New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-05-16
The New Ulm Mills Want It Restored to
Them,
An Action Commenced IN Their Behalf
Before the Interstate Commerce
Cemmission.
Ext Congressman Lind, as Thsn Attorney,
Files an Amended Complaint.
The Chicago and Northwestern Road Ac-
cused Of Discriminating in Favor
Of minneapolis and Against
New Ulm.

Ex Congressman John Lind in hiscap-
acity as attorney for the New Ulm Mill
ing Company has filed an amended COM
plant in the case begun by that milling
firm against the Chicago and Northwest
ern railroad before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. In addition to the facts
previously alleged in the first complaint,
which are made part of the new COM
plant. the advantages the Minneapolis
millers have over New Ulm are set up.
After referring to the fact that Minnea-
polls mills are operated by water power
and hence the Northwestern road derives
no benefit from the transportation of
coal or power, the complaint alleges
''that the millers and mills located at
Minneapolis now have and for many
years past have had freight rates on -four
and mill stutfs from Minneapolis to Dull
uth'or Superior and the head of the lakes
OF cents and less per 100 pounds dur
ing the season of our open navigation,
and all rail rates during the season of
closed navigation via Chicago, which
never exceed 121 cents for 100 pounds
to Chicago, and often as low as Z cents
on seaboard business, to the establish
ment of which rates the defendant has
alwas been party; that the defendant
(The Northwestern) has for years estab-
lished and maintained and now MAIN
taines local rates on wheat shipped from
New Ulm and from other points and
stations west thereof, over It's road,
branches and connections,to Minneapolis,
which, as rule, are the same in amount
as the through rate with transit penalty
added from place of shipment to Chicago
and common points. less 121 cents" The
complaint also alleges that ever since the
establishment of the penalty for milling
ia transit, as hereinbefore set out, the de-
fendant has maintained and now main
tains such rates on wheat shipped to
Minneapolis from New Ulm and such
interior points, as will with the addition
OF 123 cents, arbitrarily assumed as t e
local rate from Minneapolis to the lakes,
equal the through rate from the place Of
shipment to Chicago and Other common
lake points, and the defendant has also
during said time maintairsd rates on
wheat from such interior points to Dull
nth and Lake Superior points ranging
from to 81 cents higher than the Min
neapolis rates and from to 10 cents
lower than the through rate to Chicago
and other Lake Michigan points, and the
defendant has during all Of said time
and does now refuse to permit this COM 1
plainant the privilege of milling wheat
in transit originating at said interior
points and shipped to or destined for
Minneapolis or for said Lake Superior
points with or without a penalty or CON-
pensatioR therefor, although all of the
wheat originating at said points and des-
tined for Minneapolis or Lake Superior
points is carried by the defendant through
New Ulm and by the complalnant's
MILL:
Other allegations in the complaint are
that New Ulm is The third largest milling
center in the state and that to ma1ntain
New Ulm as milling center the North
western road ought to make the rates
so that the sum of the two locals of
wheat in and -four and products out
should be the same as the two locals for
Minneapolis or Winona. At present
New Ulm IS compelled to ship via Chi
cago, which, in the open season, gives
Minneapolis and lake points an advantage
Of about 5 cents on Eastern shipments.
Another point made is that New Tim
aided in the construction Of the North
western road bys giving SIC, 900 bonds
and that the state Of Minnesota granted
600, 900 acres Of land insaid Of the road.
The complaint thersfore asks that the
milling in transit privilege be restored
and the railway company required to
restore the amount already paid to It BY
the New Ulm Milling Company, on &C.
count Of the milling in transit charge.
W. D. Flynn Of Redwood Falls seems
to Be the present favorite for the Repul-
ican Senatorial nomination ID this dir
trict. All who know Flynn admire him