The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-10-04

From the THIN Tribune.I
Now and Then, VS., Then
and Now.
Is it Passes q?

Is it Passes ?
"HERE'S RICHNESS" UN.
LIMITEDi
| We have waited patiently for one
good, honest, or dishonest, "grunt'
from the AdUer.iser our our arrsign.
ment of Judge Sloane, an his extor
ton freights upon articles shipped
in and out of this county. At last
that paper uncovers and comes weak.
ly to the defence of its "pass' and
money candidate for Congress
defends Judge Sloane. 1t is just
what we wanted, and we shall pro.
ceed in the following to let the Adver
sissr skin Sloane and itself at one and
the same time. To commence We
will give what it had to say last weeh
on the Ifi6Rne's freight articles, sn6
to quote its remarks in full so that nc
advantage. Here it one can say that
we take undue is:
s.The Tribune still continues its dis
honest charges against Mr. Sloane
and the freights on his road. We gay
dishonest because they are intended
to cheat and deceive itr readers. Il
knows, as do all who have anything
to do with freighting on Railroads,
that Local rates, on all Roads, are
much higher than Through rates.
Yet it dishonesty compares the Lo
cal rates on this road with the Through
rates on others. For instance it says
that q car load Of coal from Pitts
burgh to Forest, 230 miles, costs
S27 90, when it knows that the rates
to that point are S45, 900 per car load,
and that the one it gives above is the
only coal that has been received in
this city over that road, during the
the past nine months, on account oil
the high rates on the Pittsburgh, Ft
Wayne d Chicago Road. The rates
on the above road for q car load oi
coal froL4 Pittsburgh, Msssillon OF
Canton, to Forest are s45 90, although
Canton is l01 miles and Massillon 110
nearer Forest than Pittsburgh. All
the coal received in this city from
Pittsburgh now comes by the way oi
Cleveland. But it is very easy to &C
count for these dishonest and unfair
comparisons of the Tribune. 1t is
just now anxlsus to have Foster re-
elected and for this purpose itstigma.
tizes Mr.. Sloane. Probably had that
pass been sent, nothing of the kind
would have occurred"
Shall we be unkind enough to say
that the Advertiser has got the pass Z
We will not argue the question as
presented in this whimper of the i'd
veTtiser but give this from that paper
"The freight on carload of coal
from Cleveland to Clyde, q distance
of IS miles, is Sl2 so, while from
Clyde TO Tiffin, q distance of but IL
miles, the charge is Sl3. Is it any
wonder that the people Of Tifin are
anxious for a new railroad ? Tifin
would be better off without such 8
road as she now has. But we shall
grin and bear it until our new road is
completed.--Adyertissr Dec. 81 ,1s71."
If we are dishonest now, was the
Advertiser then? Shall we be unkind
enough to say that the Advertiser had
not received pass then?
But here is another;
"CHARACrERIsTIc.--Weu understand
that certain parties in the interest of
our new railroad have been trying to
make arrangements with the Presi-
dent Of the c. S. & C. Railroad for
the use OF their bridge over the river
at this place, and that he intimated
that he would do 80, provided the new
road would not reduce the rate on
freights at this place. or course,
the proposition was not received, but
it illustrates the feeling against Tiffin
in this matter. Our citizens have
too long suffered from the enormous
freights paid on the present road to
make such terms, asd will do their
best to have a new bridge. We un
derstand that one mandatory in this
place will save about S5, 200 per year,
by the reduction in the freight rates,
and our city probably 100000 anu
ally. ."-Adcertissr, July 27, 1871.
Shall we be unkind enough to say
the Adve7fiser had not received pass
then?
But here is another:
Our business men and manufactur-
ers will no doubt feel grstifie3 to
know that the Railroad from Toledo
to Cresline is certainty. Many OF
Cur citizens nave no idea what disad-
vantsges they have and even do yet,
labor under, from the foolish and
blind policy pursued by the G. S. Il
G.. Raiload. One of our business
men informs US that he now pays on
car load Of merchandise, from San
dusky City or Clyde to Tiff1n, q dis
tance OF IL and % miles respectively,
$17 92, while from Cleveland to San
dusky City or Clyde distance of
81 and IS miles respectively, he pays
but $1,000 per car load. So dis
gusted is he by this outrageous man
ner of doing business, that he propo-
ses to stsrt teams to run from this
city to Clyde or Fremont, and claims
that be can save SIC per round trip
by the arrangement. A car load is
about 10 tons. Five teams will car
~ two tons each, which at 81 per
day, would be $40. These teams
could have freight each way which
would make &c tons per round trip.
As the same amount Of freight On
the Railroad would cost 1854, it
shows q net profit of s15.84 in favor
of the wagon line. Itshould be tried
-Adrertiser, June 10, 1872.
Shall we be unkind enough to say
the AdUertiser had not received q
pass then2
But here is another:
"SMALL BUsIsRss.-We have here
tofore "draHn our tspe string" over
the Railroad officials Of the road
through this place, and have set them
down as very small "pertators,' with
few in the hill, but we hardly gave
them credit for the small business
they are now engaged in. A few
weeke ago Mr.. Shumaker of this city
arranged for an excursion to the Is
lands from this place, on the 9Th Of
September, and chartered q train.
Now the Railroad company have got
ten up an excursion to the Island for
this month, no doubt with the inten-
ton of iDjuring the Tifln excursion,
and for the benefit Of their Road. We
hope orr citizens will condemn this
dirty work by waiting until the 9Th,
when grapes will be ripe, and they
will have seven hours on the Islands,
while the other one will only have an
hour. Go to the 9Th Of September
Grape Party.'-AdUertiser, Asgust,
"a, 1871.
Shall we be unkind enough to say
the Advrtisy hsd not received
pass then?
But here is another:
ssThe Railroad through this place
Is becoming quite liberal, in its way,
Of late. On the Fourth, tickets from
this place 10 the Islands and return