Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-30

o. The taking % tI,na ago.
reny. York some NUS Ms week
D New ,,ied in st. PAU Social
D eo9assrIck IngeTson, ohisf witness
Il Hill was tle onv tells the
pauL and NE 'caiIed merger IN a
sory OF ~ than has h~eretoiolS
INJECTED way Mo AS IL required
ssea to tne y - Il It vas very VOL
"A to cornplei. ~enficient portion OF
Rr. ne appenu . Q Connected story OF
Ssace 70 glSs me reason for making
sgaction emo Wv
general way OF. the
Ml too ~ raiIWay system, OF tne
d . gTre .bs trade in b Orlent'
nent % situation Of the couhsls.
be coz ,old his story IN ms oWn
laIge.iL y learned counsel naVlns
ne q throw out a mint Ihal
nn wv,.tsr tell II some otheI
y ~ relating briefly
Fgslw sd, Paul, too
snsa and later It's ana
~ Great Northern Ioanuss that
sdithout very much 1bs nolicy
gfy AasSacially the policy OF eA-
roads, espTLjs was, however, ne
The ines dna TO the fact tha-
MI isrSei}5a directors had been
d me othei
ah auilt for Keeps.
AIius ,brolgh TO the coast IN 1900
49, RAJ $500 600 had been sx-
sald .laSrirp alone, as he de-
if sa.s,iS h a he vas building
R cett hsst Dcssibls locations.
y o. little side remark at thls
rto " that while riding along
$500 system once ne oO-
sar,ion of that system pelns
so,Irta right OF way, ana, hS
Ias ss 10 avoid all that sort OF
-so q, the Western country con-
nastlv OF lumber, ana IL was Ss-
=, ne Great Northern 70 hahuie
1bar II II was 70 40 ~ $50
Te rate at that time was ~ 49,
~ nofrds which was p~rohibltlVe.
~ gtrh lumber manufacturers
,boasnt that If they rad a rate
n ssg could send lumber East
q. y cnuldU do IL with n fate
~ "a cents, SO we made IL ~
"a M lumber trade began to de-
e. "a make a low rate on East
$3.50 ehlnments it was eSsential 10
0tssTarn movement of cars To
~ necessity of bringing empty
~ Ia ship the lumber IN. WlLhln
~ We had SO developed this trade
n with Alaska and the eastern
ifat We were enabled 10 secure
4 goods for the markets OF the ORR
ri thus to keep a movement OF
,ajeh meant a shipment or iuInosr
an al a rate making the Shipment
and profitable.
ew,,rj6n across the Pacific, and
,gatlon did that have to your pur.
4 the Burlington road stock,
Nj Young.
found that the lumber supply OF
lstd States east of the Rockies ana
al the Ohio river was more and
agendent upon the washington and
Y forests, and that the time was
approaching when the states
we're furnishing lumber to the
k would not have enough lumber for
't cyn needs michigan, for instance,
raslmes more than she can manu-
A / was especially interested in
kEber traffic. because X there was
nber fer Us to carry from the West
vas nothing at all for us to carry
4 road. / saw that IL was only n
M h. Of time when Washington and
.. e.hNeaA supply oil AAlN AhAiApEl VI
Entry. II is soon to be so. In order
y q low rate We must have a large
NfR and have markets 10 which we
send anything made in the East,
s have a continual Eastern traffic
safa l influenced the Japanese to
rs a trial lot of American rails In
q we Belgian and English rails.
WI ! induced them TO buy American
IN M a guarantee that III IL was not
Booty ] would pay for IL.
cotton trade has been growing
nplcly ever since. We chartered
2 take this cotton and these rails
W. We can make a rate TO Hong
Anich viii enable the Minneapolis
Y snip their -four TO China II they
me Chinese trade"
Coal supply.
asat advantage IL any. cid Won X
IeerlVe and have you derived from
sasaglon purchase In regard TO the
y egal Tor the country traSersed
~ . the above question Mr.. HiIl
nat on the west end they had
Nppiy q coal and on the East end
5& w gdst mas come from PennsyI-
aAa West Virginia and some from
AVW y was apparent that they
y lphger rely on the previous re-
" lne east and Il Is consequent
VA y Nn interest to use the supply they
s Tm w only for themselves but for
n = Well from the Illinois coal
# slaaes or the Burlington road
~ ~ 70 carr an enormous ton
n " pubic would soon be COM
$3.50 upon the bituminous coal
ss.sad OF on the anthracite from
aWs coal Is a necessity TO the
Ne northwest, which would
= nSHaon the country for five
" y w year II they could not get
~ sta1sehabie prices, and thew cam
rs AL the east at a reasonable
n 4 ~, .aa net claim that this was
y ~, salks and the local situation
IN = ny ms was the permanent
Nv northwest had got to face,
f,n future they could not bring
M n she western end OF their line
sossr. naul was too tar to furnish
ofe Trade With St rou4
\, KS iast week we had advices OF
in ~ $3.50 tons of iron ore to 20
f,hsrn ,nmInter from the iron mines
sal easa minnesota to ST. Louis to lead
IA ~ oaek. The fact that the
b eoms nortn or that there Is
lowsr North makes 1t possible to
e,t Il. rate on the iron ore, and
M ho,h foa ore rates and the coal
n Nm anected and are both re-
b,b Extent that we can load the
A tnds. .ays This Is a matter we
s hsss SSgh~slderation: this iron mat
a eo,,n nau under consideration may
lta w,,ptee 2: months. but IL has cul-
viii lne lass week. We hope
hh reach S0O.0 600 IONS hsfore
specIsnue to shipments OF cot
& ksnlaea and other articles, what
agr asr was there in its being car
|lhrh vp ~ lines under a Joint tar
i g6srA gla not have, where II Is
81 taisaIs uoIh roads are under the
Nnsny hor instance, IN the matter
Z from es or anything OF that kind.
es L Is almost a necessity. n
b egnir oe at all permanent. 10 be
seas Wv I The rates on the
dems sAry according "a tbs uee
,s N.Y. Tor ships, and we a. a5ty
oA IA connIusss west must be In a
~ ptth PETE to take the trafic,
al rcad1u "nother. IL may be that
ad 81. Tnhay be the line between
n a posi,5nuIs' II the Burlington was
Fztnue III 'oh 70 work with us and
s0ns o,b with us, thew might
Zen A connection thar would
W ate, division than we could
vs. thels sney might find ar fasls9bat
N tee Alsrest 10 work ovttb saraa
NJ Bths. siHyne they wouIa 49,, $3.50