, 1874-02-03
TRANSPORTATION.
Address Of Mr.. q. p, Culver,
Of Chicago,
Delivered at tho Recent Meeting Of tho
National Boarl Of Trudo.
Necessity Of Increased Transporta.
tion Facilities.
Advocacy Of u National Railroad
Law.

Advocacy OF II National lIailrO0tl
Law.
At Tho recent mcoting OF tho National Hoard
Of Tralo, at Baltimore, Mr.. q. T. Culver, OF
t;hica}to, nado an ntIdros9 OIL tho transportation
question.
uo said 1t could not lie expected Tint In nlonl-
borshp Of over Loco tlloro would bo s,nit Of
sentiment upon this OF my othov subject; but
ha bolioyol tho maj ority Of tho members Of tho
Chicago Board Of Trado agroo substantially Us to
THE FOLLOWING pRoros1TtoSs:
Firsi-That tho wator-routos, howovor en-
lnrgol and improved, will not fully answer tho
requirements Of our inlaud commerce.
Sccond-Thns tho wGtcr-routes i1aso tho great
est 1noane Of competition Tor moving property,
anl that therefore, all reasonable efforts should
bo made to secure the improvement anil enlnrgo-
,ncnt of such avenues botwcen the West md
scaboard, whether by northern lakeu aud canals
or by tho Mississippi ana other rivers.
Third-Thnt railroads honestly built, and
capitalized upon tho actual cost OF construction
san bo malo 10 carry goods for aB low rates AZ
lavc heretofore been paid by water-routos from
tho West to tho Ronboarti.
fourU-That to reduce the cost Of transporta.
tiou Of property by railroad-lines, ard to remedy
tho OWLS and abunos OF tho present ayatcm OF
railroad management, tho number Of railroads
from the Wegt to tho Hoaboard should bc multi
Piled and railroad-corporation must be made
subject 10 tho Earlo responsibility alld pcnal-
Lies ~ sro corporations engaged in tranHporta-
tion by wator-routos
Mr. Culver said TINT the Chicago Board OF
Trade was credited with bciug tho commercial
body that,fru publicly advocated tho granting
by Congresa of q charter for tho construction Of
West, to bo used exclusively in the tonnage
action was inaucod by aa experience that had
demonstrated the necessity Of additional ship
ping facilities, a1lsl by tho fact that tho
1Enrnrtrnns ofs TIL. sT4TE M ,r11Sn1s
DA' ', W ~ ',t,A', iH W 't",sots
Dad, BY onacsmonta' virtually attempted to f1
tho price Of railroad-frcights upon property
passing through the state. The memorial Of
forth thc fo,1ov1,o.
n'.,N 49, ..,'.. .,
oc .5 s1 ~ ,"f PEI! sFe nas
es rom tho Teat 10 tho seanosr. Ti,e rn,r,at
companies lsya beon unable to receiya and tral,snort
sll tic property orerod hen. mud heir Inability to
meet tho lonanla upon them tor transportation haa
induced thrm 70 oxaet largaly-increahea rates Of
liz w r1 1 ann 10
sstn 1f to airo soumtSy III, ,n,nesn enratoro
aud grain ,Yareho,sos Of thicnvo hnyo ieeu tu nl
wintcr alloa to oyeraowl,g compelling tlum lsrtajy
10 eusend busincss no t1ut tho railroads bringing
g1ain from ths West t9 oh1csgo aayo hecn unable to
WarSose, n lin rn,utr ~ 'Afr rn paru'' @ le
tar,uorp bsye in mpny ins;,ucea hccn rnaMs,
70 An,l 1nar1et for their grain. Thfs
winter freight -lmdargo 1iaa aiao prevented tho
rse. 20, p anu nrov'so.eaers from
wantci n Ernnosy ntt VI 'tT tr "G.sn ~ Rtnperty
shipping ra property whrn ready for market ius rc
suited II, severe atrinGe,,oy In ooy lunitcrs rrsnr
ing and damaging business, aud caussng financial en-
We wq @ aso rGnpsciuy remind your
nn af @ ooeS S na apu iofes "f gpuatio
Of tho yast tsrrltory inre a Gn Cd sn,41o ,nIIa.s
between LaEcs Michigan a,a uporsr all tho ng VIII.
ern bounta,y-lino Of Neoraska which, to very great
f1eut Is tributary to ChieaEo Ill all tAnesk- -ntterx
mud tarongh, which city tne 'sos portion Of thu
a ri IT, u @ slsa nocpa .. tns co'nIfy must
f tIo rkos ind % rtvcrs IT, re.c ~ rs
tho Atlantic statos md Errops ~ D. 'N' '''' -
vers defanc1 /. nc"r eaa Ias ~ ,v,n aaote
dayn nnJ ms,rc for VIII ~ ,1s.
nrn,c.a ~ tl,o rara ~ ~ M IN - pHiA
wIou money was wo,t,, an tLe stroot - ~ nac
Tnst nn1 Tnrnna wero ~ noo ,ip - Inoo Ior - M.e
rnr ;,n,naj;otn t,. tt - ~ " ~ t.ssg
;,,,, unar M ay, arsN,, T. oa,a i"a' cu %
nos hn',~t4 - r;,-,, n1s. n"oHteuho, tli'I
1o-n,nd e, vaa,.nnt w ""Pp4' oota"'oe'1Se
n. 1rr| x..,.S ..s ~ nm
rho Wasia,, u e. soo aoSTs'
,r ,n;irnoda haon ~ .nu
aud Htoo1 1rois;n" nn;I it nrodrsGt ~ ;
tI,o0 re fr%x
eny ..., tply t ~ ta1soaus M TO p:onnty move thens
~ ,tu t1 a.ro'nt sv 10 ~; ~ ho infancy
" eai 10 uu'e.up4es. m; ~ cnllSlls capacity oi
soaas soa,, west 81 ,Scago sMrlasaes thss ol tho
ta"a aaug snaso eaa'Mafo M III net prosort
.a. sa1lon Go'apanoh oy railway ant wator-
'o1'sS conplneu -.............
u,~. cASHor @ BRING Prom cntcoao
property rs fast ~ it is received at that point.
70 Illustrate t1is, Let me cite tho following facts
an1 a. 1lE,roh: mr. ,,.,. .
oh Tue 10th Of August Inst: Or at tito COM
laao.tsoshth from Chicago to buffalo were E
GENTS ci, per htAhel on wheat; rail-froights from
GhscaEo 10 NoW YORK ~oro s2119 rcnls par 100
pounus; anu ~ tne9o a were that Jay. in Ghipago
tho mo, o.nsn'ng four Weeks, tho movement OF ear,
aiom sne eastwsrc, anu OF Soshols, was irop and
nntosIs!osea, ma u thHt time tna shspmonts Of
tram 1fom that eaty were 6.o68, 8G3 buaholB. no
mose n' shss property, use was made Of all avail
ano 1' neSnh oltofea ~ Wete1'cyaft and railroad
~ w., ara nu tnor nne the ntoel