The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-17
{ JAMME GIVES FIGURES
Secretary Of Chamber of Commerce the
First Witness. d..

Secretary of Chamber Of Commerce the
First Witness. d.:
L. T. Jamme was the first witness
at the interstate commerce commits
sion's inquiry into the car shortage sit
all the grain business in Minneapolis
is done thru the Chamber of Commerce.
He had prepared detailed statistics
showing the movement OF grain into
Minneapolis, beginning in 1908. -
"The total receipts for l903," said
Mr.. Jamme, "were 1861, 900 bushels;
for the. three months, September, Octo-
Der and November, 5S,343,OOO bushels;
for the 1904 crop, 139,333,000 bushels;
els; for the 1905. crop, receipts, l45,-
968,0O0 bushels; for the three months,
66,197 900. bushels; for 1906 (esti-
mated), the crop, 3S,423, 900 bushels;
for three months, 42,93S,OO0 bushels.
The shipments, with no crop shortage,
are about 23,000,00O bushels short,
compared with one year ago; 100000
bushels short compared with two years
ago.
Handled by Each Road.
MI. Jamme then gave lengthy state
ments Of the amount Of grain handled
by each road, beginning with 1908, to
date, comparing the total shipments Of
each year with the three busy months,
September, October and November. as
follows:
500 road, 1908 crop, 100000 bush
els, and for the three months, Septem-
Der, October and November, 100000
bushels; 1904, 100000 bushels and
100000 bushels; 1905, 100000 BUSH
els; and 100000 bushels; 1906 (esti-
mated), 100000 and 100000 bush
els.
= Northern Pacific, 1903 crop, s,ooo,-
900OOO; for ot the three months, 1900, 900;
1885, 1S, 000, goo and 100000 bushels;
1906, 100000 and 200O,O0O bushels.
bushels; for three months, 2,OO0,OOO
bushels; 1904, 100000 and 100000
bushels; 1905, 100000 and 100000
bushels; 1906, 100000 and 100000
eu RSiHt o the s sise n ssss 3s99
1924. 100000 and 725,0o0 bushels;
1906, $4,000 and 50 900 bushels.
Minneapolis & st. Louis, 1903 crop
100000 bu; for the three months
100000 bu; 1904, 100000 and 3 900,
600 bushels; 1905, 100000 and 5000,
goo bushels; 1906. 100000 and 1900,
Wisconsin Central, 1908 crop, 1000,
600 bushels; for the three months, 522,
600, bushels; 1904, 211,000 and 8,OOl
bushels; 1905, $4,000 and 10000 bush
els; 1906, 425.000 and 5000 bushels.
Chicago, Milwaukee &, St. Paul, 100:
crop, 3l,OOO,OOO bushels; for the three
months, 11,471,OOO bushels; 1904, 25,
o W G00 oo and 12,ooo,oo0 bushels 1905
26,ooO,O0O and 1O,,000,00o bushels. ~
Omaha, road, 1908 crop, 10000, Qo(
bushels; for the three months, 5000.
900 bushels; 1904, 100000 AM
100000 bus els; 1905, 10000, 900 ant
100000 bushels; 1906, 22,000,OO(
and 100000 bushels.
Great Northern, 1903 crop, 42,OOO,O0(
0 hh for the aA three nm mO nth as99
100000 bushels; 1905, 51,OO0,OOO am
20,00o,00O bushels; 1906, $4,000 900 an,
100000 bushels.
Rock Island road, 1908 crop, 5000 90,
bushels; for the three months, 1000,
900 bushels; 1904. 100000 and 1000
900 bushels; 1905, 100000 and 1000
00O bushels; 1906, 100000 and 1881,
600 bushels.
In response to questions from M,
Marble and the commissioners, M,
Jamme said there was no reason to be
lieve that this years crop was less tina,
the average.
Cars Long in Transit
The Atwood Larson company in let
ter stated that large number of it
cars were over thirty days in transi
from North Dakota points, in one 0
two cases forty to sixty days.
Normally, such such shipment
would not take over ten days. testi
fed Mr.. Moore.
Lists Of missing grain cars were sub
mitted by several other grain compa
MES at the head of the lake showing de
lays in shipments running as high a
seventy days from a North Dakot
point. $685. ~
,,'Do, you know the reason of thes
delays9"
81 have no explanation can offer,