New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-10-19

Make Reply.
They File Their Answers to New 1m's
Demand for Lower Rates on
Hard Coal.
The St. Louis Reply Contains the State
ment that Their Branch Into This
City Has Not Paid.

On Saturday the Minneapolis & St.
Louis and the St. Paul & Duluth rail-
road companies filed with the state rail-
road and warehouse commission replies
to the citation based upon the complaint
made by the Commercial Union of New
Ulm, that the rate charged for the carri-
age of hard coal from Duluth to that
place is excessive, at $3.50 per tor, while
the same rate is charged to Madison, a
much longer distance.
The reply made by the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad is signed by W. NJ.
Hopkins, general freight agent. Mr.Hop-
kins says that the $3.50 rate is not ex-
cessive and does not afford the carriers
undue revenue, ssThe distance from Du-I
luth to New Ulm, via the St. Paul &
Duluth, Minneapolis & St. Louis and
New Ulm s. Southwestern railways is
$50 miles. For this distance the charge
is not excessive and does not afford un-
due compensation to any carriers. The
New Ulm & Southwestern has not paid
since built and has made no return on
the capital invested. The reduction of
the rate would entail serious loss by rea-
son of reducing rates to number of
points where the New Ulm rate now ap-
plies.'
To Madison, MIMI, from Duluth, is
1873 miles, and Mr.. Hopkins says the
Minneapolis 6 St. Louis is not response
BILE for the Madison rate. It is unrea-
sonably low for the distance that the
commodity has to be transported, over
the St. Paul s. Duluth, Minneapolis &
St. Louis, Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pa
cifc railroads. The rate is made neces-
sary by reason of the rate prevailing at
Appleton, opposite Madison, on tho
Great Northern railroad, the distance to
Appleton from Duluth being $50 miles.
| The same rate must be made to Madison
as to Appleton to afford dealers oppor'
tunity to distribute coal in territory
equidistant between Madison and Apple.
! ton. The rate to New Ulm is not exces.
sive as compared with the Appleton rate
about the same distance from Duluth as
New Ulm." Mr.. Hopkins asks the com
mission to let the rate stand as it is.
A. B. Plaugh, general manager of the
St. Paul s. Duluth, replies for that 1oae
and his answer is identical with that O.
Mr.. Hopkins. In conclusion he say
the commission should not reduce tn
rate. The commission will soon an
nounce its opinion in the matter.
The Twelfth Regiment will return t.
New Ulm next Saturday.
Clara Quinn Of West Newton has bee
committed to the hospital for insane a
t St. Peter.
DR.. Weschcke and wife will spend til
winter in California. They leave fc
there this week.
Rudolph Kluge, the Klossner black
smith, died Friday evening. The re
mains were taken to Young America.
|, Jos, A. Eckste1n went tc Marshall Fir
day evening to visit the Chapter of Ro.
al Arch Masons at that place IN the ca
pacity of district deputy.
Mrs. Setter and Mrs. johnson will re
= turn from their eastern visit next Nor
i day. They are no W visiting Mrs. Berr
hard in Strasburg, Illinois.
VIM. Reddick received teltgra
from Hollonburg, Kansas, on Thursda
announcing the serious illness of b
father. MIR. Reddick left for Hollonbul
at once.
The Brown County Journal, a ne
newspaper venture, made its appearan
Saturday. It carries the name of Phil
Liesch as publisher and will be repub
I. can in politics. rs
e John Lind spoke to three thousal
E people IN Duluth. That's an audien
/ twice as large as the one. which greet
+ Eustis in st. Paul, the second largest {
. ty in the state. ---~-~
Il The death of Sergeant Butler at Lee
Lake will result IN the promotion of &c
l. poral Max Sebald,' now visiting
5 friends in Stark township, this count
a Max will join his regiment on the 26'
e his furlough expiring on that date.
le The following from the western tow
n ships of Nicollet county have been dra,
1t for jury duty at the next term Of coul
: Grand jurors, joint Havemeyer, w
lie Borchert, John Kllngler Jr. and j
Kienlin; petit jururs, Rudolph Marti q