. Crockery & glass journal . York on account of being closer to theregions which produce the traffic Thic is considereda departure from positions which they have main-tained in the past, and it is not in line with decisionsof the commission that freight rates should not beestablished on a mileage basis. John L. Crawford, freight traffic manager of theLackawanna Railroad, who was a witness, advocatedthe abolition of the differentials, so that the ratesto all ports be the same as to New York. He ad-mitted that if this were done there would be a sub-stantial increase in all the low-class commodit
. Crockery & glass journal . York on account of being closer to theregions which produce the traffic Thic is considereda departure from positions which they have main-tained in the past, and it is not in line with decisionsof the commission that freight rates should not beestablished on a mileage basis. John L. Crawford, freight traffic manager of theLackawanna Railroad, who was a witness, advocatedthe abolition of the differentials, so that the ratesto all ports be the same as to New York. He ad-mitted that if this were done there would be a sub-stantial increase in all the low-class commodities. THE COMPLETE CHINA SHOP. INHERE is no more interesting phase of the historyof commercial Detroit than that which dealswith the expansion of the central business district—its progress northward from the Detroit River. In the early days of Detroit the principal busi-ness houses were located in the vicinity of the Waynestreet and Cass avenue intersections of Jefferson ave-nue. Gradually the district extended to Woodward. avenue and down to the water front, thence northerlyon Woodward avenue to the Campus When the business district reached the latterpoint Detroit was a rather substantial little city, butit was only a very few of the progressive citizens ofthat day who dared to predict that Detroits centralbusiness district would eventually extend even as faras Grand Circus Park. In the meanwhile, of course,business houses were locating immediately off ofWoodward, but did not get very far east or west fromthe citys main thoroughfare. Subsequent events, however, have demonstratedthat it is no longer safe to predict just where thebusiness district will find its ultimate boundaries What was years ago considered a wild;; now the very heart of the retail section of the c ty. There is no present day business institution inDetroit that has more closely followed the expansionof the business center or that more clearly exempli-fies the progressive spirit that actuated the earlybusines
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