The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-08

DOCKS /, anu . TOT uhluaulng cuaI unto
said lot, your petitioner Will thereupoa
have the right to uncover or replace laid
river track, las the case may be-, and
thereafter to use said river track, as Is
provided for in the existing lease Of your
petiuoner Most respectfully submitted,
THE Coal VALLEY MINING Co,
By p L. Gable, Pres't
Rock Island, Ill.,, March !, 1878.
After this proposition had been read,
Mr. Gable made a somewhat extended
statement in regard to the coal business
since he had been connected with it. He
said that the c. V. NJ Co, when it sold
its railroad to the Peoria Co, had retained
and reserved the exclusive use of the en-
tire track between the Rockford and the
Rock Island depot grounds for hesale and
disposition of its coal, and that neither the
Peoria Co. nor any other parties had the
right to use that trnck so as To at all in
terfere with the c. V. NJ. Co. in its bust
ness, and that the City Council had no
right to authorize any other persons TO
leave cars standing thereon He contend
ed that the river track complained of was
necessary for the convenient transaction Of
the business of the c. V. VI. Co, and that
its removal would necessarily greatly in
crease the amount of switching to be done
on the levee, n the inconvenience of the
public as well as of the Mining Company
/ During the discussion he announced that,
for months past, there had been a standing
proposition on the part of the &. V. NJ.
Co. to transport to Rock Island for Wilson
and for Robinson all the coal they might
desire, at such rates as they might name,
and To unite with them in asking the Coun
| ell 10 grant them such lots for their bust.
ness as they might severally need.
He also announced that for ten years
last past, it had been the policy of the C.
/ '. VI. Co. never 10 charge for coal in Rocl
I Island more than three times the price
paid for mining, and that he had advised
Messrs. Wilson and Robinson that the pol
icy of the Mining Company henceforth
would be never to sell coal in Rock Island
for more than four times the price paid
for transportation, whether transported
over the Coal Valley road or any other
road but Mr.. Robinson said he wanted
his coal transported for fifty cents ton, t
which he Mr., Cable had replied that he
would transport his coal at that rate. anC
Robinson might sell his coal at any price
/ he pleased, but that the c. V. VI. Co
would, under these circumstances. sell it
coal for two dollars a ton. Mr.. Wilson
had said that he wanted his coal trans
ported at sixty cents a ton, and that h,
Cable had offered to transport it at tina
rate, but announced to him that the pric,
of coal at the Coal Valley yards woul,
then be two dollars and forty cents a ton
but Wilson might sell his coal at any pric
he pleased and that if Wilson or Robin
son did not ike TO fix the rate of trans
portation, he Gable would fix it at one
fourth the price at which he, from time t
time, might sell his coal in Rock Island
MIR. Cable said that the only difficult
in the parties themselves adjusting tn
whole matter, was in the fact that Wilso
and Robinson wanted cheap transportatio
for coal without giving the public the ben
eft thereof; or, in other words, the
wanted him to transport their coal at
low figure and at the same time maintai
full prices for coal in the market.
Mr.. Robinson was present, and, whe
Mr.. Cable had concluded, commenced
reply. Mayor Murdoch asked him who h
appeared for, as there was no application
before the Council for him. Robinson re
piled that he appeared for Mr.. Wilson
He admitted that the statement of MI
Cable in regard to rates of transportatio
was true; but he said that for years h
had been unable to get the e. V. NJ. OK
to bring his coal to Rock Island.
MIR. Cable replied that, at no time sine
he had controlled the railroad, had he re
fused to transport Robinson's coal at fai
rates; that before he sold the railroad
was the policy of the G. V. NJ. Co. I
charge one-third the price of coal 70
transportation to Rock Island but sine