Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-12-20
APPEALS TO HEADS
OF THE railways
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION ACTS ON THE CAR
SHORTAGE.
Distress in Observation-Disclosures for
Aid of Military May Be Made
Heavy Snow Storm Will Increase
the Suffering.

Washington, Dec. 15.-1n view Of
the complaints of car shortage result
ing, it is said, in the failure to trans
port the necessaries of life and coal
for household use, the interstate COM
MERGE commission has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the presidents of
a number of western and northwest
ern railroads.:
From many parts Of the country,
and particularly from your section,
the Interstate commerce commission
is receiving numerous and importu-
nate complaints of car shortage and
failure to transport the necessities of
life. In various places in the north
west it is represented that people are
actually freezing because sufficient
coal for household use cannot be pro-
cured, owing to extraordinary delays
in moving that article. The commits
sion therefore urges you to make
every possible effort to meet at once
the needs and relieve the suffering of
those dependent upon the facilities
Of your road.
MARTIN A. KNAPP,
chairman"
The telegram was sent to the pres
idents Of the following named roads:
Great Northern railway, Northern Pa
cific, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault
Ste. Marie railway, Chicago & North
western railway, Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway, Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy railway.
May Ask Military Aid.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 15.-With
the cold wave signal flying, the coal
shortage in the northwest becomes
not only a cause of severe suffering,
but an absolute meance to human life.
Glenburn, N. D., is seriously consid
ering an appeal to the governors of
North Dakota and Minnesota to en-
ploy state military in forcing the NOV
ing of coal trains. Farmers are burn
ing their outbuildings for fuel. Glen
burn has invited people from it's ter
ritory who will be without fuel to
come and camp in the village school,
Eveleth, Mimi, faces darkness and
suffering through deprivation of coal,
and apprehensive reports have come
from numerous other places. Towns
which are already feeling pinch
view the situation with alarm.
Heaviest Snow in Years.
st. Paul, Mimi, Dec 15.-The worst
snowstorm in years is reported by the
railroad companies which have west
ern extensions. The trains in western
North Dakota on every line are snow
bound, and in some cases are lost
track of. It is even reported that
trains are completely showed in and
cannot be located. The snow in many
cases is piled 20 feet high, and traffic
is at standstill.
The only coast trains that have ar
rived over the Northern Pacific, Great
"a hours have been from "a to 48
hours late, and there are many trains
which have been due for two days
which have not arrived.
Advices were received at the St.
Paul Offices Friday to the effect that
some branches have not run trains for
days. .#s '.~.
The heavy snowstorms have also
affected construction work in the
west. Work on the spurs which are
being built by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific roads in western
North Dakota has been temporarily
abandoned and the construction work
on the St. Paul is at a standstill.
Fifty-MiIe Wind at Superior.
Superior, Wis, Dec. 15.-The lake
country is getting it's first genuine
blizzard of the year. A high wind
which ranged around 50 miles an hou,
for IL hours, drove wet snow and
trains and street car traffic were de
layed. 8a.