Freight rates charged for the transportation of articles classed as first class in the classification as noted below : via rail and via river from St. Louis, Mo., to Mississippi River and Missouri River points and the all rail rates ...

Freight Rates on Inland Rivers, 1908

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Freight Rates on Inland Rivers, 1908

Geographic Area Covered:

Mississippi River Valley, Missouri River Valley, Middle West

Geographic Coordinates:

(W 97°25ʹ--W 86°53ʹ/N 45°26ʹ--N 38°23ʹ)

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Full Title: Freight rates charged for the transportation of articles classed as first class in the classification as noted below : via rail and via river from St. Louis, Mo., to Mississippi River and Missouri River points and the all rail rates ...

Creators:

United States. Inland waterways commission

Publisher:

Government Printing Office

Publisher Location:

Washington

Date Created:

1908

Contributors:

United States. Congress. Senate, United States. Government Printing Office

Subjects:

Freight, Freight and freightage--Rates, Railroads, Rivers

Form/Genre:

Maps

Mode of Travel:

Railroads, Waterways

Context of Travel:

Freight, Government publications

Time Period Covered:

1907-1908

Notes:

"Rates in cents per 100 pounds. Effective September 1, 1907."
"Legend. All rail rates in black figures. River rates in blue figures."
"Map no. 1."
"S. Doc. 325: 60-1."
Shows freight rates with concentric circles radiating from Saint Louis, Missouri, in increments of 50 miles, to a distance of 450 miles.
Covers much of the Middle West, including all of Iowa and large sections of Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Scale [ca. 1:4,620,000]
Forms part of the U.S. Serial Set, 60th Congress, 1st session. Senate Doc. 91 (Serial Set 5250).

Citation

United States. Inland Waterways Commission, "Freight Rates Charged for the Transportation of Articles Classed as First Class in the Classification as Noted Below : via Rail and via River from St. Louis, Mo., to Mississippi River and Missouri River Points and the all Rail Rates to Interior Points", in Preliminary Report of the Inland Waterways Commission, U.S. Serial Set 5250, 60th Congress, 1st session, Senate document 325 (Washington : Government Printing Office, 1908), between p. 336-337. Govt. 5250

Newberry Call Number:

Govt. 5250

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Geographic Area Covered:

Mississippi River Valley, Missouri River Valley, Middle West

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : col. ; 19 x 18 cm., folded to 23 x 14 cm.

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Newberry Library

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