LAKE (STEAM) AND RAIL FREIGHTS, SEASON OF 1896. The following shows the current weekly freights on flour, wheat and corn by lake, Chicago to Buffalo, and thence by rail. GRAIN FREIGHTS BY LAKE, SEASON OF 1896. The following were the current rates of freight on wheat and corn from Chicago to Buffalo, Kingston, Ogdensburg and Montreal (steam); also to New York by Lake and Erie Canal; for each week during the season of navigation. AVERAGE FREIGHT CHARGES PER BUSHEL For the transportation of wheat and corn from Chicago to New York for a series of years. FOREIGN FREIGHT RATES. Annual average through freight rates on grain, flour and provisions (per 100 pound from Chicago to European ports, by all-rail to seaboard and thence by steamers. |