Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-11-08
: Great Reduction In
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to shippers and


to shippers and
Producers.
Competition, the great cure for mo-
nopolies, is doing its work. The war
between the Illinois Central and the
Chicago and Northwestern Companies
still increases with no indications of a
"let up" on either side. We spoke
last week of the benefits that the strife
had already been to the people along
this line of the road and we are enabl-
ed, through the kindness of
j. p. Farley, Superintendent of this
Division of the road, to give bur readers
reliable information of still greater re-
auctions than heretofore. Previous to
the leasing of this road by the Central
company or one month ago, shippers
from this place were paying 4sA cents
to Chicago, ON one hundred pounds of
wheat, and 81, 05 per Dbl for -four, while
now on account of the increased facili-
ties for transporting across the river at
Dubuque, the Central company have
reduced the rates to 80 cents per hun
dred for grain and IS cents per Dbl for
flour, thereby making a saving to the
producer of $50 on ear load of wheat
and S27 on car load of -four. 1t for
merly cost at Dubuque $3.50 to trans
port car load of wheat, $1,000 for a car
load of oats and $1,000 for a car load of
flour and in addition to this there was
an expense of handling through the
warehouse of about SIS per car. 1t is
now being crossed at the cost of t,co
dollars per car load, with a saving in
time, shortage, commissions &c. in
Dubuque. With the present facilities
of the company, the time required to
transport wheat from this point to Chi
cage is about 3S hours. Fifteen cars
loaded with wheat left Manchester on
the night of the 4th inst. and reached
Chicago in the forenoon of the eth inst.
1t being only SO hours in transit. The
Company are now prepared to transfer
go loaded cars each way at Dubuque, or
l2O cars, in all, i'm twenty-fonr hours.
This when figured up will amount to
over 81 900 per day of a saving to the
people of the Cedar Valley. The Com
pany are also prepared to furnish Blue
Line Michigan Central cars to be load
ed with -four Or any other freight des-
tined for New York or Boston, which
will be landed at its destination with
out breaking bulk. This, we are aware,
is not agreeable to the commission
merchants of Dubuque, who will lose
the transfer of the large shipments of
grain from the points along this line of
the road, but our shippers and produce
ers who have been compelled to pay
the enormous tariffs before the reduc-
ton, will not fail to see the immense
advantages of the change. By the Du-
buque papers we notice that the wheat
from the west is now mostly transferred
at Dubuque. Forty.four loaded cars
were crossed over to Dunleith on Sat-
urday last and like number were
crossed over to the west side loaded
with freight.
Our merchants and shippers will
readily see that 1t is to their interest to
ship by the Illinois Central company,
thereby avoiding the delay and the
damage to freights, which the transfer
at Savanna has already caused.
All persons wishing their freight to
come by the the Central company,
should direct that they be consigned
and marked, care of Illinois Central
Goods delivered to the Northwestern
Railroad company, at Chicago, destin-
ed for points on ID. & S. c. II. r., have
been delivered to the Illinois
Central company, at Freeport, and by
them forwarded through to Dunleith.
The Northwestern company now refuse
to continue the shipments by this route
and have directed the merchandise to
Savanna ILL.,, where it is re-shipped by
steamboat to Dubuque. Hence, the de-
lay in so many instances and the dam
ages caused by additional transfers and