. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . .The most serious abuses of the freight business of the countryhave o^rown from this state of affairs. It costs nothinof but the useof the track to hold freight in cars; consequently freight is held incars instead of being put in storehouses, frequently for weeks andmonths at a time. There is but little earnest attempt made to urge consignees toremove freight; on the contrary, the consignees consider that theycan leave their freight as long as they choose, and that the railroadcompanies are bound to hold it ind
. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . .The most serious abuses of the freight business of the countryhave o^rown from this state of affairs. It costs nothinof but the useof the track to hold freight in cars; consequently freight is held incars instead of being put in storehouses, frequently for weeks andmonths at a time. There is but little earnest attempt made to urge consignees toremove freight; on the contrary, the consignees consider that theycan leave their freight as long as they choose, and that the railroadcompanies are bound to hold it indefinitely. One special practice has grown up as a result of this condition,that of shippers sending freight to distant points to their ownorder. This practice is most prolific of detention to cars, and yetis so strongly rooted in the traffic arrangements of the countrythat it is most difficult to put an end to it. Cars to order willfrequently stand for weeks before the contents are sold and theconsignee is discovered, during which time the cars accumulate, THE PER DIEM PLAN. 295.
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