The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-01-17

Machinery company twenty-nine cars
of bar steel having total weight of
$50. TAI pounds.
Distance from Chicago to Fair
field 256 miles.
Distance from Chicago to Bur-
lington 2O6 miles.
Distance from Burlington to Fair
field so miles.
Rate from Chicago to Fairfield ls
cents per 100 pounds.
"Rate from Chicago to Burlington
5 cents per 100 pounds.
Rate from Burlington to Fair
field 10 cents per 100 pounds.
Rate charges for hauling these
twenty mine cars 206 miles S49O.37.
Freight charges for hauling these
twenty cars so miles S784 SO.
In this particular case the freight
for one-fifth of the entire distance
the part in Iowa-is 1924. % more
than for the other four-fifths of the
distance-the part in Illinois.
In 1906 the Iowa Malleable Iron
company of this city shipped in 1897
long tons of pig iron. Most of this
if not all came from Chicago.
crate from Chicago to Fairfield
$2.40 per long ton.
crate from Chicago to Burlington
81. per long ton.
Freight from Chicago to Fairfield
on 1897 long tons SO, 1872. so.
Freight from Chicago to Burling-
ton on 1887 long tons, s1.597.
Freight charged from Burlington
to fairfield. 1887 long tons SO. 1856. so.
Freight on 1887 ton for hauling
fifty miles in Iowa, So. 1885, so.
Freight on 1897 ton for hauling
206 mile in Illinois ST.. 597.
''In other words the freight charges
for hauling 1887 ton of pig iron fifty
miles in Iowa are S63s. 80 more than
for hauling the same tonnage 206 miles
in | linois.
| understand perfectly that nothing
you could do would affect a through
rate, but if it is to be the settled
policy of the railroad to make the in
terstate rate. so far as Iowa people
are concerned. by adding the local
distance tariff from the state line to
the point of destination, it is possible
to so adjust our rates that less injus.
tice would follow their application in
that manner.
At the present time there are nc
joint rates upon local traffic. The
law gives to the railroad commission
] the authority. upon specific applica-
tion. to establish joint rate. but
there is no authority to prescribe G
general schedule of joint rates. Tha
constitutionality of the existing
i statute was at one time questioned
but the case in which it arose was
determined upon another issue and
therefore the validity of the law is
still undecided. / recommend the
subject to you as one worthy of the
most careful consideration. 1t is
believed by very many of our manu-
facturers. as we'll as by large pro-
portion of our general shippers that
the law should be amended SO as te
confer upon the commission as COM
plete power to establish schedule OF
1 joint rates embracing all railroads
and all traffic as it now has to pro.
mulgate schedule of rates ovel
! single lines.
Demurrage
4 Two propositions will be admit tet
without controversy: First that it i:
the duty of every railway c, mpany tt
provide itself with sufficient motive
power and enough cars to carry tn,
freight offered to it with reasonabl,
promptitude and to furnish thes,
facilities without discrimination t,
| the shippers who ask for them
second it is the duty of shippers ant
consigners to load and unload car
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