The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
RAILROAD C0NN|S-
S|0NERS. MEET
IN M|NOT

MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE ARE
BEING CONSIDERED BEFORE
BOARD-MANY APPEAR BE-
FORE BODY.
The state board of railroad commits
sioners, consisting of w. H. Stutsman,
w. H. Mann and o. P. N. Anderson,
are holding their annual April meet
ing with the full board present. The
calendar for this meeting is large
one and covers a number of very i'm
portant matters, both to the people
and the railroad companies, the bulk
of the business before the commission
at this time being railroad matters.
With the commissioners are Secretary
Cushing, Reporter C. H. Olson and
Rate Expert J. A. Little.
Tuesday Supt. G.. S. Baxter and
Trainmaster Princell of the 500 ap-
peared before the commission in re-
gard to a highway crossing at Carr
ington, and as a result of the discus
sion Mr.. Baxter agreed to put the
crossing in as soon as the frost is out
of the ground.
Thomas Hecker and J. J. Brady of
Logan appeared before the commits
sion with a petition for the installa-
ton of a station agent at that point,
and it was mutually agreed with the
500 officials that an agent would be
put in at Logan July l., at furthest,
and possibly on May l, if the gravel
pit near that place is opened.
The matter of stopping trains Nos.
1O7 and 108 on flag at Cathay was
dismissed, and on showing made by
the railroad company that one passen-
ger train and one way freight each
way was stopped daily at that point,
the petition was denied, as the COM
mission considered the service equal
to that given much larger towns.
Wednesday morning was "Great
Northern day." when hearings were
given on the following petitions:
Platforms at Kuroki and Ray; siding
at Powell Siding for proposed ele-
vator; elevator site at Juanita; depot
and agent at Lostwood; depot at Bat
tleview; depot and agent at Carbury;
depot at Mason; depot and agent at
Wolseth; depot at Cartwright; new
depot at Bottineau; stockyard i'm
provements at Osnabrock, Lakota,
Clifford, Clifton, Galesburg and Blais-
dell; train service, viz: Stopping No.
on flag at Trenton. In addition to
this it is understood number of del
egations will arrive in the morning to
present petitions for sundry things.
Matters pertaining to the Northern
Pacific railroad, which will be discus
sed at this time, if the Northern Pa
cific officials appear, will be crossing
at futile; spur track to mill at New
Rockford; spur track to coal mine at
Beulah; waiting room at Shepard; sta
ton agent at Hoving; new depot at
Diesem; stockyard at Dodge, and i'm
provements to stockyards at Kathryn.
During the day the commission receiv-
ed word from the general superinten-
dent that new depot would be built
at Dodge in response to the commits
sion's recommendations.
At the conclusion of the hearings
the commission will undoubtedly visit
a number of the points where these
improvements, are needed before rem
dering decision, and will at the same
time visit towns from where petitions
have been received relating to tele-
phone, telegraph and warehouses.
Chairman Stutsman arrived Tues
day from Darcy where he met with
the ticketholders of the defunct North
Dakota Grain Co., and conferred with
them in relation to the commission COL
lecting from the bonding company and
others the value Of the outstanding
storage tickets, and the commission is
practically satisfied that what was at
first thought would be very consid-
cradle loss to the farmers, will result
in the tickets being paid in full. The
commission has been very energetic
in this matter because of the failure
of the last legislature to authorize it
to employ the necessary help in keep
ing check on the grain business, and
because this company violated not
only the laws of the state, but the ex-
press orders of the commission. AS a
result of this failure a great many
elevators have been impressed with
the necessity of carrying out the o.
ders of the commission and are put
ting w additional bonds to cover their
storage transactions, and from now on
the commission is determined that ele-
yator companies violating the regula-
tions regarding the storage of grain
will be made examples OF.
The large corresponding OF the !!
commission this spring tends to lndl-
cate very lively year for the COM
mission. The wide scope of the COM
MISSIONS duties will require the clos
est attention of the board, and it is
plain to those familiar with the work
Of this important board that the time
is past when novices can hold this
office and perform the duties expected
of them. ~
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