The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
S. HOLME REELECTED ]
PRES. OF COM. CLUB
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DeCduSe IL CdH peIlOIlu UtGCSI SeINlCS.
The railroads, themselves, excepting
the lines of the Northwest, have re-
cognized the principle. Thirty-three
railroads in the United States and
Canada are now using motor trucks
as a part of their shipping equipment.
Twenty-one railroads contemplate, or
are investigating the use of trucks
for the. first time, or expect to add
to their present truck equipment.
The Raymond Brothers are not
novices in the truck transportation
business. They have been operating
a truck service for the past half dozen
years. Their headquarters are at St,
Cloud. In the courseo f his remarks
business men that truck service from
the Twin Cities would save from II
to SO hours over the time required
by the railroads. The rate to be
charged on all classes of freight ex-
cept fourth class, would be about five
cents per hundred less than the rail
road tariffs. Truck service would
eliminate drayage expense at this end
as the merchandise would be deliver
ed every morning to the merchants
place of business. ,. ILL.,.
Mr.. Moore showed that in 1925 the
buses My carried nine per cent of
the passenger traffic; that the great
loss to the railroads came from the
$4,000 individually owned automo-
biles in Minnesota. .... 49,.
He showed that in 1925 Raymond
brothers paid license fees of $34 ,006
on their 13 trucks and gasoline tax
of $1,000 yearly. In 1925 they trans
ported 1929 tons of freight between
the Twin Cities and st. Cloud and
the Twin Cities and Little Falls.
Raymond Brothers will not make a
petition to the Railroad and Ware
house Commission to operate this
truck service unless Sank Centre bus
mess men indicate a desire to use it.
Many of the Sank Centre business
men feel they they were handed an
unfair deal in the Fargo-Grand Forks
order handed down last September by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and with the move now on foot to
increase freight rates within the
state to all points 40 per cent, it is
not at all surprising that this usually
conservative city listened with close
and Favorable attention to the Offer
of Raymond Brothers to bring relief
1t is claimed for them that they are
financially able to supply ali the
trucks necessary to handle freight
successfully to points up to 15C
miles from the Twin Cities. a
President Holme was instructed te
appoint a committee of five of the
large shippers to thoroughly invests
gate this question and ask for spec.
ial meeting of the Club when they
are ready to report their findings. 81
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Mayor VIM. Parker called the bus.
mess mems attention to the fact that
the Northwestern Bell Telephone Elk.
change Company were about to petit.
ton Minnesota Railroad and Ware.
house Commission for an increased
telephone rental in this city. At the
present. time the matter is in a forma.
tive state. The mayor said that the
City Council would resist the petition
of the telephone company and he urg-
ed every citizen to be alert and take
active interest in the hearing which
will likely be held in this city the
latter part of this month. On motion
of G. V. Morse the president was en-
powered to appoint a committee of
five to work with the City Council
to protect the city's best interests.
From sentiment expressed at Thurs
day evenings meeting it was appar-
ent that there would not be any siren
uous opposition to slight raise if
the city's very obsolete system was
brought up to date.