The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-02
ADDITIONAL TRUNK
LINES FOR CITY
Restricted Freight Service Be.
tween Sank Centre Fer
gus Falls Established
UNFAIR RAIL RATES HIT
Hearings Being Held to De.
termine Whether Other
Routes Are Necessary

St. Paul, July 30-Shippers and
receivers of freight in the territory
between Sank Centre and Moor
head will get the benefit of lower
rates through four motor freight
lines authorized today by the
state railroad and warehouse COM
mission. The territory has been
suffering from railroad rates al
legged to be discriminatory since
increases were made by the Fargo
and Watertown decisions of the
interstate commerce commission,
and the state commission has
fought in vain to get relief.
The routes authorized today
will operate in competition with
railroads and at lower rates.
The orders issued by the state
commission today grant the appli-
cation of &c. W. Bonde, R. w.
Bonde, Orris Bergerud, Philip and
Richard Aune, copartners, of Fer
gus Falls, for permit to establish
freight lines in the area.
Those authorized are:
A route from Sank Centre to
Fergus Falls over state trunk high
way No. 8 serving Osakis, Evans
vile, Erdahl, Thorsberg, Elbow
Lake and Fergus Falls. A limita-
ton was provided to prevent the
carrying of shipments originating
at or consigned to West Union,
Nelson, Alexandria, Garfield and
Brandon, and to prevent the &C
ceptance for transportation of
freight originating at any point
on the route between Sank Gen.
ter and Elbow Lake destined to
another point between Sank Cent
re and Elbow Lake. This bar was
placed because of other routes
which already have been author
lied in this area. A = connecting
route from state trunk highway
No. 8 at Elbow Lake to serve Wen
dell, in Grant county, was author
lied. rsa.s s'.'e.-- = ,s
Fhe second principal route is
from Fergus Falls to Detroit
Lakes over state highway No. 80,
Serving Elizabeth, Erhardt, Peli-
can Rapids and Cormorant.
The third route is from Fer
gus Falls to Breckenridge over
state highway No. 8, serving
Foxhume, Everdel and Watosco.
The fourth line authorized is
from Fergus Falls to Wadena over
state highways Nos. SO and 20,
and serving Underwood, Battle
Lake, Githerall, Vining, Henning
and Deer Creek. The fifth route
is from Fergus Falls to Moorhead
over state highways No. 80 and Ga,
serving Carlisle, Rothsay, Lawn
dale, GAINESVILLE, Baker, ,Sabin and
Ruthruff.
Hearings on several applications
for additional motor freight routes
in northwest Minnesota area af-
fected by the Fargo rate decision
will be heard by the commission
this week starting Tuesday.
A hearing on the application of
the Park Region Transportation
Company, of Glenwood, for a
route from Sank Centre via Nor
ris to Brown Valley, together with
a connecting route from Morris to
Wheaton, will be heard at Morris
Tuesday, by Colonel Frank W.
Matson of the commission.
He also will start a hearing at
Morris on the application of Rob
ert Schmidt, of Alexandria, who
seeks to inaugurate service from
Alexandria to Morris and Wheat
on, and to extend his present Alex
andria-Fergus Falls route to Moor
head. This hearing will be COM
pleted at Alexandria "wednesday.
The third application for a mo-
tor freight route to be heard this
week is that of the North Star
Freight Company of Crookston,
which seeks authorization to op-
crate a route from there to Noyes
on the Canadian border. This will
be heard late Thursday.