Show ROADS ROA S GUILTLESS SAYS JAMES JAMIS 1 HILL Wonderful Growth of Northwest Northwest Northwest North North- North west Responsible for Shortage of Cats Cars NEED MORE Great Northern PI President Iv Co Cot CoM of or Needed Mileage p at lit II n Trillo More Thrum Than Billion Dollar Dollar- Minneapolis Minn Dec Dee la H At At r the thC closing hearing of or the Interstate Commerce Com Corn lon In the matter r roC merce commission toda Y of oC car shortage e In the time northwest t. t J. J I J J. J Hill Bill was most thi Important t witness antI and the head h of oC th the Great Creat Northern proved a disappointing one ommo He lie produced pro PIt figures and anti facts and h he said lcJ i that the tho northwest was growing too too fast for Cor tiTe tIr railroads and that was the reason tar for so eo n much suffering this yeni- yeni ca I Summing up the hearing which it Jast lasted cJ three days the he shippers and the people seemed to e have good Hood cause for Cor or complaint and ancl the tIme fault re rests lesis ts with the railroads It wa was shown that the time hall hail lo lost l thou thousands antI and thousands of or dollars this fall Call h by gro gross q negligence which has hns existed in operation oper oper- of the time venus roads where cars cm li have ho hoeben been ben short and shipments poor lull Mail FI Galore Mr 11 Hill came caine to the time hearing heming fortified forti forti- fied fled with a mass maRS of figures to tim prove provo that hint conditions outside the control of or orthe the tho railroads were WE're alone responsible for Cor the time shortage c but hut his imis answers to lo put directly to him hint were evasive e and ond tho the ma mass of or typewritten statistics that he left with tiLt the commissioners com corn ml missioners to he be digested at length will be he depended cl upon to a answer anSWel the tue burning problem o of th list tho hour There is no tin place In the th United States where the tIme growth has Imas been bee l n as rapid as along ailing tIme the lin line of or the Great Northern he said Miel Time The development cle i is tremendous and amI presents a problem of oC vast ast magnitude to the time railroads Tho rho tonnage onna p might IH have ha been Increased IncreasE from In 1 1893 R to tons In iii I 1 1103 IO 00 and tl almost l doubled since then to th the pr present ent time Tile The great cult culty in securing labor accounts Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the failure to make snake improvements I estimate that 90 per cent of oC our cars are moved without dla delay As 8 a shipper Mr Ml 11 lull Hill Hi what would you gUg suggest ct as 3 a remedy for the present pre pres ent ble imle situation asked Attorney Mat Mar t have e More ore There must bo be more railroad mileage mile mile- mie- mie age replied Mr 11 Hill HU A 25 Uj per pel ce cent t Increase in r railroad mileage of or the country would mean on run actual In Increase increase In- In crease creaso of miles Fu Fully Family one- one third of this would have ha to he be utilized tot for pa passing in tack tracks and terminals Accident Accidents Accidents Ac Ac- are directly traceable blo to In- In It J C cols ts a n mile mie for main he continued Pot For at i a per cent J p pace with Ic growing industry it 1 would woul cost pl plover s over a billion dollars more mOl money e than the civil civi war cost cost We e are up upa a against it it and until the mileage is furnished furnished- the Countr country will wi suffer surfer At this point Mr 1 Hill Hi was questioned as to lO the char charge o of overloading Some Som time ago he replied we found that thal C cars l rated at a capac capacity t of pounds were utilized for or about 50 O pounds of oC freight rel ht We Vo have brought the capacity up to pounds pounds' made shorter trains and have made better heter time line The commission meets mel in Chicago ao t tomorrow a Ill V |