Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1903 — THE RAILROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS

Lake Shore officials announce that their large freight ynrds at Elkhart, Ind., and Collinwood, Ohio, are now open. Import rates will be higher next year. All {he Atlantic port rail lines have aaeeuted to the advnnce of 10 per cent in the inland rates. Shipments of oranges from California this season are estimated at 28,000 to 30,000 car loads. Lust year they were 23,000 car loads. < From 1804 to 1902 the freight traffic of the United States—the number of tons carried one mile—increased from 80,335,000 to 157.250.000. It is announced in Chicago that the officers of the roads operating west of Chicago are determined to inaugurate a reform in the system of reserving Pullman berths in advancer Articles of consolidation of the Youngstown and Southern and the Yonngstown and Salem, under the name of the former, have been filed with the Secretary of State of Ohio. The Texas railroad commission he# ruled that certificates of weight on cotton from point of shipment to destination shall take precedence and then affidavits of railroads and consignee in the order named. ▲ joint conference waa held in New York last week between the Import committee of the trunk* fine association and a number of traffic officials of western roads. The object of the meeting wan to fix all import rates on a stable basis, each as will prevent the shipment off foreign goods to potats in 'the West at a lower rate than is made* for the same -u— of articles from poHita in this country. It was agreed to establish a fixed tariff of rates from all port* with the retee from Baltimore as the basts, the gulf railroads to have a 10 per cent differential ia their favor.