The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-03-10
NOTICE.


RAILWAY COMPANY
hereby gives notice that on the 2Sth
day of February, 1921, it filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission .a MS: c.s a.
tifcate of public convenience ana
necessity 20 aiAadon It's line Of 1all-
road in the State of Minnesota
Pursuant to the requirements requirement OF n the
published as follows: $685..
BEFORE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION +.
In the Matter of the Application OF the
Duluth and Northern Minnesota Rail-
way Company for permission to aban-
bon AL OF 1t its sin, LINE OF railroad ana inc
Come now your petitioner. DULUTH
AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA Rail- AL:
Honorable Body. represents and states
as follows:
/. Applicants full name is Duluth
and Northern Minnesota Railway Com
Lyceum Building. Duluth. Minnesota:
The name and post office addresses of
are as follows:
it's President. Secretary and ATTORNEYS
Secretary. J. w. Bayly. Duluth. Min
nesota.
Mitchell. Duluth. Minnesota.
2. APPLICANT was organized under the
laws of the State of Minnesota.
3. The making and filing OF appli-
cation to abandon all of applicants
Of was authorized at meeting Of the
Directors of said applicant. held at Du-
luth, Minnesota, on December 9Th. 1919.
4. Applicants line of railroad is con-
structed and operated entirely within
Counties of St. Louis. Lake and Cook
! thereof, and it is proposed to abandon
the entire line.
S. Said line of railroad extends from
Northeasteriy direction through Lake,
Lewis snd SEEK s %oR POINT of
Range Three (3) West. in Cook County
Minnesota. and the whole Of said line
is proposed to be abandoned.
6. The reasons for such proposed
abandonment are as follows:
Beginning with the year ending june
Goth, 1914. the applicant has incurred
a loss in it's operations each year.
in excess of the sum Of Five Hundred
| Thousand Dollars ($500.0O0.00) and has
no means of paying or satisfying same
| except through the sale OF its road and
| equipment.
There are no cities. villages or set
| Elements of any considerable: size along
the line of applicants road. and it will
be Impossible tor applicant to pay its
tactual cost OF labor and maintenance of
operation without making any provision
| for taxes or interest. :....r
! Pursuant to the Statutes of Mime
sofa, and upon proper application. no.
| tice and hearing, the Minnesota Railroad
| and Warehouse Commission did, under
date of December goth. 1920, make it's
close for traffic it's entire line OF rail-
way on or after April list. 1921.
z. Applicant does not desire any
hearing on this application. r'..<
WHEREFORE. petitioner prays for
the issuance by this Commission OF 9
certificate: - Z
|; (a) That the present and future pub.
lie convenience and necessity permit the
abandonment of petitioners entire line
Of railroad and Of the operation there
Of: .,.. - :.fj.
other and ,fuTther relief as to the Com
mission 921,11 may seem proper; ,.,,,,,,,
| = sofa RAILWAY COMPANY II I.
.~ !. ~- It's president
Washburn. Baily & Mitchell. @t :
Attorneys for Petitioner. @#%.
Il Duluth. Minnesota. =<z=zs;s 49,.
sTATE OF Minnesota, County OF St
Oscar Mitchell. being frst duly sworn
says that he IS an executive officer
, to-wit: %Vice-President. of the afore
& mentioned petitioner: that he hassreaa
8 contents thereof and that the same Il
I true Of his own knowledge:
Z Subscribed and sworn to before hi,
this tn day of rEehrqary D.lg21
4 Notary Public. Sc. Louis County, lllnn
u Ny commission expires Feb 18th. 1924