The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
MINING.
stocks.
BOSTON, March II, 1897.
RObinsOn,s Railroad Bill.

The NEWS has no wish to see the rail
roads in the Upper Peninsula carry either
freight or passengers at loss neither
does ii wish to do or say anything un-
fair towards them, but as they appear
to have us people in their grasp and
from their act ons intend il possible to
keep us there, the first law OF nature,
self-pres ervation, calls upon US to do all
We can 70 place our clse properly before
the legislature. There Is 10 doubt but
that the railroad companies will see they
have their case shown up IN the best
light, as would be only natural and proper
for them 20 do.
AS the NEWS sees it the passenger fares
IRE not of so much moment to our peo-
ole as the fright charges. for but few
may do much travelling, while we all SUI
Ger from the / eight charges, which neces-
sSarily fall at last upon the consumers
and they are mostly those who live by
the sweat Of their brow. Ii it were not
80, no wide guage road would have
stopped within fifteen miles OF place of
the Importance Of Calumet, to which
hace and vicinity most OF the supplies
&C )ming from the south or west are con-
signed; in consequence of which we are
aett 90 the extortIonate greediness OF the
Mineral Range, virtually continuation
go or branch OF the d., s. s & A. 1t is con-
d tended we know by the management of
'N,hisroad that the charges for such a
short run are not extortionate and will
compare more than fayorably as to
charges with any other short road in the
country. This may all be, but could any
other community than this be found in
this country that Wonld allow itself to
be left out in the cold for such a short
distance. Any other people would rise
up in their might and insist upon having
the wide guage system continued to this
place, third rail would do the business.
No, it would not be necessary to do this
for no railroad company would think for
one moment OF treating any ordinary
community Ike the people OF this place
are at present treated.
To give the members OF the legislature
some idea as to how the people # this
place are treated in the shape of freight
charges for the run OF fifteen miles, from
tloughton to Calumet, we here give fig
ures as taken from some OF the Mineral
Hange way bill; the Mineral Range car.
81 8 nothing for less than 25 cents. and
IA .nce small parcels are carried all the
az ~ from Chicago TO Houghton for 81.
p, 90, ga, 76 and 30 cents respectively.
dave 20 cents added for the fifteen mile
Gnn on the Mine al Range. Larger shin
sHents that come from Neenah or Mari
nette and upon which the charges from
chose places to Honghton were 500 80.
SO 90 and S24 were charged respec.
lively Tor freight for the fifteen mile run
10 less than s4.77, $3.50 and 81. 32; the
fright on half barrel from New York
to Houghton amounted $l.9O and the
freight charges for the fifteen miles came
to no less than $1.G3. These look only
small matters, but they amount up in
the course OF year and how will il be
Tor larger shipments.
II the Robinson bill goes through the
price allowed to be charged by the car,
loaded by the shipper and unloaded by
The consignee, would be as follows, not
more than ~ for any distance not ex-
eeeding ten miles and so cents per mile
Tor the second ten miles, which would give
Tor hauling car from Houghton here
cay 5000; those who have supplies by
the carload need not be told their freight
charges are considerably more than this,
which are OF course all charged to the
consumer.
The News supposes that the charges
for car loads are fixed on the capacity OF