, 1873-01-13
question Is to where Colonel Scott intends ultimately

I'6u1. auotnel WILL leave milwaukee, at 3:3Y a
na. arriving in the city at l1:35 in the forenoon
There were built in the State Of Iowa, durin,
tho year 1879, 595 miles of railway, and there ar
nov under construction in the State 923 miles
1hls shows Wonderfui energy, both In re
sourees and money, for young State, which
l!ave felt the general financial embarrassment.
Tho freight brakemen on tho Boston j. Albany
ltailfoad recently struck because they we=t
Obliged to ride on top Of the cars. Reasor
enough. Il the management Of the Boston &
Albany could only be forced to ride On the TOP
OF tho cars it would pay to wreck train to gel
rid OF them aud open the through route to Dos
ton with better mon.
The Milwaukee & Northern Railway is being
| rapidly urged forward Contracts have been lei
for clearing OF tho timber, and the roal-bod
will be ready for tho graders early il tho spring,
CHICAGO rnE1onrs.
70 uts Editor At The Chicago Tribune:
| SIR: Is the demand which Chicago may make for
| warl from the seaboa1d IN unreasonable one7 Have
We COED ground for complaint! Notwithstanding al
fectua1 competition il there after a any Injustice
being done us7 II The evil really does exist who are
the perpetratora7 Interview tho merchant, mud he
these "blarsted corporations" whom he helps to
maintain. and who onght 20 be - heartily
70 Il as T y 1
certain localities, much to hts chagr1n aud detrinent
Towns, which once furnished the best markets for his
Eastern houses has forced him to surrender. The
cause Of the state Of things he describes Is readily
nssns, to charges fos Which, II
fifty cents per hundred pounds nrst-class g,ods.
Thus far only haA the merchant usually
the matter, anu you will find his ideas Of the rot Of
the evil vague indeed and his notions Of remedy
reeponaingly imperfect.
On the other hand rnilwny officials whenever inter-
viewed on tho subject by tho sufferers, expressed
against thi. city, alleging tilst Il any were made they
ccrsainy their interests the interests Of the
chants OF this city were Identical
In the opinion Of the writer, no railroad company,
regulate he Affairs of Chicago Rolds springs from The
by that 5f this city. In Individual cases they naay-
and sometimes do-wholr ignore the true course but
even eoca instances tnef actions never ta to reeo
this city has Just cause for complaints his business IL
cut OF in Just tho manner he describes and he fails
et1egos, Differences In freight charges permit the
Bloomington dea1er to obtain goods from New York
from eighteen to ,.n cents per- ndTs r..
dealer in tho latter city add to the original cost only
the transportation charges hither) the Cairo dealer
Point desler from thlrt5-three to afty.,so @ cents cents
shsaPes ne CHAMPAIGN zig dealer from thirty to forty
to th1zty-stx cents cheaper; the Dunviue dealer
from eshteen 10 forty-t~o cents cheaper tho Emng-
ham dealer from to fortytwo centa cheaper;
e- the Mastoon deaer from thirty-one to foety-aTo
CENTS cheaper the Peoria deaer fron twa1ve to fifteen
cents cheaper, aud The fact is determinations
as to work IN eaectual prohibition Of com
petition. Over, against these figures ma5 be
seem to readily account for The Determinations
by wsy Of the PEORIA Wabash Western Railroad the
distance to Cairo Camp Point, Ghsmpaign, Decatur;
Danyfle, Ed1nghana, La6alle Mattoon, Peoria, and
many other points south and southwest OF Chicago
less than ra competing lines through this .y and,
are calculated IN the tables now in uso, tho
tariff Is established accordingly. In view Of !
from New aolI to the Pos meioned aFe rentTsy
Just, aud cannot Ia considered unfair discrim- !
nations againat Chicago is apecous indeed. ia
distances calculated over the short ne and rates
established, largo proportion OF the
freight destined for thse pl.ees to Chicago and
Is carried from here at greatly reduced rntes, in order
to secure the business This Is tho bone Of couten
ton" all merchandise from the East intended for
over the route upon which rates are computed It Is
doubtful that the Chicago merchant would h1ve any
wrongs Of the Kind for which to demand redress.
Being the most important western tertnAl point Of
Eastern railway Interest," Chicago Ia practically made
The Rzeat distributing depot Of tho West Through it
goods for points distan from each other Goo to TOO
niles in norshery and souther;y direction ind tran
ut. Ine rumble Of incoming trains ceases scarcely
York come hurTytng through without being broken,
II goods boi1g transferred Yet with all these fac.
Ten 1t It's command this city possesses no advantages
Il A4!nttt1 "a COekBes, uFeE Place.
nd in many instances is Disseminated against.
The existence Of tho evil being demonstrated by
cold realities the question arisea, Who the per-
'ctrators7 This Is problem difficult to solye That
he longer line must out rates. in order to overcome
be disparity Of distance, ta unQuesuopable: but !
Sheher tho reduction is borne equally by the rcspect
railroad interests, OF ts shifted wholly upon one be
Eastern or Western 1t mn&4era not ut this moment to
tatc. So far as mere competition and division Of /
rohts are concerned, We can probably ehargc COM
any with doing what wa ourselves would not do un-
er nke circumstances. Eugencies dcnand the CON-
eiiou, aud the inequality Of distance requires reduo
lon Of charges.
l. there then remedy, and, II 50, what isit7 A
1aady ts easily discovered tts symptoms may ba cor
ocy enalyzed; hut the most sktlfu sometimes fail
nd . cnre* Evidently, In order tha: mat
srs be Hghted, radical change must be !
lade. It may be brought about il, the !
doptton Of now system Of computing rates or by
notification Of the present system Amethod which
ora1on to classified points, establishing tho Charge
pom the facilities possessed and the tonnoge the scr-
nj points hare to Offer would be wholly satisfactory
he present aJsten be 10 chaneed as to create IN
zccpdon IN the instance Of Chicago and mike to It
'ta rate FOR the route 10 points South and South
est may be changed, and rites esAbiiehed over the
stance rio Chicago. The adoptop Of any one Of
lese plans would bring about what We much de-
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Chicago Is willing to stand On its mcr4a. She asks
,ly for unf1t1ed JUSTICE II the rnroad companies !
u but look Ut this mztter in its proper Light they will
convinced thAt the change which suggest would
no wtse reduce their business, unequalfzc it. or
zta their receipts while it would be building up the
runes Of this city, and giving It control Of trade to
htch it Ia entitled. XIV