The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-05-05

10 comment necessary upon these terrible
rates1 Do they not speak trumpet-tongued Of
impositions unparalleled in the annals Of rail-
road rufianism? Those charges have been
neither known nor credited beyond the State OF
Nevada. When mentioned by tho press they
nave been denied. and with threats Of stiil
greater expressions the railroad dlctators have
aliencsd the complaints OF their victims.
II may b imagined that, although ths printed
schedules Of the railroad companies exact GER
tain extravagant rates in Nevada, they are
really not charged - : matter OF fact ; that
they are simply an exhibit of what might be
Homo in the way Of charges, rather than Of what
tho consciences OF tho railroad managers win
permit their agents to do. In other words,
that there printed schedules are but harmless
exhibitions OF power, intended to reconcile snip
pers 70 lower but still excessive rates.
Assuming that some such idea may bs enter-
tanned, will proceed to dissipate il ct once
BY tho production Of copies OF . few Of the
ceceiptsd railroad bills in my possession, al
showing that the scheduled rates are adhered
to.
tHcrs followed number Of receipted bills.
including names Of consigneee. signatures OF
agents Of tho companies, and dates.
the rates Of tho printed schedules hAyo been
observed to the letter. Take, for example, the
bill Of the Nessrs. MAllon for : carload OF
candles from the East, which was switched on
at RsnO. hare shown that the through rates
for carload of candles Of ten tons from New
York TO San Francisco is just eS0O, and i will
be seen by this bill that 10 the through rate OF
eSl9, in payment for carload and $50 pounds,
il added the back-rate from San Francisco Of
el.l4 Per 100 pounds, making total charge OF
eSS0.61 Aud BE- il forever remembered that
that carload of candles was not moved sin-
BE mile beyond Reno. And % With The othsr
INTIMIDATION OF BUsoNHss MEN.
From Eik0, tho receiving point Of T0scarora,
Cognucopaa, and other important mining dis
tricts stretching 70 the southern boundary OF
Idaho, have been unable to procure the tcsti-
mony OF reccipted railroad bila. Why? Be-
cause, under the froSn Of their railroad ty-
rants, tho MI srchants havo been afraid to fur
nish them. Something Of nilroad rates at
Eth, however, and the extent to which the
mcrchxnts Of that place have been terrorized
By railroad management, may be gathered from
tho following extract from : letter, under date
OF Dec. s. 1872 from prominent and inspect
ed citizen Of Elko. quote:
.sIn relation TO getting railroad receipts for
son that merchauts and business men are afraid
to have their names connected with the matter.
They say the railroad company could and
would ruin them In thor business therefore.
they decline to give any printed receipts.
Hence, have been only able u collect the
following items from few OF our leading
merchants:
.The Central Pacific Railroad Compauy
charges ESQ for car load Of coal from San
| Francisco TO Elko.
"From Cleveland, Ohio, TO Elko freight
| charges on . carload Of OIL (tcn tonH), eS06.
"Car-load Of wagons from Racine, Wis, to
| Ogden, ESQ: from Ogden TO Elko onthe same.
| as miles, $3.50; total, 600.
| 'Car-loAd Of stoves from Ogden to Elko, 275
miles, e344.
1.-THE merchants aud business men OF East
egn Nevada would be perfectly satisfied il they
werc not charged more for tho delivery Of
! freight Ii Elko than il charged for through
| freight to San Francisco, . distance Of 6ls
| miles further on; or, in other words, they be-
| heve the Reagan bull now before Congress will
give the desired relief, and Ill join ia hoping
! that Il may become law.
i What little have written you in this mat
ter i In confidence, - the little property have
= on the line Of th.fAilroad. and !. like Others
1 an at their mercy"
What, oak any gentleman upon this door, il
i The meaning Of this strange reyclatlon2 /
means . lawless and cold-blooded levy OF ovel
eo0O par CARLOAD upon ths people Of Elko, Will