The diamond drill., 1906-08-11
RQilOQd News


Construction work on. the extension
Of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
lines from ontonagon west will be
started August IS. according 10 advices
which have been received by the
Herald.
The Minneapolis journal says that
the three cornered war among the Har.
riInan, Hill and Milwaukee railway
interests in the northwest is reaching
AN acute stage, II developed that
James j. Hill is behind the Dakota
Midland railway which is about 10
invade the Milwaukee territory be
tween Sioux City, Iowa. and Pierre,
5. d. The new road is 10 run through
part of the corn belt of Iowa in com
petition with the Milwaukee
Having failed TO get control of the
Milwaukee ia 1901, Mr. Hill has now
started to parallel the system where.
ever possible in retaliation for the Mil,
wauhee' 5 construction Of the extension
TO the Pacific J T. Morgan and his
interests are allied with Hill and the
Hartman interests are believed 10 be-
in close alliance with the Milwaukee
FIGTING FOR ST. PAUL CONTORL
The railroads are notifying the deal.
ers at interior points to get their coal
supplies as early as possible so there
will be- no shipments of the fuel 20 be-
made during the grain rush Last
year the serious car shortage was in
part due 10 the fact that interior deal
ers were late in ordering their coal, so
/ the shipments were being made az the
same time the grain was moving.
The Pennsylvania Railroad an
nounces general reduction in its
passenger fares-a reduction which
will not only affect the fares on the
companys own lines east Of Pittsburg
and Erie, but which will cause
general lewiston Of fares from points
Pennsylvania line. II will thus be
evident that this change is of very
much more than local Importance
g. NJ Smith, general agent of the
Omaha road at Duluth, does not agree
with those who say the car shortage
will be no more serious this year than
IL was last He says the situation will
be even more acute in 1905 than il was
in 1905.
II predict that the car shortage on
Western roads will this fall be the
worst in the history Of the country
said MIR. Smith this morning Not
only will the grain, hay and other
crops be among the largest on record,
if not the largest, but the movement
of all classes of freight will be IN
usually heavy The prosperity Of the
country is general and prosperity of
the country means increased freight
shipments
Under conditions as they exist al
present the railroads have practically
all the business their equipment can
handle and when the rush Of grain be.
gins there will be tieup OF more
serio- nature than every has existed
before ON railroads in the United
States This will occur even If the
coal and lumber shipments ara pretty
we'll ont Of the way early in the sea-
son. We are advising all shippers 10
get what freight they can out Of the
way by the lst Of September and the
shippers are doing what they can along
this line, but at best the shipments of
regular freight vii bo such as 10 ham.
per the movement Of gain 10 an alarm
ing degree
One thing tuat will tend 30 make
the situation the more serious is the
shortage of labor. The railroads are
meeting with great difticulty in get
ting laborers, not for construction
work alone. but for the commoner
classes Of shop and repair work IT,
heavier the freight business, the
greater is the tax upon rolling stock,
increasing the amount Of car work TO
be done The roads can hardly get
enough men now for this class Of work,
so you can imagine what It will be
when the grain movement is on in
earnest