The New York herald., 1879-09-24
FREIGHT CHARGES.

COMPLAINTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW
FARMERS AGAINST THE RAILROAD MANAGERS.
ROCHESTER,. N. Y..Sept 49, 1879
The Railroad Investigating subcommittee con-
dnued its sessions this morning.
Mr.. j. f. Giuck. Of Buffalo. appeared as counsel
for the New York Central and Hudson River Rail-
road.
The first witness called was Mr. Patrick Barry, Of
Rochester. On being sworn he testihed:-I am a
nurseryman; the name of my firm is known the
Mount Hope Nursery; am large shippers l ship
from two Thousand to four thousand boxes each
year: the present rate to New York is forty cents.
for small shipments seventy-fve cents and by the
car load twenty-five cents; we get our rates from
the agents; never applied to Mr.. Villas for special
rate: l ship by the Erie road the rates the
same; pay the schedule rate did not know that
special rate could be obtained; ship at my risk;
the railroad company have always done the best
they could for us; they furnish transportation very
promptly for now; the canal is too slow; the
railroad is even too slow for our business: we are
compelled to ship many Of our goods by express.
Crossexamined by Mr.. Gluck-The rates have
been reduced during the last ten years; they used
to be eighty cents New York and forty five cents
to Buffalo.
To Mr. Sterne-when WANTED extra despatch
had to ship by fast freight lines. They call
goods "perishable." but they not. The express
rates enormous to New York.
ERIE DISCRIMINATION.
William s. Carpenter, sworn: II am farmer:
reside at Big Flats Chemnng county on the line of
the Erie road; raise grain wheat and corn mostly,
and feed it cattle; buy my cattle Buffalo; the
Erie road charges $40 per from Buffalo to my
place; know Of parties at West Junction. six miles
Buffalo to that place; also of private individuals at
Wellsburg, twenty eight miles eaa of at $40 per
car: the rate from Buffalo to New York is S22 per
New York; drive my cattle from my place to West
Junction; know that the rates from Buffalo 10
New York have run from 81 to s75 per car; have
not been able to ship much. because the rates are
against me; have felt the determinations for the
past fifteen years: don't believe in the doctrine of
thought the price for hay. 81 SO hundred. was
high, but submitted to it; go with my cattle,
cattle from Buffalo to Waverley. Pa at s35 car and
allow the shippers to ride free on their express
trains; the price on oats from my place to New York
is twenty-one cents per hundred.
ss-examined by Judge shipman--I ship from
two to four car loads of stock year; don't know
what the rate on cattle to Philadelphia is.
GOT A SPECIAL RATE.
Bracket II. Clark. sworn:-l reside at Rochester
am a manufacturer Of slaves; have been for twenty
two years have done much shipping by the canal
during past years; ship to New York, Jersey City,
Yonkers and Williamsburg by railroad: have q CON
from Goodman paid from s45 to SllO per car before
got the special rate; the rate for the past
ten years $40 per car; realize about Sc 600 q
year on selling the refuse.
Cross-examined by Chairman Baker:-The cooper
business is not as Large it has been because
the millers have not ground as much wheat, and
therefore did not want barrels.
UNIVERSAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COMPANIES.
J. A. Hines, who testified at the last meeting in
this city, was recalled. He was shown freight
bills by Mr.. Sterne and identified them. and
they were admitted as evidence. He explained
fhn and oh, hat Il kt<,x,
made in favor of Western millers. aud that Roches
ter millers have to pay higher rate; the New
of -four from Black Rock (Bufalo) to Troy, as
against $40 for 100 barrels from Rochester to Troy
we can compete aud make money If we have as good
rates as the Western men,
He cross-examined by Judge Shipman, but
there was nothing new elected from him.
Gross examined by Mr.. Gluck in regard to his tes-
timony concerning the bills that put in evil
dence:-The amount OF wheat raised III this State
would furnish about two and halr bushels to each
person in the State: by the large shipments Of
Western wheat coming into New York State tho
sumner is enabled to get it ut less rate than If he
were dependent upon his two and half bushels IN
the first place pers could not get along with
two and half bushels. and if he did not get it else
where he would have to do without it, but the
is not that must have it from the West; we
would get it from the nei2 2hborng States Canada.
To Judge Ship,nan-I have imported whsat from
Canada.
To Mr. Stcrne-The freight charges from the West
have hear. reduced the price of wheat here un-
derstand it to be a universal complaint that they
cannot compete vita the West account of the dis
ordinations.
FABMERs FIGURES.
A. G.. Newton sworn:-I reside at Parma, N. Y;
am farmer and raise wheat; have noticed change
in my business of late. which / attribute to
the competition of the Western men; I sell
my grain at Spencerport to the shippers;
don't pay freight on cattle; I buy of the
dealer only half car load at the time; the deduc-
tions products subject to competition
$500 900 cwt according to the of 1875 there
were $3.50 farms averaging 563 cwt. to each farm.
and with five per cent per cwt change of rate of
freight will average SIS Is to each farm; in 1874
and 1875 S15500.0JO was the assessed valuation OF
the towns OF Monroe county, averaging about
$4,000 to . farm. which. with S2S Is. the Ave per
cent per cwt. change OF freight rates equals
one per cent on each averaging investment.