Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-15
LUMBER FRElGHTS
Dealers That Are Affected by
Advance in Rates.
THE CHANGE WILL CAUSE
Lumber 10 Cost the Consumer About 20 Per
Cent More Than Under the Commits.
sion-Raies About The Same
as 10 Omaha.
E CHANGE WILL CAUSE

When the injunction suits were de-
cided by Judge Mccormick all the rates
promulgated by the commission were
set aside and the roads enjOincd from
using them. This required a renewal
Of the ante-commission rates and was
all that could be expected until such
time as the roads could line up the rates
and issue new tariffs. These new tariffs
have not yet been promulgated and
those in effect prior 70 the advent Of
the commission are understood to be
effective whether the roads have given
notice to that effect or not.
The latest source OF complaint comes
from the Louisiana mill men upon a
notice Of the Texas and Pacific that
from and after September 10 the rates
ON lumber in effect prior to September
l., 1891, would become effective, this
rate being pit cents on interstate bust
ness instead Of lSc as fixed by the COM
mission.
A GAZETTE reporter, DESTROYS of
learning what effect the restoration OF
the old rate would have, lied upon
the lumber dealers with view to as
oertaining the view they took Of 1t.
One extensive dealer said that the rate
gas In very unsatisfactory condition
md n t no notice had been received
by his firm from either the mill men or
The railroads that the rates were
10 be restored, or, as many would say,
advanced. They expected the rates
to 90 up daily, but if the roads would
only hold off week longer, his firm
would have received sufficient stock
10 carry their trade until spring, and
by that time they doubt not the com
mission would again be in the saddle
and pushing things. He alluded to the
rate irCm louisiana mills being 2ll
cents to Fort Worth and % cents to
Omaha. This is question he could
not satisfactorily answer and he had
not seen traffic man who could, the
reasons given being that Omaha was
about equi-distant from northern and
southern mills and that to enable
southern mills to compete with the
northern ones in that market 22-cent
rate was necessary, Another reason
was that Omaha was on the Missouri
river, a 'navigable stream,n and that
water transportation cut biz figure
though no one ever heard of
southern lumber being RATED
up stream. Besides there is seldom
more than one and never more than
three b ats up tho Missouri beyond
Kansas City IN a season and these in
variably make the trip during the June
rise.
A. !. ROE & co.
said they had been notified by the mill
men that the rates were liable to 90
back 10 those rates In effect before Sep
tombcr, 1891. Rates are in a very I'M
settled state, but whether they have
been restored or not we cannot say, as
we had fully stocked up before this re-
ported advance, not because we were
expecting IT, for we were not but be-
cause cotton is beginning to move and
when this traffic sets in its frequently
u very difficult matter to obtain cars. y
BURTON, LINGO h co.
had received no notice of an advance,
though they We're expecting It daily.
Ii the rates 20 back to 2lf cents it
means an advance OF about 20 per cent
on lumber; for instance lumber that is
now selling at SlS will then advance
to $50. At present there are no
regular rat rs, all rates being very badly
cut up. We expect the rates, how
ever to be advanced about the 18th. AS
10 the difference in rates between Fort
Worth aud Omahu We cannot say. You
can buy northern lumber there I. o. b.
cars cheaper than you can southern
lumber.