Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-11-06

along the line OF the Burlington. especially
IN Missouri, and many articles manufac,
trade. BY means of a connection Of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
these manufacturing plants are greatly
means of direct shipment to the coast.
There are also large quantities of raw
manufactured cotton to be shipped over
made a business which is valuable to the
public because the larger the amount OF
general freight which could be secured.
the lower would be the freight on IN m Ins'
viduals along the line of the roads.
The cross examination of Mr.. Harris
was conducted by Mr. Day. and pra H,ts,;
ally ELECTED nothing new but emphasized
the points which he had made In hts direct
examination. that the purchase Of the
burlington by the Pacffic roads would IN
crease business and aid in the develop
ment of all the region traversed by those
lines.
He was especially strong in his claim
that the supply Of coal to the noTen west
tical. as the cost Of Transporting coal
without the return business for the coal
cars would make rates SO high as to be al
ing of business both ways they could
make the coal supply adequate for the
northwest and within the reach of all.
President Mellen's Testimony.
Mr.. Mellen, president of the Northern
position since August. 1897, and that the
position carried with it a membership in
the board of directors, and also member
ship IN the executive committee; od ne naa
nected with the Union Pacific. He was
familiar with the Burlington system and
had been for ten years. He thought tnaf
by the Northern Pacific and Great North,
ern not only did not restrain trade ana
commerce between the states and the
foro irr1v hllf ha nr0mOfa6
both in freight and passenger service. The
Northern Pacific as a company had never
taken any part in the formation Of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
were in equally the same position they
were in before the Northern Securities
was formed.
w. II. Clough.
w. P. Clough fourth vice-president OF
the Northern Securities company was the
next witness. Every purchase of stock
made by the Northern Securities Company
has beer. direct individual transaction.
solutely Internationally in every case and
without solicitation on the part of the
company.
He had been practically present at the
New York Office every business day since
the company was organized. There was
nothing unusual in the transfers. Holders
of Great Northern and Northern Pacif1c
stock would come in and ask to sell 1t to
the company and would receive in pay
therefor stock of the Northern Securities
company.
ings in the Northern Securities COMPANY
of the eight or ten gentlemen especially
named by Mr.. Hill, as his particular
associates to which he replied that t, he h,
of the stock of the Northern Securities
company. "
Company. ....
f. n. Sanders.
The last witness examined in st. Paul
was Mr.. e. N. Sanders, president of the
Northwestern Fuel company. He testihed
that ne was "a miner and distributor, of
coal. and had principal charge 7;. OF that
North nd South Dakota and Nebraska,
nos and Wisconsin They hey mine Cd ABOUT bout
he was interested in the Spring VAL
ley Coal company in northern illinois, and
in coal mine in Indiana: All of this is
short period the greater portion Of the BIZ
luminous coal which he had furnished for
the northwest came from pennsylvania
had difficulty in obtaining their supplies:
During the past two years it was almost
impossible to get anything like an ade-
quate supply The fro 19 th efa anst
have been so great that they have been
absolutely unable to furnish the motive
power to move the cars and the cars them
selves during the short period OF naNlea'
tion.
The following questions and answers
were especially pertinent: ,oo,
how it has been with Illinois coal shipped
from the mines in that state destined to
points beyond st. Paul and Minneapolis?
it through as 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 equipment to
go through to the destination OF the COAL |
which necessitated transferring it here
into the cars Of the lines reaching north
to the great injury Of the coal and great
delay in transit, and with great addition !
to the cost. s,,.,,
Witness-The labor of transferring and |
the delays incident to transferring.
O. State what effect that has upon the |
coal itself. and whether that erect IS
greater on Illinois coal than on eastern
A. 1t is damaging to all grades of btu !
minous coal, and especially to Illinois
a 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 II
in Illinois to points Of destination on the
roads Ids; without breaking bulk? ;,
A, 1t would make the 1lllllolS ueA0S W.
rectly available to the users OF coal on
their coal supply cheaply and promptly.
o. Is this Illinois coal of such charac.
ter that consumer can put IN large
A. It is coal that is not advantageously
stocked, as it contains rather more sui
phur, is more frable and disintegrates
more rapidly than higher classes of GOALS:
But it has an evaporating power which IS
adequate for all purposes. IN compari-
son with Eastern coal, If used fresh
mined, and after being shipped directly
from the mines.
O. About how far West on the lines OF
the Great Northern and Northern racine
do YOUR operations extend?
A Well in bituminouS coal to the Dor
ders of the State of Montana, the West
ern limits Of the Dakotas and Nebraska.
Advantage to Customers.
@. Assuming. Mr.. Sanders. that this
coal can come from the Illinois coal mines
IN here on the Burlington road ana then
go out over the Great Northern ana
Northern Pacific without breaking Dulk,
on the through tariff Qikely to be perlna-
nently, what advantage would the con.
sumers of that coal at the points S OF
dcst inntion on these two Northern roads
gain over and above what they Woulu
Rave II it went the way 1t has been going,
n~nnl,inr bulk at ST. Paul, and depending |