Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

The 500 road will not have to fight in
the courts to get into Superior. The
other roads have agreed to abide by the
decision of the Wisconsin commission.
The headquarters of the Wabash rail-
road has been removed from Pittsburg to
Cleveland, and the new miliion-dollar de-
pot and Office building in Pittsburg will
be rented.
The federal grand jury at Richmond,
Va, has indicted the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway and it's general freight agent,
together with a Richmond grain dealer,
IN the charge OF rebatins.
The Burlington road attempted to file
with the Secretary of State at st. Pau
a mortgage for $3OO,OOo,OOO covering all
OF It's property. The Secretary Of State
has refused to accept the filing until a
registry fee of 100000 is paid into the
State treasury. Another thing that will
be required of the road is that it give a
detailed statement of It's real estate hold
ings, together with values. This covers
trackage, terminals and depots. This
statement must cover the entire system.
Upon the petition of the National Car
Wheel Company of New York, the Dis
trict Court at Toledo, Ohio, has appoint
ed Vice President W~orthington OF the
Wheeling and Lake Erie receiver for the
road, which is the fourth Gould property
to go into the hands of a receiver. The
proceeding was a friendly one. The pc
tition says that the road is in debt to
the extent of over $2S,OOO,OOO. Thds nlove
is understood, however, to be a prelimi-
nary step to the reorganization of the.
Gould system.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Com
pany has undertaken to plant pine trees
along both sides of the track, from Win
nipeg to Vancouver. The company will
plant various kinds of pine trees and ev-
cry few years younger trees will be added
to the plantation, which will be some
1900 miles long. These trees are to be
planted for a double purpose, the younger
ones to keep the track clear Of snow and
as they grow up the larger ones will he
used for bridge timber, telegraph poles.
etc, while the smaller trees will be util-
lied for fence posts and ties.
Chairman Knapp of the interstate com
merce commission has decided the case of
the Rhinelander Paper Company against
the Northern Pacific and Chicago and
Northwestern railway companies. The
complaint challenged the ~reasonableness Of
an Scent rate on pulp wood from Duluth,
Mimi, to Rhinelander, Wis. During the
proceedings the Scent rate on pulp wood
was reduced to 6.95 cents. The commis-
sion held that the reduced rate on pulp
wood is not shown to be excessive, and
that, upon all facts disclosed, the rate
adjustment OF paper is not shown to be
unlawful.
Engineers nave taken the field to begin
the actual survey of the contemplated
short limo Of the Pennsylvania railroad
between Chicago and Cincinnati, via Nun
Gle, Ind. It will connect with the Penn
aylvenia at Ha~gerstown.
Chicago hears that the leading railroad
HanaEers have agreed to defer the ques-
ton Of . general wage cut for three,
1nonths In the hops that by that time
either conditions will be Improved ~ that
q cut will not be Necessary OK that labor
organizations will recognize the necessity
Of, a reduction. The fee.ia: pre- Z; "a
some companies that wages ought not to
b. Gut . long as dividends are PAID,