. The railroads and the industrial development of southern Illinois . ocal rates to malce up forthe deficit for the thru freight. President Hadley calls thisthe period of overstocked market, no profit, and cutthroat com-petition,with widespread insolvency. ^There was some adjustment of this condition by seaboard cities divided the traffic and the railroads ^oeganto pool their share of the traffic. The Southern Illinois trunk lines were effected by Poetically every road made connection with Atlanticseaboard lines. This was especially true of the Indianapolis and Cinci
. The railroads and the industrial development of southern Illinois . ocal rates to malce up forthe deficit for the thru freight. President Hadley calls thisthe period of overstocked market, no profit, and cutthroat com-petition,with widespread insolvency. ^There was some adjustment of this condition by seaboard cities divided the traffic and the railroads ^oeganto pool their share of the traffic. The Southern Illinois trunk lines were effected by Poetically every road made connection with Atlanticseaboard lines. This was especially true of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati connections. %rom all reports it seems to be evident that these trunk line roads did not cater to local trade. This was net true of theIllinois Central, altho it is shown by one writer that much ofthe local freight did not pay very well, especially from this ■^Hadley, Transportation, , ^Brownson, History of Illinois Central Railroad, p. 104. ^Ringwalt, Railway of the 10th decade, Relation between thru andlocal rates, p. ??43. MAP OF ILLINOIS. RAILROADS BUILT FROM 1860-1880 Coal Ro-ads in Red and BlackDote indicate important rail-road connections. MAP ILLINOISrailroadsindustr00murp
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