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~5 I *mtW0i$siH ^'W BS8&M 20 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK. I. C. G. MEN QUIZ HILL ON TRAFFIC Two Commissioners Here to Study Relations Between Shippers and jRoad. MR. HILL WILL BUILD NEW UNION STATION N. President Says Eastern Koads Are .to Blame for Congestion. James J* Hill, president of, the^ 3rea Northern railroad, was 3.. .wtnas.:.jhe* fore the opening session of the inter state commerce hearing in the Minne apolis federal building today. The hearing is relative to the transporta tion and handling of grain in the north west. It does not look to anything more weighty than the mere accumula tion of information. Commissioners Charles A. Prouty and Franklin K. Lane personally conducted the hearing, doing the main part of the examination of witnesses, tho sev eral attorneys of different grain inter ests participated in the questioning when they desired. The courtroom in which the hearing was conducted was well filled with men, most of them be- what, he should foifthis ing prominently connected with local I d&'ri 'i think he elevator companies Mr. Hill proved to be a frank and willing witness. His answers were given to all questions without hesita tion and in detail. He told of the tre mendous grain traffic of his road, equal ing each year twice as much-as the grain hauled into Chicago in a year by all roads running into that city. He said that the Great Northern in 1879 hauled 2,870,000 bushels, while' in 1896 this had increased to probably 115,000,- 000. In view of the fact that the bulk of the Great Northern's business comes from the farmer, it has always been its policy to aid the farmer whenever possible. Does Not Hold Up Freight. i "Is it the policy of your road, Mr. Hill, to delaye son1 freight for an rea- was on of the openingy ques tions. "N o, it certainly is not, was the reply. "If the connecting roads would move freight faster we could do a great deal better. The fact that traf fic is sometimes congested on our line is simply the fault of the immense amount of accumulated business. Other lines are more open to criticism than the Great Northern. In Chicago a few days ago I took special pains to make inquiries about traffic, and could not get a single line which would asrree to move 200,000 tons of freight to New York before December. The Great Northern*- can right along handle all business.received from the east prompt ly. The congestion comes in traffic from the west." Great Northern's Elevator Policy. On the specific subieet of grain ele vators- Mr. Hill testified: "Yes, it is our rule to permit any one to erect elevators at stations of our road on the right of way. We now make our contracts, however, not trans ferable ,as we have found instances where such applications were made in good faith and afterward sold at a good, figure. We have found trouble in keeping elevators from combining, and sometimes, in tracing down applica tions for elevator sites, have found dif ferent applicants to really represent one interest: When we have found objectionable elevator combines we have sometimes built elevators of our! j-i own and placed some man in charge. In such instances the combines have tried to freeze our man" out. We had such an instance at Litchfield, but we were able to help our man out. But that, gentlemen (with a. smile) was before the passage of the interstate commerce law. In. regard to the Great Northern's terminal elevators at Duluth, Mr. Hill stated his company did operate them, but that because of the Wisconsin law requiring grain in that state to be in spected by. Wisconsin inspectors, that tnese elevators were now leased. They are located on Wisconsin ground. Believes in Terminal Houses. I think it is a great detriment to business that we cannot control the unloading of grain," said' Mr. Hill. 1 think it is the best thing fof a railroad to have its own rterminal ele vators, unload into them, and include #the charge for so doing "in the freight rate By our building of Duluth ter minal elevators, we reduced for the shipping farmers the elevator charge ~ther from 1 cent to one-half cent a bushel. This included unloading into MSB'S! Made Definite Statement of His Plan in Minneapolis Today---Architects Already at Work. James J. Hill is having plans prepared for a new union station in Minne- apolis, to be built on the site of the present station on Bridge Square. "An