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<br />MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY, KAKS" TO FLOBESCE, SERB,
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<br /> 1912.
<br />Louis............................................... 1,125,600 184,)0100 5lOl.000 I.
<br />Isslppl River points................ ............... 255,600 359, 700 66,500 2.
<br />tbeast and Missis<;ippi Valley....... ................ 270,lXX) 948,200 1,525,000
<br />ort via Oulr.............._. ._...... ........... _... 2,911,200 9.900 2R,500 2,
<br /> 1913.
<br />LouIs............................................... 3, 4R5, 600 7j'9,!JOO M9,500 4,
<br />sissippl.River point~... _ _.. _. ____ __ _.. _ ............ 1,082,400 840,400 333,500 2,
<br />theast ami Mississippi '.alley._..................... 638,400 1,134,100 1,436,000 3,
<br />ort v18 Gulf........ .....__.-..--.................. 1,101,600 ;9,200 114,000 1,
<br /> 1914.
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<br />thea..;t and Missis'iippl Vallpy... _ _. _ _.............__ 100,200 375,100 1,305,000 1.
<br />orl \'ia Gulf... _.. ........ ......................... 211,600 42.900 436. ROO
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<br />Tb(' members of the Omaha Grnln Exchall!,:c arp ,leepl,- illtere.terl ill 11'1'
<br />project of l'h.er nn dg-ntlon and feel that II G-follt ell:llllu.'1 'fl'olll OIlI:1l1il In :-\t.
<br />LOllis will menu UIU<.-1..1 to the residents of this ~ection of the conntry in slIil'JdJl~
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<br />I rcallze that this mlllter Is reaeblng yon at a jate honr. hilt I .1111 con\'illCed
<br />of It" Importance.
<br />Yours. \'NY trnly,
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<br />ROBERT H. ~IANI.EY. COlll",i...tiOl/lI'.
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<br />L1"IIt. Co1. HERIlEwr DEAKYNE.
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<br />LETTER OF L. G. DQUP co.
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<br />OMAHA. NEDB., .\fay 7, 191D.
<br />JtI"AR SIR: We are a"I<<,.l to ad\'ise yon as to the amollnt of freigbt we 11:1\'e
<br />whkb would he a\'ollnhle for Missouri RI\'er transportation. Our purchasc. 01
<br />cotton piece goo!l. oril:inMing In Georgia amounts to many tOilS III weight. ",bile
<br />OUI' consumption of cotton Dnd cotton linters is ahout 2.()()() bales )leI' year. Tbe
<br />weigbt on 0 bale of this product Is about 500 )loun,l.. nnd would be very IIIllcb
<br />to our Interest to ha\'e the advantage of ri\'el' tl':l'I!;portation.
<br />Yours. \'ery truly.
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<br />Lieut. Col. IIERBEOT DEAKYNE,
<br />em'ps of Engineers.
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<br />L. n. Dour Co..
<br />L. G. Doup, Prc~;d('II'.
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<br />LI:;TTFR OF WALRATH & SHERWOOD r.r~II1Ut CO.
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<br />OMAII.\. :"EnR" Jlall 'i. l!".i.
<br />flUR SIR' l'('I'mit us to nrge upon you how \'itolly intl'l'p.ted tbe johh,'rs "JIll
<br />sblppc!'s of Omaha are In the dnelopllIent of the Mi.smll'i Ri\'er for nll\'il:,,'io']'
<br />JU!'lt ,,,"bat tOlllln~e will move "tn this wHteI'Wn:\" whf'1I once de\"elol)(ld \\"1' 1111
<br />not undertake to say. Donbtless you ore In 11 posltiou to ,leterllllne. SpC:II;iIl~
<br />fo\' thi, pnlwerll. we sblp about 400 carloads of IllmbC'r nnnually. all of ",lli,'1I
<br />move eil het' throngh the ~t. Louis or KRIISilS Clt:\-, gntewoyA, and at l('a~1 thi1
<br />grentel' portloll. if Ilnt nil of some, would he 11,.nilnhle for \Voter tl'nn~lJol'l:ll inJl
<br />were It possible. '
<br />The siJippers alld johlK'rs of tbls locality ore a unit a. to the desirahilil)' of
<br />this derclopmcllt. Olll.! hellevlng sncb de\'elolllllC'nt to h" enti1'"I~' feasible ,,_ :111
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