The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-21
JOINT DECISION
OF n. W. ROADS
Continued from First Page.

ranges from 5 cents hundred, from
the most distant points, to, u a cent
from points nearest the twin cities and
the head of the lakes. From Williston,
distant from the head Of the lakes GIG
miles, the reduction is 5 cents. On the
Granville branch, the Towner branch,
the line, from Rugby to Antler, the
branch from York to Thorne, the La
kota branch, now extended to Sarles,
the rates are cut cents. This covers
an Immense stretch of country, much
of it recently brought under cultivation,
in North Dakota. .- !, 49,. - - >
From Minot to the head of the lakes,
from Grand Forks and Fargo and Hills.
boro, on the Hanna line, running north
from Larimore, on the Neche line and
the st. Vincent line, the reduction is 2
cents a hundred. On the, st. John g
line, running from Church g Ferry, and
the Walhalla line, it is 21a cents, and
from g Harimo re ill., it is Z cents
Huron, 2 cents from Aberdeen and
Yankton, and corresponding reductions
from other points to Minneapolis. In
Minnesota the new rates show reduc-
ton of 2 cents hundred for Crooks
ton, Thief River Falls, Warren anG
Moorhead, and Of u cent for Fergus
Falls, Morris, breckenridge, Litchfeld,
@AAS<Ac~AAN1An c1ANA Nv O1ouOs
Purely Voluntary, Says G. N. H..
The reduction is announced by the
Great Northern officials as purely vol
untary and in line with the proft-shar-
ing policy Of the company towards the
agriculturalists who are developing the
territory tributary to that great system
Of railroad. This plan of reduction Of
freight charges has gone as fast as inn
provements on the road would permit.
Owing to the active campaign in lower
ing grades, reducing curves and i'm
proving road bed the present depression
of rates is possible. .>. -:
"The reduction will run into big fig
ures for the railroad, = said prominent
official Of the company. g. 1t cam af-
ford them, because it is conservatively
handled and the country along its line
is fourishing
CHAD the company received the same
average rate per ton a mile in 1903 as
800, lO9.73 as freight earnings, while
the actual collections were $50 ,915 1884,
20, a decrease thru reductions in freight
rates of 1904, 1884,. To this stu
pendous total must now be added the
millions voluntarily sacrificed by the
new rate tariff.
7" Not only is this movement volunta-
ry, but the revenue thus RENTED in be-
half of the producer cannot be made
can be, and is intended to be, no in.
crease Of rates anywhere else to cores
pond. The sacrifice, as far as the com
pany is concerned, is final"
e.. Hill Told Governor. +,
Governor J. A. Johnson was informed
by James J. Hill last March that Mr.
Hill intended to reduce freight rates
on grain. "When Mr.. Hill called at
my. office last March, said Governor
johnson today, "he asserted he in.
tended to reduce the rates on grain ia
an extent that would mean a reduction
of at least $2,0o0,000 in the gross in
come of the Great Northern. He fur.
Their stated that he did not intend to
put it in effect at. that time, for if he
did the benefit would only be then OBJ.
| tainable by the elevator companies
which had the grain in storage. 70,
this reason he would wait till fall when
the crop was ready to move.t Then the
reduction would be felt immediately by
the farmers. The farmer was the mar
PERSONALLY, I much appreciate the
aid extended to the farmer. I feel
Ehowever, that it might have been made
long ago to good advantage The Great
/ Northern is a paying property and cal
afford to make the rate reduction.
/ believe. also that the reduction coult
be carried further with great aid to The
/ northwest generally and without in
fringing too much on the rights of The
railroad. Still, it is due to appreciat,
what Mr.. Hill has done. It is certainl,
a great benefit
| Grain Dealers Pleased.
:
| At the Chamber Of Commerce the an
nouncement Of the reduction was re
ceived with general qualification. A
| will soon start. Minneannlis S. is he