The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-01-16

Pennsylvania road owning the Baltimore
& Ohio. Have the rates advanced?
'Havs the people along the line Of the
trary, the first step has been to furnish
track the line from the ohio river to Chi
facilities to handle the business to the
best advantage and at such rates as Wal
enable the shippers along the line to
open up their mines and increase their
business in every branch of trade and to
rely upon the solvent company for the
facilities necessary to transact their bus
mess.
Alleged Car Shortage Lack of Car Move
ment.
Hardly a day passes without a rail-
ROAD accident, many Of which are at
tended with much loss Of life. What is
the cause? In an effort to handle the
such numbers and at a rate of speed
which is entirely beyond the capacity
iute en blo rGaas Of f9 }rag there her wd is an rb aes 20
and the Mississippi river points in the
West and the Atlantic seaboard. FUR
ovens are cold and thousands Of men
There is a coal famine from Pittsburg to
movement of Is. ooo,o Ss,ooc. the a rais
freight car movement was about thirty
more cars that is wanted, but more
moyemen OF the ears now in use.
Freight trains move certainly an average
of sixteen miles an hour while on the
road. Twenty miles cars movement daily
a quarter out of the tWentynfou npi hours.
No business in the world can thrive
under conditions when it can use it's
facilities for earning money less than one
hour out of the twelve.
"When many Of the roads were built
capital was Scarce and high. A very
Of the investment-they had no idea of
the future growth, and from want of
terminal facilities are today totally in.
adequate. If the cars could be moved at
the principal terminals the main lines
ent. However, with a continuance for
three or five years Of the present volume
of traffic between the East and West
manufacturing districts his country will
find itself confronted with the most seri-
Gus commercial question it has yet been
called upon to solve. Terminals in the
larger Eastern cities are both difficult
n expensive to acquire.
The et PeN9nsylyania railway in order to
island, is building a tunnel from Jersey
City to = B3IrSooklyn,, at a cost of $40, 900, 600
or must the expense of operation and
traffic?
careful examination OF InG railway
problem from a national standpoint will,
I believe, show beyond question that the
business of the country has outgrown
and that new facilities not now apparent
will be necessary to relieve the situation.
p American Rates Lowest in the World.
"Rates in the United States are much
lower than in any other country. Wages
are higher, the cost of most of the ma
terial is higher than in Europe, still the
average rate charged in Europe is fully
twice as high as in America. Thu con-
ditions in this country change very
two in twenty years, ali kinds of labor
and material used by the railways, have
advanced from 30 to so per cent. Moth
has made it possible to reduce rates as
they have been reduced. Today we find
the volume of traffic SO great east of
to move it under the present conditions:
How will these conditions be changed
and at what cost?. Who will build new
questions which I will not undertake to
answer farther than to say that the
West, must have the facilities or suffer
"The public must always bear in mind
that a bankrupt road cannot furnish
good service: The railroad must be able
at fair and reasonable rates. The prob
lem we have had to solve has been how
to reduce the cost of operation so that
VIC al IollopoIl ~ a. liz
lowest prices. This can be done only by
increasing the volume of traffic. The
question is as simple as raising a given
amount of money by taxation. The more
dollars worth of property taxed the
lower the rate of taxation will be and
the greater number of tons carried the
lower the rate of transportation will be.
This is one of the main reasons why we
are so anxious to develop the enormous
through business that is rapidly growing
every ton of new business that we
bring contributes it's proportion of net
revenue and enable us to reduce the
rate of transportation on our local bust
ness. The interstate business on our
lines in North Dakota today constitutes
95 per cent of the whole and still you
enjoy all the facilities furnished, both
passenger and freight, with the increased
number of trains necessary to handle
this business, every one OF whom IS an
additional accommodation to you.
North Dakota q Marvellous State.
ut will be thirty-two years next March
since I first saw the Red River valley.
At that time there was not a single house
on the west side of the Red river, from
the Bots de Sioux to Pembina. During
the past twenty years all of my time
and effort has been given to building
up the northwest, and no part OF the
northwest has given me more satisfac,
ton or is giving me more satisfaction
today tina North Dakota. It's growth
in the past has been marvellous: The
first years in all 1 neW see1nd countries are are
LID Ny oHN IVA
during the past few years you are get
ting the reward of your labor; people
are coming into the state by thousands,
the value of your land has advanced and
will advance beyond your reasonable ex-
pectations, and 1 hope that together your
property and our property will work side
by side and shoulder to shoulder to car
ry forward the best interests of North
Dakota.
N man, no hundred men in your state
represent the same interest in your well
fare that it is my good fortune to rep
resent, and 1 hope in the future that
with better methods of cultivation and
more knowledge of what is required,
your condition may be constantly i'm
proved, and If your condition is inn
proved, ours will certainly share it with
you. AS the volume of traffic increases
our rates will be educed
Remember that whatever helps you
helps the railroad, and whatever hurts
you or restricts your growth, restricts
the growth of the railroad serving you.
We will always prosper together or be
poor together.
PICKED UP HERE AND THERE.
Finland loses $500 worth OF cattle