enlargement of the present facilities of the Minneapolis union depot is absolutely necessary," said Mr. Hill to The Journal today. "We have not even sufficient capacity for the accommodation of-our own lines. But how to enlarge the present facilities is a problem. There is- a lack of room for the erection of such a station as seems needed in the building of a new structure, and I don't know as it is going to be possible to get any additional ground." "How much of an investment will the new station represent?" Mr. Hill was asked. "That is impossible for me to say until I get the plans," he replied. "The architects are working on these now, in fact, they have been for some time past." I can say nothing definite as to the expenditure, or.as-to how soon the work on the new station will begin, until I see the plans and decide upon them. There are a number of things to be worked out, and none of the first series of plans may prove satisfactory. The great point is, some scheme to get the greatest possible room for the accommodation of trains within the limited space which seems available. There is nothing definite in the way of detail which can be an- nounced at the present time." the elevator, a short storage and load ing into boat for shipment thru the lakes. We cleaned, but did not mix the grain." "Did you make a charge for clean- ing?" "No, sir. It should be remembered that in cleaning, the elevator gets the screenings, which are worth $5 to $6 a ton." Farmers Versos Speculators. Mr. Hill thought the present legal method of .handling grain is wrong that the farmer's interests are too much affected by those of the specula tor. He said every receiving elevator should devote itself simply to that business that the operating in grain should be another separate business and that the business of the grain mix er should be still another separate bus iness. Mr. Hill thought the building of elevators of much greater capacity in Minneapolis would not relieve con gestion of gram traffic, but he did -tiritrk--tire action rfr^hrr*fai mission in sending inspectors as far out as- 100 miles to inspect grain, was a'good'move in this direction. He strongly criticized the. state law which legalizes sharp practice of grain mix ers. "The grain mixer takes one ear of No. 2 wheat," he said, "which is tho i-oly cleaned, and mixes it with three cars of No. 1, and when he gets thru, you have.four eaTs of No. 1. And so far, ,this is a legalized business." -Thinks Some Prices Too Low. 'Do you think the farmer is getting iserop?" getting what be shoul(l.for.spme classes of grain. For instance, farmers are now raising a lot of durum wheat. There is a good deal of risk on what the foreign demand will be and a.market at home for only a limited amount." Mr. Hill said that elevators were continually treating the farmers unfair ly. "We have to watch the elevators all the time," he said. "This work is Continued on 2d Page, 5th Column. w-xm&VM-vx*xxx*xvAX^^ GIGANTIC FREIGHT YARDS FOB CITY Four Railroads to Create Most Extensive Yards in the West. Northeast Minneapolis Chosen and Property Acquired for -the Scheme. Plans now on foot and under care ful development point to a gigantic railroad scheme for Northeast Minne apolis that will result in the creation of a huge union freightyard which will overshadow all other terminal facilities of the city. The entire river section of Northeast Minneapolis, from Boom island north and extending as far east from the river as Main street south of Eigh teenth .avenue, and to Third street SE north of Eighteenth, is to be acquired and turned into a union freightyard. Connection with the yards of North and South Minneapolis is to be secured by means of a new railroad' bridge across the Mississippi from the pres^ ent site of the Shevlin-Carpenter mill to the upper end of Boom island, where it will connect with the contemplated yard system. The scheme is the big gest thing- yet planned in the way of railway yards for 'Minneapolis. Four roads, the Soo, Wisconsin Central, Great Northern and Northern/Pacific, are con cerned. Hastened by Armour Plans. Tho the proposed development has been under consideration for some time, it is undoubtedly hastened by the proposed Armour plant in North east Minneapolis. Much of the freight for the huge packing plant to be estab lished there wHI come thru the new Northeast yards. For months the interests represented have been quietly at work. Property thruout the district has been acquired piece bp piece until now the plan is fairly well developed. The southern terminal will be the present Wisconsin Central yards on Boom island, which will be connected with the west side of the river by the new bridge. From Boom island purchases have been pushed so that a strip extending to the curve in Main street NE between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues is se cured. The course from this point is straight north along tie west side of Main street to Eighteenth avenue. Big Plants in Tards.