Large 16¾x22¾” letterpress printed broadside promoting the January 1, 1852 merchandise tariff rates for shipping on the Cheshire Railroad, which operated in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts from 1845-1890, and principally between Bellows Falls VT from the North, to Boston on the East. The rates show costs per ton for shipping between points, board feet measure rates for lumber, and Special Rules and Regulations which would apply to ship goods. For example, gun powder not taken on any terms, carcasses as to owners risk as to the weather, feathers double actual weight and pianos not shipped any distance for less than a dollar. Printed by the Sentinel Office in Keene, N.H. on heavy blue/gray paper with an attractive letterpress typographic border.