Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-12-29
9 be 0rfur0 Democrat
PARIS. MAINE. DEC -. iseS.


EaL-scad Accou noeations
Tine was. when people Supposed Rail
roads were huii, for =, o Purpo-os. to ae-
ocHuod4;c she public and sEoFd an IN
ocIee 4. stockholders. Fifteen or twenty
ycsr's cxrefience IN Maine has satisfed
al rejecting mind- that 20 Gar - accom-
modation 70 the lusie i concerned. Their
Cd i,'ess were de'usi0ns. IL J. very true.
TIE original sscekholdcrs in msny Of our
roads. lot much Of their stock. and IL i
equally true that uashy Of ;hcm bad their
losses. IN part OF whole impaired by the
increased value a their re- o tate and
the increase IN b1Siasss reaer4ily BY the
opening Of these road.
Be that a. Il may. the prcsesf owners
ofour railroads are now rc,eiving hand
some profit on the amount invested in this
kind OfPrOper'y AMI they arc bound by
their charters and BY that good faith
which every such Cooperation oves the
public TO give them reasonable accommo-
dations. both as 20 rates Of fare and the
arrangements IN running their traizs. Do
they do IL We are compelled 70 answer
an emphatic No. they DO not. A. 10 fsrcs
tor passengers. On all cur roads. they are
exorbiiun', and oppressive. IL used 20 he
said that three cents per milc VS. enough
and il Wa; bat most Of the roads have
been raising their rates. until now passen-
gers have 70 pay. four. four AMI one-Aalf.
and ave cents per mile. nearly doa'le their
old rates. And thee ratcs lave been IN
creased. a. the same time. NOS, OF the
roads have hoen rcaping prince'y bar
vest cut OF the Operations OF the var.
The reheliion i0croascd the amour, Of
trsve, 20 more than dcuble. and on many
Of the rOads more than qusdruPlc. and a.
the amount 90 travel increased. the dircc-
tors OF the roads kep; up a continual IN
crease Of farcs. Nov the war = over AMI
the excuse or o. war times- cannot he lou-
rrr plead in apolosizing for extortionsry
rates. Yet fares are not rclu,cl bat TIE
travelling public are compelled 20 pay
~var prices and submit % be thus IN
directly robbel. Tae sane J. true IN ~
ls;ion 10 freights; our business men hzve
70 P-y Outrageous prices for every thing
they get Transported over railroads. And
this Is not AZ, rates IN regard 20 some ar
ticles o. TRANSFORMATION have been design
edly hxel 80 high as 10 amount 10 total
prohibition. Take the article Of wood on
the Grani Trunk Railway. From the
Oxford -t=fi,n % Portland for,v miic~.
thvy ~ sfX rpiL,rs rfE Coro FREIGHT.
and no more from -l she stations 90 West
Bs'hei. AMI 10 iu PFo. oft'on from ether
stations ca abe r,al- Mhya Simply 90
c--s.c 'ie.n 70 alosapaiiss ne r.s--i Easi-
E'ss fsrH.s Tres cad ,ef Zee sroof a. fiea
csra TTso's. Ihey ~. cht jusi % veil all
vertise TIA; they won't carry wool "a an.
for no mau can peg any such frcights and
live by il. n j. sn assumption Of pow
er not suihoriEel by their cAarters. They
might just a. well say. passengers must
pay one dollar PER nile for travelling or
ten dollars per barre Cor freighiiug aoar
Toe public have eudlrel thess thin.- -
lontiy about long enough aud We intend
70 pursue THIS subject further. and call
the attention q our readers 20 other mat
tiers IN connection with railroad oppres-
siou that we have no time 20 prcseu, now.
IN The mean tine we have M pre.u-
dee to CRAFTY sgainst rsii-roals. end 90
axes 20 grind IN that direction. but The
people haverighis as ve,las Corpora;icn.,
and tbCy shall be heard.