Show i a J ti II m i TALES I TOLD BY L f t t 10 SAWMILL M MEN fN 1 I III i CommiSSIOner Lane 1 t a gating Lumb r Car Short 1 eon PaCIfic Coast sl LIt k I I ji 1 Ui AGREE UPON MAIN FACTS ACTS F I I I r LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF THOU t I f t t SANDS I IIi t I r d IJ 1 II Tacoma Wasil Tan Jan I r tione Into the Ule lumber car ho by byi 4 Jr 1 i r interstate I il k r J R K Lane today ed edt t 1 Ii facts Ing tilt the Northern Pac Pic 1 i 1 to be b entirely inadequate to toI I I 1 f i r t handle the lumber products or of western I II I 1 Jj ip i Washington Sawmill owners owne told how l small mill con erns are gradually ra being I Icar I I car Into bAnkruptcy how the larger l i have hll sustained Jos e whIch i 1 I AJ wIn vIll reach Into hundreds ot of thousands I I thousands of ine I j I a bare hae been thrown out of em emi i by failure of the Northern Jb 14 i 4 Pacific railway to cars ars enough h hii ii to enable the 70 woodworking plants plant I I i on their ling to market their 1 product rod 11 1 I L Calmly Gave the Details I I 3 t the were extremely 1 I I t f 1 I 4 i I Q in Q cr SQ marl r t G dons I It Ss t I t p of R were w hops by eI either er ills j i j Jf I r n J lumbermen tun or the railroad j t I 1 Sawmill operators calmly le t i I d ho how Through no fault or of their I I P I own they have lost thousands of del dol deli I I i 0 k during the put pet t n months J i ull itil be because c ulIe they have bave nut not b been pen able I to m their product Ili the same breath that they theIr losses t l they complimented the strenuous ef efI tortS forts of lOCAl of the Northern I r I Pacific to relieve the situation and andI I that while the Tacoma railroad I l j 1 J men Inen hl had done all they could to aid i ir r tl 1 the m hc thE fault lay luy In mismanage I II I I ment me nt or of the higher e in the east cast f I I It 1 J Great I Interest Shown I 1 r j I i I j i I it t 4 ral Ja James iu Ash Acton ton of Ta I ii I I i K rums Ciro Inter I t k i assisted by Austin E GrIffith of ofF I F la I More Moru than ort lumber t t forty mat I If I f attended the hearIng and wI all I J f Intense Interest In the proceed 4 I I in gat On the sl silo e of the court room I II I pled Q by the Northern Pacific off i I i e 1 were James Kerr Herr assistant i t oo unu Ol l of the railroad with a tails at St Paul I inon t 1 r E T J Can I non fOn dI ion o J D DI I i i t Jr St I t Paul and Third Vice o 0 M I I Levey y Assistant General Superintend t o L I ent nt B E Palmer Gene General I y I Freight Agent H nrY Super i iI I I A W C Albee of the Pacific I J 3 division and a arnt array of minor P i and ml clerks I i f One Railroad Witness tI I i I Mr Cannon conducted the Clo ex l i id animation of all the present presented t j ed the lumber interests t A I 1 1 t n ent Albee lb e was the od on witness R I 1 called upon tS asa a e or of the 1 I I i Northern P He was as by byI b 1 to how the I h i j umber number n ot of i cars used use b by the I i Northern Fa a VIr routed b by the thel i r l il l Ill tendO 11 tta shipper hipper At I 1 t torney tomey Cannon objected ted td Mr hir Albee 4 io sj t j being c celled upon stating that th the rail railroad r I t J road ad was wa tot not ready to present plesent their i iI I t CaMe CaMet I I t f I have no case e ti 1 j III stoner Ioner Lan Lanes 5 Y You are not de cle deI i r t f In this action as thIs is sim simi I I I i ply an InquIry Instituted by the corn com I i mission upon Its own initiative I want fit Mr lr Alb to be heard h al 1 because I de I It t 1 f Tire to get III at the facts In the cage 1 J T Hearing in Seattle 1 t At Ow ih request t or of General Ashton on 1 ta 4 behalf of leading lumber men owning g rj j 1 mills in hI the northwestern part of the ff q ta the In were contInued I t L i i J by tl c commissioner the inquiry b being i iI i t I yi t 1 s Tuesday Tue at the county court i I I t 1 in Seattle Th testimony pre I j i rented nt d by the thc mill operators e I II i I In the b behalf of the lumber men i was as I J l Uke In essential facts of car 81 short i r j ii e i ag age and nd In delayed ed delivery of oC ship i I I 1 I Some of the Ule mills ll have ve lost I i I inre than others 01 1 to other con J 1 it t d such as their a ability bill t to use I Ii t n theIr lulU lumber ber i f I t 1 i facilities ota eto I II iI I I r J of the testimony in which h I t I 1 Commissioner Lane Indicated that he heI I t I mits most especIally interested and con IJ which he questioned witnesses 11 k closely related to th the policy alleged I I t I tO be fathered by James J Hm Hill of al alj allowing e lowing cars to accumulate on the side j I r I 1 t tacks and then running long trains r a the continent at a very slow J It t 0 rate of speed The rhe manufacturers I Ill I tea that this l policy shortsighted and If Iff f tt Wt to the shipper d has caused the I 1 to b felt much m more that than I I H t would otherwise have been Mr Ir IrI I f L Lane ane was Also interested in the thet I t i j 1 I testimony relating to the tho enforced ob r t Ii i b by the lumber Jumber manufacturers I t I t nt ti certain ro routings for their shipments t I ti S t J provided by b y the e The mil Imes j i q sate that eighty per par cent of the cars I us used d by the Northern Pacific for the I I it transportation ti or of lumber traffic belong a b r J I t l 11 to other railroads I i 1 i Demurrage Charges j 1 t I r 4 i i Ai Allor l of these R cars have to be returned r t U I 1 OtiSt by the tho same route whence they I dune and unless the ills have havet 1 t f r i shipments going In that the they I w i i i have o found It necessary to adopt the t 1 J i i i policy or of holding the mrs ears and paying hi charges until the they can so se I i 01 Lt i im cure an order for shipments going g to toi f fi i 1 i i points point along the line of the thc railroad I I f r owning the car In other er words cars carst I i J t were so scarce that It has been better r H if to receive cars at random destined to I 11 i i t I all parts or of the tho countr country and make the i il I i hit orders tit fit the cars even even although largo large larget tit t 1 I demurrage charges were Involved I 1 than It would be to release the ears Cars earst Carsi t i await the delivery O of f a suitable ear car Certain witnesses charged I t 1 4 ns as to the long itin short hort haul baul n Ii a i on the thc part or of th the Northern PacifIc I AU All agreed that it now takes from sixty t to one hundred days for fOl thE delivery of ofa l n a car from Puget Sound to Minnesota t transfer points while before the North Northern it i ern rn Pacific and other western lines 1 t peed ed Into the control ot of Mr Hm Hill Hilli t i shipments monts were delivered in art at aver J t i V age time o or three weeks w eks Mf I The Northern Pacific railroad oC offer r the testimony or of Third Vice Frost i r i i 1 dent Levey Leey Traffic Manager Wood t t I worth and Assistant General l I Ii Palmer and Superintendent Al AI s Jl I b bee o at tile the Seattle meeting Tuesday 4 I k h t t The lumber men will m present tour four or r t i 1 five additional add I witnesses |