The Freight Line Proposal
A local entrepreneur hopes to bypass expensive rail rates with a new six-horse team freight route.
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John Welty of Meyers Falls was in Colville last week and part of his time investigating the feasibility of starting a freight line between his town and Spokane. The present first-class rate between these points is $1.08. A six-horse team can haul 9,000 pounds each way in six days for $1 or less a hundred, and this would not only give the sections between Meyers Falls, Colville and Spokane a lower freight rate, but would afford a greater convenience in many ways, open up a home industry, and leave more of our money in the county. Such a proposition is worthy of investigation by the merchants of this county, by the farmers and by the fruitgrowers.
“Such a proposition is worthy of investigation by the merchants of this county, by the farmers and by the fruitgrowers.”
This reflects the recurring tension between regional producers and external transit monopolies, a struggle still felt by agricultural communities today dealing with logistics and supply chain costs.
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