Arizona republican., 1898-12-03
HAULING WHEAT TO DULUTH
ffr. F. B. Clarke Talks About inc Great
 Northcrn'S Operations.

MT. Francis B. Clarke, general traf- fic manager of the Great Northern railroad, is at the Hotel Adams for a few days. MT. Clarke came here with his son, MT. ESbert T. Clarke, who will spend ;he winter in the valley.
 Since he came to Phoenix MT. Clarke has been in constant communication by wire with the Greas Northern offices in St Paul in regard to the shipments of wheat by that road. When seen by a reporter for The Republican yester day afternoon MT. Clarke had received some gratifying reports, and he talked enthusiastically about the wheat ship ments of his road. "The Great North ern," he said, has hauled 33,000,000 bushels of wheat. thus far this season from the Red River valley and other wheat producing sections of the north west to Duluth. This is a record which has never been eQualed. At the present time we are 2,000 cars short of the demand, and all available rolling stock along the line Of our road has been pressed into service. The crops were very large this year, and al though the price of wheat is low, thc farmers are feeling good because of the magnificent yield.
 "The Great Northern will haul TO- OO0, 600 bushels of wheat this winter from local stations, which is one-sixth of the entire spring wheat yield in the United States. We are taking to Du- luth and West Superior from 500,0 900 to 500 900 bushels of wheat every day now and this means in the neighDOr- hood of TOO cars passing into those cit ies over our lines each day. The wheat production of the northwest grows larger each year, and 1t has been necessary for the Great Northern to build what is known as the FOsstCn branch, a road running from ,he Red River valley to Duluth, in order to handle the wheat. But even with this road completed and in use this fall and winter the Great Northern has been unable to meet the demands of the shippers.
 Our road now has the largesc loco motives used in the world. They were placed on the road this fall and are used on the Montana central division where there are many heavy grades. These engines are capable of hauling sixty cars filed to their fullest ca pacity The total weight of the engine and tender in working condition is 30S. .75O pounds. In dimensions as well as weight these engines are the largest used anywhere on sarth. They were constructed in accordance with speci- tications by MT. J. o. Pattee, the com pany's superintendent of motive power.
 President Hill of the Great North ern last summer acquired the Spokane Falls & Northern, which runs from Spokane Falls to the Kootenay silver mining country in British Columbia. It is true. as has been published, that he has become interested in the Balti- more & Ohio road, and shat road will adopt MT Hill's system in it's freight traffic. MT. Hill believes in finding out what an engine can do and then i make it do it's fullest work. The North i ern Steamship company, which is part ! of the Great Northern system, runs the | finest passenger steamers to be found i anywhere in the world, and the next | acquisition of the Great Northern's | president will no doubt be a steamship | line running between Seattle and the | far east, taking in the Philippines. | China and Japan.
 we are sending a great deal of i Texas cotton to Japan and China over |