Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-15
FREIGHr r
An Idea Of che Recent Cut in the
Freight Rates over the Central
Pacific ROAf.

An Idea of n Recent Cut in the
Freight Rates over the Central
Pacific ROad.
The Southern Pacific Company pa.
clio SYSTEM have adopted a new Ne.
vada and Utah tariff that lessons
considerably in many instances the
charges for freight over the Central
Pacific road to and from San Fran
cisco. The change wen into effect Sep
TENDER /, and many of the merchants in
town are in receipt of printed classified
schedules. Heretofore most OF the COM
modities shipped from California 10 Pali-
SADIE came under one head, and the uni.
form charge for lots less than a carload
was 50 SIS per hundred. Now, these com
modities are classified, and in some cases
the reduction is nearly one-half. The
average reduction ranges from 80 to SO per
cent. On first-clsss freight from the Bay
10 Palisade the rate Is 50 55 per hundred
pounds; second class, 50 IA; third class,
81 II, and fourth class ST. 33. Under the
last named list comes such articles as foul
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and shorts. green coffee in boxes or sacks,
sugar, canned-meats, fish, fruit and vege-
tables, bacon and hams in barrels and
boxes, soaps, dried or picked beef il
packed likewise, grain in sacks, castings,
nails, paints. rubber roohngs, rope in
coils, etc. 'Inasmuch as the freight charges
on most of these articles between the points
named have prior to September / been
50 IS, there is, as will be seen, a reduction
Of 81 % per hundred weight. Among the
third.class articles are isur In boxes,
dried fruit in boxes or barrels, apples in
barrels, beer in quantities less than a car
load, honey, crackers, ground and roasted
coffee in sacks or barrels, candles, plows.
blinds. doors, carpenter holdings, char
coal in bulk, lumber, plug tobacco in
packages OF over 60 pounds, ETC., most Of
which are favored with q reduction OF "a
cents per hundred weight. A still better
rate is given for many Of the articles
mentioned when shipped by the carload.
Sugar, as will be seen, 10 among the ar
ticles on which the freight is lessened.
but owing to a recent rise in the San
Francisco price of the article ther rate here
remains for the present substantially the
same. On coal oil there is a reduction,
but owing TO the price at which il is and
has for months past been bought in the
East. and the reasonable rates at which it
is shipped TO Palisade, the price Of the ar
ticie will likewise remain the same. Cali
fornia -four is already sensing the reduc-
ton. and is selling for Q figure equal
almost TO that of home production. In
order to give our people the full benefit of
the GREATEST possible reduction on that
brand it is shipped here in carloads and
sold to merchants in lots to suit at the E..
& P. depot. The advantage to be derived
is for those unable to order the article BY
the carload direct from California.
In fact. the reduction on freight rates
mentioned was made TO attract the trade
Of Nevada and Utah back TO California.
Owing to the rate of 50 10 per hundred
weight from principal points East to Pal
isade and the reasonable first cost Of many
articles there, our merchants have natur-
ally taken advantage of the same until
California is feeling sensibly the loss. As
freight rates and wholesale prices now are,
merchants will probably drift back TO the
Golden State for their supplies, as ii will
be, under present conditions to their ad-
vantage to do So. In some i~netances our
people will be benefited by the reduction
on the part Of the railroad company, but
inasmuch as most of our merchants, ss W
have said, have been buying East and Q
the lowest attainable rates, the Central
Pacific road and San Francisco and
Sacramento merchants will reap the
greatest benefit.