Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-22

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It Is likely that the meeting TO be
held on November 3 will be attended
by representatives Of the freight de-.
partments Of each OF the railroads-and
and express companies operating In
the state. During the present season
the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany has raised and ballasted a good
" portion of their tracks west Of the
Missouri river In this state with q
result that q majority OF the road
crossings extending over the tracks,
are IN a bad condition. While most
of them are passable, still it is re-.
ported to the commission that many
of them are in such bad condition
that wagons loaded with grain can
not be driven over them. The Sec
rotary was instructed to take the
matter UP with Supt. Johnson with
the request that the crossings be put
into safe and passable condition for
all kinds of traffic. "' I s.:
A great many complaints having
been received from shippers of cat
tie west OF the Missouri river In ref
erence to the minimum weight of car
load shipments Of cattle, and the com
mission realizing that this traffic be-
ing interstate and, therefore, not
within their jurisdiction for correc-
ton, a resolution was adopted declar-
ing it necessary that this matter be
brought to the attention of the In.
terstate Commerce Commission to the
end that the practice might be abol-
ished and that shippers in the west
ern part of the state may have an
equal rate to the stock yards at So.
St.. Paul and Chicago, as the shippers
in the eastern part of the state.
The secretary was also instructed TO
make detailed statement of the dis,
criminatory freight rates on grain
from points in the southeastern part
,of the state to it's terminals at Du-
lu,h and Minneapolis. It is shown
that there is a difference Of two cents
per hundred pounds in favor of Min
neapolis on wheat shipped from Cakes
LaMoure and Edegley and intermedt-
ate points, though the distance be-
tween these points and Duluth is
but six miles further than it is to
Minneapolis. This statement will be
taken before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, but the members Of the
commission when they attend the an
nual meeting of the Natiopal Assoc
alton of Railroad Commissioners, to
be held at Washington in November.
At the meeting. of the commission
held at Fargo iii July a new formsof
storage ticket was adopted for the.
use. nj elevators In this state, it hay
ing been found tie commission
that the storage ticket used prior
to this date did not in any: sense
comply: with the provisions Of our
state law. Each of the elevator COM
panies were sent printed copy of
the new form adopted and informed
that it will be necessary to supply
themselves with tickets reading SUBJ
stantially the same as the sample
ticket sent them before license
would be issued to them, authorizing
them to operate a public elevator
during the new biennial period. All
Of the companies have complied with
this requirement, but it was brought
to the attention of the commission
yesterday that there are certain Of
the larger companies who are still
using the old form Of ticket, though
they had ANEW supply of * tickets
printed to. conform to the require
mentss Of the commission, and in
each instance had filed copy with
the commission. giving the impress
sion that they had adopted the form
for use in their houses in North Da
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81 The commission is loath to believe
that the larger companies have not
acted in good faith, but evidence that
was brought before the commission
yesterday would indicate that the re-
quirements of the commission as to
the new form Of storage tickets, arc
being entirely ignored by certain OF
the larger companies. It is also
charged that these same companies
are not recognizing the grain grades
adopted by the commission but have
inat1cfnd their local laynI,tC In ipnnre