The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-06

milas) s ave cents per sack"
oncs c oaos % co@ oasSous, distance only vas miss
waa twenve cents hundred pOands twelve and oneha
The Corporation Commissions order making rates effective june
1908 reduced this rate a cents per hundred pounds or six
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ore rate on butter and eggs from point. ssrn iowa 10 New
Yok d't9nee q approximately 200 niles N eehyiou cents per
The carIoai.aie line (Rock Isand) Gymon Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma eghtynne per 100 pounds. From
Guthrie to Sasaw Oklahoma is eghyone cents per hundred
combination Of locals through Guthrie makes rate Of $40
pounds between points named Oklahoma distance approx
maey 500 miles. s8stf
M Brown writes Secretary the Manufacturers Asso
selling or 'sn a6oa $ S o %ss o e % Sss @ @
ance oo2 miles, approximately S2o md to points in Central Ohio
distance 6so nlies) from $r4o to $Iso each"
The freight mowerby the caroadweghing $50 to 900
pounds from Guthrie Oklahoma Hooker Oklahoma approx
Mr. Brown writes:
"Te following the class rates in effect between New
and Chicago (distance 975 mies)
Second 0iss class 'g9S8 9o8 8 CTS Cts Ps pst 9o 1000 5
Third class (IooSl, 50 cts tper 100 bs)
Fourth class (I9oS), IS cts (per 100 bs)"
Mr. Brown might add his ten cent increase and then make
comparison with the following rates charged by railroads operating
Cleveland Oklahoma to Fairfax, Oklahoma, e short line rail
distance IS exactly 40 niles.)
First class 90 cts. per 100 lbs
Second class 70 cts. per 100 lbs.
Third class 65 cts per lbs
Fourth class So cts. per 100 lbs.
Mr. Baker, of Cleveland, shipped carload Of household
goods and Drug Store Fixtures weighing less than $4,000 bs from
Fairfax collected 2soII for freight charges Gear No. 1890 August
ta)
If Mr. Baker had shipped his New York Onaha (ds
Mr. Hopkins shipped 5000 lbs of household goods released
value of $500 hundred pounds of loss and damage
from Coagate Oklahoma McCuan Oklahoma distance I2S
mlcs and charged for freight Of per c $sI9
The freight the shipment from New York City Milwaukee
"a distance Of 1000 mies) figures exactly $3.50
If the New York Central lines would collect the Oklahoma lines
bases of class the New York Central Board of Directors could
raise Senator Cauncey Depws salary million dollars per
instead OF $5ooooooraise the wages Of all employees
per pay all operating expenses fixed charges dividends and
carry forward handsome surplus every yeac the that
York Central bonds and stocks issued Of
of construction the that Oklahoma lines In Okla
homa bonds have been issued OF actual and the stocks
nearly all water" for example;
G07S26
T. stocks funded debit. Ss6900 mile Of line
santa Fe stocks and funded debit sOl52Oo per mile OF line
Midland Valley r. line
2I6S78OO mile line
Comparing the above with the c. b. & o r. r. Co,-doube
track bes equipped system Ccagopassenger trains 90
miles houSocks and Funded debt $3237Soo per mile OF
line shows conusvey that Oklahoma lines debt for than
they worth The brownsville road,a road in Texas
heavy steehoroughy baastedwe equppedactua ony
per mile of line When business goes debt for
than he worth he either business goes bank
ptcy When railroads go debt for than they worth they
howl for higher freight and often times when low
by State Commissions they have x-raoad attorney handy
who the Federal bench deliver profound and learned
opinion in regard to "conhscaton of property"
Class and express from Kansas City No. points
named in table follows: