The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-11-01

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To Jossru SornUs, President, and c
NHsrk Secretary, of ; meeting of mil;efs aud
nj. owners, of kuieh.stown, Rsysvllle. og-
der ard vicinity:
tfess:ls5es n-ln The reported proceedings .:
rouT meeting. he'll October ;. and publish
eI October 81 yod inadvertently. no doubt
publish several errors. /. may be We'll 10
eorrec. sorne ci ttem not. however. GaayIn5
Your right Ia continue TO evace patroniz'ng
our roads, even at sacrifice as you suggess,
unless We can convince you, which We hope
10 do, that 1t wild be to your advantage to pa
troraize us Our constant effor. is 10 offer TO
slippers letter snd Eaore reliable facilities fer
safe, cheap and erpsdttioas transit for pro-
drce anu merchandise TO aud from Cincinnati.
thaa any o,ter line OF transportation leading
from the North West, aud VIC hope by coniin-
ued effort 70 merit large proportion OF the
transportation business.
Bat 10 the facts You say lone of US" has
sus.a ned loss of about one dollar per Dbl.
on a quantity of flour which was billed thro'.
BY is beng refused and detained al Rich
monl un.il the price fell. This is most GER
tainly a mistake No flour offered 20 US a,
Richmond or elsewhere, in shipping order.
has been either refused or unreasonab!y de-
tanned. And to prove TO You shst We are sin
person complaining will present his claim.
with the facts as stated properly verified. Re
shall be reI..unera:ed 10 he amount OF one
dollar on eaca and every barrel 81 refused
and detained.
\ ou saw also that the roads from Rich
mond 10 Cincinnati. have added an additional
tariff of seven cents per Dbl. This again is \
mistake. The tariff on -four from Richmond
to Cincinnati. has never been raised since TIE
roads were opened. although ali kinds Of MA
chinerv, material and labor. and might
include -four. have very materially advanced
since that time.
But YOU say tie tariff on bran and shorts
Is about fifty per cent. higher than wheat
AMI -four Again correction is required Our
tariff on bran and shorts instead o. fifty. Is
la>: WE'VE per cent. higher than On wheat.
and much less per 100 los than on the light
er grains. In fact Ii is lust tie sa:ne as Tia
lowest heavy class freight, and much lower
.hsn any other light and bulky article; and
even this ratio is for bran and shorts In sma.
quantities. II you desire to ship in any con
siderable lots, we will, in consideration of
their very low value in market. ship al very
low rates. at leas. as low as any other West
, ern road. A few words 10 our tara, COM
pared with the rates on other roads.
Oar locsl tariff from Richmond &c Cincin-
mai, on Hour, Pc. Dbl, ia 81 mills PEI mile,
but all -four from the indiana Central Rail
road IS taken from Richmond at much lower
rates On he Indiana Central Railroad. the
tariff is from Centerylle to Richmond 16a
mills per mile; from Cambridge City it IS I
mills per mile. from Ogden 81. and from
knighsstown it is 4 mills per mile. We do
no. complain that these rates on the Indiana
Central Road are too high. but as ours are
much lower, cannot Justly be complained
Of rs being eSorbirant and in addition to this
we have al existing arranG ament with the In
diana Central, well other connecting
roads, that IN any case wherein the connect
ing roads deem reduction OF the rates expe-
dent We are at all times willing to make the
correspondent. reduction, o. we are at all times
willing to make pro rata per milo tariff Of rates,
We are certainly justified in claiming for our
roads liberal and accommodating arrange
mert and even including the Indiana Central,
far We have business connections with it.
tariff of rates as low rs any Western road
leading into Cincinnati. From points common
TO our road and any other, the rates are TIE
very same in all cases, and from other points
they approximate very closely 10 correspond
ing distances on other roads.
We feel assured, gentlemen, that should
you do US and yourselves the justice 10 exam
inc carefully this subject, you will find where
the high charges occur. and perceive that We
are not Justly charyeabe with either "unfair
dealing ''high tariff" and are vet worthy
of your extensive and liberal patronage; and
permit US 10 assure you that no effort our
part shall be wanting to keep this matter ad-
ju.te1 10 your entire satisfaction. and our mu-
'ual advantage. d. NJ. MORROW,
Superintendent K. d II. r. R.
October %, 1855.