FREIGHT RATES AND MANUFACTURES IN COLORADO 

 Transcontinental Commodity Rates, 1896 — Continued 



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Chicago to California 

 Terminals. Average 

 Distance 2,soo Miles 



Chicago to Colorado 

 Common Points. Aver- 

 age Distance 1,000 Miles 



Iron (roofing and corrugated) 



Iron horseshoes 



Iron bale ties 



Japanned ware 



Mats (rubber) 



Miners' leather-lined clothing 



Money-drawers 



Mustard 



Mackintoshes 



Nails and spikes 



Nuts (edible) 



Oilcloth (floor) and linoleum 



Paint 



Paper hangings 



Rubber clothing 



Rattan and willow furniture 



Spices 



Screens (foundry) 



Sewing machines 



Shoe findings 



Slates (school) 



Starch 



Stair pads 



Sweaters 



Shirts 



Stoves (gas, oil etc.) 



Tin (pig or bar) 



Tiling (art, decorated or inlaid) 



Tapioca 



Tobacco (smoking or cut plug, baled) 



Tobacco in barrels, boxes or kegs 



Toys 



Type 



Varnish 



Wax (for sealing canned goods) 



Window shades 



Water closets 



The following table shows the commodity rates from the California 

 terminal points to Colorado and also to the Missouri River. The same 

 characteristic feature appears as in the other table. It cost more to ship 

 to Colorado than to points on the Missouri River. 



