The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
Sauk Centre Business
Men Can Save Tidy Sum
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pending before the Interstate Com
merce Commission for still fur
ther increase in rates.
1t was this discriminatory con-
dition that caused 80 of Sauk
Centres business men to sign n
petition asking the Railroad and
Warehouse Commission to grant
Raymond Bros. permission TO op-
crate a truck line to Sauk Centre
in 1926.
When the first hearing was held
it was not possible for Raymond
Bros. to state definitely what their
rate per hundred would be. They
submitted to the Sauk Centre bus
mess men a proposed rate. The
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sion, have sole authority to es-
tablish the rates of truck lines as
they are recognized as common ca
rriers. There appeared to be
some doubt in the minds of some
of the business men after the pc
tition had been signed, and the
morning of the hearing a number
of them met and decided to send a
committee to the St. Cloud hear
ing to oppose the petition of Ray
mond Bros. In doing so, it later
developed in pulling Alexandria S
chestnuts out of the fire. At any
rate, it is generally agreed that
the evidence of the Sauk Centre
witnesses had considerable weight
with the Commission in denying
the petition, as the only conclusion
they could arrive at was that the
business men of this city did not
desire truck service.
Much water has passed over the
dam since the St. Cloud hearing.
The men who gave testimony at
that time are now fully convinced
that inasmuch as the truck rate has
been definitely fixed blythe Com
mission, they are in favor of the
present petition.
The formal order denying the
petition sct-up at the st. Cloud
hearing in 1926 was not handed
down until June of this year. Und-
er an order of the Commission a
hearing on a petition once denied
will not be heard within IL months
following a decision unless neces-
sity can be shown that the estab-
lishment of truck service would be
of material benefit to community
and is desired by the community to
be served y &ii .'...
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Herald Raymond Bros. have a
statement of comparative rates and
savings which should be studied
carefully by every business man of
Sauk Centre before he attends
Friday evenings meeting of the
Community Club.
This statement shows that the
average saving to the business man
of this community, when the four
classes of freight are taken into
consideration, with the freight de-
livered to the door of the local
merchant, will be approximately 16
cents per hundred pounds. From
past experience in other commun-
ities Raymond Bros, are confident
they will be hauling 10 tons OF
freight per day into Sank Centre
within six months after the ser
vice is established. If this is true
it will save the business men of
this city $1,000 per day, or nearly
$4,000 per year. Surely sum
of sufficient magnitude to be
given careful consideration.
If the freight rate increase ask.
ed by the railroad companies of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is allowed the saving will be
considerably greater, as there is
no probability that the Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sion, who have entire charge of
making truck rates operating
wholly within the state, will grant
an increase, as they are convinced
that the present freight rates of
the railroad companies is ample to
create sufficient earnings for the
railroad companies.