The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-30
LUMBER MILL TO
CLOSE TOMORROW,
FREIGHT Rate CAUSE
Company Cannot Pay
Increase on Logs
From Thoreau

The Mckinley Land & Lumber
company will close Us mills tomorrow
until such time as It can settle its
dispute with the Santa Fc Railway
companr over The rates In logs from
h iuniher camp at Thorcau 20 NJ
buqirequc.
An officer OF the company today
gave out the following statement;
What caused The company to take
this .stcp is on account Of the fact
that the railroad company is de-
manding the 90 per rent increase In
freight .ates on logs from rhoreau
TO Albuquerque. The state COR
porhiion commission on the seven
tcenth Of August In pursuance OF "a
protest filed by the lumber company
against the increase of 81 per cent
issued an order to the enoct that no
Increase In said rates should be made
by the railroad company. shortly
aftqr this order was made By n cor.
porltion commission the railroad
company issued its printed tarim rates
and fixed the rate on logs In carload
lots from Thoreau TO Albuquerque az
S812H per Loco feet. which In %
Der cent increase over The price TINT
At lhNAN hAA RNAAANAAANN AEA''H - f
the logs for when Mr.. Coleman was
here In June, 1919. at the time when
the lumber company was abou TO
remove the mill TO the woods.
The increased rate took effect
October z. hut was not enforced I'M
III the twonty-siNth Of this month, ns
the lumuei company was given 10
understand h Il the matter would be
adjusted In some manner withoiH
further proceedings before the corr
poratiun commission or In the courts.
Colonel Breeze LEFT Albuquerque We'd
nesday night fos Louisiana to visit
his lumber mills and On Friday morn
inE The railroad company refused Ia
deliver the logs that were In the yards
without the payment Of the increased
freight rate. The lumber company
has paid the increase under protest,
for all logs that were in the yards
and IN transit from Thoreau To Al
buquerque or that had been loaded In
the woods ready for shipment. hut
after these have been delivered viii
shu down It's plant until the qucs-
ton Of the freight rate IL settled.
'Srhc Lumber company contends
thai ulung about the iat Of dune 1873
when Coi. Breeze, h president OF
the company. came out here FOR the
purpoHe of uidilg In the commence
ment OF operations, they had practi-
rally determined to rcmoVc the mill
to the woods. as up to hat time he
had not been able to get what he con-
81 .idercd rates which would justify
him In operating In Albuquerque, and
nj the time he came here Mr.. Cole
man, assistant general freight agent
Of the Santa Fe railway arrived, ana
after some little time an agreement
was reached whereby the railroad
agreed to haul h logs IN
carload lots at S2.50 per 1000 IT,
and II was then agreed that the rail.
road would furnish 100 flnt cars ana
cquip them suitable Tor hauling the
logs and operations undcr said agree
ment were commenced and continued
IN tn the time this Increase was AT
tempted Ia be made.
s'The Lumber company claims thHl
they have a contract with the ruil'
rond for the hauling Of these logs or
the basis OF &2.5O per 1000 II. n u
the railroad company had not 0greet
To haul them at such price there II
no doubt but what the mill woult
have been moved at that time TO IN
woods. After this agreement VIII
Inc rniIrond was mndo the Lumbcl
company spent over SlOO, 100000 u
the rehabilitation Of the plant wiz
h belief that the rate would conunu
until the Lumber company's umbe
HOLDINGS had been cut nnd removed
The shutting down Of the mill !
In accordance with the directions re
.cclyed from Col. Greece VINO ~ nov
in Louisiana