The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-30
time to quote Lard in tiercss Is@l8sc.; in kegs

l9B@2Oc. -
fREIGHrs-The freight movement still dis.
closes very heavy and steady falling of. The
tonnage In port on foreign and domestic &C.
count is reduced to the summer standard, while
the demands for freight room indicate a CORES
ponding or perhaps greater abatement. We now
quote nominally cotton TO Liverpool by steam,
9-l6@td.; by sail cotton, lied; tobacco 35s.;
-four As; London I'd. for cotton, 37s. cd. for to-
bacco. To New York by steam and sail ic. for
cotton. l4Gl5c. for corn 60@75c. for -four, and So
for tobacco. To Boston by sail 36Ec. for cotton,
l6Gl7c. for corn and 65G70c. for -four. To Bre.
men by sail, I9lc. for cotton, and 35s. for to-
bacco. To Hsvre by sail. ltc. for cotton, and
tl2 for tobacco. To Philadelphia, by steam, lie.
for cotton. To Boston, steam, lc. for cotton,
hour Soc, grain lie.
The SHIPMENT OF GRAN.-The following inter-
esting letter from prominent house in New York
to one of our most enterprisng firms will doubt.
lees attract due attention. Having long since de.
moDstrated the peculiar advantages of the route
via this city, for the shipment not only of grain
but of all other products of the interior over COM
petiDg routes we are almost daily placed in pos
session of highly reliable testimony corroborsting
our views:
NEW YoRK, July %, 1868.
Messrs. l. J. Higby Son New Dreams:
Gentemen-We beg to acknowledge the re.
ceipt of your favor Of the 18th inst. and now en-.
close you our card, upon the back of which you
ind particulars Of the rates for storing and hand
ling grain. These are the uniform rates made by
all waIehousemen: .I
Storage weighing and labor on all sound
81 Tvs, except oits fret ten dAys.....- 2c 2 bus.
bysry succeeding ten dsys....-......... sc.
Every succeeding ten dsys................ &c. :.
INCIDENTAL CHARGES.
Screening and blowing receipt ......... &c. bus
Screening snd blowing, on delivery....... &c.
Weighing and transferring, II screened. I52c. :.
Delivery on board eoAsting vessels -. l5c
spoutng on board ships, etc trimming in
Bagssd on bond ships, Is .O' Gus
Delivery il bags with specific weight in ~ '
each oag............. &c.
TRANSFERRING
Prom boats to vessels incusng screening. lie. buL
Unloading boats and vessels by elevator
inclnoiag trimming. ................... &c
1t is the czstom of this port to charge the yes.
sci discharging grain &c. per bushel; the owners
of the property pay the balance, l4c. per bushel,
which makes up the cents.
There is no elevator here which can discharge
grain from the high ocean steamers at present.
We have not quite completed the alteration and
repairs TO ours, which is the only one here capa-
BILE of being adapted 10 this business. II We re-
ceive encouragement we will make the necessary
alterations, and could in q short time be ready to
do all that is required in that respect.
1t is necessarily great convenience for vessels
and steamers, particularly the latter, to be dis.
charged in this manner by avoiding the deten'
ton incurred, when discharged by the old method,
ought TO enable shippers from your place to
obtain reduced rates of freight. We shan be
glad to hear from you on this subject. We can
discharge vessels at the rate of 1000 bushels per
hour.
We shall be happy at all times to give you any
information you desire, and keep you regularly
advised of what is being done here and wishing
you much success in your enterprise, aud trusting
we may be Of use to each other. we are, gentle
men, yours truly, BAKER q MONTAGUE.