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194 HENRY L. TALKINGTON

Per 100 Ibs. on less than carload lots :

Classes of

Freight 12345 ABCDE

By rail ..1.03 .88 .72 .62 .52 .52 .41 .31 .26 .21

By boat. .90 .80 .65 .55 .35 .45 .40 .35 .30 .25

Carload rates per 100 Ibs.

Rail Boat

Grain .$0.17 $0.15

Potatoes 17 .15

Salt 36 .17^

Hay ig% .15

Lime (min. 5 tons) .26 .22^

As an illustration of some articles that come in the different classes the following are cited :

Rail Boat

Soap, 4th class $0.62 $0.55

Beans, 3d class, 72 .65

Cheese, 2d class .88 .80

Furniture, 1st class 1.03 .90

Wool, sacks or bales 88 .35

Sugar, C-i 62 .34^

Passenger fare, one way, Lewiston to

Portland 10.65 4-

WHAT THE OPEN RIVER MEANS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LEWISTON REGION

It means first an open door to the markets of the world a cargo loaded on board a ship on the open river may, with one change, go to any port in the world ; grain and flour may be shipped to Europe or the Orient ; lumber may be sent to South America or South Africa ; fruit and livestock, wherever there is a demand for them, and the Atlantic Coast markets of the United States will be open to any of the products of this section. In the second place, the open river will mean terminal rates. Lewiston, at the headwaters of navigation, ought to secure as