Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-07-23
FREIGHT RATES.
MATERIALLY REDUCED.

FREIGHT RATES
MATERIALLY REDUCED
Recent reductions in freight rates
into Prescott effect saving of from
seven to fifty-seven per cent in
transportation charges. This is the
| third reduction made within the last
eighteen months in freight rates
covering the commodities enumerated
in the tariff published, which in
cludes practically all articles con-
sumed in the home For the benefit
of the public, tariff changes effective
April /, May l, and July l and IS,
are published, and show the follow
ing freight reductions, in the list
enumerated below:
Potatoes and onions: From Phoe-
nix, carloads, old rate % cents, new
rate, %. cents per hundred. Less
than carloads. old rate, "a cents;
new rate, 4S cents per hundred.
From Flagstaff, carloads, old rate,
80 cents; new rate, 20H cents per
hundred Less than carloads, old
rate, 50 cents; new rate, Al cents
per hundred.
Melons: From Glendale, old rate,
81 cents; new rate, II cents per
hundred. From Phoenix, old rate,
SO cents; new rate, 76 cents per hun
bred.
Condensed milk: From Tempe and
creamery, old rate, 81 cents; new
rate, IS cents per hundred.
Hay, carloads, from Phoenix, old
rate, 20 cents; new rate, q cents
per hundred. From Glendale, old
rate, 70 cents; new rate, p cents
per hundred.
The reduction in class rates from
Los Angeles and San Francisco
brings about the following changes:
Dried fruit: Qn boxes, etc). Car
loads, from Los Angeles, old rate,
S1l0; new rate, 80 cents Dried
fruit Tin sacks, carloads, from Los
Angeles, old rate, Sl.30; new rate,
90 cents per hundred.
The foregoing items indicate d
saving OF ii cents and 81 cents per
hundred, respectively.
Petroleum and petroleum products,
carloads. from San Francisco, old
rate, Sl03; new rate, 90 cents per
hundred. From Los Angeles, old
rate, o5 cents; new rate, SO cents
per hundred.
Building paper. also roofing and
felt, carloads, San Francisco, old
rate, S1.00; new rate, 90 cents per
hundred.
Tea: The rates from Los Angeles
and San Francisco have been re-
duced Is cents per hundred
Sugar: The new rates are ] cents
per hundred pounds lower than the
old ones from California producing
points.
Gelatin, Saratoga chips: The new
rate from San Francisco is 80 cents
per hundred pounds lower than the
old. From Los Angeles the rate is
reduction of-25 cents per hundred
pounds.
Butter. maple and maple favor,
cloves, pepper, spices, biscuits, cakes,
bread and crackers: The new rates
provide a saving of 81 cents per
hundred pounds from San Francisco
and 80 cents per hundred pounds
from Los Angeles.
Potatoes, Jelly, liquid washing
compounds, mustard, soap. starch,
tapioca flour, rice flakes, rice flour,
rice meal, Sage, flour, baking pow
der, from San Francisco and Los
Angeles, the new rates are 80 cents
and q cents per hundred pounds
lower, respectively, than the old
rates.
Macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, rice,
flour, sugar, flavoring syrups, mo-
1asses: The rate from Los Angeles
is a saving of 43 cents per hundred
and from San Francisco, 81 cents
per hundred pounds.
Green vegetables, including beets.
carrots, onions, turnips, celery, Gu
cumbers, garlic, rubard, tomatoes.
From San Francisco the new rate is
80 cents per hundred pounds under
the old. From Los Angeles, %
cents.
Dried beans, lentils, peas. etc: The
new rates are 80 cents and 80 cents
per hundred reduction from San
Francisco and Los Angeles, re-
spectively, as against the old rates.
Other dried vegetables now move
under rates that are reduction of
80 cents per hundred from San Fran
cisco and % cents pr hundred from
Los Angeles.
Potatoes: The rate from San
Francisco has been reduced 20 cents
per hundred and from Los Angeles.
10 cents per hundred.
Within the past two and one-half
years there have been six important
reductions in rates to Prescott, af-
fecting points throughout the East,
points in California and Arizona, and
also FL Paso, not including two re-
auctions in rates on lumber from
Arizona mills and coal from New
Mexico.