Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-03-02
WANT BETTER
FREIGHT RATES
Public aty Cemmittee has Sent Following
sitter to the Great Northern
Railway Officials.
FRET CHI RATES ARE PROHIBITIvE
Table Comp airing Our Rates One third
Highs than Wenatehse.

uuctlOn OF the present lreignt rates
for the Kootenai Valley, was taken
when the following letter YVES writ
ten by the Publicity Committee to
the officials of the G.. n. Ry. The
letter was written after hearing the
report of the committee appointed
to Investigate the freight rates now
in force on the <, V. branch. An
exact statement of facts, as gather
ed by the committee, is set forth in
the letter and the HERALD repro
duces it, that its readers may know
what is being done in the matter,
and to work in harmony with the
Committee.
Boomers Ferry, Ida. Feb. "a, 1912.
NJ. ]. Costello.
Gen. A. T. NJ, G. N. Ry.,
Seattle, Wash.
Sir:
For some time back the farmers
and other shippers living along the
Kootenai Valley branch of your
road have been complaining about
the unjust freight rates now in
force on that branch. and have
sought the assistance OF our COM
mercial body to take the matter up
with your company with a view to
getting a more equitable adjust
ment of these rates.
A committee which we appointed
for that purpose have Investigated
the matter and have reported that
the settlers and shippers along this
branch are indeed handicapped by
the way they are Disseminated
against In the matter of freight
rates, as compared with rates on
the main line for like distances.
To illustrate, we take the liberty to
quote Jew OF the many commodi-
ties which are hurdened with this
discrimination. taken from your
freight schedules and from freight
bills actually paid;
Hay, car loads, Copeland to Boomers
Ferry l6 miles O6
Hay, car loads. Copeland to Sand
point, AZ miles ..................... le
Hay, car loads same distance on
main line ........................ O5 "a
Potatoes. car lots, Copeland to sand
point. ~ miles. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Potatoes, car lots, so miles on main
line ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l2 "
Potatoes, car lots. Copeland to Spo-
kane. 1874 miles ........... ...... ~
Potatoes. car lots, same distance ON
main Observation-Disclosures. q Qs
Apples, less than car loads, Copeland
to Spokane, 1874 miles %
Apples less than car loads, same
distcnce on main line ........ 40 l6
Cordwood, cars, Porthin TO Spokane
1888 miles, per cord 200
cordwood, cars, salae distance msia
line ......................... ....... 20 30
cordwood, car loads, Boomers Ferry
TO Spokane. los miles ......... 50
cordwood, car loads, Colhurp 10
spokane, IS miles ................ 100 ~
IA difference OF soc for Is miles,
Apples and potatoes, Boomers Ferry
to eastern points now take spo-
kane and Wenatehee rates. altho
1903 and 2SS miles nearer point OF
destination,
1t is readily seen from the fore
going figures that car load of hay.
weighing 24000 pounds shipped
from Copeland to Standpoint, die
lance of 40 miles, costs the shipper
$3.50 more than 1t would for the
same distance on the main line,
and all because 16 miles of the haul
is on the K. V. branch. and a car
load of potatoes, same weight, from
Copeland to Standpoint. 40 miles,
will cost the shipped s16.8O more
than it would the same distance Oh
the main line, and the same car
load of p tatoes from Copeland TO
Spokane, 124 miles; will cost the
shipper $40 20 more than il would
for the same distance on the main
line.
1t is also evident from the fore.
going that 10 boxes of apples from
Copeland to Spokane will cost the
simmer 1sc per 100 Mounds more