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cipal seaboard ports and Chicago (subject to change) are: 
Ist 2d 3d | 4th | Sth | 6th 
From Class)\Class vai cits Gitte Class| * | B | Cc D 
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New York............- $0.75, $0.65 '30.50 $0.35 Ce ie ee Oe Bee been de EN 
Philadelphia... ..... oe Se ee en ee Yo ed ey oe ee 
Baktimoreie.....ce.se ee 67 57 47 Pac oat ft ad FR Bos AR ole, Os 
WOOGMEON shes cccat se chor 8 18 65 .50 35 .30 Se bates hc. eel ae ed] cards 
Portiangd,. Me .. ......-- .65 57 44 on .26 SRR Vere Don lad b+ Hew ES Re 
Newport News........| .59| .5h| 43) .29| .25 -20 
MGRtreals Jeccns pubes ie .65 .57 44 31 26 py ee Ee ee 
wOw Orleans... vccss<: 1.18 .98 .738 61 .50 ee ees Pee ee oe ea 
San’ Fraucisco....:..:; 4.20 | 3.70 | 2.95 | 2.30 | 2.00 |...... $2.00 |$1.80 \$1.45 |$1.30 
Portland, Ore......... 4.20 | 3.70 | 2.95 | 2.30.1 2.00 |...... 2.00 | 1.80 | 1.45 | 1.30 
To the above class rates there will be added a sum not to 
exceed eight cents per 100 pounds. This is a terminal charge 
covering the switching of exhibits into the exposition grounds 
from the point of intersection with the Illinois Central 
railroad, and the placing of exhibits on or adjacent to the 
space allotted. 
Thus it will be seen that freight rates from New York to 
Chicago, including switching and terminal charges, as speci- 
fied above, vary from half a cent to one and one-half cents 
per ton per mile. When property is shipped on a through 
Bill of Lading to and from Chicago, there will be no charge 
for transfer from steamer to rail at the seaboard. The class 
rates herein quoted will, it is believed, cover such exhibits as 
are not of a particularly high grade. 
Exceptionally fine goods, such as‘statuary, paintings and 
fragile articles, which are classified from one and one-half to 
double first-class, are charged at proportionately higher rates 
than those scheduled. 
The following statement, reproduced for comparative pur- 
poses, shows the cost of similar service at other expositions: 
London...... ts ee eee Cee Cem torre $ .059 per cubic foot. 
Vienna: . «6 TOTS, . ome vhs behead eae ee ab 8 
73 : 
Philadelphia . 1876 (without insurance). . as) PEARY 
Paris uh OrrO 08 10 88 » 029 ee “se “eé 
Parsee is8%s 1889 (including insurance). as es 
While the arrangements with trans-oceanic and other 
steamship lines are as yet incomplete, the Exposition man- 
agement has every reason to believe that liberal concessions 
will be made by all the leading lines touching at New York 
and other seaboard ports. 
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