*^ Several large plants between Main street and the river, including the Min neapolis Brewing company, will be surrounded by yards. It is noticeable, however, that these interests, thru their attorneys, have been securing ad ditional land that they may need in the future. Marshall street, one block west of Main street, is to be left open as the main artery\ into the yards from the center of ^the city. On Ramsey street, one block, west of Marshall street, "the Northern Paeifie already has tracks as far south as Eighth avenue. Ramsey street is short, extending -from the Boom,island channel at Sixth avenue NE, parallel to Marshall street and striking the river just belbw Fifteenth avenue NE. It cuts off a segment containing all, or part, of about ^ix- teeen blocks, most of which are includ ed in the plan. North of Eighteenth avenue NE, the eastern boundary line of the yards will be carried two blocks further east to Third street NE. Purchases of prop erty have been carried on in this dis trict. ROOTING FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER si, 1906. COMMANDER R. E. PEAR.Y, Who Teils How He Set a New Mark "Fartheit -North:" FRENCH TORCHES TORNEDtlNTO FORTS People Resist Inventories, but Are Overpowered by the Troops. Troyes, Departments* the Aube. Nov. 21.The inhabitS&v' of the neigh boring towns sitijfoundpd and barr aded their cfeurches*when the ities attempted, to |a1$e! ,t^e inventory today, hut they .weje overpowered by troops./ A priest,-at Soligny, who vid lentl}: resisted, was arrested and taken to prison. *odoauthori Paris, Nov,. 21.Thruout the country yesterday more than 1,500 inventories were made. In several cases there.were serious collisions between those who resented the intrusion of the govern ment commissioners and the troops. The reports show that altogether four gendarmes and seven peasants were wounded and about one hundred re monstrants were "arrested.' They were at -once tried and sentenced to short terms in jail. The work of inventorying has been completed in sixty-three out of the total of eighty-six departments, There still remain '2,000 inventories to-be taken-in-the other twenty-three depart ments and in some places stout resist ance is expected. Premier Clemenceau said in the cham ber of deputies yesterday that troops had been ordered to exercise patience, but if they were'fired on they would reply. SOUTH AMERICA. l^'WlKlr Fighting Hunger, Fatigueand Cold By Captain Robert EvrJE?eary. 5S5"'?^Copyright, l906,by the N.ew t6rk Herald com- (pany. All'rlght's reserved.) Chateau Bay, Que., Nov. 15.-r^-Lea V mg Etah sobfl after midnight of Aug. 16, the Roosevelt encountered- heavy ice off Littleton island, and bored into it toward Cape Sabine, realizing ex pectation in regard to her even tho very deeply loaded and her boiler pow er reduced one-half.'Sabine and'Prayer Harbor were, densely packed' with ice, negativing andy approach,- and we smashed-, along into open water under Cape Albert deposited a depot of coal, boats and provisions at. Victoria Head, *hen steamed in open water to Cape Fraser. Working the tides from here we twice reached Cape Collinson, only to be driven back by the ice. The Eoosevelt was then forced eastward into the heavy channel pack and after a severe struggle reached loose ice on the Greenland side off Cape Calhoun, and steamed north close by the Green land eoast, east past Cape Constitution Instructed by unanimous vote in the convention of the American Federation of Labor, President Samuel Gompers ..today dispatched to President Roose velt, in San Juan, Porto Rico, a cablegram calling upon President .Roosevelt to. investigate the "condition of Pdrto Rican workers with a view to local self-government and American citizenship. The proposal to communi cate with President Roosevelt was a sign.,for an outburst of applause and President Gompers, pursuant tp the wish of the delegates, dispatched the following cablegram: '?The American Federation of Labor ConventionPresident Roosevelt, San Juan, Porto Rico: American Federation of Labor convention urges you give consideration, howe.ver briefly, while in Porto Rico, to her workers' aspirations for improved conditions, local self government and American citizenship. Samuel Gompers.'