Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-03-09
A. b. +. HILDRETH Editor.
Charles City, Iowa, March 9, 1865.
Merchants and Shipper Convention.

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Agreeaoiy 10 notice, convention OF mer'
chants, shippers, manufacturers and Others in
Iowa, who send or receive freight by the Du-
buque and Sioux City Railroad and its con-
nections, was held at The Julien Theatre build
ing in Dubuque on the LIST inst, and was
largely attended. rss.- -....f. Il. s..t
The object of the Convention was to ascer-
tain the amount OF freight passing through
Dubuque. and all detentions, and losses occa-
stoned oy the detention thereof, with view
" 'enon'''"'e .he he'esS''y Vi an auui'iohi'
railroad connection eastward, and OF a bridge
across the Mississippi river. .--
The convention was called to order nv Can
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WILCOX Oh independence, PRESIDENT, ana y. Y.
Childs Of Dubuque, Secretary.
A committee of tventy-four was appointed
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convention together, and make such recon-
mendations as in their judgment would reme-
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Ihe convention a'uourheu Till CLOCK
p. NJ. AT the evening session Maj. E. c. AL
len of wayerly. Chairman of the COMMITTEES
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their duties ana III making up thelr report
had agreed upon series of resolutions for the
consideration Of the Convention. He said he
so,;se.d ,h,, NO, .von ton,h of ~.
WOO ''''''.'. ',''' "o' o'si o"' e"'1 u ''''
shippers had been enumerated in the report
Ue concluded Inv calling upon Mr. Fisher of
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which call many others joined We copy
from 'he p"ou4uo LINES. nn' -.a .a. ..
MIR. Fisher SAID the great diiicuty was In
sna =, rss,,as o,.s -, ,ba ,,,har AZ Wa w.
80 - 40 e .ea.sns ...."a.,. ,,,,.,,, a.;,,;n,,
80, .n .sa 60, ~. ~ s-,,l, 4. 81 .I
othar s;da Tbay charge e. so for cor, ON
,Ia n,hau "a. Wha,, % 80 :. -, CO..
~. ,ars 80, h. fro,, a,,ensas T., n"ni;a,h
H.. 90. s,no U -. sI.a 90 ,ov All th. n,aro;n
g.. n,Ss. = - - r. n,ni;a,h H. h.J
,ns, ssoo a,e tr;na - nvnl;ath and ano,hsr
Ios. a,,o,n,sa tn neariv sIsoo Asl fnr cars
an ,hs othsr s;de ana Won are aiyvavs told
,h.t III ~. sa,,arn,,,o,, ha: all ~. .ars ass.s
on norL 1ere similar to those on stock The
,,so,Ia ~ ~, rec;nn ware now dr;vino tbeir
crattIa to n. Noyth- Western rra,, to b. shin
ri via Clinton IA then re,.tsd .ever.l In.
stances of his losing cattle and bogs in the
tran nsfarr;np Of them He complaine,i Of the
bows in Du6uoue and Dnnleith who assist In
dr;,,na .,ScL ua .sd oncs Nh. hn,s scatte,-
Al h;s hosrs and ,h.n CHARGED him a onarter
an;ecs far Il Uc Maid the sum and unon rs.
r,opstrat,ng v;tb one outrageous how The Iad
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naaL. ,nonav osf ma hovs >, Wat t;,i Won
an.,. .aa;n ,v;,h 49, all w.'it 6;x Iam fnr
ron :, Ta,ab,sr NJ EYshar sat down
amidst mnrh annlause 49,
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MI, naines snd m ne had @ peen n;. selis $3.50 $3.50
than one or two bills of goods from across the
river, that were not overcharged. He could
obtain satisfaction oil the u. q . Y. oompa,
ny ,,s. anu Da. ~ ts e., as Tans,.r ~ .r.ncv Ho
had stoves broken while in the hands of the
transfer men, but could get no indemnity
Ills experience IN the stock business mao oeen
trsnstarr;,m s,o.r Il .. s,a A, one t;n,a
the DELAY Of stock at Dunleith cost him $1,000.
He related instances of S5 per car being
charged ior transferring stock' When ne nau
tSs u stock t on a5J off off the hoat He knew that
the people back of Dubuque had lost enough
twice over it to pay for bridge. He had
Irlven stoek 70 Mcuregor 70 mola TINS p'a,e,
the neonle in the conntrv sutfersd mueh more
than the people in the city. Load car OF
No: wheat at McGregor and It would go e
.n.o a.,,S ,aaoh ch;n.aa NJ NJ ILL, r iarns y
quantity of wheat and produce had been sent
to McGregor for shipment at great inconveni-
ence 70 a'oid the charges ana delays at puou'
fN'' ..t..s.
Mr.. Chlids' Secretary, then read the repor'
which had been collected ana arranged py 'he
Committee' me ououque STATISTICS were Vo'
luminous, ana consisted Oh most er'e'ou'
complaints from individual merchants, DC
lays, over charges detehtiohs' pfeakages
shortages. enormous tarins' etc., were reei'eo
This statement was astounding, embracing IL
the aggregate losses OF tens OF thousands Q
dollars 10 Dubuque merchah's' ana Shippers
n,na;. S.....I p.,,.a.d ceur Sararo
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} 60 ooo -. 49,, c. 90 ,h -
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, o'c 60
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tributarv to the railroaas leading from II wer
read. while in making sbipments to other no,
tions of Iowa they suffered no such snnoyan
~. A letter from Postmaster David in re-
oa,d 10 the detention Of the mails from IN
sas. an N. Illinois Central VIA. also read Al