, 1869-06-12
THE CHICAGO COAL TRADE.

IT, t5' E3i:or 81 ths rit.Aourah Commercial:
:. 4, u Ms a11it!c On "our coal trade
VIII lnieacc, Wnich appeared IN the Cummkrct.l
Of Friday, eneayors TO that 1t Is the rtul
advantages oser f1ttsou1gh which Clnclnnati pos-
sesses taat M enables her AZ me present moment to
Snpfs IN o Ta.o SHa thcss ~ caSanSs 5ate than
great ns this WFsleT Would have ns believe, Is It
1ot anenM1 lna1, WIG al nef Jealous TatchluE
C:Gennaa @ 1as nsyss @ sen y Is 10 ms lsat b:fore
anu No" toa. SIG IS on1s aM9Aenca 20 u Hnen
9us s's'soatsa folGs a., nave, "1tu.n rev
potLn -, ~ 1afsu By. LEE .o,s % sA
tna erre ~ n,,r r., tiI ~ ~, 5sa,, An
nis 1Sus rir ~ 49, " w ~
oves PftT shtrtyh n .,rs9, NJ, thS fact NAV ~ a.
inrftnn of the ri,rrnn tsnT frnn T,trt.hn-ch - -
The fate snat existed month oso We can sr,iu IN
supply Chlcs9o NIih cur superior fuei st = nr1cc
tbst vii iI{ye C1ucinna;l merchanta :frnmr tnat
mnrtet
Yanr rorresnondeut ta1s into scvrra, er7or. IN
forming hts ur,iurtions The item nf 1ser trans ~
portation Il Dot so tncuusiieraile a. ha in,nne1
fhe rnsrnab Snrf,s nycr whirn Tho caaI IA cnhreS.
ed to Chicago arc only twenty to seventy miIes
shorter than The rail routes from Pfttsbnrrn fo
Chicago; aud further, of all The coal tAat ii now
@ oasaei Ini Ia len IS i Pi1tsoussn coal N'' 'oe
1t costs the merchant IN rpEad figures three
cents ref bushel to noat coal from Ills mlnc to
| Cincinnati Two cents per bushel additional VIII
scarcely cover the cost Of carslny and leading n
the railroad cars At Cincinnati, the loss BY wasss
| and oreakage and commission. These items
1erIsssnt nfsesn an,a1s r. PER car load Sow &C.
ity oafs psr - nom hts nine . ehisszo,
the Cincinnati mercnant Should poJ lori y-thtee
dollars per chr railroad taE11 from Clrct1natl to
| the same polnf and for Pittsburgh coal fifteen
dollars per car additional for river transportation,
thus showing eight dollars per car In favor Of ali
| rail- from Pittsburgh
! But no one acquainted with railroad manage
| ment Will argue that hundred miles additional
unjust dlscflnA1IoQs iudu{Rel in by our rarlr1tl
companies against certain localities arc founded
on something more than miles OF distance as some
! OF Our Pittsburgh merchants who have ShIpped
goods oil rail 70 Cincinnati and thence ny river Ia
Pittsburgh at cheaper rates than tbey could secure
| to Pittsburgh direct can testify. The write. va;
MISC recently made apors If this fsct br csrrjnr
.sor, ona NJ onr rar,n,ti comnanies thst the nm
/ ,irrta ~ msnnfartnr1 whtrh he desired 10 nsreh
ish Wouia hc car7iei Il orr citg rrom min, rarn
| hrn,,rcd rn;isa .,eS, ~ -, ,sr cant lass enst
| man from n1int oniy opo hunGreI miles west.
| Snrr rn,resnnnGcnr nas rnfirrly oyerionsr.i a
| vcrr 1mnortsnt lem in thts onestiGn. Cincnn,ti
wh;ch i.a n d,rert catfa f-,e Win chic lon mi
Ts,ca - cattln rara r. rrtnTf, rhsrs In.sf ir,t
n.s c,nI ~ 80 tns. Mn-ts. n nov rora .hnt wi
nthr,js ~ ~ eeV 1oSen ,rt,b o,her cenoStias
Thnr ~ MAJ - oand hcrS rrnin n r. !. nrtnnI
tn"rfnro ehc+ tts roo;s asnnn, d,:c,1t,ir /,
.aoi j.. ~ rst,rt - ,rfes ,,i1s:ios - n.nar ~ i.
;n;n,nets Eny tha S,n;s.v ~ .h1s "a ttl,s ~
I 1a;ttsiuI.h i1cr rnaI t-nic tr5,h ,,Sc.on 4 ~
r,ad m aTr,nStxr1v II, rIttJn rrrs thnt ., 3 -
,.t.o hara ~ ~ .rn.. a,r+. Sin.e ~ raI uee -
WE WEE t :" ~ hnt We. go &e'Ey' & ;, sIn ~ e
HueueS :, " M tl.s 49, 49, ~ to ts''l
!ut.s " .nese e.is tuliAs aGA eust: III ,iEtst W
uas, oh nne " ont T., fa.N1 andua on,i:, n;Gs
| nuu lhe sialstES a'tEs lAE t1ts S"As.Ai