Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-08-19

think we should have a rate that would
enable the people at this point to get
their coal at the same cost.
We think fair rate would be one
cent per ton per mile and based on
that figure joint rate should be
named us in the neighborhood of SO. 90
to SO. so per ton.
The first rate named on Wyoming
coal has been reduced and the present
rate is $500 per ton for about 1900
mile haul, which you can see is much
less than one cent per mile per ton.
This city has only one line of rail-
road and there is no competitive in
( tluence to make the railroad COMPANY
lower their rates, and as consequence
we are compelled to pay nearly twice
as much for our fuel as any other
town in the state, as the price of all
other fuel is regulated by the price of
coal.
Our present annual consumption of
coal would be about 1000 tons and We
think we are paying the railroad
company about $4,000 a year more than
they are entitled to for hauling it to
us.
Another objection to our being COM
PEELED to ues the Wyoming coal is that
in the fall of the year and during
early winter when coal shipments are
heavy both the 0. R. & N. and Oregon
Short-line railroads are taxed beyond
their capacity handling the crop and
we being so far away from the mines
our shipments are often from a month
to six weeks overdue, just at the time
when we need them most.
The quality of the Roslyn coal is
superior to the Wyoming coal for
steaming purposes, as is evidenced by
the fact that the railroad company
now use no other coal in this district
in their locomotives, having discarded
hte Wyoming coal in favor of the
Roslyn about year ago, and we feel
that if they haul it in for thier own use
they should make a rate for it to this
point, and further we would much
prefer even if we had to pay a high
er price to be able to patronize the
coal mines in our own state and there
by develop our own resources and keep
our money at home.
The old rate of SO. rs a ton on Ros-
lyn coal to this point from Roslyn ex-
listed for several years and the business
was undoubtedly a profitable one for
the railroads, for the o r. & N.
just prior to our taking the agency
for the coal at this point, cut the rate
Is cents per ton, making it So. so, and
the only reason for its cancellation, we
believe, was to force a long haul on
this particular community because we
had no escape from it. -
Chairman Fairchild said these COM
plants were specific and gave the
board something to work upon. and
promised that they would be taken up
at once
j. 7. Lobaugh, miller of Pullman,
told of shipping some mill rolls to
Spokane for repairs and paying A
cents per hundred to Spokane and 25
cents per hundred on the same from
Spokane to Pullman, returning.
DR.. Johnston called attention to the
fact that the O. R. & N. company
would not allow shippers in this sec
ton to double deck carloads of hogs,
which very much increased the cost of
shipping same, and gave eastern ship
pers a great advantage over the people
of eastern Washington.
After this an informal talk was in
dulged in by those present and many
expressed their confidence in the board
and promised their aid in bringing
matters before the board in a proper
manner.
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