The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-14
ORDER IS ISSUED
G. n. AND N. p. MUST RESTORE DIS
TRIBUTING POINT
TARIFFS
DoADs NOTIFIED YESTERDAY
Commission Adheres to Its Deter
mination to Order Old Rates
RestOred-New Schedule
Proved Unsatisfactory.

Late yesterday afternoon the railroad
commission issued the order appearing
below to the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads in regard TO
the terminal tariffs at Crookston, Fer
gus Fails and other northern cities.
The order is practically a compelling
order requesting that the roads restore
the former distributing tariffs. The
schedule submitted was not found to be
satisfactory to the commission, and the
original intention of ordering restora-
ton has been adhered TO.
The following is a copy Of the order
sent to the Northern Pacific. A sim
liar one was sent to the freight officials
of the Great Northern, aIl,' ,4ns ali Lne
towns except Brainerd, which is exclu-
sively a Northern Pacific town. The or
der is as follows:
The rallroad and warehouse commits
SionerS OF the state OF Minnesota nav
ing heretofore ON the 24th DAY OF FEB
ruary, by resolution, taken under con-
sidera ton the reasonableness of the
merchandise rates on .Ae lines of the
Northern Pacmc railway from CrookSton.
Fergus FANS, ST. Cloud, Bralnerd ana
MOOrnead to other stations in the state
of Minnesota, and fixed time and pace
for hearing Tor Friday, the I'm DAY OF
Marcn, A. d. 1862, at 10 a. m at the
once of the commissioners, room 6I2
EndIcott building, st. Paul, Mimi, and
the Northern Pacific Railway company
having been duly and reasonably served
with a copy OF said resolution, and
notice of the said hearing and the t me
and place named been duly served on
said Northern Pacinc RailWay company,
ana it appeared by 9. w. Bum, attorney,
and j. M. Hanaford, third vice president
of said company.
After hearing all evidence and mat
ters offered by said company, together
1 a.-i.Is hno f,ft Ina n11
ties interested in the establishment Of
terminal tariffs 1t the points named
after due consideration, il IS ordered,
That shippers by ran at ct. loud, Fer
gus Falls, MoOrhead, l5ralnerd and
Crookston are entitled to nave, and that
the Northern Pacific Railway company
is hereby directed forthwith to give
such shippers the same maximum diStIib-
uung rates on merchandise shipped from
said stations t. other sections on the
lines of the road of the sail Northern
Pacific Railway company in tne state Of
Minnesota as the sad railway company
now give shippers of n ar 1aEdIse for an
equal distance from Minneapolis, and
that shipments from said stations of ST.
Cloud, Fergus Falls, Moorhead Brainerd
and Crookston be governed by the same
classification as shipments from Mime
apolis, namely: The Western Classical
ton No. 81, with amendments now in
force and on file with the railroad and
warehouse commissioners of the state of
Minnesota, and that the said Northern
Pacific Railway company is hereby for
hidden to change said classification with
out obtaining the written consent of The
railroad and warehouse commissioners
ana 1t Is further ordered, that said
Northern Pacific Railway company
forthwith prepare, print and file with the
railroad and warehouse commissioners of
the state Of Minnesota tariff schedules
putting, in force the rates provided by
this order
Dated st. Paul. March 10. 1902.