The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-23
Local. |. Cub / !. Wins
F|cHlF|'Il|R|(||||| LOWER
EXPRESS! : TARIFFS
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North Dak'os !! & y Commission
Decides AeAe 4 Adopt I. c.
q. /: E:lates. I
NOTIFICATIONS TO
BE:MADE r. HOWEVER
Desire to Place sRsago on Parity with
Aberdeen snd, this city-Granti
Forks organizatdn Commenced the
Campaign for Lower rates Year aso.
NOTIFICATIONS TO
BE:MADE. HOWEVER

The Grand FsorkS Commercial club
today won it's fiehtg for lower express
rates. when secretary w. f. Cushing
of the North DAAdta railroad COM
mission announcedtth that the commits.
sioners had dectdedStp adopt the inter.
state commerce commission's tariffs
as intrastate r2fesss There are to be
several modifica1io1ss however, which
VIII place Fargo On a parity with
The new rates viii 60 into effect
February I, when the interstate tar.
iffs are to become operative.
Will Not Change G1asu Weight Rates
Tho decision Of the state commits.
sion, 1t was reported, will make no
change In the thtSrstate commerce
commissions ratss son the IS and so.
pound packages. < The notifications
are to be In rekard 10 the 10O-pound
rates for ice cream, poultry. etc.
The commission &lso agreed that !,
any inequalities sArO found after the
rates become effective they will take
these up and 'endsavor to- straighter
them out.
Order C0nnectaon at Lake.
This morning the commission or.
dered a physical: connection built be.
tween the Farmers. line and the Soc
railroad at Devils. Lake.
This afternoon the commissioner.
will definitely .diapose Of the exces,
baggage-rate question. A hearing or
this problem was held at Fargo las
week. t-q..- ~. g..,.tssr
Tomorrow the commissioners leav.
for the southern part Of the state
where they are to.consider several ele.
vator and routine naaxters.
Express eg Victory.
The decision of4the commission re-
gardinE the expIe1 rates marks thu
conclusion Of thssdEht begun a yea,
and a half ago M The local CONNER.
cial club. At thn4 time the local or.
ganizatfon presented a petition FOL
figures showing ,thsa North Dakott
was paying muck higher tariffs thar
ether surrounding. Hates. The clui
also submitted q proposed scale O
rates. ~. e.; .55.3lsx y .a.ls.g T..
- .Begsn FseAtt Gsars Ago.. IL
About afyeAEaAEHSf fbos0 taRsna
Held, Es.sSa tiaa a. 1ySl fssk st{
EQYst ton lns AGct thA
the interstataf comnSeee commission
was then considering the same prob
lem, they deferred action until tn
federal body's rates had been promul
gated.
l Ao 10QcT61 fCOIHInlbSIOu pFOIuUlSaI
ed its rates last fall. and fixed Feb
ruary 1 as the date on which they ar
to become effective. The commission
also recommended that state commits
sions. So far as possible, adopt tn
rates as intrastate tariffs.
After considering the interstate
rates, the traffic committee OF tn
Commercial club recommended tina
they be adopted by the North Dakot,
commission. At the hearing held il
this city last week. the club aske,
the commission to do SO.
The difference in subblock loca
tions between Fargo and Grand Fork
gave the latter city a number of lowe
rates than Fargo would have unde
the new system, and consequently tn
commission was desirous of Securing
some method for doing away with a
many of the discrepancies as possible
The traffic commissioners. of the Farg'
Commercial club recommended. how
ever, that the rates he tried. with TIL
proviso that any discrepancies that de
veloped be ironed out later.