Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-13

peace, was admonisn5d and discharged
James Fuller, negro, fox drunkenness
and sleeping in the street, was fined
So 80.
Henry Williams, negro, for sleeping
in the street, was fined So so.
Isaiah Howell, negro vagrant, was
committed for 80 days.
Nothing else.
MEETING OF MISUNDERSTANDING
to announcement, a meeting of truckers
and shippers of Norfolk and vicinity
was held yesterday morning at Taze-
well Hall, for the purpose of devising
ways and means for the general good
and advancement of the trucking inter-
est.
The meeting was convened at III
o'clock, and organized by electing VIM.
j. Wright, Esq, of Nansemond, Presi-
dent, and w, Fl. G. Levitt, Esq, Secre-
tary.
DIR. Robinson then, in response to the
expressed wish of the assembly, render
ed quite lengthy address, setting forth
the grievances of the truckers and ship
pers, and fully explaining the object of
the meeting and the importance of its
action.
On motion it was
Resolved, That committee of five be
appointed, whose duty it shall be to
take in to consideration the best mode of
relieving the truckers, farmers and ship
pers from the present monopoly prac-
ticed upon them by tie steamship COM
ranies, and the nsignees ia New York,
and report to an adjourned meeting on
the second Thursday in September, at
IL o'clock a. M,
The selection of the committee was
left to the chairman, who appointed the
following named gentlemen thereon;
Col. Cannon, R. Cox, E. B, Leighton,
F, E, Goodridge, and F. W. Lemosy.
On motion, the Chairman and Secre-
tary were added to the committee.
A speech was then made by the we'll
known trucker, Mr.. Cox, who said they
wanted more mboats and fewer
agents in New York; there was plenty
of truck ano produce raised in this Sec
ton to support another line, especially
ii they pledged themselves to new line
under fail and equitable. stipulations. and
thereby e. ther break down or injure the
present monopoly that had so injured
them.
He was followed by several of his CO.
workers, and all of whom handled
without gloves, the imposition of the
Old Dominion Line, and the perfdy of
the commission merchants ring in New
York.
One of them stated that he happened
to be in New York during the season,
was 'on the spot, and knew what truck
sold for during his stay there. On re-
turning homo he found that his returns
showed different fguyes-fgures far be-
hind the prloes obta.ua>- by the agents
or consiguees.
Tho following preamble and resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Edward Anderson,
were adopted :
Whereas, during the present fruit and
trucking season the producers
and shippers from Norfolk hav-
ing suffered SO severely las we think|
from the bad handling and storage of
fruit on the Old Dominion Steamship
line to New York, in consequence of
not having sufficient deck capacity on
their steamer to properly store the great
amount of perishable fruit and vegeta-
bles offered; therefore be it
Resolved, That COMMITTEES Of three
be appointed of write to New York and
other Northern papers, calling atten-
ton to capitalists and ship owners to
the importance of Norfolk as great
shipping point of fruit and vegetables
to New York.
Messrs. Anderson, McPhail and
Butt were appointed on the committee.
AS specimen of the grievances the
shippers and truckers complain of re-
lating to the Old Dominion Steamship
Company, we append stipulation
which the shipper is compelled by said
company to subscribe his name to, in
doing which he virtually surrenders to
the mercy of the company or steamship
the articles shipped, and entered on
the bill oflading containing said stipu-
lation, to- wit ....
at is specially agreed by the shipper