Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-09-01

75C 2 tleTCCe LOT fOrk anu SUC 10 ! 1870
55c Dee 70 bb, FIR Lard SIC p tierS for Lard
nc nc 3 fierce for Lard COO p Dbl for tloar and
S3c : bb for Whisky, Oil or zoe p Dbl for Whisky Oil
dc F IS, for Apples Onions SOC 81 ST Apples On
Potatoes, &c ions, potatoes; &C.
So f e5 Ss s L or stoves, & oc 100 BIS o Stoves
Light Casting, boat not Light Castings, boat 9ot
accountable Tor brcIkage not accountable ior
&c &c = Saef III for Oats 3Oc p sack for Corn
3Oc p 100 lbs for Bran lOc 2 bushe for oats
i9Jc . bus Tor Wheat 35c 3 100 TBS for Hay
sc p head for Cabbage
Csc per 100 lbs gross for Tobacco, and an addi-
tiona charge of soc per hid IL taken from the top
of the bank or warehouse.
Ia per cent on all money packages, ana IN all
cases receipt or bill of ladng shall be signed Tor
Them except in cases where money is sent III fill
orders 10 be sent by return OF boat.
SIS per head for mulesR
75c per head for sheep.
Sc per head for horses or cattle.
50 per head for calves.
So ner head for two year old calves.
s.. so per head for three year old calves.
And all passengers, with stock or freight oi any
descrption to be charged SIS passage ia the cab
ipI Sc on deck when fed, So if not fed on deck;
and charge for extra feed in all cases.
75c for hogs weighing 100 lbs. and uuder
$3.50 for hogs weighing over lUO lbs.
81 per dozen for pigs in coopS.
T5c per dozen FOX chickens and ducks.
81. so per dozen for turkeys and geese
| ResoIued ID, That the owners and masters
all steamers engaged i'll this trade, and joining inns
association, enter into an agreement mat they VIII
not carry fGeIghts of cargo or stock at less than Inc
1ates adopted by this meeting and as to the condl-
tions named to tobacco, and the owners OF othet
persons travelling with cargo or stock.
ResoEUed Sd, That a Board Of Reference or Con-
troll consisting of three persons. shall be selected
by the owners and masters, which boalu Shall
have authority to regulate the prices OF freight io
cargo or STOCK TO be charged by the boats oil inns
association, in case they may meet transient boat
or boats in the port of Louisville, bound ior New
Orleans, when such boat or boats may oler 10 lake
feights for less than the rates established Uy this
association.
ResoIued 4th, That all the boats Of this associa-
citation shall enter into mutual agreement to rem
der aid to each other in distress, when hailed for
that purpose, and only charge therefor The aclua
| expense incurred in rendering such aid.
| ReSoEued 18th, That in ShippIng white deck hand
or firemen, shipping papers, in due form, shall b'
signed by each man for the trip OF voyage as th'
case may be, and it is understood that they Slai.
take effect when similar associations shall be form
ed with like regulations at all other ports to b
hereafter named.
| Resolred 9Th, That in case any owner, captain,
or agent of any boat in this association, who Shall
take freight or stock for less rate than those eS
ablished, with the conditions as 10 passengers Will
such freight or stock, such boat shall tLrtet 500
tor each and every offence, 10 be paid to the treas
urer of the association.
Resolued 7th, That this Convention appoint
committee 10 confer or correspond with the owneI
and captains of steamers 10 Cincinnati, st. Louis
Memphis, Nashville e, Florence, PIT 'urgh and NeN
Orleans, and invite their forming similar soca
tlons for their protection.
| ResOlUcd Sth, / hat in case either or all OF tn
above named places shall form such associations
and esiLbli h their tariff of reghts, then i'll cas-
any of the boats of this association coming in com
petition with them, shall be bound by their tariff
prices, as set by their respective boards.
| ReSolued 9Th, That boat belonging to thi
| association shall pay more than S35 per month
| for negroes, for fremen or deck hands, Tor thu
ensuing season; which sum shall include SUNDAY
wages.
Resolued, 1Oth, That no boat belonging to thi
association shall hire runners OF any description ia
| either port
| ResoIucd, llth, That this convention form per
manent association of steamboat captains and
owners 10 be styled the Steamboat Captains and
Owners Association of the City of Louisville, and
appoint committee to draft constitution and by
laws for their government, TO be reported 20 adj
iourned meeting; and that said association petition
the next session of the Legislature for a charter
for the same.
ResoIued, 18Th, That the boats OF this associa-
lion shall charge one per cent. on all moneys adj
vanced for charges on goods shipped by them,
either down or up, this resolution TO take effect
when similar ones shall have been formed bY the
other places named.
ReSoEucd, 18Th, That the form OF bill o. Iadng
goods shipped upon the boats of this association,
this to take effect when a similar form OF B. l..
shall have been adopted by all tue places before
mentioned, viz: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Nashville,
Florence, ST. Louis Memphis, and New Orleans.
Resoiued, 14th, That the CLERK of all beats o.
this association shall collect twenty per month
from all persons entitled 10 the benefit OF The Ma
rine Hospital and this amount TO be collected
whenever they are paid off even if less than a
month.
Resolved, 18th, That the committee Of reference
or control for the ensuing season of '53 and '54
shall consist of R. A. Bell, D. S. Benedict and a.
L. Shotwell and that in case any master, owner or
agent OF any of the boats of this association wish
ing to advance the rates above those established
shall only do SO by and with the consent OF this
board IF control, and in case OF an advance by the
board, it Shall be binding on all the boats in this
association until they altered by the board; but
in no case except the one specified shall they ever
go below the rates established.
Rrsolued, 18Th, That committee OF four be an
pointed to confer and correspond with such of the
places named in the preceding resolution, said
committee conss ting of Capts Spots, Miller, Stur
geon and Mcpherson; and that the committee to
draft constitution and bylaws for this association
consists OF Capts. Mcpherson, Miller, Montgomery
and Spots.
ReSoEUed, 17th, That all the captains and own
eTS joining this association sign the obligation 10 be
governed by the foregoing resolutions, which obIi-
CATION will be founl at the Office of D. S, Bene-
dict.
On motion, it was
Resolued, That 500 cope of the resolutions of
this convention be printed for circulation.
On u otion, this convention adjourn TO meet again
at Walkers Exchange on Saturday, the Sd day of
September, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
H. SFOTTS, Chairman.
SILAS F. MILLER, Secretary.