New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-12

go per head for sheep end 7sc. per head for swine.
A doubles deck ear usually carries from 100 10
go swine or about ITS sheep.
In Summertime the most common route for cattle
from Central Illinois ia foot 10 Laporte-on TO
Toledo--On steamers 10 Dunkirk Baffslo and cars
Nv the Erie or Central New-York roads To this city
In Winter, the cattle from that region come up the
Illinois Central the Rock Island road to Joliet, and
thence by the "Cut of" to Lake Station and thence
Nv he Michigan Central TO Detroit and Suspension
Bsdee; or else they so up TO Chicago, and take the
road either 10 Detroit or Toledo and thence BY the
Lake shore via Cleveland Erie, Dunkrk, &c. From
Indianapolis TO New York, via Gallon Cleveland,
Erie, DunkiTk, and the Enc Road, the distance ID ss3
mice and cst sl9s per car, averaging about sla per
lead for bulocks The time required IS from six to
ten days. including stops
The business Of Transporting live oos by Railroad 'ays Mr.
periek) very important well profitable
aD,seion busne, that Is increasing every year The
STATE Of Ohio year EewYork by Railroad
500 cs,tle; Illinois II 90; Kentucky 500 and Indiana
ICo The New York and Erie RsiIrosd, sst year shipped
&s9 esttle and ~ $40 hogs; the Hudon River Railroad
Fed ~ R si,s dTIins ne year. the f'esh' sddias va;
l. from Lsko Ee NewYork have realized
Con tho live stock trade in the last year But to m
DE last year the enormous number Of 1854 cse for beet
Pbladyba and Baltimore 10000 making over z5oe cattle
sonsuu in those three cities least half Of which
rtshed either fat stock from the states of Ohio Ken
o. time the above States send $4,000 live hogs
s..sern markets beside horses mules and sheep
The following viii sill; clearly the
sDd Of this trade half Of the above number Of cattle
42O, 10 which must be added 10 600 that BOsOd
received from tie States during the year making
shipped by Railroad at average cost f!on all the
above States less than IS head amounting
% quite CO 600 for freight csIe then 60o go 81
pr head making 81 10000 then add $4,000 for freight
horses mules AID sheep amounting in ell ali 20 The
,um hyee millions fre hundred thousand dodrs Rail-
roads have received for freEhus live m the last year
that Of short There be doubt On,
fa bunes will largely ing the
From the above facts KaLrosd Companies nave
Nee Of the pOrtacs this trade and the roads that will
do the eighng Of the farest terms, word the
IN the shortest time with the greatest certainty sd
Sraich will undoubtedly men
secure the major portion Of the whole live stock trade"
In our opinion there is other consideration The
route that will afford the best facilities, not only In
ears speed, but in resting places for cattle, will be
TIE one to receive the most favor from stock men. We
think too, cattle should never be allowed to remain
on the cars twenty four hours at time they
not only suffer severely from fatigue, but hunger and
thirst, and during the past Winter from cold. We no.
iced drove, nearly half of them with frozen noses
IL great error for drovers 10 crowd too full but
that will always be the while the tariff is so much
per car.
upen different roads. The Canada road gives $50
perficial feet, upon which 1s head Of medium bull
locks can stand The Erie road cars generally $40
feet floor surface. The Southern Michigan gives 200
sect Of floor surface which will allow 10 head to stand
NO the drovers say as comfortably 10 head upon
the ears Of the Michigan Central.
Some recent bills that we have seen give the follow
hog charges per car for beef cattle, viz
Chicago AS miles, TO
Dunkrs, $50 miles To be oS