The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-23

The hearing in the action Of the
United States against the Northern
Securities company and others was
continued yesterday at the federal
building, and brought together sub
stantially the same large assembly as
on previous days.
The testimony during the hearing
was largely on the same lines as that
of James J.. Hill, but the witnesses
called, especially President Harris, of
the Burlington road, presented many
matters from the viewpoints of their
own personal experience, thus impart-
ing variety and interest to the days
evidence.
1t is expected that the taking Of tes-
timony for the defense in st. Paul will
be completed today, when Col. w. P.
Clrugh and e. n. Saunders will take
the stand on behalf of the company.
= Weyerhaeuser Takes Stand.
The first witness called yesterday
morning was Frederick Weyerhaeuser,
one of the leading lumbermen of the
Northwest and a director In the Great
Northern railway. In. answer to. ques-
lions by Mr.. Young, Mr.. W~eyerhaeuser
said the companies he was interested
In owned forests in many states,
among them Washington, Idaho, Wis
cnnsin and Minnesota, and had shipped
last month about 120, 600, 900 feet Of
lumber.
O.. Are you acquainted with the lum-
Der supply in the Mississippi valley?
A. Yes, sir; that is where I have been
operating for forty-odd years.
@. Now, does the amount of standing
timber in the Mississippi valley, avail
able for making lumber compare with
that in former years?
A. The supply is getting very low.
Q About how long do you think that
you can continue numbering at a profit
in this valley?
A. Oh, five or six years will wipe out
most of our mills, though the last tree
will not be cut for some time to come in
these states. I am speaking now mainly
of Wisconsin and Minnesota and Mich
igan.
@. To what part of the country are
you resorting for a supply of timber in
Der?
A. We have been buying in Idaho,
Washington and Oregon. We own ], 250,-
to 1900, 900 acres; about 200. 900 in Ore
idaho.
Q. Where is your principal market for
the lumber which you manufacture on the
West coast?
think probably we reach about fifteen
quite a little, from Washington down to
@. What state furnishes the largest
marker
n Nebraska; Illinois is quite a good
market, too.
9. Over what railroads do you ship
to those markets?
A. We ship pretty much all over the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
the Burlington and the different roads;
we give them all some. Those are the
principal roads.
O.. What railroad in Iowa has the larg-
est market for umber along It's line?
A. 1 always find the Burlington the
best lumber line.
@. In shipping lumber from Washing
ton and other points, on or near Puget
sound, to points, on the Burlington road,
what advantage, If any, is 1t to be able
to load cars and a W the lumber car
ried through on the same cars to it's des-
tination?
A. 1t Is a great advantage. When
cars are not very plenty, the roads will
not let us ransfer from their road onto
other roads, and in place of transferring
the cars, they transfer the lumber; they
do not handle the lumbe as carefully as
our people do, and sometimes we have a
big car and they try to put in 1t a little
car, and they can't get it In, and there
aged more or less by reloading it and
handling it,
President Harris TestIfies.
The governments attorneys, not desir-
ing to cross-examine Mr.. Weyerhaeuser,
George B. Harris. president of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railway COM
pany, was called as the next witness, and
In answer to questions by Attorney
Grover testified in substance as follows:
Q. What is the mileage of the Bur-