The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-05-03
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The Central Pacific Railroad, with
a view of regaining the transportation
of freight to Bristol. Phoebe, Panaca,
Bullionville, and the whole of this sec.
ton of country, sent up number of con.
tracts to G. r. Barton to have our mcr.
chants sign. The agreement, on the part
Of the Central Pacific and Eureka &
Palisade railroads, to lay the freight down
at the terminus in Eureka, is certainly
very fair and reasonable as to the freight
coming from the West. The contract
binds the merchants "to ship or cause
to be shipped by way of the Central Pa.
cifc Railroad and Eureka & Palisade
Railroad all the goods, wares, merchan-
disc purchased by or for and shipped by
or consigned to said party of the second
part from points which may be reached
by way Of Eureka and the Central Pacific
Railroad" The agreement not only
binds the merchants to ship all their
goods heretofore shipped by rail over the
Central Pacific, "but also that class and
portion which it has been the custom of
the party OF the second part to ship by
team from Utah or from points by other
than the railroad lines owned and oper
ated by the parties of the first part" 1t
can thus be plainly seen that a person
signing such contract surrenders all his
rights to ship goods to Phoebe in any way
except over lines controlled by the Cen.
trail Pacific. The merchants of this sec.
ton of country receive the bulk of their
supplies from the East. They receive
liberal rate from the railroads in Utah
for the transportation of goods, and they
also avail themselves of the advantages
of the war between the roads running
East when they reduce freight. Not
withstanding the very liberal reduction
in the rate of freight from the West, the
agreement makes no mention on the rate
OF freight from the East, except to bind
our merchants to ship all such freight
over the Central Pacific lines. If a mer.
chant sends out into Utah, where our
produce mostly all comes from, for 100
tons of -four or grain, by the agreement
- was SoheAaSs hC WOuIu US DOuQu
to ship this flour or grain over the Utah
Central up to Salt Lake, thence to Ogden,
Palisade and Eureka, and at the latter
place there is no telling how long it
would have to lay before it would be
shipped to Phoebe, distance of two hun.
dred miles, by team, making the freight
alone cost more than what the article
could be purchased for at retail in this
place. The rate of freight from the East
to Eureka would be so great, that not.
withstanding the great reduction made
on the Western freight, it would cost the
shippers more to ship via Eureka than it
does by they way which they now ship.
The Central Pacific agrees to carry the
freight as far as Eureka, at which place,
the railroad company says, q person
agrees to convey the freight to Phoebe by
team at II cent per pound, but the rail.
road company will not guarantee that the
freight will be transported from Eureka
to Phoebe at the stated price, or any other
price. They simply dump the freight at
Eureka, and the merchants can get it
down here as best they may. As far as
we are aware, not one merchant either in
Bristol or Phoebe signed the contract,
they probably thinking it best to leave
well enough alone.