, 1876-01-28
RAILROAD NEWS

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,ago 4 Northwestern Isailrond did nat
arorato with hin line. but compelled it TO pay
local rates, aud therefore It could not send any
to Chicago, % tl,oso fates WeEo too
high. Neither did tho Chicago, Burlington Il
Quincy NaiIrond eylnco triondly ap'rls, and rs-
fused to .ako bueineRs from Tho Rockford 1sond.
o1ccpt thai which wont In tta OWL cars: This
ssa e. o osf wss H'e5asa e X ho 1S reo s,
paid Tor it WAS al,9Optuoo. In tho fret place tho
road coEt bptwcon ;io.oao,00o aud $1l 100000
1lust Ut tho gram going over hts rostt ""s gong
Of which tue Ohio 4 althsssssppi Road coni.eets
at l}cardstown. This road wns giving him very
favorable ratea,-much lovor thau tue regular
tariff. Tho Chicago roada refused to E'roFato,
Olieaso. Tho Noekfur.! lsoaa,. however, d!d not
suf1or from t.lis, thoneh 1t interrupted It's busl-
nesB, md put 1t to so,no trouble.
Ueforo tho lat Of Dccetnber last tho Chicago
kotTcrs s hra,o ohis9 oancy pro
ratoil wih lIiB rnad, hut had discontinued sinco.
10 sllow how tllo action on tho part OF these
soads unB hurting Chicago. ho snb1ntttol tho /
done u!th Chicago whilo theso roads pro-ratod,
September, 1871, shipped 10 Chieago s,ooo,ooo !
pounds Of GRIM, md during October Of tho
month OF aoptornbor, 1875, just attor theao roads
stopped pro.ratiug llo shipped Q, ,i92, 0Q3 rolnda,
and III October OF tho samn your only 557 QUO
pounds. The local ratio oil GRIM from Sterling
thoy woto charged but 7. This was tho soto
cause OF their sockiug an outlet vim D'srdstow1
They only began to do buBinosh with Peoria
Rince the Chicago roads doprirel1 sAcm OF thosr
Chicago connections.
The principal ca,,Ao for this discrimination
against his road waH, In bis opinion. that the
throo Iowa pool lines had formed 1iug for tho
purpose OF crushing 1t. aud running It's bns'uoas,
e 1artr r1F n
road to soil 1t to thcul at o nominal sum: Tho
question wAa whether Chicago could idly iook
Oh and lnvo its buslncaa ruined and tirivon
away to other points merely to Eratlty thc Bc!aAh
ping "a much grain viz Doardstonn aa Il dld tiA
st. Louis. lie admitted TINT ho was takipg htsi-
ness at cut rates, but ho was compelled TO do 40
by tho Chicago roads. To illustrate how, Chi
stated tlat tho ra.oi on moat from Kansas
City to Now Yori we1o tho eame as 10 Chicago,
namely is cents pcr 100 pounds, Tbsa wan on
account Of tho Burlington Railroad making
diaon oi thIugs continued to exint llo could not
work In tho intoreHt OF Chicago. Ills line could
not submit to the arbitrary position taken BY
tho Chicago roads. lis never cut ratoa bofozo
| the preecnt rupture occurred.
Mr. J.,C. 1Icatullu. Gonoral Superintendent
Of tho Chicago l. Alton Raiiroad testified ue1t.
| l1e said tho urangor Mosonlens Tas ono clemont
working badly against Chicago: Formerly hia
caso. Uudcr tho Granger laT ho wah compelled
to charge loss to Joliet, not being allowed 70
discriminate In favor Of any ono . poins.
lloDco mitch OF Tho business which
10 tho East by way Of shat piaeo.
Another great trouble Nas TINT Granger law
compelled thcm to tako such 10" rnton fer small!
distances and large ratios for large distances. Il
was wcll.known fact that it cost railroads
more pick up business at local po!nta mud
hant 1t Blort tliBtances than to haul 1t . long
dntAn from onn point 10 anothor. Ilo Enb-
mittcd q atatonont nhowing the unjust dt9crtui-
Tue Rail1oad Commissioners, Mr.. Alo,lu!sin
sail, a,calod to tals rpecla1 p!nxsuro in perse-
cutting th9 chseaEo As,on lsal,toa Ihts rona :!a
Kind, aud would havo to Bpend considerable
moro beforo it got through.
The li!!no.a Central Railroad and tho Chicago
Alton halsoa were molo III effected tIn n1ny
against th!s city. Tlero ware 20 tesa shln
They could not compete viii. BANKRUPT lines.
Though tho Peoria tariff waa cents higher than
tho tariff from Chicago, yet ho did not bcltoyn
that tho difference wns charEed by tho fcoFta
roads. The way things wcfe at present they
could simply do nothing fran tho Interior 9!
Illinois; thu only rcnouy lor thla. tnat no eoalu
llo tongAt tho Chicngo board of Trado should
!!ayo INFLUENCE enough to compel tho EaBto:I'
| IN n1n
f. a,1 ~ H., ~ ,,, ,o;iovs sat tho non
~ LIN. 49, c.oi -, ia nrssnnt r,tes III thoy
o W.T. opptngu aso W .no H., d,ssonrto, ssnnnn
II Tho EnHtesn roads would tako caro- OF Indian
ap1'h nuu ny oa.1 ,.,' ta,o ~ a.o ~ +,o hsnl
nnu A..nu io "o''o '''s' - @S'S
tuRt ets,.' t,,,+ ~ mi ,.,ov ,vera r,n
i GUY. ~ n"1 Sa' ~. ~ l" "atr,t o,oTo,, ~
hsna oSSs s'c a''ta.sa S;frorn,t orsn,s ri
!seshs ,cs, ~ s'a'sa 1salv sa,;cstnr hua
.nss" '"s liz .,I =, nn",S svHetHcr this hi
could not DO dona by tho fFel.ht departments
dscccs, mud mnih money baveo.
, m ea.a na ~ h,,t tos.u xnrv Is .,ia nbnnt It
'tH Tia M,sbi9an NJ Central was s9t1oring nsyorely
and. Il, suito of lis poruiar management, ual
gstung but little bualness from tho Interior q
Illinois, Tho cs'sago roaus con'a @ nos foaDos'
sno aoa" ~" r.,ea rom that uaint Il
y, ~. Hsst a.,ia ha I'm s,,nc ~ frnm Cbic.ro
n H. ,.sst aosnd y" ,.an, s E"c,~ rcst wcrc no
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