Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-17
IFAIR ADJUSTMENT
|xrH RATES ON THE SAME BASIS
~ TO GALVESTON AND HOUSTON.
,,ueves In "a Great Seaport for
re.as Hut Not Mt the Ex-
pense of the Interior.

The position OF the jobbers of North
F,ras In the matter of lower freight
,tes and especially those In force to
IN rulf ports, Is so well presented in
IN following article from Manager
E,rley OF the Dallas freight bureau,
rsIch appears in the current Issue of
IN Railway Age, that 1t Is reproduced
An Texas is common point ter
rspry except that portion west of a
= running through Cisco and San
,,tonlO and the small territory of
:0uston and Galveston. The inter-
ute rates from defined territories to
common points are the same. both
rioad and less than carload. The car
,d and less than carload rate from
Louis TO TeNarkana. Denlson and
der northern gateways are the same
n to Corpus Christi. 500 miles from
mariana. The railroads practically,
ID Interstate freight, haul across the
,ae Of Texas for nothing. We think
las blanket system is wrong. but we
h,s been unable to get 1t changed
ne Interstate traffic OF Texas from
ne defined territories is done on two
urifs made by the Southwestern Traf-
Z, association one to Texas common
Points and the other to Galveston and
Hmston, the latter much lower than
he former, caused, the railroads claim,
u water rates down the Mississippi to
New Orleans and from New Orleans to
Galveston and Houston. AS packing
Muse products and other perishable
rights are not shipped without re-
.Keratlon. and as no boats on the Mis-
@sippi refrigerate, and as agricultural
IMPLEMENTS and iron and steel articles
..a ,nt .htnnnI hN xya
Jsssel, sail or steam, has piled between
ysw orleans and Galveston or Houston
n twenty years or more, except
Sathern Pacific boats, especially in
itT Of the fact that these lower rates
tst In operation to Galveston and
ksston before any railroad was built
kxetn New Orleans and Houston, we
tnt consider these rates water rates,
mink they should not be lower than
1b Dallas and other common point
Yrs.
khave been unable to get the rail-
~ TO make what we consider n fair
AGstment, and are asking equallza-
" Of our state commission. We think
- tariffs should be made In Texas.
y as into Texas from defined terri
ines, carrying, also alike, class and
ramodlty rates. one to apply from
'alyeston and Houston, made both as
class and commodity rates by opera
toa Of dlforentials which these cities
axe with st. Louis as to basing point;
u other TO apply between Texas COM
~ points. Glass rates to be lower in
Us mrtn sufficient to equallze with
sAfeston and Houston. and the maxi
lan L. c. l.. commodity rate to be the
.lefence the g. l.. and l.. c. l.. rate
avn S. Louis. For instance, the c. Il.
nh on packing house product from
Aansas City to Texas common points
cents, the l.. c. l.. rate 50 cents,
xsshg Texas jobbers is cents TO dis
ul.ate on. which under commission
III carries out nineteen miles. We
shum IL cents as maximum rate, Gal
u'oh and Houston cannot complain.
hey take established differentials
sNH st. Louis and stand in the same
Vsauoh TO Texas common points.
We have never asked lower rates
w. defined territories for common
-4 Nobers than Galveston and Hous-
y. Wy only for same rates. We think
aFoper basis for rates in the state
~ aivision received by the roads in
Y, asie on the interstate haul. We do
rneve that they should be as low;
s,,eaey certainly should not be twice
.'sh For the last three months corn
wen carried from Kansas to Gal
son at so low a figure that Texas
~ could not be moved. The crop in
- u vast and sixty per cent of 1t
.east Is now on hand. We do not
ID, ana the facts seem to prove 1t,
me roads got more than 9 cents
s,n hundred for the Texas part OF the
~ ~. maui where as the export rate
~ ieNas points to Galveston was 10
per hundred. while we do not
rer, mat we should have a rate OF
= "S IN Texas, we do not believe that
.ate should have been 10 cents.
shrh 10 cents would have been
~ we believe In a great seaport
NV s leNos coast, but we do not be-
ua, all the interior cities OF Tex
'"'uid be ruined in order to build