Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-05
DULUTH ] ! | | / PUTS \ | | s UP Z
GOOD ! !! FIGHT | / / | FOR !.
. I DEEP CHANNEL


than on the sea-; that lakes RhipbuildS
ers and shippers are quick to take adj
fordeQ them and win keep pace with
lreQutfements; that the :, $Duluth, ,Su-
perior hdrbor, along with other major
lake ports, has ample facilities for
/ handling ocean-gOtng traffic for tivet
to ten years to come, and that meth-
DDS Of transferring packet freight
are entering upon period Of revolu-y i
statements made today before the in-.
ternationat joint waterways commits
sion in session here. "A channel to
the sea which would accommodate
ocean going, vessels could be COM
bleted and put into use long before:
{, the port of. New York and other east,
ern termini could improve their
handling requirements, it was ftesti-
fed. Many labor troubles would be
avoided heavy demurrage and delay
eliminated, and the markets of the
world thrown open to competition OF
the great American northwest's prod
ucts. Il,
The commission will close its hear
Iings here late this afternoon. and gos
to Superior, Wis, Monday for one
commission will go to Ashland. Wis,
thence to Milwaukee,, and finally,
wind up this work at Toledo, O..
jacobson Speaks
Duluth, Mimi, June 5.-For several
years have maintained that there Is
a real shortage of cars in the United
States, Q. p. Jacobson, of the Mime
sofa state railroad and warehouse
commission. said yesterday afternoon,
explaining before the international
Joint waterways commission In ses-
sion here, his reasons for endorsing
the plan to build channel for ocean
going vessels from the Great Lakes
I to the Atlantic. @
i This shortage has made itself
: keen'ysfelt during the past Two
3ibeen countless freight embargoes.
y Commerce and industry has Il been
i thrown out of gear. These periods y
= industrial tieup are not due to- an, or
J. dinary. car shortage. 81 The acilitief
for handling goods at Alta ttcs Ports.
tgratn{ prodncts and grain espseiall <:
I, I ere vh9lly inadsg e! ssst e e
Hhessaaas sns IS & lssasas 10 sseea sst
4 unload Ing. rhere. Vas 10 4 place to
tpnt the grain. The few elevators in
\ New York were overworked and the
congestion was not confined to New
4 York; 1t tsextended to Pittsburgh Buff
sfalo, Chicago, thence to Kansas City,
Il Minneapolis and Duluth. Finally the
= congestion was relieved. but the cause
IVas not removed. 81 -&f
Il Wrong. Distributaon.
I I'VE have provided no remedy for
the future. The elevator capacity of
seven of the large eastern ports COM
bined is 21,0OO,O00 bushels, ten mil
, lion less than the capacity Of Duluth
and Superior elevators. Philadelphia
lis rated as having elevators with q
J capacity of 100000 bushels, yet ] am
= informed that never have more than
2,50O,000 bushels been in those ele-
vators. The capacity iss overestimat-
u ed. And, while these elevators are
, filled cars of grain wait. Similar con-
) ditions prevail elsewhere in the east.
t..In, one case, 1 know OF shipper
; was forced to pay $4,000 demurrage
charges between Pittsburgh and Phil
+" aqelphia.
q But enlarging the elevators. alone
Even with more elevator facilities At
lantic ports would be unable to care
for our shipments. The eastern deal
Il ers think they are in close touch
with us, no doubt, but this is not true.
i we have as many cars as We had six
years ago, / was told. !byasa railway
man In the east. This probably is
..5lyears: A waterway to the sea would
"a not he the medium OF greater sex-
pense and more delay because OF the
/ |longer haul, but would be the factor
n NEEDED to eliminate these undesirable
Features Of present ay stransporta-
II ton. 81, II h s3 i-s. s &
Eve must have low rates 70 Eur,