Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-12

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age Of cars belonging 10 the railroads.
1t Is unquestlonabiy the duty Of the
/ railroaCs engaging In the livestock
! traffic to provide therefor suitable
{ track and yard facilities, and II is evil
I dent that this can be done much more
! cheaply Tor the railroads collectively
I than were each road TO maintain its
| own special DEPOT Within hve years
! mast over hnif minion Of dollars have
been expended by this company for ad-
I uitlonal grounds and tricks, on which
I the railroads store their cars, and there
] are continuously every day In the
: year over a thousand cars occupy
ins these tracks. for which accommodate
! tion they have not paid and do not
! pay any additional compensation
whatever. IL is fact that will admit
OF no contradiction that these yards
furnish the cheapest terminal charges
OF any stock yards in the country.
II there arc any incidental charges
which place this property at a dlsad-
vantage with other competing institute
tons, or which are unreasonable or
unjust we shall be very glad TO have
our attention called to them, and we
assure you that most careful con-
slderatlon will be given to any such
claim, and any Injustice found will be
corrected j. C. DEN1SON.
Secretary.
Messrs. John Nesbitt. H. T. keenan,
and II. G. Krake then submitted the
side of the railroad companies. and In
substance stated what IS herewith sub
mittod, being a letter from Mr. j. w
Midgipy, chairman of the Western
Freight association:
Messrs C. A. Mallory, w. T. Keenan,,
~. p. Buel. W. i. Tamblyn II. a.
III.
Railroad Committee Chicago Live
STOCK Exchange: Gentlcmen-At the
conference held with sou June % II was
agreed by the representatives Of the
railroad companies that reply to your
petition should, by tho undersigned. bc
made, IN order that the reasons for
The additional charge for the delivery
or livestock, etc, at tNc Union Stock
Yards, should he stated
When the Stock Yards company was,
organized over thirty years ago. as an
ludueement to the railroads which then
entered Chicago 10 make deliveries Of
livestock at the new location. the COM
pany constructed a system OF connect
ing tracks, by means of which, regard
legs OF the proximity or Temoteness Of
the terminals Of the various roads,
loaded ears would be carried TO the
Yards and rmptos he returned to
Junction points without charge TO the
railway companies for the use OF such
connecting tracks. In no other why
49,, me yhrus nave become ostah-
i i'a.,.u as common ltgclNlng point;
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railroads tbr,urbnut tr. ,,Ir,p,,l..,
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PR, IHcliiues mus created were ten
uyI'd 70 INC railrpad companies ut n
ume When their charges for the trans
portatlon Of livestock were far In cx-
cess OF those now iH effect. For OK
ample the rate on cattle for distances
OF $40 miles approXH utcd 500 per car:
whereas the average now received falls
short at $50 per car Formerly cattle
Were cnrrled In cars owned by the rail-
roads OF no unusual size OF pattern
while OF late yenrs specially constitute
ted equipment, Of exceptional length
and style, n required The drain upon
the revenues OF the railroads has thus
been constant, until n point mas been
reached below which II is. in tho iudr-
ment OF the manarers of tho nron-
er.ies. unsafe TO 20.
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