Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Shippers Are Now Complaining of
Lack of Transportation
FROM PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
Which is Boosting Buffalo at the Expense of
Pittsburg.
WEEKS WORK AT THE LIBERTY YARDS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1859. 4

THURSDAY, OCTOBER u. 1889.
There is of late a good deal of growing
on the part of live stock shippers in the
territory known as the Middle division, be-
tween Crestline and Ft. Wayne, against the
railroad management of the Pennsylvania
Company lines The grievances were thus
put by Liberty stockman in an interview
this morning:
81 know a number of shippers through
the territory west of Crestline who last week
brought their stock to stations along the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad lines, and being un-
able TO secure transportation, were forced to
take the stock home or send it on to Buffalo
instead of East Liberty. These shippers
had sent in their orders several DAYS ahead.
On complaint being made to Mr.. Clarke, of
Fit Wayne, whose business it is to look
after transportation on the Middle division,
he said he could not furnish the cars, and it
was uncertain when he could. Up to date
there has been no live stock received at East
Liberty from the section referred TO-"
The Cars Were There.
The gentleman who gives this information
also states that he travelled on those same rail-
road lines within day or two and saw empty
live stock cars in the Bucyrus and Crestline
yards, and anynumber of the same kind of cars
travelling Westward bearing coke, iron, etc.
Another stockman reported that he started
with some live stock from Mansfield at 9 p M.
Tuesday last for East Liberty, due at Alliance
at2O'clock Wednesday morning he arrived
there about two hours behind time.
Al,1..1 A1.wno
hours a short distance from Allegheny, where
his stock was sidetracked for a Western train
to be made up, when the latter should have
been sided and permitted the cattle cars to 60
on to their destination without further deten-
ton. The result was that the live stock reached
Last Liberty seven hours behind the time they
should have reached it said the gentleman
quoted above:
There is no difficulty getting stock from Chi
caGo or Indianapolis promptly through to East
Liberty but little attention seems to be given
BY Pennsylvania lines to local shipments, which
/ had always supposed paid the company best.
There is general complaint of late by shippers
concerning detention of local stock, and par
ticularly against the management of lines be-
tween Crestline and Fort Wayne. If the Penn
sylvania Company don't want this trade stock
men would be pleased to have notice served to
that effect SO we can act accordingly. Buffalo
is receiving trade of late which belongs to
P1ttsburg. and which we would undoubtedly
have if the proper facilities were furnished by
the railroad system that centers here"
Weeks Work at Liberty Yards.
1t will be seen from report OF the weeks
work. as given below. that the receipts and
sales of cattle for the local trade were unusual
lylarge. Weighmaster Dunkeld reports that
he has weighed more cattle this week than for
any one week Tor the past five or six years. A
rather strange coincidence, as shown by our re-
port is that the receipts of sheep this week and
last are ldentically the same.
Hogs and hog products are weakening. Re
ceipts at Chicago to-day were . 600 head.
From the present outlook October's receipts
will exceed those of last October by loo, 900 to
l5000 head 1t is estimated that October's re-
ceipts there will reach 100000 head ana No
vember 60 200 600 better. If this is not an over
estimate hogs must go still lower The outside
price at Chicago this morning was 81 80.
Following is the report of transactions at
Liberty yards for the week past:
RECEIPTS,