The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
DE.1.;S0 4 40 CENT RITE.


district. Respectfully Yours,
H. WEesxsY. Fayal.
DE2iS0 4 40 CENT RITE.
The independent mine oper-
ators Of the Vermilion and Me-
saba have made good their threat
to apply to the state railroad
and warehouse commission for
reduced rates for transporting
ore.
Monday complaint was made
to the commission and the names
of the complainants are John G.
Brown. w. J. Conan and Eliza
Conan. The interests represent
ed by the comp1ainants are large
ly on the Vermi]ion range. The
complaint was drawn by Biilson,
Congdon & Dickinson, who have
been the attorneys for the indie
pendent miners for the past
three months.
It contains the we'll known
and oft discussed grievances of
the independent mine owners. It
is alleged that the roads main
3ain Snch exOrhitant rates for
transporting ore that the nine
owners cannot operate their pro
perties except at a loss. The
rates for transporting ore to
Two Harbors from Ely is 81 a
ton and from other points on the
Iron Range road the rate is 80
cents. Eighty cents is the uni
form rate on the Duluth, Missa
be & Northern.
The complaint sets forth that
the capital stock of the railroads
and of many of the large and
more productive mines of the
ranges is owned by the same in
dlviduals or largely so. 1t is set
fortl that the rates are so IN
reasonably high for transport
ing the ore that the combina-
lions of railroad and mine owners
can afford to operate their mines
at a loss as the railroad profit is
ample to make a profit also for
the mines. It is pointed out that
there are a number of mining
properties situated on school
lands, whose production has
been curtailed by the high rates
in force on the road and the
state thus deprived of a consid-
cradle income.
The petitioners pray that the
rates may be reduced to a uni
form basis of 40 cents per ton.
This petition will be watched
with interest by the 1ndepend.
ent mine owners. The aim OF
the independent mine owners is
to obtain for the owncrs of mines
along these roads a chance tc
sell ore at {. profit without own
ing an interest in a railroad.
The defendant companies, the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern and
the Duluth & Iron Range roads
have been given 20 days in
which to answer.
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