*?-, Had to Carry a Gua The Only exciting incident of the morning session, today was when Dele gate A. Johanson of the Chicago wood workers, rising in his seat, denounced the action of the executive committee and the general committee" in favoring the amalgamation of the woodworker* with the carpenters. "We will amalgamate with the car penters, he shouted, but we will never forget,'the cowardiefroif-the ex ^llecutive in theiroftreatment '***1 For the First Time the Hardy Explorer of' our case.council Th feeling brotifijerhoo has been assassinated. The locarYjcar pehters' union in Chicago has deliber- tion of Labor and we of the woodwork( ers have had no redress at the hajros of the executive committee. I tell?%ou I have been forced to carry a gun and a blackjack to protect myself from the assaults, of members of the, carpenters' union. The convention, however, decided that the amalgamation of carpenters and woodworkers was advisable, and the recommendation of the grievance committee, ontlining a plan for 'amal- WBGBAXLY tOtOW TOHIGJBT THOBSDAY, *ABTLY the Daring Dash Toward the Pole anTthe Heroic March Back to the Ship. ERE is the first authentic, detailed story of how Commander Robert E. Peary, fying the exefutiating hardships of the Arctic, set a new $nark for. the "farthest north." 1 It is told by himself and recounts his. experiences thruout the entire trip. Out of the silent, frozen north the stanch ship Roosevelt came crippled and stagger* ing early in November. Far, far to the north, at a station on the bleak coast of Labra- dor, the vessel'was boarded by the first lookout of the reading public. For weeks he had been waiting to secure the first news of their exploit's from the gaunt conquerors of th/ msytic north. Then came a telegram that Commander Peary had prepared a detailed account off his fourteen months' battle for telegraphic transmission, but before the full story could he sent, the early storms, so severe and prevalent on the northeastern corner of the con- P' tinent, destroyed communication. For nearly a week those who knew what was coming have been on tenterhooks, but last night the telegraph lines were restored and Ehe a 1 herewith presents the results. The Roosevelt left New York on her outward trip July 16, 1905. She was fitted out by the Peary Arctic Club, which paid all the expense of the expedition. Peary carried 220 dogs and twenty-three Eskimos, who served him well. The last word from him was received Aug. 16 from Etah, North Greenland, which was his Arctic starting point. Since then there has been silence and within the last two monhs the gravest apprehension. Now comes the story of the long silence and the great achieve- ment. and Thank God Hal^dt }Jv j^Ui^. inilea north of Cape.-Impton, a- NradiSen mo tion of the ic& smashed the Ifcoosevett against, the iele JEoot a ^6toii^ lelf along its fice'Tintir she slipped l^fes a narrow niche/hardly with our heaviest lines. -^-:-'r This momentary flurry twisted the back of the rudder, broke the heavy iron head bands and gave the Roose velt a very disagreeable grinding and squeezing, but did iiot ^seriously injure her. ?'T*,".-''.,'^='' iUun^wid''-iw^9ni&r^r^fie Hours. As soon as the pressure lelaxfld^we. steamed airound C,pe-SuninieT and-tied to the fast ice Newman Bay Tinder Cape Breev.oort. "5Here we remained a week waiting for a lead to open across Robinson 5hahhol iee from the north gradually filling ifee-bay and the water in which we had CQme. Again the Roosevelt deliberately -attacked the dense channel pack and after thirty five hours of such severe strain as I LABOR UNIONS CABLE ROOSEVELT American Federation of Labor Asks President to Make Personal Investigation of Condition of the Working men of Porto Ricoi gamation adopted. within two' years, was Labor's Campaign Work. The convention adopted a resolution which directed the tabulation and pub lication of the Work of varidus labor organizations during the political cam paign, and suggested investigation of the best. course for -such' organizations in future campaigns. The