GOES IT ALONE.
The Great Northern Will Re-
duee Wheat Rates to Please
Minneapolis,
But Will Not Raise the Price
for Carrying the Cereal
to Duluth.
Missouri Pacific's Passed Div
idends Creates Widespread
Excitement.
An Encouraging Increase in
Milwaukee Revenues--Notes
Of the Roads.

The Great Northern will in few days
reduce the freight rates on wheat from
the Aberdeen, Glendale and Huron dis
trict in South Dakota to Minneapolis
about two cents, but will not increase
the rates now i'll force from that istrict
to Duluth and Superior. This was de-
cided upon by the Great Northern with
out any assistance from the other lines
tapping the territory In question having
delegates at conference held at the
Great Northern Offices yesterday. This
conference was largely attended and
somewhat animated at times, and the
result was, as was all along predicted, a
disagr cement.
The question of grain rates from the
Aberdeen, Huron and Glendale
from points Oh the Milwaukee, North
western, 500, Minneapolis & st. Louis
and Northern Pacific, in that vicinity,
to Minneapolis and Duluth and Su-
periOr, has been under discussion for
nearly month. The Great Northern,
it was all along asserted, held the key
to the situation from its peculiar posi-
ton, connecting, as it does, both the
Mill city and the head of the lakes with
the Dakota wheat belt. For this reason
nothing was done toward arrang-
ing for a meeting until the re-
turn of President Hill from his
Western trip. AS soon asepossble after
the return of the Great Northern mag
nate meeting Of the traffic managers
of the lines tapping the territory in
question was arranged for and yester-
day the meeting was held in the Office of
in 10
Great Northern building. There were
present: Traffic Manager A.C. Bird and
Third Vice President E.P. Ripley, of the
Milwaukee; Vice President w. III. New
man,o the North western: General Man.
ager Winter and General Freight Agent
Clark, of the Omaha: Traffic Manager
j. M. Hannaford. of the Northern
Pacific; Col. p. p. Shelby, of the Great
Northern; H.L.Shute, traffic manager of
the 500; and Receiver w. H. Truesdale
and General Freight Agent w. M. Hop
kins. of the Minneapolis q ST. Louis.
The question was discussed at length,
and it shortly became apparent that the
questions at issue divided the confer
ence into two parts, on one the Great
Northern and the other all the other
lines. The position of the two sides
can be summarized as follows:
The Great Northern was ready to
lower rates from the Dakota points
mentioned to Minneapolis, while the
other lines wished the rates to Minneap-
oils left untouched and those to Duluth
advanced. President Hill was pres
ent and announced that the Great
Northern would reduce the rate
for the district in question about cents
to Minneapolis, but would not consent
to raise the rates to Duluth or Superior
for the simple reason that the rates now
in force are high enough for the service.
This proposition was rejected by the
other lines, and the meeting adjourned
sine die.
1t is understood, however, that the
Great Northern will at once make the
reduction contained in President Hills
proposition, and allow the other lines to
do as they please. OF course if this is
done the other lines reaching the same
territory will be obliged to meet the re-
duction, although they dislike to do so
because of its effect on the rates to Chi
cago. The report that the position of
| the Great Northern was opposed to
| Minneapolis is incorrect, as there can
be no difference in effect whether the
rates to Minneapolis from the Dakota
wheat belt are reduced or those to Du-
| luth advanced