The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-02-19
SHERIDAN, WYOMING, APPEARS
AS AN lNTERvENoR IN THE
IMPORTANT CASE.
MUST GET PERMISSION
thority From, Interstate Commerce
Commission Before lts Complaint
May Be considersd-crosby Is Sub.
nit.ed to Fiery Gross. Examin alton.

Billings. Mont, Feb. lS.--That the
freight earnings or the Burlington
system for the past year were $a.Ts9.6o
per mile for the system. WIS one
statement made by George Crosby.
general freight and traffic manager Of
the Burlington system. Of Omaha. Mt
the hearing Of the case which, was in
stitutcd by the billings Chamber of
Commerce against the burlington. III
which that road II charged with cx-
acting cxorbiiant freight rates from
Billings to the big Horn basin Of
Wyoming.
The hearing, which has been con-
Quoted BY Special Examiner George NJ.
Brown. 0f Washington, y. c. for the
interstate commerce commission. was
concluded here today. Sheridan. Wyo.
this morning appeared In the case MS
an intervenor. but that city will first
have to get the permission of the
interstate commerce commission be-
fore being heard. The brief of the
plaintiff is to be In the hands of the
interstate commerce commission by
March 10, tho defendant company and
the lntervcnor, who may or may not
he recognized. will present their briefs
April Is. and tho case will he argued
orally before the commission at Wash
ington during May, and decision Is
to be hoped for the latter part of that
month
Mr.. Crosby stated that he knew
nothing OF traffic agreement be-
tween the Burlington and Northern
Pacific. but little later stated that
ii saving" could be made by routing
goods from the east 10 west via the
Minnesota transfer at Minneapolis.
over the Northern Pacific. and on
cross examination said that "lf 1t was
all one interest, the money would all
go into one pocket"
Rakine Fire.
Al the afternoon session he was
subjected to raking cross examina-
tion by the attorneys for the chamber
of commerce and the freight tariffs
which he adduced n. the morning ses
sion were gone over. Rates of dis
crmnatory character were proven
from several eastern points. and the
favorable rates of the burlington to
points in the Big Horn basin were
found by the plaintiffs attorney to be
RlpeF fhtes, III Ht alaIutliIlIsd
them
The tariffs addnced by Mr.. Crosby
were proven to be favorable TO Denver,
Omaha and Chicago in a number of
instances. and an admission was made
by Mr.. Crosby that the rates to the
Big Horn basin from Billings were
higher than those in effect elsewhere.
President w. A. Selyidge of the cham
bcr OF commerce made the following
statement tonight.
"rhe cha mber Of commerce has
proven Its case before the interstate
commerce commission. IL has proven
conclnsiyely that the rates are high,
almost to the exclusion of business
from Billings to the Big Horn basin.
Billings Is the natural distributing
point for that great territory and
should be entitled to a freight rate
ut least as favorable as that accorded
to the biz jobbng centers Of the east.
The jobber has vlndicated his own
usefulness here and | believe and
hope that the interstate commerce
commission will give Billings the re-
lief sought at the earliest possible
moment