The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-09

best for Duluth; what conditions
are holding Duluth back; what
may be the most effective ways
and means for helping Duluth at
tain the growth, power and i'm
portance to which it is naturally
entitled.
There can, however, in the
opinion of the Rip-saw, be no diff
ferences of opinion as to the un-
friendliness Of the Hill system of
railroads to this city. Even local
representatives of the Great
Northern do no effective work in
behalf of Duluth. Some of them
are even charged with holding
views highly harmful to Duluth.
A. L. Warner, a confirmed Du-
luthian, recently discussed the I'M
fairness of the passenger service
schedules as maintained by the
Hill system of railroads entering
Duluth. That discussion was
printed by the News Tribune last
Thursday, as follows:
MIR. Warmers Ideas.
"All travel between the Head
of the Lakes and the coast over
the Northern Pacific is, by the
passenger schedules of that CON-
pany, forced around by the Twin
Cities.
Cali travel to that part of the
Red River valley east ofthe river
and north of the main line of the
N. P. is cut off from the Head Of
the Lakes entirely,'' he added.
"All travel between Fargo,
Moorhead and all other Mime
sofa points into Duluth is dis
couraged by that company by an
extra charge Of four cents per
mile above the rate from the same
points to the Twin Cities. The
only excuse the company has for
this extra charge is that it runs
its trains around through Wiscon-
sin from Carlton to Duluth when,
in fact, it has an all-Minnesota
line into Duluth and is bound by
law to operate the Duluth trains
over that line.
Only One Exception.
''The only exception it makes
about this discriminating charge
of four cents per mile is on the
travel between Duluth and the
Twin Cities, which also passes
through Wisconsin. The reason
for this exception is the desire to
take trade away from the Head
of the Lakes to the Twin Cities,'
Mr.. Warner explained.
"The only way for travel to
and from Duluth to beat this dis
elimination is to buy split tickets
to Carlton each way. The North
ern Pacific railway company how
ever, in strict defiance of law
refuses to sell sleeping car berths
to passengers travelling on such
split tickets. For intance, if a
Moorhead passenger coming to
Duluth buys a ticket to Carlton
and the conductor learns from
him that he intends going on
from Carlton to Duluth, he will
not permit the sleeping car porter
to sell him a berth from Moor
head to Carlton and the same rule
is applied to westbound travel.
Service Refused.
"Our newspapers advise west
bound N. P. passengers to buy
tickets from Duluth to Carlton
and then from Carlton on, in or
der to secure the same rate of
fare allowed to the Twin City
travel but the conductors on the
night trains refuse to allow pas
sengers buying these split tickets
to occupy sleeping car berths.
"This outlaw practice by the
company has been repeatedly re-
ported to the. railroad and ware
house commission and the COM
pany has been ordered to term
mate the practice, but have re-
fused to do so.
Unfairness Admitted. .
'"The president and general
counsel of the Northern Pacific
have admitted the unfairness Of
all this and other determinations
against the Head of the Lakes
and agreed to correct them but
now they refuse to do so, giving
rs an excuse, the government con-
troll of the roads," said Mr.. War
ner.
MIR. Ashton, the government
official for this region. is cOpni-