Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-22

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1Asy hare spest god deal u sins = tsying
v insessigaas this natter. Hat shsss hang such
nuistpaisity ofssAasportAtion Esss, rail roads,
dispatches, expfss csss. &C., n b hardly psssi4
~ y And out who really b 70 blame ID he INST.
~. We have .ealIsd spoa the Agenn II tbs
4. O. \. B., the II. 8. 4 MIR B, sad the G.
p. Z Q. B. 4. Co.'S, and upon some II sAesgeass
sf shs Lake Transportation conpanies. The
Agents Of the frss named r. r. Co, and the
lake Transpo.sstisn Goa, that spos The pre-
sentasion 70 them Of the contracts Of their
Ass.sa, With proper vouchers, showing A lover
charge on goods coasrae:ed 70 Chicago Or points
beyond, they win chesrfsliy refund such over
charge 70 any one authorized 10 receive it. The
charge for carriage II this city, from one depet
u anothse, 10, ii some instancss, ) NO doubt .
cause for this over charge In email way, bus
on contracted goods Of conrsc there Il no excuse
fori IL. We think advantage i also sometimes
taken 70 charge exorbitant rates on goods that
are not, or are supposed not to be contracted.
The evil. We think, viii be Ia great measure
obyiated in future, ~ the Agent Of the Ill 9 RR
fpC hat A.
destined TO points on the 9 80 UiR Riwin be
delivered free Of charge for transhipment.. The
Agent of the N. s GNIR says that the cart
age from their line TO any other 10 not to exceed
in any case one dollar PER ton, and generally
not over 6fty or eighty cents. ,.t;.- ~ = {
We think the principal causes Of complaint,
| however arises from the factthat the goods con.
tracted from Eastern cities west BY railroad
have to pass over several Independent roads
The tariff for goods over the whole line 10 made
up weIsuppose, &C. that the rates over each road
il something less than the local rate would be.
The Agents, when the goods pass over their road,
| are apt (perhaps in ignorance of the contract)
70 charge the local rate, and thus by the time
the goods arrived at their destination they arc
considerably oyercharged, 49,, ,ae.. -
The merchants of our city now do and for
years have suffered from the same cause COM
planned ofin the communication under consid-
| GRAFTON. From the knowledge gained by their
experience we would suggest to the merchants
| Of the West the following as remedy for a,
least share of the evil complained Of. First,
in making contracts be sure aud make them with
fully authorized agents, at astated price, taking
| bills of ading of each shipment, specifying that
| the goods shall be delivered to their agent in
Chicago (f so desired) or shall be forwarded
from Chicago at certsin charge (if sny) that
charge to be stated in the contract. In all ca
| aes have the contract ready at the point Of de-
! livery that the goods are contracted to, and
then collect the amount of damages (if any, and
pay In accordance with the contract and no
more; that, We think, is as much as any respec-
table transportation line will finally exact, even
If they do ask for more at FIRST. In our opinion
it u all that can be legally collected, even tho
the last party having the goods in hand may
have made no overcharge.
We would further say that this report may
seem unsatisfactory to parties addressing US, but
We know of no way doing more to remedy the
evil as Board but our western merchants may
count on much individual assistance from among
our merchants. 10, t*sst s8I 81 .4s4gtsY y
Ia reply other interroga tories, we would say
that their communication 6rst brought this sub
ject before the Board. .,3 g.,,s -,