Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-21
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT pFpOo,
LY INQUIRIES INTO FUEL Arn @''
CAR SHORTAGE
SHIPPERS ALSO AT FAlII1
Kansas City Menaced by Great Pr,,
Jam and -nquisitors Go Tbera %
from St. Louis,

age III the northwest was indicated hr
conference at the white house TODAY
The President sent for Senator H...
brough and asked him whether tbo ~
tual danger of suffering is as preot
has been reported by press dispatcla
and kilograms from individuals M
North Dakota senator said if is n.y.
President promised to give the ouesios
his personal attention with a view "a y,
lcviating any immediate SUFFERING ~,
said he desired Senator HanshroEcb" au
devote time and thought to some Ip sI %
tive remedy in order to avoid recurrenoas
of present conditions.
Senator HanSbrough has in mind II.
passage of law which would com %1
the railroads to anticipate excraordinarr
movements of fuel, grain or other conn.,
modities. 1t is believed by Senato,
Hansbrough that if law of this rGs,
acter We're passed the RAILWAYS Womb
be able to contract for the Use of eon;O
| ment from roads in the south or otb n
parts of the country, when the demand
for rolling stock is not great during the
winter or in the crop moving seasons,
Shippers Also at Fault.
Interstate Commerce Commissions,
Clark appeared before the House com.
mittee on public lands today in supnor-
of the Presidents suggestion that t6e
government cease to sell coal lands and
lease them hereafter to mining comm.
MES. He reiterated his charges that
great corporations, III league with rail.
roads, have "cornered" coal lands and
forced the prices up unreasonably.
When questioned as to the present
difficulty iii getting cars, Mr. Clark re-
piled that in his opinion shippers are as
much to blame as carriers. He said
thousands of cars are delayed unneces
sarily in large centers by the failure Of
shippers to unload them promptly. In
Mr.. Clark's opinion railways are buy
ing cGrS and locomotives as rapidly as
they can get them.
Inquiry at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 1S.-The inter.
state commerce commission today began
an investigation into the shortage Of
freight cars. The hearing is expected
to conclude tomorrow afternoon when the
members Of the commission will 90 to
Kansas City and resume the inyesdga
ton.
Prior to the opening of the session
Commissioner PrOuty said: The inter
stf se commerce commission is here to
ascertain if possible if the shortage Of
freight cars is due to scarcity Of
engines or improper management on the
part Of the railways. We expect to Fix
the responsibility and then try to rem
cdy it.
Jam at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec 1S,-La&
not only of cars and locomotives but in,
sufficient yardage, warehouses and eIe,
yators are the causes that have brought
about freight congestion III Kansas City
and probably elsewhere, it is stated
Every freight house in Kansas City is
gOrged and every storage track Is crowd
ed. AS many cars are waiting to be ul'
loaded as are waiting to be loaded The
loa is cannot be dumped on the ground
asa the empties cannot be loaded faster
titan about so many per day.
The roads are frequently forced to Or
der cars brought to Kansas City instant,
ly without waiting for loads, because
when the loads arrive here there is no
place to put them. Warehouses and ele.
vatOrs must be emptied before they can
be rehlled.
Roads Get Busy in Northwest
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Dec. IS
Singing under a vigorous squirting by
the interstate commerce commission, the
railroads of the Northwest last night
came to the front with a promise to re-
lieve the fuel famine iii North Dakota
within twentyfOuT hours and began
race with Il forty-below-zero blizzard ta
the homes of the Shiverlng residents W
that state.
Death and suffering will result, if the
cold wave wins, cutting down the EN-
cheney of motive power and bringing I'll
heavy SHOWS. Already the therm0Ile,.u
has fallen to 81 degrees below at Wits
ton, % below at Devils Lake and ~ AZ
Bismarck. So far the blasts from le
north have been unaccOmpaned by snow
and in this fact the hope OF the tnOu
sands in distress lies;
Commission Is Startled.
The commission at the close OF tne
hearing expressed itself as starte 1l as
some CT the reports sent TO IT, lntS'
have so far shown a situation more STU
Gus than they had expected 10 nliG IN.
kilograms began to pour III ear! %
day and it was clear that the coniD GO
sion had acted none too quickly III n
curing the promise OF co-0peF4Illonno rp
coal companies ana FaIlIOdu9' ~ inc
localities farmers have been ouIl'4 10
their fences and the out buildings Up II
yesterday, and in other towns pre- neI
valuable lumber were cut up n.y. E1.n aa
North Dakota bankers and IA! !j,,r a'' 70
gave testimony showing that I4 In,, corl.
move the crops had put the county,
mercially in strained CONDITIONS
Nebraska Coal Prices steep a
NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. IS'- - tbe
wave struck this section last hlsnH IoIor
mercury going to three degrees
zero. 1,,.otul
Coal is very scarce on t1e h aettiprs
reservation north of this pace 1S $40
paying $1S a ton for soft coai anu
for hard coal.
In Kentucky, Too - r
LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec l }SH,ontnci X
McChord. chairman of the h o;rod !
railway commission. today I ,.s Of the
telegram from James ii. iailan cskips
interstate commerce comiliISslCIn 1,. n ap,
him to come q, Chicago THURSDAY h brile
pear before tie commission ana " tion 10
witnesses as to the coal Sltu"'
western Kentucky. Ill what be
Mr.. McChord has not deGldGt ,o+ion 10
will do, but says the coal Sl'"
western Kentucky is serious
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