The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-10-27
ODDITIES or TRANSPORTATION.
The Longest Way Round Very Often
the Cheapest.

the Cheapest.
A foreign commercial paper is authority
for the statement that a steamship compan,
has paid during the past Summer 2 cents
per bushel for the privilege Of carrying
wheat in bags from Baltimore to Liverpool
A Glasgow paper states that Scotch grant,
is now sent from that city to London b,
The way Of New York. 1t is presumed that
beth the wheat and granite are used as
ballast, A paper devoted TO sheep hus-
bandry states that the wool raised in South
ern Australia was taken from Adelaide TO
San Francisco by steamer, carried TO New
York by rail, rashipped, and laid down in
London for less sum than wool was carried
from New Mexico to Philadelphia. The
sheep raisers of Utah, unable to obtain rea
sonable rates for sending their wool to cast
srn markets, paid the local rates ON it from
Ogden to San Francisco, and then sent it tt
New York. BY having II in San Francisco
they were able to take advantage Of the rates
made in order TO secure the transportation
Of wool produced in Australia and New
Zealand. The Vermont butter makers COM
plain that they are being ruined by the
cheap rates made by railway companies to
secure the carrying of Iowa dairy products.
They state that butter is carried from Des
Moines to Boston cheaper than from Mont
pelier TO Boston. At recent meeting Of
he Northwestern Dairymen's Association
he proprietor of a Wisconsin cheese factory
stated that he could send his products Ia
Liverpool by the way Of Quebec cheaper
than he could get them transported to st.
Paul. Il is reported that salmon canned
at the mouth Of the Columbia River is car
ried to England for half the sum demanded
for taking it to the eastern portion Of the
State Of Oregon. Farmers living less than
hundred miles cast Of London complain
that it costs more TO send their wheat to
that city than it does to send it from Amer
lea. An adage that has lived through the
centuries, probably ON account Of its appar.
,nt absurdity, informs us that thelongest
way round is the nearest way home" II
the longest way is not the nearest one, II
may be, and often is, the cheapest one. Dur
ing the past season Chicago and Milwaukee
brewers have been using large quantities Of
barley raised in California and Utah. With
two railroads having no very large amount
of freight to transport ii would be reasona-
BILE to suppose that it would be brought by
cars. But very large proportion of it has
been brought by water. It was taken from
San Francisco to the Isthmus of Panama by
boat, transported across the Isthmus BY
rail, reshipped to New York, forwarded ia
Buffalo by canal boat, and there sent to
Milwaukee and Chicago on vessels. The
entire cost Of transportation was AZ cents
per 100 pounds. which was about 40 pei
cent. less than the railway rates before the
recent reduction. During a considerable
part of last summer it cost less to ride
from Chicago to San Francisco than to go
half way across the State Of California.
During the same period persons living 100
miles west or north Of Chicago and wishing
to visit st. Paul paid their fare to this city;
bought tickets to the capital Of Minnesota,
and rode back over the road on which they
came.