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

De fna ~ ~ ran TO billings and through the
where there are large mineral depositS eli
Of low grades. uepoSils' gil
CONTINUING, he said that the Rurlingto,
sl9ckhoiders thought tina through the
q Ia rea lno Morthcrn and Great Northern
q large amount Of business would he NJ
nacesslty thrown to the Burlington, which
would produce a greater revenue than r.
Ia p tban taoI operated alone.
ans explained the large M apSes ~
or iron ore from the deposits an
Sho Mesana range, reached by the Great
means he an nps N co,I1 Pacific. By this
MISSISSIPPI valley to st. Louis and coal
agJurneu on the same cars. This would en-
anle Goa TO be transported at much lower
Iates than would otherwise be possible.
Ihere are large manufacturing Interests
along the lin OF the Burlington especiaIiv
IN missouri and many articles manufac-
1870 "nlcn are adapted to the Oriental
LIaus. by means OF a connection of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
lnese 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
MANUFACTURED 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 mer,
ehandise n specific shipments Of indi-
80 NAS llllC III HIT IUd1H
The cross examination of Mr.. Harris
was conducted by Mr.. Day, and practic-
any eicited nothing new, but emphasized
tne points which he had made in his direct
examination, that the purchase Of the
burlington by the Pacific roads would in
crease business and aid in the develop
ment or all the region traversed by those
lines.
He was especially strong in his claim
that the supply of coal to the northwest
coulu not nave otherwise been made prac-
tical, as the cost of transporting coal
without the return business for the coal
cars would make rates so high as TO be al
most prohibitory, but with the interWeay-
ing. OF 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
ship in the executive committee. He had
at one time, some years ago, been con-
nected with the Union Pacific. He was
familiar with the Burlington system and
had been for ten years. He thought 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
Mob theTn Pacific as q company had never
taken any part in the formation of the
Northern Securities company, and the
were in equally the same position they
were IN before the Northern Securities
was formed.
w. r. CIough.
w. p. Clough fourth vice-president OF
the Northern Securities company was the
made by the Northern Securities Company
has been a direct individual transaction.
The stock purchased was transferred abb
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 Pacific
stock would come In and ask TO sell 1t TO
the company and would receive in pay
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.. Hin, as his particular
| associates, to which he replied that he
thought that 1t was less h pne-third
OF the stock Of the Northern Securities
company.
Company.
r. N. Sanders.
| The last witness examined In ST. Paul
was Mr.. u. n. Sanders, president of the
Northwestern Fuel company. He testiied
that he was a miner and distributor OF
coal. and had principal charge OF tnat
company, distributing coal In Minnesota
North nd South Dakota Nebraska'
and some in Iowa and northwestern III
nois and wisconsin. They mine apout
he was interested in the Spring VAL
lev Coal company In northern Illinois, and
in a coal mine In Indiana; All OF TINS Is
bituminous Goa. He said that wlthlh q
short period the greater portion OF the pl-
luminous coal which he had furnished tor
the northwest came from PennsylVahla
and Ohio, and that In recent years Lhey
had difficulty In obtaining ihe was su aPimost
impossible to get anything ike an aoe-
quate supply. The requirements LOT transt
portation on the railroads from the edss
have been so great that they nave Dggn
ABSOLUTELY unable to furnish the motive
nd Xer to move the cars and the cars them
selves during the short period Oh naVlsa-
ton.
The following questions and answers
were especially pertinent: ,oo,
"a. Heretofore, prior TO the year igol
how II has been with Illinois coal shIPpeu
from the mines in that state M,u des. noIisP }"
points beyond ST. Paul and M~lnneaPolis
IT has been almost imposslDle 70 set
% tbroIrh on account of the fact that the
| chicago. Burlington & quincy ana otner
roada who could haul II TO those posuls
49, aIways been unwilling, In tact
have refused TO allow their equipment 70
go through to the destination OF the f Ssn
| which necessitated t:anslerrdhg narth
into the cars OF the lines reaching north,
to the great injury or the coaa ny sIdd;tion
delay in transit, and with great
to the cost. -. add,tional
cost7 -on.,arrip1 and
| the DELAYS incident to Transferring
o. state what effect that has upon 'I is
coal Itself. and whether that enect u
greater on Illinois coal than on eas'ein
coal. u~o5as NJ hItr-
r,ino,,s coal. n especially 10 MINUS
nnnlnS ,hs1i n breaks 1t up and produces
a large amount of screenings anu VASE vase
| to the great detriment OF the -,
q. what advantage would It be IN me
trananortation and distribution OF coai y
the cars could go directly IRON i,o one on the
Great a Northern and N9rshern Paeino
100 without breaking bulk AZ
"a n would make the ILLINOIS neluS o
rectly available to the users OF "o1a v"
their coal supply cheaply and
snen = shIs Illinois coal Of such charac-
that a consumer can put In a large