The Portland daily press., 1882-11-17
The prassad Maata onaation

The committee Of the railroads leading east,
ward out of Chicago met yesterday. They de
voted their session to the consideration of the
dressed mea question. A strong effort is be-
ing made to transfer dressed meats from the
dead weight to the live stock pool of the Chi
cago roads. It has met the opposition Of the
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroads, because
such a change would work to its advantage
At present the Grand Trunk receives II per
cent of all dead freight, and 6per cent OF all
live stock shipped eastward from Chicago. By
the changed proposed the Grand Trunk would
be compelled to turn into a pool, in which its
percentage was small business which mainly
goes over its line.
Dressed fresh meats have been shipped from
Chicago to New England for several years
The two principal shipping concerns are Swift
& Co. and Hammond & Co. The former ships
exclusively by the Grand Trunk and the lat
ter by the New York Central route to New
England points. Recently the Grand Trunk
has received additional traffic of this kind by
reason of business arrangements made with
Swift & Co. by the New York, Lake Erie and
Western Railroad, and it therefore is then
less disposed than il would have been before to
take this freight from a pool in which its
STARE is II per cent and put it in one (the only
stock) in which its percentage is only 6. It is
not DOUBTED byswell informed railroad men
that the Grand Trunk will resist the change
proposed in the Chicago pool unless an increase
in its share of the live stock traffic is conceded
by the other Chicago roads. The trunk lines
have agreed to take dressed fresh meats from
their dead freight pool and include. them in the
dix;ci rbo
sented to by the Erie Road except upon the
condition that ii should be allowed to appeal
for a readjustment of the trunk line percent
oges of the live stock traffic. The Erie az pre-
sent is allowed "a per cent of the live stock
traffic to New York, while its percentage in
the dead freight pool is about one-third. The
stock yard interests at the East and West have
been greatly excited because the Erie Compa-
ny made contract with Swift & Co for the
exclusive shipment of their dressed meats into
New York over the Erie Road. Under this
contract the introduction of these meats into
towns and cities all through New York aud
large part of Pennsylvania has made rapid
progress during the last three months. At
present this traffic over thu Erie is very heavy
and it comes into sharp competition with the
shippers and handlers of live Western cattle
intended for e astern consumption. The other
trunk lines enjoy no part of this business ex
cept as regards shipments to New England.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real estate have
been reported:
Portland-Chares e. Trefethen 60 Willis FL
Trefethen, land on Peaks Island.
Susan G. b. Cook ct al to Barnard McMene-
min, land on Cumberland street..
Susan ID. FL. Boyd ct al to Barnard McMene-
min, land on Cumberland street.
Yarmouth--P. N. Blanchard to A. p. Ran.
dali, Great Mogee's Island, Casco Bay.
Freeport-Hester A Bartol to William w.
Williams, lot of land
Raymond-C Charles Fl. Colby to Orrin G.
Chapman, So So rods land and buildings
Delaney Sears to Orrin G. Chapman, IS So
rods land and buildings.
Benjamin f. Davis to Orrln G. Chapman,
| 81 So rods land.
Howard Dunn to Marth Farwell, % acres of
| land.
Marian Hodgkins to Henry Farwel, lot of
| land.
Howard Dunn to Henry Farwell, q acres
| land and buildings.
| Bridgton-Forest Mills Co. ct ais to Lizzie
| A. Bacon, lot of land