Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-03-09
MAVERIY.

! A shipper had wheat 20 DAYS in transit to
| Chicago. Wheat No / IN Buhuo,u was No
| 2 on reaching Chicago. He says: "Th,re
| is no safety IN doing produce business ext pit
I in having a safe and speedy transit from the
! place OF shipment TO its destination without
change OF cars" Another shipper says grain
is upon mn average over three weeks in tran
SIT to Chicago, and that the shortage ranges
! from one 10 fifteen bushels pei car. Aggre.
gate loss by five other parties was over
! 81 900.
. CHARLES CRY.
| One merchant had lost on detention of
merchandise and produce ever 800.
Three other mcrchan,s and shippers had
recent losses on the same account.
! Grain IN Floyd county is hsnlcd 30 miles
further to market by way of McGrcg0r. -
Cattle and hugs are also driven to that route
! 70 avoid the transfer between Dubuque and
Dunlrith.
CEDAR FALLS
! Fourteen mercanlik and shipping houses
and agents enumcratc losses from DELAY of
grain, Shortages, change of grade, extra cx
penSc in Duulejth transfer, &c., in sums of
! $50 to $500, making n total of $24,4jO.
The following letter from shipper in &c.
,lar Falls, is similar to these from ether
towns:
My losses through the negligence of the
Transfer Company, and for want Of cars at
Danlei,h, were so frequent that it is impos
stole for me to give YOU full account Of
them, yet would cite you few cases.
On or about the 9th of Sept. was 6e.
tanned at dubuque with lU7 head Of cattle
AS the terry boat was not running, bcing
cat Of repair, was compelled to drive my
stock back into the county. In the mean
time The market for cattle, east, went down.
and was the loser in consequence Of the
delay Of 1900, for which amount hnge
sued the terry company.
On or about the oath of November was
detained again through the same source.
with six ears Of stock, by tho delay Of whch
lost $40
The ice was running Mt this time, and
after "aiting some time foI the ferry boat we
hired An Old scow at an extra expense of s.
per car, which took our stock safely across
while the ferry company either considered
their boat unsafe TO run, or wiliully refused
to 40 their duty.
" The stock Is un'oaded hv ;he D. & S. e..
Il. X. Co. IN the public streets. No orc rep.
resentng the Transfer Company has ever
appeared there to assist 20 transftr the stock
brovrrS hay. The pIivjll &c to allow their
stock 10 run from whence they come or any
where else. or TO transfer the stock them.
selves; but IN all cases are obliged to pay
50 '@F taCu ear, for what is called TO transfer
the stock
"Drovcrs have to hire their own help to
drive their stock from one depot 10 the other
aud ron ali the risk Of losing II is due to
the Transfer Company to say that in time OF
navigation they pay the r,rriagc Of the stock
which amounts to about 5 % per ear. ind
IN the winter lrOvcrs drive their stock across
on tn" ice. The Transfer Company n"vcr
see the stock, but fhe item or IS is affixed
to each fright bill for transferring on each
ear load
After getting he stock across the river,
rr tind the difficulty in getting cars from
the Illinois Ce",ra' e. 4. Co., su'jcctins us
To great losses IN Shrinkage aud feed bills at
Dunl,ilh. Al one tlnr last fail was unable
to get "ars for lH0 hog, and after paving q
feed bt! OF SOB ou this small lot 10 the pro
prietor Of tn" Bates House. was con ccllrd Il
: sell thrm at Dur!r.,h To, $500 less than the,
i could have been bought II, Cnicng" rs | va
unable To procure transportation for them.
On every shipment Ne are detained MOI,
or less III similar way --hrnce are frequent
ly compelled to drive stock from the Inc D
the d. & ). G. r. r. to potSvie and Prari
dn Chvn also from the west 10 Nevada an,
MarshaI'iown, and nom here tCpdar Fal's
10 Cedar Rapids, which naturally ought It
90 via Dubnquc."
The aggrr gate of losses stated, from towns
named quot including DubuqueJ is abou
$l9i 40.
The committee reported that there are now
in nunlcith about 25nO o bushels of oats
y awaiting shipment mostly out Of doors -
The elevator Is full
The elevator at Dubuque is full as well a.
,, all the warehouses cars filed " tn grain ar,
now standing on the track waiting for
{ place to store grain.
The wheat crop Of the country traversed
by, OF tributary to these roads leading I,
Dubuque has scarcely begun to be p,evc,l.
The elevators and warehouses aF ever,
: station on the ID. & S. G.. r r., the = :
". r, r., aud {. +. & NJ. r. r. arc all fu,
D Of grain.
Nearly every grain dealer complains O
shortages on grain shipped by this route
:, ana the loss must necessarily occur between
Dubuque and the point to which III. gran Il
consigned. This loss often reaches ten ID,
per bashA. The average Of such shortage
so !ai'cxce"ds those on Uth,r railroads lead
ing from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan
that there Is strong suspicion that cxorbitan'
rates and oyercharges are not the only
wrongs committed by the managers of the
! Illinois Cenual Paiiroad and IFS TIansfc,
! Agency.
1t appeared from data obtained by tn,
committee that careful examination of tho
chai., s o. freight passing over the ID. & $. G.
{ X H., handled by the Transfer Agency, that
upon iOJ car loads, going west, the Agency
, charged about one third as much for The
transfer as the whole earnings OF the ID &
). {. X. IL. on the same freight. The trans
Ter charge per car was an average Of $50 81
On nearly 900 car loads going eastward
the transfer charge vas between fourth and
n titth as mrch a. the earnings Of the ID. &
5. &. K. X. Oh the same freight.
The shipment Of nearly 800 cars Of grain
in the same time Of examination indicstcd d
' that the transfer charges were about one
third as much ns the earnings Of the y. &
S, {. T. X by carrying the same saaln.
The committee further reported that many
of The Transfer teams, hired for S. pr dag
earn for the Agency from 500 to $40 pc,
day. One team can convey a ear load and q
hall OF oaiS, ior which they charge 10 cents
per hundred pounds the same charge as
for merchandise. This Is 81 cents per bushe
or SO per car l0nd Of 600 bush If the sa'nC
team has return freight. which is fr q'IentIy
the case, al 10 cents per hundred, tie sam.
team earns from g to $5 per load 10 a4di
ton.
|; The legal ferry .atefcr cattle is 10 cent,
per head, yet when the owners Of cattle lol
slfppent on the |. & e. r., drive them OF
the ferry boat, and attend TO shipping them
! the Transfer Agency charges 50 pcr Cur load
or about 80 cents per head. and charges s!
per car load tor the owBeis driving them oyei
the ice.
The average length of time all castwart
bound freight is detained at Dubuque unt
Dutiiclth, for want OF shipment, is thret
we, as. ....
u The average length Of time Chat goods ar,
in transit from Chiengo % Dubuque is lively,
days, on account Of delays al Freeport anf
=, still more frequent deteuiiorls at Dnnieith.- -