Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-09-26

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snd wFiis wiih,,ui Tho knualisisf
20 any pers'a eonnrrirfi aih u,
b-s siRil'iy in the l'al'ilr inirnasi !
trssi shat have io 80 aiii H. ~
seised ~iih ranti.iT and aiih ihr
siieaiion Il meTiis
Tho Wharfage mon0ls,ll a i,si
Eesioa has hing ls'0h sal3,ri ~
dissatisfaction, Standing al ihr
gateway IL the s',mmrnre ~ ils
State, Il demanl,vi heavy inlls IL al
Who same, EErTy dollars nuIih
~ go0sls that rnirnsl irAas, rvrrE
ponhd ~ sugar ant eoii"n, eyrrA
bale Of moss, evrFy hushel al porans,
WAS ineN0rahly made the sui,leei ri
this tax, Believing the mon"ls'iy
permanent, and nealizing enorm'ns
diviaend' the Proprirlors "f lhr
whafyes l"nhl,~l ever and ever
again their stack until an orisinal
share of a hnndr'si dnllars lHvamr
a thousand 40 mors, and the E'rlu
nate pOssessors at the sl'4rk al still
in 'eir oiiiees and grrw rich with
out an efort.
The amount Of money absorbed,
beyond a legitimate pr,hl on tbs
original Investment cannol he EASILY
told, IL has BEEN enormous, AMI
would probably Ia figures reach 10
millions, Various attempts have
been made to got around il. Indie
pendent wharyes were fnom time
10 built, only 10 DO one amer ano,h
CT swallowed up by this giant cnm,
pany. Attempts were made la ship
FROM Virginia Point aud Bolivar,
If they had been successful there il
ao doubt the wharf company would
have got them ITO. Fortunately
shis company must have land 10
stand on, or IL has no strength.
Its successful cncn y was found a;
last in n scheme 10 load ani 49,,
charge vessels IN Galveston BAY
from tho decks Of the steamboats,
aud bargcs without touching the
land Mt all. When this enterprise
assumed shape, il became ihv
DIREcr Navigation CoNrANY.
This company has now been in
successful operation two years.
Like the Wharf Company Il found
opposition at first; but to give
strength TO the contest with that
monopoly, il absorbed, ono after
another, all the good boats in the
trade. Ii was unfortunate enough
TO lose one of its boats, and to have
several vessels consigned to il in
the fall of 1866 wrecked. But the
company struggled on, and, despite
its embarrassmcnts, pushed through
TO success. AT first vessels under
its charters We're long time load.
ing, and scarcely ono in ten of the
vessels that came TO Galveston had
anything to do with it. Now il
does moro than half tho frcightin.
that comes nom New York TO Gal
weston by sail, and often has two
vessels on the dock at time.
Not only this, but all goods ship.
ped to this company are forwarded
by the Central Railroad free of all
charges of any sort in Houston. Ii
thus saves the whole receiving and
forwarding business of the two
cities, and saves for the people
thousands upon thousands of dol.
lars.
But this is not all. So popular
has this business of saving these
charges become, that now nearly
every vessel in New York up for
Galveston offers to do the came
thing for freight intended for IIous-
ton. G. G. Young u Co., agents of
one Of the lines advertise "a goods
to the charge Of Il. NJ. Stackpole &
Co., at Galveston by this line will
be forwarded free of all Galveston
charges, such us commissions.
wharfage and drayage." Upper Il
Beattie say: 81. S. Sellers Il Co.,
agents at Galveston will forward ali
Houston goods to thcir destination
free ofstoragc, drayage or commits
sions," but not free of wharfage it is
presumed. Murray, Ferris & Co., |
advertise their vessels rs sup for
Houston" and say 'through bills
Of lading signed, free from all char.
sss in Galveston such rs wharfage,
drayage or commissions"
Yet with all this it is observed
that tho agents of the Direct Navi-
CATION Company now dispatch two
vessels TO ono, Of these lines, and
are even giving through bills Of
lading by the steamers.
But all has not been done that
may be. Cotton to derive all the
advantage of this mode of ship
meRt must stop here, and having
been compressed, be placed on ship
board with an equal saving. Some
progress has yet to be made in this
matter before the company will
have accomplished all the good of
which it is capable. But with the
recent reduction by the Brokers'
Board in the cost of handling cot
ton here, and the advantage Of saw
ing all drayage, and considerable
proportion Of other charges this
mode of shipment undoubtedly Of
fers great advantages, and must
tend to make Houston a greater
cotton depot than ever.
This Company has but just begun
its work. Under the entcrprising
management of Mr.. Percy, it is
bound TO go ahead. All obstacles
will be overcome. Last year it
found drayage in Houston heavy
upon it, So it has had
= railroad track laid from its wharf
to the Central depot, and all its
freight 10 loaded directly from the