Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-13
RAILROAD MEETING.



evening iss he pufposs Of hearing the rs>
,osss Of the various coomitttsss sppointed
Il the last meeting % report in relation to
he railroad between Rock Island Z Peoria.
In the absence Of the Mayer. J. ".
Churchill, Esq. was called to the chair. Dr..
I. J. Saunders acted 40 Secretary.
Ns. Geo. II. French, from committee on
Of route and connections Of the
proposed road. made some very interesting
showing the practicabiIity Of the
road and the great advantages it offers to the
public. and more particularly in
The matter Of shipping freight South when
the Mississippi is not navigable on account
of ice OF low water, aud also the advantage
Of competing lines eastward.
Mr.. Jas I. Lane addressed the meeting
at length upon the advantages Of the pro.
posed road. He stated that he had con>
versed with q large number OF our most in.
fuential citizens and all seemed very anx-
ious for the practical success Of the enter
prise. Hs commented upon the necessity
Of Immediate and efficient action 10 the
matter Of subscribing to the stock Of the
road. He showed how other towns Of less
note by contributing to railroad interests
were going ahead Of US, and that In this en-
prise il successful, We as . city would be
kao nkhap uvoc
excepting, perhaps. Peoria. According 10
his best Judgment. not dollar less than
$lO0,O should be raised In this city in aid
of the construction OF the road. 1t could
not be otherwise If we would maintain our
relations with other cities.
Mr.. J. s. Drake, from Committee on Sta>
tisucs, made the following report, stating by
way Of introduction that he had omitted
many heavier houses and taken the average.
also emitting . number ofimportans branches
Of trade and 10 addition. said, that oil uEon
whom he had called expressed marked
degree Of interest in the success Of the en>
terpfise
Child l. Co., Boot and Shoe dealers, pur>
chase their goods in Boston. During the
month Of May they received IS shown by
their freight bills, s,24O lbs. 1t cost then,
$l55.6S 10 bring them to Chicago, and from
Chicago to Davenport il cost them *6l.TG.
9. G. Plummer, dealer in Books and Sta.
tionery, during the month Of February,
received Il, ,5soibs, on which he paid $ly7,'
80 to lay his goods down in Chicago, aud
paid from Chicago to Davenport on the
same $94.3S.
During the month Of March be received
1860 ihs, which cost $ll293 to Chicago,
and from Chicago to Davenport $52 80.
During the month Of April he received
800 lbs, paying 70 Chicago $500 and
from Chicago 20 Davenport $50 sc.
Mr.. Plummer says he has shipped goods
from New York ria. New Orleans, and been
able to take Chicago prices and b hi.
goods,
T. L. Webb, crockcry dealer. during the
month Of May, received 4,G30 tbs. paying
$3l. 81 to Chicago, and from Chicago to
Davenport he paid $4l.T9, being $l0.42
more than from New York to Chicago.
In June he received l.625 TBS, second
class, on which he paid e41 40 to Chicago,
AMI $32.3S to Davenport.
On another route, from Cleveland to Chi
cago, on one car load of carbon oil oi /. sac
lbs, he paid $5l 90, and On the same load
flom Chicago to Davenport he paid $500
w. c. Wadsworth during the month OF
May received IL, $50 lbs, LIST class freight
from New York. From New York to Chi
| cago be paid Sl.SS per hundred, or on The
whole amount $2s2. And from Chicago te
| Davenport he paid 75 cents per hundred OF
| on the whole amount $ll2. At low csti-
mate he receives during the year 10000
| lbs, and pays on it to Chicago - 1920, and
81. l25 to Davenport.
| Kelley i " ood for the month Of May paic
or freight a50o, about one third Of which
went to pay freight from Chicago to Da
venpcrt. With them aud on their good!
tue Pittsburgh, Fl. Wayne d Chicago road
make contracts, and the Chicago Il Il. |
road recognise them. But this Is the only
road with which they vii. do it.
Iney have shipped 4.h class freight D,
| raj to BuiIslo, II. T., q distance of 50,
miles and thence 10 Chicago by Lake tor 81
| cents per hundred, and pay from Chicago
10 Davenport, on the same goods, A cent
| per hundred-a distance Of lS5 miles. Com
| ,nent on this fact is unnecessary.
Messrs. Kelley 4 Wood pay for freigh
during the year some four or five ,housanc
| dollars.
| Two bills were shown us to-day BY +. A
| Champion, on goods from Cincinnati, amount
ing to ,O40 lbs The charges from Cincin
natl to Chicago were So 10, and on the verl
same goods from Chicago to Davenport hs
paid 1880.
These are exceptions of course, but theJ
are altogether to often for the profit ant
well being Of our trade. These with com
peting line could not exist
Before summing up and presenting thes'
notes in such manner as to draw conclu-
sicns from them it may be we'll to stat
that they are in the main exactly ~ copie'
from the freight bills themselves. The onll
allowance to be made is the figures are toC
small, as some had lost part Of their freigh
bills. You will notice We have taken nj
extreme but presented the houses in ol
city IS they will average. There are som
whose bills are much higher aud very man.
whose bills are smaller. Our figures ~
fair ones from phich to draw conclusions
Messrs. Child, Plummer, Webb and Wads
worth, by reference to the above have re-
ceived during the month Of May from th
Eastern market 81, ,7o5 Ms, paying TO CHI
csgo. $50 81, and from Chicago to Daven
$4,000. That there might be no exoeptiO
taken to these figures We have shown the
Mcssfs. Kelley 4 Wood have paid less b.
one-third on 0oods from New York 10 Buf
falo, a distance Of $50 miles. than from OH
cago TO Davenport. . distance Of only is
miles, and that Mr.. Webb paid $27. .05 more o
car load of oil from Chicago to Davenpos
than from Cleveland to Chicago, and .
know the inequality in the distances.
From the Eastern market 10 this city b
way OF Peoria i. is about 140 miles farthe
than from the same place 10 Chicago.
The four firms named above snipped I
Chicsgo SO, ,7O5 pounds at . cost Of $500
With . competing line this same none
would have sent TINS freight the additions
l40 miles and landed il in this city, thu
saving &416 90, but allowing over one this
of this amount for the extra distance an
these four houses alone save $3.50 pc
month or $4,000 in one year.
According TO the receipts for four week
ending May 18th, 1867, there we're l,b5
tons Hence il will readily be seen tbs
the receipts Of these four houses are not
hundredth part Of the business Of the city
but allowing it at huDdredsh part, our cit
would save IN this particular $500, 600
one wear. With o26, 900 saved on coal
ur ~pni nis