Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-15
WOOL RATES
ANNOUNCED
The Northern Pacific Makes Special
Rates to Shipping and Baling
Points.
OF INTEREST TO FERGUS COUNTY
Wool Will Be Insured and Charged
to Owners Whether Direct.
ed to Do So or Not.


lots in connection with the Montana
railroad became effective yesterday
Rate is made by the Northern Pacific
railway company with a view to IA
cilitating the concentration of wool
at market points in North Dakota and
Montana. All wool shipped to baling
or market points on the Northern Pa.
cific will be insured by the railroad
company, whether the owner of the
wool desires 1t or not, the charge to
be paid by the owner at the end of
the storage period.
During the coming season the Mon
tana railroad expects to haul much
larger amount of wool than 1t has in
former years. 1t expected to complete
its line to Lewistown by July 1st, but
should 1t fail to do so, it will. never
theless. undoubtedly receive large
part of the wool of Fergus county, as
1t is the line nearest that wool pro-
ducing region. Next season with the
Montana road reaching Lewistown, II
expects to handle practically all of the
clip of Fergus county. This county
until last year, was the chief wool
producing county in the state. 1t is
now second.
The circular announcing the new
tariff reads:
shipments of sacked wool in car
load lots, with minimum weight of
10000 pounds for each car used in its
transportation, will be accepted at
various stations on lines of these CON-
panies for local movement to estab-
lished wool market points intermed-
late with final destination, subject to
the following rules and conditions:
Instead of the ordinary form Of
shipping receipt, agents will issue
special wool warehouse receipt such
receipt to be issued at wool market
point also, for any wool which may
be delivered by owners for storing
by the railroad company pending sale
or consignment east The wool ware.
house receipt must show the num-
ber of packages, the weight of same,
where IL can be ascertained, and the
brands or marks appearing on the
sacks. and the initials and numbers
of cars If loaded when receipt is Civ,
en-. The receipts must be issued in
triplicate. the original given to the
shipper, the duplicate retained by the
agent for station record, and the trip
licate forwarded at once to the audi
tor of freight receipts at st. Paul, in
separate envelope, and with notations
of way-billing reference to the market
or baling point.
Rates Are Announced.
in way-billing the wool to the
market or baling point, use the full
local classification rate and note on
way-billing for storing and sale in
transit, and show also in rate col.
umn rate of cents per 100 pounds
for stopping and handling charge at
market point. When the wool Is sold
or re-consigned. after baling, to east.
ern terminal of the Northern Pacific
railway or beyond. the adjustment OF
the charges for transportation, stop.
ping and handling in transit, will be
through rate equqal to s cents above
the published tariff rate on wool com,
pressed in bales. car loads. from orig
inal point of shipment to destination
"The railway company will place
insurance against fire risk on the wool
while in store, in warehouse or cars
for the benefit of itself and the owner
and all parties interested. to an
amount equal to the specified value
thereof, the cost of such insurance to
be charged against the wool and paid
to the railway company when storage
contemplated by this arrangement
terminates.
Charge for BaIing.
THE usual and customary charges
will be made for baIing the wool be
fore final shipment from the different
baling points"
The circular announcing the tariff
Is signed by Robert Rantoul. general
manager Of the Montana Railroad, as
well as the officials Of the Northern
Pacific.