Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-05
amount 81 coal that. is to be had there

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through shipment and exchange of cars
upon a JOINT rate? s s..
business you could not provide cars, no1
could the miners afford to work the mines
and make the large expenditure that is
and efficient manner when the market
was liable to be changed. or as said be
fore, the door was liable to be shut any
we will turn this current Of commerce
somewhere else; we would rather have II
from some other place.. The field. we
will promote the mining Of coal down
| there and the use Of coal up here and we
can do that better than anybody else can.
Mr. Ho aae enstt then proceeded to explain,
the Burlington road He said the Buriing
Black His country in $40 South tof Dako yne
of low grade.
Continuing. he said that the Burlington
sale to the Northern and Great Northern
large amount of business would be of
necessity thrown to the Burlington, which
! would produce greater revenue than if
the Burlington operated alone.
ne then took up the question Of iron
ore or? and explained the large advantages OF
on the Mesaba range. reached by the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific. By
this means the ore could be taken down
coal returned on the same cars This
would enable coal to be transported at
much lower rates than would otherwise
TURNS interests along the line Of the
Burlington, especially in Missouri and
many many articles ri manufactured which arc
OF a connection Of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific, these manufacture
Ing plants are greatly increased and
shipment to the coast There are also
| large quantities of raw manufactured cot
ton to be shipped. over the Burlington to
which is valuable to the public, because
the larger the amount of general freight
! which could be secured. the lower would
pc the freight on merchandise and speci-
line Of the roads.
He was especially strong in his CLAIM,
that the supply of coal to the northwest
teal, as the cost of transporting coal
without the return business for the coal
cars would make rates SO high as to be
weaving of business both ways they could
make the coal supply adequate for the
northwest and within the reach of all.
| President Mefen's Testimony.
MI Mfilen Rre side Of the Northsrn
position since August, 1897, and that the
| position carried with it a membership in
the the board 90 r. Of directors: and also member;
| at one time, some years ago, been con-
nected with the Union Pacific. He was
familiar with the Burlington system and
the acquisition Of the Burlington system
by the Northern Pacific and Great North
| ern not only did not restrain trade and
commerce between the states and the
foreign nations, but that they promoted
! it both in freight and passenger service
The Northern Pacific as a company had
never taken any part t IN the formation OF
the Great Northern and Northern Paci-
| fic were in equally the same position they
were in before the Northern Securities
E. N. Sanders.
! The last witness examined in st. Paul
! was Mr.. E. N. Sanders, president of the
! northwestern Fuel company. He testified
that ina; ne was U.s. miner era, and distributor OF
North and South Dakota and Nebraska,
nd,s some and n ioWa and H.
100000 tons annually: He also stated
that he was interested in the Spring Val
| ley Coal company in northern Illinois,
| is bituminous coal. He said that within Ia a
! short period the greater portion Of the BIZ
luminous coal which he had furnished for
and Ohio, and. that in recent years they
had difficulty in obtaining their supplies:
During the last two years it was almost
impossible d tS to get ANYTHING like an ade-
| portation on the railroads from the east
have been so great that they have been
abSd unable -. to furnish c the motive
themselves during the short period OF
The following questions and answers
Q. Heretofore, prior to the year 1901.
| how has it been with Illinois coal shipped
| from the mines in that state destined to
! points beyond st. Paul and Minneapolis ?
| get it through on account of the fact that
| the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
other roads who could haul it to those
| points have always been unwilling and in
| fact have refused to allow their equip
ment to go through to the destination OF
the coal: which necessitated transferring
| 1t here into the cars Of the lines reach
ing north, to the great injury Of the
| coal and great delay in transit, and with
| great addition to the cost.
| Witness-The labor of transferring and
| the delays incident to transferring.
! coal itself, and whether that effect is
greater on Illinois coal than on eastern
A. 1t is damaging to all grades of bi-
| coal, in that it breaks it up and produces
| large amount Of screenings and waste,
to the great detriment of the purchaser.
@. What advantage would it be in the
transportation and distribution of coal il
the cars could go directly from the mines
in Illinois to points Of destination On the tn
reads without breaking bulk?
| A.. 1t would make the Illinois fields d.
| rectly available to the users Of coal on
g. IS this r illinois ' coal Of such oRaFac
t ter mat y, e. consumer can put in large
|
stocked, as it contains rather more sui
| phur, is more friable and disintegrates
more rapidly that higher classes Of Goals
But it has an eyaporating power which is
with Eastern coal, Is used fresh mined
and after being shipped directly from the
mines.
!, @. About how far west ON the lines OF
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
do your operations extend?
A. Well, in bituminous coal to the bor-
ern limits Of the Dakotas and Nebraska
| Advantage to Customers.
! Q. Assuming, Mr.. Sanders, that the
coal can come from the Illinois coal mines
| up here on the Burlington road and then
60 ECU put over the Great Northern and
on the through tariff, likely to be perma-
! nent. what advantage would the con
sumers of that coal at the. points OF
gain over and Above ~" What they they" would would
have If it went the way it has been going
breaking bulk at St. Paul. and depending
on a joint tariff between different roads?
A. In the first place, they would have
an assured reg liar base Of supply for a
splendid quality of fuel, which they could
depend upon, and, in my Judgment, il
would result in reduction of the aver
age cost to the consumers of fuel in that
| territory of Is per cent.
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