The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-23
estern and the Omaha railway companies

western and the Omaha railway companies
connect at Kasota, and they have at said
point facilities by track connection for the
interchange Of cars lfrcm the tracks Of one
of said lines to the other. That the COM
plainant is a residentEof the village of
Lake Benton. Lincoln county, Minnesota.
That the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company and the Chicago, st. Paul,
established and are now maintaining
joint rate of sixteen Q6) cents per hundred
pounds In carload lots on wheat and other
grains from Lake Benton to Minneapolis,
and joint rate Of fourteen and one-half
Q41s) cents per hundred pounds in carload
lots from Candy to Minneapolis, and a
joint rate of fifteen Q5) cents per hundred
pounds in carload lots from Tyler to Min
neapolis, and joint rate Of sixteen and
one-haf Q61a) cents per hundred pounds
in carload lots from Verdi to Minneapolis,
which is station on the same line of road
of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company as Lake Benton and six 60 miles
west therefrom.
That the line Of road on which Candy
and Porter are located is about thirty
800 miles north Of the line of road on
which the village of Lake Benton is situat-
ed, and that the station Of Tyler is on the
same line Of road with Lake Benton and
eight ~ miles east. That the territory be-
tween the stations of Lake Benton, Candy,
Porter, Tyler and Verdi Is territory of each
OF said stations for the sale of wheat and
other grains. and the dealers at said sta
That the distance from Lake Benton to
Minneapolis is 215 miles; from Tyier,to Min
neapolis is 207 miles; Verdi, 2M miles; Can
by, 227 miles; Porter, go miles.
That the joint rate of sixteen j16)
cents per hundred pounds in carload lots
on wheat and other grains, now charged
and maintained by the defendants from
Lake Benton to Minneapolis, is unjust and
unequal, and is discriminating against
Lake Benton in favor OF the stations Of
Porter and Candy, and that grain which
was naturally tributary to Lake Benton
and would otherwise have been marketed
at Lake Benton, has been diverted there
from and marketed at the stations Of Por-
ter and Candy by reason of the rate afore-
said, and that any rate or any joint rate
from Lake Benton to Minneapolis on wheat
greater than the rate charged at Porter,
is discriminatory against Lake Benton
That any joint rate from Verdi exceed
ing one-haf cent per hundred pounds in
Benton is discriminating against Verdi in
favor Of Lake Benton, and should not
maintained Any higher rate from Tyler
than Lake Benton is unlawful.
It Is therefore ordered by the commission
that the joint rate on wheat, oats barley
and other grains in carload lots from the
station of Lake Benton to Minneapolis be
reduced to IA cents per hundred pounds,
ants from the station of Porter, and that
the defendants are hereby ordered forever
to desist from charging any greater joint
rate from Lake Benton to Minneapolis,
Mimi, on wheat and other grain, than
they charge from the station of Porter
1t is further ordered that the joint rate
charged by defendants from Verdi on wheat
and other grain to Minneapolis shall not
exceed one-half cent over the rate charged
at Lake Benton, and that the joint rate on
such grain from Tyler shall not exceed the
rate at Lake Benton.
1t is further ordered that this order shall
take effect on the I'd day of May, 1898.