, 1873-10-02
THE SHIPPERS.

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s,orrn,- ,,n, 70, 1roo san,,a md f1o rovcn-
,,o.1,n,o,,on, fro,tod IL, Ala noric otv 1ron,ao.
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r.uior ~, ~ r;oaI,o.s 1roio viii, 1ho ortaiJo
vorl1 vii, tt;a olioct n rcnnrtor vcsto,,,ov
v;a,tod +1,o 1o,n +ronunortat}o, comranicu. md
ot,,o. ,,,.,,,osa r,sorfa
n,,,, ,,,,,y urr ,,,no,r covp.uv
corroc+;,, viii, +ha t2r,n Railway rornro,v raa
tho ,,rut oo,,o1 ~, r.to nyont wna NJ, ,nl,o,oo
1,ut tho ~orortor fopu,1 Mr. Fo,y1or t,,o coahior
onito willing IN ffo,J o11 Tho inro,motion In ta
no,yor
rim 1,nc r,,ns r. n,fro,o, calling Mt f]ovo1ond.
nrt cnr,e,ta 1v lin T,r;o ro,ron5 will New
yor,, md otr,or Taatarn po,nta, Tho tima RI,
o,irod - sor ~ M thro,,rh trim II four invu 10
nrfYo1o ami tor i7ava to New Yor1 bv lol<o md
c,,,oI n,o,,t t,~oo ,roo,,a
ao oussuoanu ea'aooa ~ 'n's an ~ ~" osDvi ~,
Wasor-transportaaon companies cons'ass ot ai1
the products Of the Northwest, chiefly grain md
-four but including also pork, lnrd, hides,
broom-corn, and everything grown on our
larmb' cram III tako'l ,u "s tuo eloya'ois' @nu
flour and Ill other produce arc accumulated at
tho Company'B docks. awaiting shipment, being
known u1dor tho couprohonslyo term !. rolling
r..,,.,..n
A4,hn.' ,,t'.. .-.,.,,. .u,.,a o.u:..
Heat-bound trolgnt CONSISTS OF groceries.
hardware, dry goods, and all manufactured arti-
cleg and general merchandise. III roturn freight
fron, IN mai .no 1rn}on rtomnorv dooa n con.
'.o'u ,no I'4e' Wv o.a'. o'4ApAA' "ooo eoA
Btdorablo busiuoss, that was increasing every
week up to the timo the panic struck uB.
Tho ratios OF freight hayo boon knocked all to
,,oco. ~, tho ,,o,,ov ;e,cn,t;oo ~ tn do, h,y-
po10a ~ nv A4ono5 a,ueoo =. 'uu ~ "1J' n''
1u6 euuo1ea teuu'Slon y, aoous w Poi eoAs
within ton days. Tho best charter this Company
mado in soptomber for grain Was 50 conta por
bughe}, through to Now York, and Is cents to
1,'tfo,a 49, ~ ~, t,,o ,votor io,,r.o,, nn,oso
o'llia1o' sno oao u 'no ""so1 Jouano5' Ancoo 80
rates havo come down to " and 2S
contB per bushel, through to Now York,
and to contB to Buffalo. Ono of tho main
,'.,- ' ~. -. ~ -'.'o'1 .6. .,,,.,.
duotioh on tho thfougn rae, a8 compared Win
TINT to Buffalo, is, that thero arc frequent
bloohs on the four roads lsading East. causing
lake ports. wllcrens tlero IL anlrlo room on tho
lnkos for auy an1ount Of phip,,!nr to carry to
those ports
This limo imports largo quantities Of railroad
iron, md general railroad supplies salt. cen,ot,
otc, tic aggregate IN to the ond Of September
h yoar ondins September, 1a7a, and by several
hundred tons the aggregates for tic month OF
Trade vas novor better nor 80 promiainc as 1t
was iust when tic pnnio began. Goods wero bo-
ing brought West. and protluco in exchange sent
East in Quantities oxcooding naything recorded
ont on tho books Of t1,is Company heretofore, md.
m tllo fnli trade Ind fairly opened, the prospects
scerucd good for d steady continuance, lii fact,
tIo Eaet,bound produce carried by tllis line this
year four times exceeded that carried III any sim
star period before, Ono Instance only is nocos-
sary to i|{uytrato tho cx.raoriinary incroaso re-
fcrrcd to. namely. in tho ono item Of flour, Of
wl,1el tile shipment in the year 1879 aggregated
II G78 barrola, and In tho mouth Of September,
1H7S. alone. o. 900 barrels
11narto fla II;fIfculty nr f}nd;nr rondv r,onov
1a, i"a ~ ~ hao xnor;oncoI n,Gv cnny;daroE}n
I;miu,tion Of lila yoiumo of erai!, ofrer;,1l, rur
a1,,nmnni Mr. Fn,yor nsorihas fint circumstance
tn tho fnct Tint lie market IL nownot epondont
nltorcthor m cn,nnisai0nhnen for rnsfneBe, a
nunlbvr Of buyors In porsbn having come from