Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-13
Eastern Temperature.

New YoIK, Aug. E.-At midnight the
highest temperature was ~ degrees; low
est was 81.
At Chicago the thermometer ranged
from 62 TO " degrees.
About Transeontinental Freighis.
Boston, August 12.-Commissioner
Fink will soon make an appeal to the
agents of different lines both IN Boston
and Chicago to put stop to the prac-
tico of billing freight for Chicago and
then reshipping it for California;; but
as their pecuniary interests lie In an
opposite direction this appeal will pro-
badly have little effect. The imInedi-
ate difficulty would be Obviated if the
rate to California we're reduced by the
difference between the regular rate
ON Chicago freight and the amount al
lowed roads for hauling freight to Chi
cagO on she way to California. Such
change a. this. however, could not we'll
be made. Another source OF compiica-
ton is the different ciassiticatiolS Of
freight adopted by the Pacific railroads
as compared with that adopted on east
ern reads. The Pacific roads Get all
they can for freight that mnst be ship
ped by rail from the East, and they
offer favorable rates on freight thas
could we'll be sent by sea or not sent
at all. This state of affairs would make
it very difficult to adopt any other than
the present system of dividing receipts
ON through business. The practical
cutting of rates Is said To have been
augmented by the National Disp itch
line, which of course affects only the
higher classes of goods. On the lover
classes tbs y per cent. allowed eastern
roads is nearly az much as they could
get by billing their freight to Chicago.
and thence to California. All the Pa
citic roads are in pool. The object of
their competition row is to increase
then tonnage So az to secure a large
share of the total earnings of tho roads
when division is made. The Southern
Pacific and tho Atchison roads prefer to
recsive freight at St. Louis rather than
Chicago, because they lack any connec-
ton with Chicago, that is in the Iowa
pools. The Pennsylvania road has lines
10 Chicago and also to st. Louis, ane so
far as its own are concerned eau as well
send freight to one point as to tho other.
The Vanderbilt roads prefer to send
their freight by way of the Union Pa
citic road, although they do net refuse
when it is asked to bill it via the Atch
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe. The Chi
cago and Alton road, which is one of
the connecting lines between Chicago
and st. Louis, is not in the Iowa pool.
The Southern Pacific and Atehison, To-
peka and Santa Fe roads are intent
upon securing in some way fair share
Of the California business, and if Com
| missioner Fink's efforts to break up the
practice of practically cutting rates are
unsuccessful. those roads will probably
take some decisive means of rstaliating
upon their RIVALS.
A Trade Report.
NEW YonK. Aug. 12.-Durii the past
week the general trade has been unmis-
takably slow, disappointingly slow in
some cases, for an early inserting of the
fall trade has been expected, and tie
expectation has been disappointed. The
most disappointment has be n felt by
those who have combined to put prices
mp and keep them up in tho expectation
that crops would be both unusually late
and short, but their calculations have
been upset. and az a Co lsequence prices
have a downward tendency. Chief
among the fluctuations are wheat, which
changed hourly and at the close was
again lower with limited demand. The
export limits have been further lowered
to conform to the easier markets. rul-
ing abroad, and are set at figure that
prevents any dealings of considerable
magnitude for foreign account. Bar
Icy is steady and quiet.
Busted Up.