The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-05

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The carload rate le SgO lsiapd) cuya caAs.ra
u,hris % ssnisaw okahos ssyoas cents per hundred
combination o locals through Guthrie makes rate Of sYzo
mateiy 500 miles.
Mr. Brown writes the Secretary Of the Manufacturers Aso
s freight @ 8 Gws, @ weighing on 2 9a pounds 1 s9d
lance 9oa niles is Approximately $500 and e points in Central Ohio
The freight moweby the caroad-weigtng $50 to 900
pounds Guthrie Oklahoma Hooker, Oklahoma approx
niatey $3.50 sachs-Guhrie las "Jobbers" rates
The following clas. effect between
and Chicago distance o7S miies)
First First class lass (90s} s e cts (psr per 100 100 lbs lbs
Third class (IoOS), so cts. (per 100 lbs)
Fourth class Sl9oS) @ 3S cts tper 100 lbs
comparison with the following rates charged by raoad operating
Cleveland Oklahoma Fairfax Oklahoma he short line rail
distance is exactly 40 nles.)
First class 90 cts per 100 lbs
Third class O. cts. per 100 lbs.
Fourth tiass So cts. per 100 lbs
4 NIr Baker Of Cleveland shipped carload OF household
goods and Ding Store Fixtures weighing less than lbs from
Cleveland Oklahoma FArax Oklahoma The Santa Fe agent al
Faax collected sa5o for freight caEges tCaro August
40 mlcs) the freight would have been approximately $1,000
Mr. Hopkins shipped 5000 lbs of household goods, released
value Of $500 per hundred pounds case of loss and damage
from Coagate Oklahoma, McCmtam Oklahoma (dstance E28
niles charged for freight at rate of $o2 cw
The freight the shipment from New York City Milwaukee
Ia distance of 100 miles) figures exactly $3.50
If New York Central lines would collect the Oklahoma lines
of cs the New York Central Board of Directors could
Senator Chauncey Depews salary million dollars
annu instead Of $oooooo-ae the wages of all employees
pay operating expenses fixed charges dividends and
carry toward handsome surplus every yearor the that
New Y Central bonds and stocks issued in of actual
construction the that Oklahoma lines In Okla
bonds have been issued of actual cost and tie stocks
are nearly all water" for example:
CS07S26 mile OF line
stocks and funded 486SOO mile OF
6tb910o OF line
Co stocks funded debt 2ies7soo per mile Of line
Comparing the above with the G.. +. O. r. r. Codofb'e
rack best equipped system OF Chcagopsscngcr trains %
niles per hourStocs and Funded debt only $500 per mile cf
conclusivey that Oklahoma lines debt THAI
they worth. The "Brownsve road road in Texas
heavy thoroughly bulascdweu cquippedauaI
$o0ooI per mile of line When business goes debt for
more than he is worth he either quits business into bank
nptcy. When railroads debt for an they worth they
howl for higher freight rates and often times when rates are low
etsd by State Commissions they have earoad attorney MANDY
who tho Federal bench to deliver profound and learned
opinion in regard to "condscation of property"
Class and express rates from Kansas City Mo- 10 points
named in table a foows
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