Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-03

Received at Dubuque from
4over bridge-East 400 a4soS
Over bridge West. .....,5 $500 $500 1000
*During 1878 and 1874 many cars
destined to Dubuque and points be-
yond were billed to Dubuque land
then rebilled; in 1875 cars were bill
ed through to destination. All bus
mess destined to Dubuque was billed
to Dubuque proper.
THE whole number of cars ship
ped from Iowa in 1875 was 29,625,
of which number S25 were billed to
Dubuque, and 24,SO0 were billed to
points beyond Dubuque.
There were also shipped from
points east of Dubuque to stations in
Iowa west of Dubuque, during the
year 1875, 5,o45 cars of merchandise
agricultural implements, coal and
lumber. Thus it will be seen that
Dubuque shipped 6,2oo more loaded
cars west than were brought from
the east, destined to points on the
lines in Iowa.
To enable the merchants and man
ufacturers Of Dubuque to compete
for bushes to all points on the | G.
r. r., as well as to points on the ID.
& st. P. r. r., the b., c. r. q NJ,
via Independence and Cedar Falls,
the G. II. II. of Iowa, the Nj. & st. p,
west of Charles City, the S. c. & 81.
p, north and west of LaNIars, and
on the d. S. w. II. r., via Farley,
special rates, which are only 4 frac-
ton above the law tariff rate, have
been made for more than year, to
and from Dubuque, on the following
articles: Slaves and headings, lum
Der, soft and hard wood, lime, house
hold goods and stock, coal OIL, salt,
spikes and nails, mixed hardware, ag-
ricultural implements, grain, -four,
zinc ores, butter, wagons, live stock,
scrap iron, provisions, ice, groceries,
and in q word, the greater part of all
that is imported or exported.
1t will be seen by all fair and can
did men, that, by the determinations
made by this company in favor of
Dubuque, that city has been enabled
during the year 1875 to increase her
shipments west oye the lines of the
/. {. II. II. 1851 car loads, Or $4,000
tons more than in 1873, and 3,375
car loads, or $3.50 tons more than
in 1874, her total shipments in 1878
having been ll2, 450 tons against 49,
700 tons in 1874, and 55,94O tons in
1873.
The fact herewith presented wholly
disprovo the assertion made by the
representatives Of the Dubuque Board
of Trade before the Railroad Com
mittee at Des Moines, that the policy
pursued by the l. c. r. r. Co. in dis
eliminating against her commercial
interests, has placed her business
men III position that they cannot
successfully compete with Chicago
and other cities in Iowa.
1t is a well known fact that mer-
chants in Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Louis, Burlington, X okuk, Musca-
tine, Davenport, Clinton and McGre-
gor have found fault with the |. G. Il.
II. Co. because it has used its best
efforts to discriminate in favor of
Dubuque and to protect it on the
line of its roads in Iowa against com
petition froll other points.
If it shall be determined by the
Legislature of Iowa that this compa-
ny must operate its leased lines in
Iowa in strict accordance with the
present railroad law, the company
will be forced to increase its through
rates to make good the losses sus-
tanned locally.
The object of presenting this state,
ment to the members of the General
Assembly is to give them q true and
correct idea Of the policy of the |. c.
Il. r. Co. in dealing with the city OF
Dubuque. 1t will be seen that du-
ring the year 1875 the business has
largely increased from the city west,
which could not have been the case
had this company disseminated
against the city as alleged 10y the
Dubuque Board Of Trade represent
tatlves at Des Moines.