Gunnison Gazette | 1909-07-16 | Page 2 | Montana Coal Rates Reduced

Montana Coal Rates Reduced. Helena. The state board of railroad rail-road commissioners on July 10 Issued an order making material reductions in' freight rates on coal shipments from the eastern and central Montana Mon-tana producing centers to all points on the Northern Pacific lines. These reductions vary from 10 cents a ton at Helena and Butte, where they were lower because of Wyoming competition, competi-tion, to 70 and 75 cents to Glendive and other points, both in eastern and western Montana. This is regarded as the most important action in the history of the body.