New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-02

1
not say so on my authority"
None OF the Fire officials could be found previous
to going to press.
ARGUMENTS FOR THE RAILROADS.
CONCLUSION OF Ex-JUDGE sHIPMANs SPEECH
ANSWERS TO COMPLAINTS AND CRITICISMS.
Ex-Judge William ID. Shipman, as counsel
for the NrwYork. LAKE. Erie ana Western Railroad
cuded his arg ument before the ASSEMBLY Committee
Yesterday. Mr.. sIcrne charges. said Mr.. shipman,
that the carriage OF milk by the Eric yields revenue
of 81 200 per night each Of the local milk trains
The Is Mr.. Blanchard has shown that the
revenue ia only $3.50 per train now turu your sten
ton to the complaints OF tho millers Of Roches-
ter, OF tho Gramdealers and pOrk-packers OF
Buffalo, and 20 the depression OF agricul-
ture IN the Western part OF the State. The
testimony dscOses the fact that the Genesce wheat
fields long since ceased 20 produce the KIND OF whea
which made the celebrated Genesee fonr IL has
been supplaDed oy variety, more productive but
making an inferior -four The local miliers will not use
and 20 the grain markets OF Toledo and Chicago for
| their wheat The only complaint OF tho Rochester
miller garng the rate from Rochester east
pared with the through rate from the West The rate
from Rochester Liverpool bias been more tBan
cents gher than the from Minneapolis 70 Liver
pool aud usually II Is from Is TO 80 cents lower Now,
why does not the purchaser buy his flour In Rochester aud
shp Liverpool when tie freight is 30 cents cheaper
from Rochester the foreign port than from the West
The answer OF course that he buy his -four at the
West 7 cents per barrel cheaper than at Rochester or
tho 75 cents difference Is not created by the rail-
roads, but by the Western muer-ihe result OF lilo near
ness TO the source Of supply.
The grain trade OF Buffalo has undoubtedly declined
II has been suppanied by the great Western centres
This OF things Ii beyond legislative control the
laws Of trade operate irresisuoiy Tho pork-paeking
business Of Buffalo ID also not as great as 1t
has been. 1t is cheaper to XII the hogs in
20 per cent OF waste material. Buffalo mas been in
jured by tho hsh cost of hauling gram TIE cameng-
ton Of the owners Of The elevators to keep up high
prices Is daniaylDg'
DEPRESSION IN AGRICULTURE
-, =, w. ~ VI A. A. ., ,r .,,.,I NJ
minus "a "cs'etn W iolA 70 euo " 'Ne iaii"aur Ans
Is aeus'on II INC ROADS were o'o'tsu on. OF
r.o.r ,nrre,s in comoe,ion W i'm those OF the
ers OF NcwforE AS 10 the decline In TIE market price
of farming lands this State the evidence wholly fails
70 70 res estate generally Inc towns ana eities oae
witness ays that twelve years ago no sOld POTATOES az
81 30 DusneI nov n 10 %s5e 90 oeT iaen
not surprising that farmers nd times harder but the
Erw-York iarmer has great advantages over most of
III. western farmers Many articles he Consumes
but does not rase are brought to his door cheaper
York quicker.
gner rate per mile for ra rnsperiation over the
NewYork roads than is paid by the Western farmer His
veT,;s M the through rates or ieyeliing down the
,eesI rates to mstSematical standard of uni
fop,n,,y Now IL the New-YorT trunk Ijues bad
The sole power to dx their rates on tarough
eastbomnd freight (Which they have non they could rot
raise these rates nderendent OF concurrent action OF
other trunk Hines without dvertlng the through raf
nc from the oliy oi fe~- Ioh- haisIuR cue fstes on
@ 'snta rSnd send m over roads running broncn
other states The only by which the local
rates can 20 Dr0,nsht !" pro Iats Win .ne through
be to Ignore Inc oonIfions of TRANSPORTATION such
length nf haul bulk ana regularity OF Ihc etc. The
manhgeis "a 'oo on snd ioca ~, y, t ' w
NUN regard being had 10 ali the elements of the prob
lon,
n has been said that has been suecessfuy
annlIed 10 traffic on the English railways IN YOU will
ne mat egsaton you will md II very limited IN
d. cnarscirr and opertin Moreover eotnnarsun can
& b IN de AS ne condItlvns OF the hulk Of the tr ftc
% me two onuutres are entlreIy different England
- not hnken mn mic Ne para.a States having the mower
-, % No ca, cftnV avs each witb own railroad avs
tenn with its own system OF laws England moreo YER
mss from her civil alton the Gle
fayors 10 nexpericncc and mbe provided they
wear the robes OF marty Iealty,
IN IA nftru said that IL the New-York roads can
ca,rv n busneI OF grain tArough from Chicago 10
The se:,board Tor their proportion OF the tnronrh
rate they eau carry bushel OF gram
from or Bath ia this State to the seaboard
AZ sum equal 10 their proportion the through rate
TINS su lgestIOn ignores tho difference cost of
transportation between long and short naul-bc-
tween vast bodies Of traffic moving from centre
anu small quantities picked up At local stations. IL
IGNORES that necessities Of NeW-York
r,oulr that tue trunk lines OF stale should parri
ctnafe largely this transportation prevent total
dyersio OF other cities, and that they can only
nnrtlolpaIe H. IL the rates which rule the
hour and which fixed by the rigid laws
~ demand ana supply. To say that these Nev-York
roads shall take part the through business except