Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
Such is Charge Made By Burling-
ton Railroad Against Iowa
Creamery Concerns
ANSWERS RATE COMPLAINTS
Comes Back With Attack on Beatrice
and Two Blue Valley Companies =
III nois Central in Denial New Mo-
tor Car to Be Tried by Rock Island
in Iowa.

| Chicago. July 31.-Charges that the
Beatrice Creamery Company of Iowa,
the Blue Valley Creamery Company of
St Joseph, Mo, and the Blue Valley
Crea merry Company of Sioux City, Ia.
are q. monopoly in restraint of trade In
viola ton of the Sherman anti-trus
law were made in the answer of the
Burlington railroad filed in Washing
ton with the interstate commerce COM
mission yesterday in reply TO charges
which the creamery companies made
in their complaint against the rates
which the Burlington and other rail-
roads out of Chicago charge upon milk
and cream
The Burlington denies the charge
THAT it is a party to an unlawful COM
bination which as vende controls the
milk supply of Chicago, and says there
is no truth in the further charge that
it and the Northwestern and ST. Paul,
by threatening a rate war, compelled
the Illinois Central, the Rock Island
and the Great Western to join in abro-
eating the low rate upon cream and
substituting What the creamery COM
panes claim is prohibitive rate.
The Illinois Central, another of the
railroads included in the complaint OF
the creamery companies, also filed it's
answer to the charges, but does not
raise the question that the creamery
concerns form an unlawful trust. 1t
makes the same sweeping denial OF
the charges and asserts that the higher
rates which are complained of We're
put in force to assist the butter-mak-
ers Of Iowa 10 compete with the Chica-
go companies.
New Motor Car for Iowa.
The management of the Rock Island
road is having a steam motor car con-
structed which is expected to revolu-
tionize transportation methods on
branch lines The new car, which
burns anthracite coal and is operated
by one man, is a product of Germany
and is known as the CAM motor. 1t is
called a self contained" steam motor
and is guaranteed to do just what the
railroad arrangements have been trying
to get motor car to do.
Tae Rock Island will receive the
car within a few days and will place
it in service between Des Moines and
Indanola. a distance of twenty-five
miles. IT is stated that the car is in
use in Germany and in Australia. The
guarantee is for a car which shall con-
tain a steam motor of eighty horse
power capable of maintaining a speed
of thirty-five miles an hour on a level
track
The car is of steel construction thru
out. will seat fifty-tw people in the
main portion contains a smoking COM
partment capable of seating sixteen
people. baggage room seven feet long
and a motor compartment of the same
length.
st. Paul Roads in Dispute.
At a conference of the Chicago-St.
Paul lines held yesterday the Wiscon-
sin Central insisted upon being allowed
a differential on passenger business
between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
The question was finally left to a COM
mittee. and it is uncertain what action
will be taken. The other lines do not
want to admit the differential principle
into western territory for fear it will
spread everywhere. 1t is likely that
the Wisconsin Central will take diff
ferential of so cents or 81 whether
the roads grant it or not.
A small rate war is threatened by
the Michisan's Central's insisting upon
taking a differential on rarity business
Since they have assumed to do so and
have put the rates in. the Wabash and
other lines have reduced their rates in
order to preserve what they claim to
"a, a proper relation between the
Michigan Central's rates and theirs on
party business. There was to have
been a conference here yesterday, but
it was postponed.
Postoffice department officials are
not greatly disturbed by the report
that western railroads are near
break with the department on account
of the enforcement of recent orders
railroads for failure to eX-
ecute properly their contracts for the
of mails.