The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-29
ALI. RAIL vs.. RIvER AND RAIL.

The following Is from. the -, Louis Dem
ocrat Of January 21th.
Iowa IL shipping Hour to New Orleans on
through bill. OF lading by rail. Fifteen cars
have arrived, and more coming. The fol-
lowing H. clipped from the New orleans
'Picsyune' in regard to IL:
eve understand, this Is but the fp{erunner
Of regular through shipments froIhthat dis
tant point. Ten more cars, similarly load
ed, will reach here in two OF three days,
and theRceforward We may expect such AL
rivsl, every day from this interior OF Iowa,
and presently even from the interior OF Min
nesota.
The table Of distance tfayersed by the
train, which IL to make itsapear ancs to-day
In New Orleans for the first time, is - fol-
lows: Waterloo 10 Dubuque, 30 miles
Dubuque 10 Cairo; 435 miles: Cairo 10
New Orleans 531 miles. Total, l,O0o miles"
We take 1t ror granted that the owner Of
that Hour desires to make the most money
on IL he can, and we are therefore surprised
that he should not have shipped ittroIn Du-
buQue 70 ~. Louis by rail and hence to New
Orleans by barge. He would have saved at
least % cents per barrel, OF $3.50 on fifteen
car loads. Another thing puzzles Us: The
New Orleans papers announce the arrival
Of this consignment OF 800 barrels Of -four
By rail, with most extraordinary flourish OF
head lines, and suggest in most rqptvrous
vein, that perhaps this sort OF thing Will be
y
more blessed to receive four byrail than by
river. A boat from ~. Louis, OF tow of
bargss, will frequently roll IRON 5000 10 TO-
90 barrels OF four,out upon the wharves OF
New Orleans and never create areportorisl
ripple. Then why all this popping OF Bohe-
milan campaigne over the arrival OF i,5oo
barrel. Of hour from Iowa by rail:
We believe that every sensible man will
take it for granted that the owner Of the
shipment above referred to, could not
loose 80 cents per barrel if he could avoid
it and further, that business man be-
fore making so large = shipment would
thoroughly advise himself - to which
wss the chsspss, route. No man would
make the shipment for the glory Of the
thing, especially when in lien OF the
glory, he could ssvs $3.50 by shipping BY
another route. Hence We ere satisaed that
he shipped by the cheapest route, and
In IroG OF the assertion We would refer
tho editor Of the Democrat 10 the dies o:
his own paper. On the date ,hs. this
Shipment WAS made through Cairo, in The
Democrat the rates Of fright on aour
shipped from st. Louis TO New OrleAn.
by rivor were quoted ~ 70 cents per bar.
rel. This being true We would like 50
have toe Democrat demonstrs:e wherein
| the saving Of 80 cents could have been
made; for il costs bu, little, IL anything
i. more 10 transport nour by rail frotn Du.
buqua TO Cairo, than from Dubuque ~ St
Loun; hence the 80 cen.s difference in
! favor OF the 81. Louis route mus, be mad,
between IS Louis and New Orleans
and Cairo aud New Orleans
which 10 not possible st I;
cents = barrel from st. Louis; while
Cairo has been shipping all winter At 81
snd 80 cents per barrel. The Democrat
,ould with IS much p,opriety recon
mend that Dubuque shippers load ,hsi
-four on bArges as their own wharf. Ths'
won Id save rehandling At st. Louis.
OF course it serves the interest Of st
Louie to subvsrt the fscts regarding ever!
enterprise that tends 10 detraet from hel
business. Hence the hostility Of th'
Democrat to this new route pen strstini
the grsa, whsst growing sections o
Iowa end Minnesota. As re.
gardes the "Aourishes' OF the New Or
leans papers, We heartily concur with
them and for the benfit of the Demo
crat will say that most likely sheir tru'
cause for rapture is that By rail they hav,
. surs thing on having uninterrupted ship
ments the year round which they neve
did or can have by means OF st. Loui
boats and bsrgss.