The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-07
RATE CASE IS WON
BY GRAIN SHIPPERS
SUPREME COURT HOLDS OMAHA
AND NORTHWESTERN ROADS
e ONE LINE FOR RATES.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events o. General Intereet In Mime
sofa Condensed and Revised for
Inc Greater Convenience
OF Busy Readers.
st. Paul.


The state supreme court is an opin-
ion just filed holds the Omaha and
Northwestern railroads to be one road
for rate-making purposes. For legal
purposes the two roads are separate
corporations. The opinion of the
court was an affirmation of findings
made by the Lyon county district
court which held against an order is
sued by the state railroad and ware
house commission fixing joint freight
rates for the two roads,
The case found it's way into the
Marshall county district court on ap-
peal of Attorney General Smith and
James Hall, representing several grain
shippers. The appellants contended
the joint rate as established by the
commission permitted overcharges
and was in conflict with the eastman
distance tariff law.
Passing on the question of basic
rates the slpreme court says:
1T is held that for the purpose of
establishing freight rates the two COM
panies constitute one road and line
and that the intra-state continuous
mileage rates fixed pursuant to the
distance tariff law apply and that the
commission is without authority to fix
joint rate
4 X X
White Pine Blister Feared.
plea for the voluntary exclusion
from Minnesota of importations of
white pine, currant and gooseberry
paintings from other states has been
directed to all Minnesota nurserymen
by F. l.. Washburn, state entonolo.
gist.
The reason is the menace of the
white pine blister, prevalent in some
sections of the country, but so far
extremely rare in this state. Only
through rigid quarantine against
outside paintings can Minnesota's flu
ture safely be insured, in the opinion
of Professor Washburn.
The state entomologist explains in
his circular letter to all nurserymen
that he has no legal right to demand
enforcement of the quarantine, and
says he asks it in the interests of
the nurserymen themselves Each let
ter encloses a blank for a promise to
comply.
X X X
Loans to Towns Approved.
Funds with which to build more
than $25O,00O of new schools, water
works systems, roads and other i'm.
provements in Minnesota towns have
been RENTED by State Auditor ]. A.
o. Preus on loans finally approved by
the state board of investment. The
investment board will finally approve
other applications July II, when be-
tween 100000 and 100000 of addi-
tional state funds will be available.
Among the more important loans
are: $4,000 for a school in district
No. 81, Crow Wing county; $4,000
to Clearwater county to refund bonds:
ter; $4,000 to North st. Paul for a
new school and SIS to district No.
SO, Hennepin county, and district No.
10, Carver county, for a new joint
school building Many smaller items
bring the total to 1921, 500.
X X X
Guard Commissions Filled.
Twenty-eight commissions, repre-
senting the findings of the last quar-
terly meeting of the board of exam
iners of the Minnesota National guard
have been made public by Adjutant
General Wood
In issuing the commissions which
bear the signature of both the adju-
tant general and Governor Burnquist,
General Wood said that the majority
of them were the result of the March
meeting of the state examining board.
The mobilization of the troops at Smell
ing had FASTENED their filing. With
few exceptions the names of those
given are now actively connected with
the guard.