, 1873-10-02

grain, Hour, md wheat, although they carry
traapdson s nos s0o Tho mporta @ 81 sg gonera ~
merchandise.
rho highost rato of freight received lust
month VIVA 80 conts, md tho lowest point is
Eoos @ hsvo oforod md nd ' Ito voesels s sro kopt
running. without my delay or difficulty, COM
pnratiyoly speaking. Tho reporter, 90 ho passed
out, observed that tho warehouses; Of tho Com
pnny woro flllotl with produce awaiting slip"
ment.
THE WESTERN TnANsronTATIoH COMPANY
Ia doing q rafting buainess Mr.: Tuttlo lTuttlo
4; nond agontb) had just como from
0hsg and m a as aosad s9 1Spp1y
on 'Chaugo had boon hopeful and good-tomporod,
b,1aincEB settlements had been maao with
atnootllnosa tho mogt snnguino had not vontured
10 hope, and everything waB Of tho most grasify-
Mr. Tuttlo eaid Ills line waa doing nll tho busl-
nessit conveniently could. A propeller Ind jnst
arrived {allo WAS blowing of steam outside tho
Window with 1900 tons Of merchandise from
tlio EnHt, and tlloro would DO ample cargo rondy
forlcr befo'e Bllo was ready for d cl.nrtor This
limo runs to Buffalo. tloro connecting with the
Now York Centlat Railway for Now York and
Boston, ur1d Other Now England ponta ;,
East, tho aonrclty this year laving croatod u',-
oxrectcdly trado IN tint nrticlo; 1900 tons
had already found their way down tho lakes
from Ohtcago. Other Eastorn and Wcatotn
cargoes woro just tho satno as those Of other
transportation companies. with tho exception,
pcrhnps, TINT tho "WoBtern mado specially
Of obtaining freight for tho up trip. II tho
panic Ind hurt trade Mt a1l, this limo had not
folt 1t. 1t wontd 10 t!mo enough in ton days to
ind lilo trouble beginning to pinch; but bofore
that poriod ho hoped tint affairs would mond.
1Io could not prepare q statement Of Bllipmouts
for tho month. US their books ,Sere kopt in such
n manner TINT to single out n single months
business would bo Utmost impossible. They
prepared their report yclrly. and 1t could bc Hoen
By the reporter, no fur it had progressed.
glance at the ilg1roB showed tho wrltor thnt this
line Ia keeping IN ita business With mitch sl1c-
ccHB ns its competitors. Tho highest charter for
wheat for tho 1ako voyage WAS IL cents, md
corn u conts, mud those had dropped to conts
aud cents.
THE ANCHOR LINE,
Charles q. Chase j. Co., agent8 trados to Buf-
falo and connects by tho Eric aud Pennsylvania
1lailroatls With aIl tho Nov England Statos Mr.
Chase was very busy; 1t being coslng-up time, and
thought it impossible to got up figures at 80 short
notice. Ho was very desirous Of afortafng all tho
TuE TRIBUNE, but wished to defer furniahing
figures until Ills books could bo got at moro con-
youiont1y. uo thought tho panic Tag q very
severe one, and that we Should DO able to judge
bottor 0s to its axtont after the last yosaolg that
Ind been loaled boforo panic tiuea had loft port.
| Tile voasaa now coming in woro already IN tran"
! sit whom the trouble catne.
! Tho Anchor Line docs precisely BfnilRr busi-
| moss to that OF tho other lines. and hopes, like
them, to pull through without Bovoro loas, al
| though rates aro now down to Il frigltfully low
cbb, ut a time when expenses ato heavier than at
any other period Of tue year.