FREIGHT RATES AND MANUFACTURES IN 

 COLORADO: A CHAPTER IN 

 ECONOMIC HISTORY 



By John Burton Phillips 



CONTENTS 

 Chapter I. Introduction PAG e 



Denver as a Distributing Centre 9 



Importance of Long Haul 9 



Dependence of Rocky Mountain Region on Railroads 9 



Power of Railroad Manager . . .10 



Interest of Railroad Manager in Dividends 10 



Carrying Industry Desires Haulage 10 



Localization of Manufactures in East Increases Haulage .... 10 

 Manufactures in East; Raw Material Production in West . . . .11 

 Transportation Companies ' Interest in This Condition . . . .11 



Population Moves West More Rapidly than Manufactures . . . .11 

 Heaviest Denver Shippers Formulated First Schedule of Freight Rates . 11 



This Schedule Accepted by Railroad 12 



Industrial Characteristics of Mining Population 12 



Beginning of Local Manufacture . 13 



Complaints against the Freight Rates 13 



Legislative Investigation of 1885 14 



Chapter II. Testimony of Manufacturers and Merchants 



Paper. — Paper- Mill Project Defeated by Threat to Lower Rates . . 15 



Saddlery. — Rate on Raw Material Higher than on Manufactured Goods . 15 

 Freight Rate Lower from East through Denver to California than to 



Denver 16 



Lower Rates to Cheyenne and Ogden than to Denver . . . .17 



Whip Manufacture Discouraged by High Rates 18 



Evils of Railroad Pool 18 



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