The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-13
Activity Of State Auditor, Attorney GEN
eraI and Railroad Commission
S'i Responsible.
ROAD, BEING COMMON CARRIER,
't,I1I MUST ACCEPT ALL FREIGHT
N. & ]. Had Declared Il Would Haul
Logs Only Under Special
- Contract.

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st. Paul, Oct. Now that
the state timber sale has become
laIthing Of the past, and the 6, Geo.
1000 feet Of state timber along the
| Minnesota & international road
is withdrawn from the market,
that road has decided to publish
a general tariff on logs.
A consultation was held in ST..
Paul today between ]. N. Hanna
ford, second vice president of the
Northern Pacific, which controls
the Minnesota & Internati ,nal,
the attorneys Of the Northern
Pacific and w. Gemmell,
general manager-ofs the Mime
sofa & international.
It was decided that tariff on
logs should be fled with the
state railroad commission, thus
admitting the contention of the
com mission that the road is { a
common carrier, and cannot
designate what classes of freight
i will orswin not transport, and
must put In a tariff on logs. &
Some two months ago.. the
Raneer made mention Of circu-
lar which had been issued by the
officials of the M. & {. railway,
wherein the company stated its
deter mination to haullogs on It's
road only under special contracts
fto companies owning mills on It's
lline or along the Northern Pacific;
and that this action on the part
of the railroad would necessitate
the erection of a mill in Bemidji
by some of the companies that
have holdings Of pine along the
NJ. & I. and own no mill. in any
town on the railroad.
This circular has conflicted
with pine held by the state and
faction was taken inst. Paul yes
Iterday, concerning the matter,
of which the Minneapolis Journal
|.says:ts.alqs als{Hsagr
AS q result Of an unusual stand
on the part of the Minnesota &
international railroad, asserting
that asa com mon carrier it is
not compelled to carry logs,
6,000, 900 feet of state timbe was
today Withdrawn from the gen.
eral sale conducted by Samuel
G. IversOn, state auditor. The
tim bers Withdrawn was mostly
pine, with scattering tracts Of
spruce, tamarack, cedar and
The withd rawal OF the tim Der,
all of whichsis north Of Bemidii,
was on recon mendation of Ed
ward !. Young, attorney general.
! "A few days ago the state railroad
CT mission received communi.
Ca tion from the Minnesota &
International road contending
that the road is not common
carrier Of logs, and for the haul
ling of logs it would require
Especial contracts at it's discretion
from shippers.
/ Investigation shows that on
This road there is no esta blished
Itariff on logs. The communities
Ition went on to assert that special
Econtracts would only be given
where eslogs went e, mills or fac
tories along the company's line,
With an understanding that the
fsished product be shipped over
The same road. Otherwise, the
road does not propose to accept
log freight and asserts that 10
cannot be required to do so.
The railroad commission took
the matter up with. the state
timber board and the attorney
general The result was that 8
reply was sent to, the Minnesota
q Inte Irrational officials inform
ling the company that in the
opit Oh Of the state railroad
commission the road as . oom
mon carrier must accept alE
kinds Of freight offered aud has
lnotithe legalright TO discriminate
againstrwlogss any more than
[seAlnet any other agenerals bro
duct
g Il $ e 8
Hear j. r. Pratt at the Presby-
terian church tomorrow morning
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