Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-10
DAILY SENTINEL.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1878.
DISQUALIFICATION IN RAILROAD
CHARGES

Gay ABOUT excessive railrOau cDhIBeS'
and attempted to show that the remedy
required something deeper and more
sweeping than local legislation. OF
course something could be
plished by it in the interest of purely
State commerce, but the great bulk Of
Nevada business, which from
beyond our borders, could not he bene-
ficially affected. or all these soulless
monopolies, the Union Pacific appears
to be the worst of the lot. The Union
Pacific is a line 1882 miles long, ex-
tending from Omaha to Ogden. Its
discriminating charges are, il any diff.
ference, more outrageous than those of
the Central Pacific. Hon. j. B. Chaffee,
of Colorado, in his place in the United
States Senate, recently discussing the
course of the Union Pacific railroad
and its branches at considerable length,
directed attention to the fact that these
roads were built with the means Law
ishly furnished by the Government;
and he made among others the follow
ing statements. In view OF the fact
that Nevada gets most of its supplies
over this road his argument must
prove of interest to the people Of this
State. We quote:
1.-THE obligations imposed by Con-
gress have been and still are totally
disregarded by the Union Pacific Com
pany, and In retaliation and for self
defense, the Kansas Company
has used the Denver Pacific
to shut out the main line from
the State of Colorado. While these
companies are ouarreling owe this
question, the people of the country are
still compelled to pay these exorbitant
rates. The young and vigorous State,
which l have the honor to represent in
this chamber, is practically enlarged
by the refusal of these roads to comply
with the law. No article Of commerce
raised or manufactured a be trans
ported west of Cheyenne without pay
ing more for freight, even for 81 miles,
than is charged from Omaha to Ogden,
a distance Of 1882 miles. / select a few
examples OF discrimination from
late tariff rates by the car load of ten
tons. On bacon the charges from
Cheyenne to Ogden exceed those from
Omaha to Ogden $45; for beans, SIS;
for mess-beef, $Sl; coal oil, ISL; grain,
SIS; hides, S2l3 81; lard. ST. so; lum.
Der. $40; powder. $lOs; sugar, $Sl. Elk
cess of charges in a single train OF
fourteen cars for Sic miles over 1882
miles is Sl,054 40. Neither Kansas,
Colorado, nor Missouri can ship bacon,
mess beef, grain, live stock, etc., via
Cheyenne. to any of the Western
States or Territories, and all are en-
tirely shut out from the markets of
Utah, Montana, Nevada and other re-
gions.
The M between California
and Colorado is already large and is
constantly increasing, notwithstand-
ing these villainous discrimina
tions in freight by the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. During
the years 1875, the crops OF Colo
RADIO were nearly all destroyed by
grasshoppers, and our people had to
depend on California and Nevada TO
supply the deficiency. Potatoes were
purchased in Texas and shipped to Den
yer, a distance of over 1000 miles,
cheaper than they could be had from
Ogden, in Utah, about one quarter the
distance. On cabbage by the car load
the charges from Sacramento to Den
yer are $5l5, distributed as follows
Sacramento to Ogden, 743 miles,
$l95 80; Ogden to Cheyenne, SIG miles.
500 so; Cheyenne to Denver, LOG
miles, 800. One firm in Denver pur-
chased in California last year 100 car
loads OF fruit, the freight rates being
more to Denver than to Chicago. In
carload lots the rates from San Fran
ClSCO PcI AVV lOuuuS W ShiCoeo oAo
81 so; to st. Louis, 81 so; to New
York, 81 so; to Cincinnati, 81 60; to
Denver, 81 81, or forty -four cents per
100 pounds more to Denver, being l 900
miles less distance than the nearest OF
the other points named. The rate on
bottled beer from Chicago to San Fran.
cisco in carload lots is ~ per 100
pounds, via the Union Pacific Rail-
road, distance about 2,400 miles. On
one carload Of ten tom this would
amount to $500. This is the published
tariff rate of tho Union Pacific Railroad
Company, yet WI find them charging
for one car load of bottled beer, in May
last, $3l5 freight from Cheyenne to
Laramie, only 81 miles west of
the former place. This carload
came from the Kansas Pacific
Railway, and was delivered to
the Union Pacific at Cheyenne.
/ hold in my hand the original freight
~.coipf ~ the IIujou Pacific Com UaDV.