Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-06

Continuing, he said that the R,,r,ira
ssgeknoiders. thought that through the
= large en1 Motthsrn and Great Northern
necessary thrown to the Burlington, which
wouia produce a greater revenue than ~
Hs them taoE %, operated alone.
ana explained the large adyantagas 81
snlpments or iron ore from the depoSits an
Ne Mesapa range, reached by the Great
means H. ana northern Pacific. By this
Means the ore could be taken down the
mississippi valley to st. Louis and coal
returned On the same cars. This wouI5 en-
aDte coai 70 be transported at much lower
rates than would otherwi.e be possible
mere are large manufacturing Interests
along the line OF the Burlington. especiaIiv
IN Missolri and many articles manufac-
t uaSa "picn are adapted to the Oriental
Lrade. by means of a connection of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
these manufacturing plants are greatly
increased and stimulated, as there is a
means OF direct shipment to the coast
There are also large quantities Of raw
~nuIactu cotton to be shipped over
the burlington to the coast. All Of this
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 mar,
a and specific shipments of indi-
Vlduals along the line of the roads.
The cross examination Of Mr.. Harris
was conducted by Mr.. Day, and practic-
any elected nothing new. but emphasized
liz p1AAAAS III lS Idu UldUe III his direct
examination, that the purchase of the
Burlington by the Pacific roads would in
crease business and aid in the deyelCp-
ment OF all the region traversed by those
lines,
He was especially strong In his claim
that the sapply of coal to the northwest
could not have otherwise been made prac-
teal, as the cost of transporting coal
without the return business for the coal
cars would make rates so high as 10 be al
most prohihitory, but with the interweav-
ing, or business both ways they could
make the coal supply, adequate for the
northwest and within the reach of all.
President MelIen's Testimony.
Mr.. Mellen, president of the Northern
Pacific, testified that he had held that
position since August. 1897, and that the
position carried with ii a membership In
the board Of directors, and also member
snip In the executive committee. He had
at one time, some years ago, been con-
.snccted with the Union Pacific. He was
familiar with the Burlington system and
had been for ten years. He l. light that
the acquisition of the Burlington system
by the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern not only did not restrain trade and
commerce between the states and the
foreign nations, but that they promoted 1t
both in freight and passenger service. The
Northern Pacific as a company had never
taken n 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. r. CIough.
w. r. Clough fourth vice-president Of
the Northern Securities company was the
next witness. Every purchase of stock
made by the Northern Securities Company
has been a direct individual transaction.
The stock purchased was transferred alb
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 compa9l was organized. There was
nothing unusual in the transfers. Holders
OF Great Northern and Northern Pacific
stock would come in and ask TO sell il to
the ompany and would receive In a
therefor stock of the Northern Securities
company.
He was next asked the amount of hold
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 he
thought that il was less than ppe-third
OF the stock Of the Northern Securities
company.
Company.
e. n. Sanders.
The last witness examined in ST. Paul
was Mr.. Il. N. Sanders, president OF the
Northwestern Fuel company. he testined
that he was "a miner and distributor OF
coal. and had principal charge OF tnat
mpa distributing coal in Minnesota,
North nd South Dakota and Nebraska
and some In Iowa and northwestern Ill
nois n Wisconsin. They mine aoSut
ne was Interested in the Spring VAL
ley Coal company in northern Illinois, and
in a coal mine in Indiana: All OF TINS Is
bituminous coal. He said that within q
short period the greater portion OF the BIZ
luminous coal which he had furnishea LOT
the northwest came from PennsyINahla
and Ohio. and that In recent years Lhey
had difficulty In obtaining their supplies.
During the past two years 1t was almost
impossible to get anything IKE an aae-
quate supply. The requirements LOT traIs
portation on the railroads from the east
have been so great that they have been
absolutely unable to furnish the motive
pCwer TO move the cars and the cars then-
selves during the short period OF naVlsa-
ton,
were especially pertinent: ,oo,
O Heretofore, prior to the year lSul,
how II has been with Illinois coal shlppeu
from the mines in that state desthsa 10
points beyond st. Paul and Minneapolis
A IT has been almost Impossible 10 ger
IL through on account or the tact tndt the
Chicago. Burlington q quincy anu sn noints
have ALWAYS been unwilling, ana IN tast
have refused to allow their equlpmehl 10
go through to the destination OF Ing va,
which necessitated transferring II here
into the cars OF the lines reaching north,
TO the great injury OF the coal n gFeat
delay in transit, and with great aooi'ioh
% Mr.. Grover-what makes the additional
Witness-The labor Of Transferring ana
tba Selays incident to transferring.
q state what effect that has upon tne
coal itself, and whether. that eHect -
greater on Illinois coal thar on eastern
A. II Is damaging to all grades OF p1tus
! minous coal, and especially 20 lliihois
coal in that It breaks II up and produces
q large amount OF screenings ana WASTE
70 the great detriment OF the purchaser.
q. what advantage would II De IN tIS
transportation and Distribution OF codl -
the ears could go directly from the nH ~
a. Illinois to points Of destination Oh sao
Great Northern and Northern Faclhu
rnads without breaking hulk3
Al II would make the Illinois nelds ul-
ractlv available to the users or coal On
their coal supply cheaply and promptly.
n To this Illinois coal of such charac-
ter that a consumer can put Al q ialse
a n u coal that IS not advantageousLyy
stnckad az it contains rather NOR ~
800 a. more friable and dlslhtssia
plnnrs ranidIy than higher classes - is
pvt n has an evaporating power wnnaris
aSannate for all purposes, IN zen
- With Eastern coal, II useo Lac,In
m1nad and after being shlppea ue
from the mines. ,ho ,nbs OF