The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-20

T 90, 1905.
ship ship should have capacity TO bring
IS have heard Sia have heard, st.
talked, . great deal; about tr 50 10
prove that twice two is one. Now, there
IS only one Way--and no man living
can stand up and demonstratesaaythin
else-there is sonly one way Ito handle
Inns business, and that is to have the
largest capacity for yourscarss and your
engines. 4 will undertake to- show
some som s figpres on that, but before & go
any further let me show what we are
up against.
Would Cost Money.
Now, $4,000 miles additional would
not be any more than lis actually neces.
,sary, because ! have distributed it over
to have crops at all, and if we don Il
stand still, the allowance is altogether
too small. There must be added ex-
tensions to terminal yards, and gener-
cilities. 3, a De-. 800
80 do not think the new mileage, the
new equipment and terminal facilities,
etc, could be produced for less than
$75, 900 mile of main track, which
d
yearly average Of $1,1OO, 900 900. Now,
that is what is necessary to move this
stuff, to move the business of this coun-,
try, and it ism It any more than is nee
essary. But it is 80 per cent or 10 per
cent of the cost of the civil war, and
it is more money than the United States
can raise.
"That is the stone wall we are up
against, and foresight does not look for.
IN rot MI Of
solved.
Until that mileage is furnished this.
country will suffer, and it's business
will not move. You can lead horse
to water ten times, but you can It make
him drink once You can It get any
machine that will bore an inch hole
with half-ineh augur. You can't drive
th1s business thru the present facilities,
because there ism It room enough, and
IT is getting worse for the reason that
there ism t room enough.
What Great Northern Is Doing.
Mr.. Hill. gave number Of compare
tive figures to show that the Great
Northern road is moving more freight
in proportion to its mileage than most
OF the roads in the country. In the
next two years and half we expect
to spend $60,0O0,0OO in new track and
needed facilities. If these needed rail
road facilities are not furnished there
Will. be crash, not a panic, but a
crash''
"You don't think the railroads are
looking far enough ahead9' asked Mr..
Harlan.
"Why, they are not even high
enough to get a horizontal view of the
question. came outrof sick bed to
put this up to this commission One
man here has said he wanted more cars.
Good gracious, if he would use his cars
as we are doing he would do 60 per
cent more business. I'll undertake to
say that not in the whole world has the
same amount of track approached haul
ing the same amount; Of traffic as has
the Great Northern. =, =
The Car Pool Plan. g..
+. 'sMr. HILL" asked Mr.. Marble, care
you acquainted with the plan Of Mr..
M1dgley OF Chicago for AGAR poolq'
sir,!0 he replied HBut Z have con-
tributed to keep Mr.. Midgeley at work.
L think he was clever man twenty
years ago. He may have sent me his
plan. [ have been too busy to look
at it, .:5..4 f.ta<.<cI - -
: when there is a scarcity Of cars.
periodical or monthly settlement ism It
going to relieve us bit, getting SOC a
day for cars worth to us SIS day. The
car thief is the worst kind of a
theft
"Mr. Hill, records seem to show your
road has balance Of some 1000 for
eign cars toagthe good on your, road -.
said Mr.. Lane, causing a laugh thru the
courtroom.
eve have an order to. shove back
cars to their own lines from our our
road as fast as they are unloaded. .,
said Mr.. Hill. ct think 1000 cars
very small number to be actually on
our lines with eastern business. -
" In circular letter, Mr.. Midgeley
says, it is gratifying to know that
|; MI. j. j. Hill and Mr.. Hartman favor
car clearing house, Is this wronggo
asked Mr.. Marble. - s. :,
II cannot answer for Mr.. Harri-
man. was the reply, :" but I can say
for myself that it is not true,.'' Mr..
n M1:i!dgeley was evidently not in favor
#ES,g@ Have They Kept Pace?
"Mr. Midgeley says that motive pow
er and, car equipment has kept pace
Will JIG !uCIStSe Oh Cn6 country s
commerce, said Mr.. Marble.
I think if you should take a man
brought up in making tariffs, you
would find them generous with com
panies rates and tariffs and money, but
[ have not yet found an operating man
who agrees with this, said Mr.. Hill.
: 1t is difficult to get a. railroad man
anywhere who knows how to load a
car, and an engine with cars.,'
Is it true that other roads have
followed your example of the tonnage
mile, and found on application of the
heavy. train rule that they have had to
give it up and 90 back to running
lighter trains?'
The trains that are loaded the light
est are the ones that are the slowest
on our road.''
Do the cars push the engines along
on heavy trains?" :
No, sir, but the light trains are the
way freights that make numerous
stops, - replied Mr.. Hill. -
SAW SHORTAGE OF CARS
Federal Agent Tells What He Found
on Long Trip.
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