The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-06
RY. COMMISSION
HAS A BUSY DAY
MEETING OF THE STATE RAIL
WAY. COMMISSION IN FARGO is
a BUSY oNE-coMMIssloN 10
GRINDING OUT woRk-cHAF.
FEE WANTS TRAIN SERVICE.

Inc state railway commission which
g meeting in Fargo today IL more
tnan busy with large amount Of
routine work that has come before the
body for disposal. However. only one
new complaint has been filed with the
meeting.
The members OF the commission who
are here at the meeting are w. II.
atutsman OF Mandan, the president of
the commission, w. H Mann of New
salem and Thomas Hall the secretary.
Y. T. N Anderson Is unable to be
here.
county Commissioners Martin OF
Cass county appeared before the or
ganization OF the railway adtusters
this morning and laid before them the
situation OF the railway service at
Cnanee. The citizens Of the Cass
county town want to have trains leave
the station on schedule time.
AS the train service now stands there
y no definite time for the arrival and
departure of the trains and the citizens
OF the village are greatly inconveni-
enced by such practice. Mr.. Mar
TIN asked the commission to take some
dennite steps to give the town some
definite schedule of trains out of Cas-
selton to Chaffee and vice versa Chat
Zee to Casselton. The matter will be
taken UP with the railroad and II is
thought the matter can be adjusted.
Several petitions were received by
the commission relative to the laying
OF track on several proposed extern
sions. The grading on the proposed
road from Pingree to Wilton has now
been completed and the N. p. officials
are loath to lay the track this year
and have the patrons of the line com
plain of the service during the coming
winter. The people along the line have
stated that they would be satisfied with
poor service during the next winter.
If the company will lay its rails this
spring and give them something like
service of any kind, They feel that
bad service for the coming winter is
better than no service at all and they
will be content with the Inadequate
train schedule during the first year
after the rails are laid
At Stanley there is similar situa-
ton to the one from Pingree to will
ton. The citizens of Stanley feel the
same way regarding the laying of the
rails SO the g. N. will lay steel this
summer and give the people as good
service as possible until next summer.
when regular schedule will be adopt
ed and worked out.
Connection al New Leipzig.
The commission has received a Pc
tition for connection Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound road and
the N. r. at New Leipzig.
The two railroads run parallel
within stones throw of one another.
at New Leipzig, coming together at
that place and running ON westward
but making no connection until they
have gone a great many miles farther
west
With such connection in at New
Leipzig, freight being hauled from the
North Dakota territory north of New
Leipzig on the N. P. line, could be
transferred at that station on the con-
nection switch for South Dakota ter
ritory. Likewise the South Dakota ter
ritory would be helped by the oppor-
tunity Of shipping its produce into this
state much quicker and easier.
Satisfied With Service.
The citizens Of Steele are satisfied
with their train service and have no
complaint to make, according to the
petition that has been received by the
railway commission.
A travelling man who was on No. 8
of the N. p. recently wanted to get off
at Steele and he was informed that
the train did not stop there, although
there is a law requiring il to stop at
county seats, and Steele is the capitaI
of Kidder county. The travelling man
filed a complaint with the railway
commission.
The matter was taken up with the
business men of Steele and the husi-
ness men OF that town claimed that
their railway service is perfectly ade-
quate and that they care little whether
or not No. 3 stops there. They signed
d long petition setting forth their views
In the matter.
The commission is getting ready its
bonds for the elevators over the state.
It is necessary for the elevators to take
these out Aug. / and there are about
%SoVV 81 GILL W0L C111QS6S NOILl Da-
kota that will have to take out the
bonds. There is some talk Of raising
the amount Of the bond in some cases.
Mimic Elevator Affair.
July IL, the railway commission win
go to Mimic where the body will in
vestigate the circumstances regarding
the failure of an elevator at that place.
This elevator was originally owned by
the Grain Produce Co., which firm
leased II to one Thomas Elliott. who
suddenly disappeared leaving about s4.-
900 in debts in the way OF unsecured
grain storage tickets.
The Grain Produce Co, secured the
license for the elevator as well as the
bond. The lease to Elliott was made
without the information being given
to the State Railway commission. The
question that now arises before the
railway commission is to see who is
going to pay for the storage tickets.
A Superior firm Of attorneys win
appear before the commission at Mimic
to argue the merits of the case. In
the meantime the ticket holders have