Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-03-31
new RATES Will HELP
LIGNITE COAL WILL COME AP-
VI. SPECIABLY CHEAPER UNDER
RULING

>. RULING
The Bismarck Tribune has prepar-.
ed some interesting figures under the
old railroad rate for hauling Ignite
coal and what the rate will be under
the recent decision of the United
States supreme court maintaining
the validity of the state maximum
rate law. The new rates when put
into effect cannot but prove wonder
fully beneficial to all parts fthe
state as it will stimulate activity in
the production Of coal through the
enlarged consumption of this great
native product. The Tribune says:
s Comparison of Coal Rates
f The following table shows the
present rate charged by the Northern
Pacific for transportation Of. Ignite
coal as compared with the rate that
will apply under the decision of the
courts: ii
Miles
Distances rs so Is 100 125 $50.
Present
rate. SO Is SO 90 1o1 11s
New
(court) 3s 4e SO 81 6s 76
! Distance Is 200 $50 900 $50 400
Present @ ~
rate. 1928 1ss 15s ia 1876 1876
New
(court) Sc 95 LOG 11e 131 144
In the case argued the Northern
Pacific rates and Ignite shipping
points were used although there were
I, three cases in &court-against the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
500.
Sst How it Works Out
Under this rate the first 100 miles
is &c, the second 100 miles 35c ad-
ISdition, the third 100 miles 23c ad-
Sditional; the fourth 100 miles 27c
Traditional and the next 100 miles 22c
additional, or 500 miles, $1.69 per
ton The greatest reduction will be
enjoyed by more distinct points =
Reduction to jamestown
u Under the present ,tariff, special 80
cents from Wilton to Bismarck and
present rate from Bismarck to James
town, 98 cents, makes total present
rate Wilton to jamestown $1.28 per
ton. Under the new rate, II the 500
charged schedule, or maximum from
Wilton to Bismarck, 40 cents, plus
6e cents the distance maximum rate
from Bismarck, the tariff from Will
ton to Jamestown will be $1.02 "a
saving of s26 cents per ton over pres
ent rate. To Fargo under the old
rate the tariff was $1.64. Under the
new schedule it will be $1.31 a re-
duction Of 33 cents per ton. If the
500 continues its special rate to Bis
marck for shipment on the Northern
Pacific further reduction of 10
cents per ton will be had.
The new extension Of the Northern
Pacific west from Pingree to the
Missouri river will again lower the
rate to jamestown and other points
on the line.
On the 500 the present rate to
Oakes, 1S5 miles, is $1.30. Under
the new schedule the new rate will
be g I'll cents. i.
From Bitumen, the satterlund
mine in Mclean county. the present
rate, special, is go cents. Under the
new schedule it will be 46 cents.
From these comparative figures it
may be figured approximately what
the reduction will be all over the
state on all the lines of railroad.
CAPT. BAKER OPTIMISTIC
Capt. Baker and Gen: Williams Of
Bismarck were here Tuesday en-
route 70 Pierre, s. d., to attend the
river Improvement convention. The
matter Of using North Dakota lig-
mite coal more generally in the south.
will be brought up by the North Da-
kota men who are expected to ad-
dress the convention on the subject
and cali attent ton again to the im-
mense deposits Of fuel that are to be
found II this state as yet scarcely
touched. .s5