, 1873-07-23

OswEao, Kendall Co., ILL.,, July II. 1878.
II ths Editor Of I'he Chicago Tribune:
Bit: Az you haVo not q correct understanding
in regard to teaming produce from hero to Chi
cago, permit mo to set you right In tho mattor.
Your dispatch is entirely right in Haying We find
1t cheaper to Hond our produce by teams than by
railroad. but not correct in attribnting It to tho
now Railroad law. It has always boon choapor for
us to transport cortain kinds Of freight by tenms
but Te hayo been Glow to avail ourselves Of tho n
vantage, indulging tho lopo that tho railroad
would modify itB clnaailcations 80 aB to rondot
toaming improbable; but, thus far, tho mana-
gore Of tho freight department Of tho
Chicago, Burlington i Quincy Railroad
have been unwilling to do It; and
1t is paying business, within 40
milos Of Chicago, to hnul by wagon somo kinds
Of freight.
To illustrate: Duttor in crocka is claascd
double nrst-claas, which is GO cents per 100
pounds by tho old ratio, aud IS 2-10 undor tile
new; ada to this 10 ccnta per loo pounds Cart
age in Chicago, and We havo IN enormous
freight charge on that important staple. Empty
egg-cases aro now c1asscd tho snno. This
forces TINT kind of produce into the e1pross
company's hands, the rato being 60 cents por 100
pounds from this station; at that price wo can
make money by Bonding by teams. Wo do not
haul any second, third, or fourth clasa freight,
but only tho class that tho rniroad, by its classi-
fcation, renders profitable. Horowith flnd
statement Of two wagon-loads sent last week:
5000 pounds 1t 90 cents. $1,000
5000 pouulu, return, at 80 conts.....,.... 1900
Two tcams, two days, each a 80 per day. $500
Expenses Oh tho way. $50
-s23.6o
I'll 80
ThiB is saving Of S21.50 over express-rates
This Ia no fanoy picturo but IN actual tranaac-
tion, ono that is being, enacted every day IN tho
week from brush Hill, Downor's Grove, Naper~
! doubt, from many other placos Tho merchants
! Of Aurora arc talking earnestly about It, md
probably by full tho major part Of that kind OF
produce, from that city, will 60 to Chicago by
| tennis.
| Wo arc not especially down on tho railroad
but then it is natter Of dollars and consb with
uH, and 1t is quito natural for uB to fool not d
little aggricyod that tho rairoad should make
such rates Of freight that NO arc compelled to
| return to tho primitive modos Of transporta-
! tion. Indeed such q state Of things does
not ro1act much credit upon tho management Of
groat railroad. The Fox River Valloy Is very
| fine dairy soction, and tho fnest buttor roachoB
our markots in crooks, aud shlppcra wish to for
ward 1t In the shme package tloy roceiyo 1t In, as
| 1t goes forward in bottor condition, and botter
! prices Rre realized. My Bhipmenta 1each fifty
| tons annually, and at 812 par ton, amount
to 1900. II that can be done BY toa,na for $500,
ono that merchants aud shippers will not 6o slow
| to avail themselves Of. am crodlbly informed
| that threo.fourth Of tho freight forwarded and
| received at Naporyille is transported By teams.
Thia needs 10 comment. It would not bo 80 it
| il did not pay to do it. Railroad mon may 10
wso and Blrewd, but certainly tlla dooa not look
''N' N'' p5: :: NJ. HA1onr.