The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-29
ACTION OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA
RAILROAD COMMISSION TO BE
FOUGHT.
DETAILS OF THE LATEST DEAL.
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PAID
FOR THE HAMMOND & WEST
ERN ROAD.
EAsT-BoUND SHIPMENTS LARGE.
Heavier Than for Any Previous
Period of Seven Days in the
Last Two Years.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-The Chicago
roads doing business in South Dakota
have declared war on the railroad COM
missioners of that state. These COM
misSioners in executing a law passed
by the Legislature of that state last
winter, have ordered a reduction in the
tariffs of all lines in the state. The
Omaha, Milwaukee & st. Paul; Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern;
Sioux City & Northern, and a portion
of the Great Northern system have
been termed class A roads by the
commission, the Northwestern, and
portion of the Great Northern class 5
The Fremont, Elk Horn & Missouri
Valley class C, and the Burlington
& Missouri class D. The reduced
tariffs for class A roads are about 20
per cent lower than the present tariffs.
The rates for class B roads, 25 per
cent over the rates for class A. Glass
c roads, 40 per cent above class A,
and class D, SO per cent above rates
for class A roads. The railroads have
served an injunction against the pro-
posed rates until Sept. 6. when the
case will be argued before Judge Car
lanel at Sioux Falls.
Official particulars of the deal be-
tween the Chicago, Hammond &
Western and the Junction Railways
and Union Stock Yards were given out
today. The Junction Railway & Union
Stock Yards company has bought the
entire stock of the Chicago, Hammond
q Western company, amounting to
100000 900 at $40 per share, the amount
paid thus being 100000. The deal
places the operation of the thirty-two
miles of Chicago, Hammond & West
ern and the franchise Of the Indiana
State Line railroad in the control of
the Junction Railway company. The
whole system will, however, be oper-
ated by the Indiana State Line road,
and the transportation interests of the
Union Stock Yards & Transit COM
pany will thus be placed in a separate
department and operated as a unit
with the belt and switching tracks,
which are now used for the transporta-
tion of the products of the stock yards.
Freight shipments from Chicago to
the East for the week just closed were
heavier than for any other period of
it is expected that the shipments for
the next seven days will exceed those
Of last week. Lake shipments last
week reached the immense aggregate
of 199,13S tons, of which 10000 tons
were corn.
Next Monday all lines will sell round
trip tickets from Chicago to San Fran
! cisco at one fare, or $3.50. The round
| trip rate from the Missouri river will
be $50. The reduction is the result OF
war over the transportation of dele
gates to the letter carriers convention
to be held in San Francisco.
A suit has been commenced in the
Cook county circuit court by the in
terchangable brake beam company
of st. Louis, against the Chicago Rail-
way Equipment company for 100000
damages. 1t is alleged that the Chi
cago company is attempting to impair
the credit of it's competitors.
1t is reported here on the best au-
thority that the Pennsylvania company
will soon commence the work Of double
tracking it's line from Chicago to Fort
Wayne, Ind.