. Railroads, rates and regulation . by rail to Augusta and back to It was common for freight from Pittsburg to go byboat down to Cincinnati, only to return by rail via Pittsburgto New York at a lower rate than on a direct Evenright in the heart of eastern trunk line territory, such thingsoccur in recent times. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Daytonprior to its consolidation with the Pere Marquette divided its 1 51st Congress, 1st sess., Sen. Rep., No. 847, p. 176. 2 Pubs. Amer. Stat. Ass., June, 1896, p. 73. 3 Reports Internal Commerce, 1876, pp. 54-59. 4 Map in Brief of
. Railroads, rates and regulation . by rail to Augusta and back to It was common for freight from Pittsburg to go byboat down to Cincinnati, only to return by rail via Pittsburgto New York at a lower rate than on a direct Evenright in the heart of eastern trunk line territory, such thingsoccur in recent times. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Daytonprior to its consolidation with the Pere Marquette divided its 1 51st Congress, 1st sess., Sen. Rep., No. 847, p. 176. 2 Pubs. Amer. Stat. Ass., June, 1896, p. 73. 3 Reports Internal Commerce, 1876, pp. 54-59. 4 Map in Brief of Ed. Baxter, U. S. Supreme Court in the AlabamaMidland case. 5 Windom Committee, II, p. 795. 6 Cullom Committee, p. 530. Hudson also cites similar cases from theHepburn Committee. Cf. also Report on Internal Commerce, 1876, 57. PROBLEMS OF ROUTING 271 eastbound tonnage from the rich territory about Cincinnatiamong the trunk lines naturally tributary. But no soonerwas it consolidated with the Michigan road than its eastbound. freight was diverted to the north — first hauled to Toledo, Detroit and even up to Port Huron, thence moving east and around Lake Erie to In the Chicago field similar 1 New York Evening Post, Sept. 30, 1905. 272 RAILROADS practices occur. Formerly the Northwestern road was chargedwith making shipments from Chicago to Sioux City via This required a carriage of 670 miles between pointsonly 536 miles apart; and the complaint arose that the round-about rate was cheaper than the rate by the direct routes. Iam privately informed that the Wisconsin Central at presentmakes rates between these same points in conjunction withthe Great Northern, the excess distance over the direct routebeing 283 miles. Complaints before the Elkins Committee lare not widely different in character. Thus it appears thattraffic is hauled from Chicago to Des Moines by way of FortDodge at lower rates than it is carried direct by the Rock Islandroad, despite the f
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