New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-10
THREE THROUGH TRAINS
Northwestern Will Haul Flour on
Fast Time.
Now Operating Specials Over This
Division.
System Places Millers in Close
Touch With Market.

All Improved m6GQOQ OF 0aQQl1Qg
shipments of flour and feed consigned
from this section of Minnesota to
points in the Eastern states and along
the Atlantic seaboard, has been put
into operation by the Chicago & North
western railway. Three fast trains,
carrying this class of freight, are now
running daily to Chicago and they IL
lustrate the growth and Importance of
the milling industry along the Mime
sofa division of the Northwestern
road. The new arrangement went into
effect Friday evening and it will allow
flour manufacturers to deliver their
products with far greater promptness
than in the past.
Officials of the Northwestern have
long been aware of the necessity for
improving their four-carrying facili-
ties. AS conditions have existed there
has been no systematic manner of TAX
ing care of the trade. Practically
every east-bound train, for the bulk
Of the flour made here goes east,
pulled from one car to a full train
load and in many instances consider
able confusion followed.
Often a car of -four would be carried
fifty or hundred miles down the road
and then the need of moving some
other class of freight with greater
speed would cause it to be set out on
a convenient side-track, where it might
lie for a day or even longer. In this
way consignments were broken up and
it was not infrequent occurrence for
cars billed out the same day to reach
their destinations at widely separated
intervals. One might go through on
fast time, while another would meet
with delay and not reach the purchas-
er for several days Or week there
after.
To remedy this defect an order was
issued last week providing that flour
shall be carried by only three trains.
They are No. 576, the Chicago fast
freight, and two specials, put on for
this sole purpose, to be known as Sec
tons two and three of No. 579. Sta
ton agents have definite instructions
not to deliver flour shipments to any
other trains and they are to run
through to Chicago without unneces-
sary stops.
All flour coming in from the Dakota
division will be handled by No. 578,
while Second SIS is to take the outputs
Of the mills at Waterton, Marshall,
Tracy, Springfield, Sleepy Eye and
Intermediate points. New Ulm, which
ranks as the second city in Minnesota
as regards -four production, will fur
nish nearly enough Of the product for
the second special train, it being in
tended that Third SIS shall pick up the
remainder of it's load at Mankato.
The New Ulm train starts from Wa
SEGA as an extra at $3.50 o'clock each
afternoon and is scheduled to reach
this city early in the evening. The
local yard crew has it's train made up
and in waiting and there is no delay
in the departure upon it's return trip.
If No. 578 is on time it passes through
New Ulm at 9:25 p. m. and the sections
follow in order, but if delay is en-.
countered west of here the New Ulm
train leaves ahead Of the others ano
runs to Waseca as an extra. The sec
tions then run one block apart an6
are due to arrive in Chicago on the
morning of the second day.
Much more than would appear or
the surface is meant to the Southern
Minnesota millers by the new order o
things. Conditions in the -four worlt
at the present time require prompt ant
regular delivery and the mill owners
feel exceedingly gratifed over the &C
ton of the road. Of late years tn,
additions made to the mills have in
creased the amount of flour manufac
tured appreciably and some methot
had to be devised for it's transporta
ton. To the demands made upon
the Chicago & Northwestern has re
/ sponded with its customary enterpris
and the inauguration of the new sys
TEN will be of material assistance il
| fostering the industry, an industr,
which is Invaluable to the people an,
which owes much of its growth to tn
liberal treatment it has received at til
hands of the road.
i; The flour specials bid fair to be
4 come very popular with trainmen, a
regular crews will be assigned t
them, as to the way freights. The la
ter are now considered desirabl
runs" but the flour trains have a
their advantages, without the bottle
Of unloading boxes and barrels ;
every small station.