action^ o:f the"Iowa Federation of Labor ih= condemning/ Judge Smith MePherson of the United States court for his action-against^striking machin ists of the Santa Fe railroad was sus tained. The resolution demanding that con gress recognize "the people of Porto Rico as American citizens and that they- be vpsted with all the rights as such, was also adopted, with expres sions of the sympathy of organized la bor for them in their struggle for bet ter conditions. The demand for more stringent immi gration laws was affirmed by adoption of a. resolution to that effect. Formal protest by resolution was made against the employment of Chin ese on the Isthmian canal, on the ground that such employment would violate the Chinese exclusion laws, the contract labor law, and the .thirteenth amendment to.e-constitution. I an other resolution the same fittbjelct was handled in e$$6j*ded3|meau^ i,\- Won't Kill,UwTmsht A resolution ftaifenfr -fttr &sL*xtfrtoM ately violated the laws of the Federa- tion of allv&gsts hmmim^t^&e gen eral harm dene Hxern,'$fab Kcem amended for defeat is itt^tedrentj JUOJI also a resolution ^Kfflftttf^rer- j$3t& "aperation pointment of a eltomfSee^^jf&iive to investigate and report q5Li|a*a^itfoTms of all poHtic^.paiiieflti-iSMr the benefit of organized'iampxf in 'dealing with po litical matterB^-'was recommended for defeat on the ground the matter had already been eovered. A resolution to send a representative to-Australia to.study and report.onJa j& ^:4rt?jiAiiW!feirfiAt Xni mil HI PRICE OKE CENT IN MINNEAPOLIS. he Story of rde- bor conditions there was deemed to much of-an-undertaking at this time,5 and the resolution was not adopted. Gompers as Arbitrator. In the dispute between seamen and longshoremen, the grievance committee reported that President Gompers had been ehosen as an arbitrator and that the_dispute would be settled. The grievance committee recommend ed that the executive council be in structed to carry out the wishes of- for- mer conventions in regard to disputes between painters and earworkers, and the recommendation was adopted The convention also decided to refuse a na tional charter to the pulp makers and" to call in local charters already grant ed. The pilots of the Great Lakes were instructed to unite in one organization and determine in what way they wished to noin the federation. Arbitration thru a Cleveland conference, to be held with in ninety days, was recommended as a way of settling the djspute between the wood wire lathers and ironmakers. Ar bitration was also recommended on the protest of the Riggers' Protective union of New York, New Jersey and the East, against the granting of a charter to the Riggers' Protective union of New Jersey. The same action was taken on the protest of the Chicago Drainlayers' and Helpers' union against the Water* .pipe extension laborers. The Carpetlayers' union loses its charter and they must enroll with the upholsterers. $.4 Tte 'New Yrk Bow. The Central Federation of Labor of New vYoxk i i beKeveji Teasel afloat could hav withstood, we reached Wrangel Bay. Herd the movement of a heavy pan twritjS|d |he ba^:i. the rudder nntij it was nearly'torn ""away,, but did not ren-:j?-l 4er it entire unserviceable. In Lincoln bay the Roosevelt was held some time and forced around at /& every tide. Then we squeezed around Cape Union and later around Rawson and early in the morning of Sept. 5, made fast to the ice foot under point S*T of Gape Sheridan just as the ice closed Cc in and held us fast. -jjij This ice remained stationary nntil ~~'J& the evening of .the sixteenth, when a jji large floe piled around Sheridan,. ^M crushing everything before it. I ^''M, pressed- against our starboard sides.%r The Roosevelt was unmercifully" YjS squeezed, had one blade torn off her ~*M propeller and was lifted until the pro- I peller showed'out of water. On the','j| turn of the tide she settled back some- llf what, but did not float again until the 'M Continued on Pages Eight and Nine. eity was found -guilty, of, -violating the laws of the American led-' of Labor,- and its charter is to be revoked Jan.^ 1 unless before- that time it conforms to the laws of the Federation. In case the charter is re voked a new central body is to be formed in strict compliance with the laws of the American Federation of Labor under the supervision of an or ganizer sent by the executive council. In the controversy between the black-