New-York tribune., 1874-02-11
DIVERSION OF THE GRAIN TRADE.


| SUGGESTIONS OF THE NEwYoRK CHEAP IfANsfo"
r.r,oN .ssocIATION-A SYSTEM OF CAPACoUs
w.pruorsEs All THE TERNISI OF THE RAILWAYS
! NEEDED.
| regular monthly meeting of the Board OF
Directors of the New-Yorks Cheap transportation AS
aooiaton was held at their rooms at r. u yesterday
| b F. Baker in the chair The Executive Commil'eo
through Nj Parker reported tue following Committees
| for the present business year:
ey,rpe CON rr,it,e-Johu F. Hor, Benz Baker George c
COLIN. W f-1ea bslt. a. Han 6 FAIRFIELD Cbas Pratt
Dursss Joan Huehe George a. seIsn Jams f ~ Geo
Tlsss Arnold Franklin wooif0f Mayer Lehman II K Thur
Raa6ov Tpanporta.oaF Tburbt' John F. fenr' Benz p
Bake Marin J,Te. H. R''se st,,, R,bu,ber Pr.p.Bn
I1h, S SM n, y rcSwu Dur7ea John H. Kemp, Geo Brown
Il. WileI Pye Benjamin Li'h'eD'on 'ohn D"s0 D.
coSa Tro.,roratos-Fnnkiu Bison John NJ Hughes p D.
Monlton James Iaiues Drake, Dayd Bingham; ,., -,
& o snsa1% S hes fasiid Y h'''o
| s J. Nareunef, JAmeg s. Barron
Tho report was adopted. Charles E. Hil Chairman OF
| the Committee on Terminal Facilities reported pro
| gress He read an interesting communication from
winch the following points are TAKEN the names usea
| being fictitious:
On Dee 2Mr Bangs shps 10 me from Milwaukee 20 cars
Of wheat all reported one bill OF lading on Dec.
two cars Of the shipment arrived pS tne h9isop % ter
Starlight The lighter has two cars OF corn on BOARD Tor
caIs Of wheat for Brown 4 Co. Bukheads have been
hurredy constructed IN the boat 10 Keep the gram sep
;rate and either bow hacn or the stern hatch must
be discharged before my can come out The
Hudson River road ligherman reports the two cars
OF wheat and asks for orders to tow aud discharge or
for nav at the rate of 81 each days detention after
the first hours offer the wheat for sale, and must sell
promptly IN order 10 save demurrage Inc TACT mat tnere
only two car loads OF my wheat causes Vne buyer
10 pass by me TO Others who can MI larger ofdets & ana
70 avoid demurrage sell AT mueh lower price M ihdn
otherwise would. The buyer iorders me TO deliver
5e the hut sp"q he es fvo e ne' Sst GIar the
two OF smith Co. in the 6ow-hatch must
fret or the bulkheads Will break and mix the
grain After the has been delivered IL Is found
That the wheat for Brown Go. is tipping the Starlight
Four days thus consumed, and on delivering my
wheat alongside the Spain find rejected. Meanwhile
loss the gtermau sends bill Of additional charges
OF els for owage and demurrage which on 7oo 9nsnels
| ~ u cents per bushe The wheat has been n0atlng
about New York seven days and must charge Bangs
Soj6c i9 SisrstSd BaHg Co. Write that Sew-YoTk is
thieves aud thencefOrth they send their wheat to
Philadelphia or Baltimore system Oh pacious war
houses at the termin Of our railway lines Is the only
complete of relief which Will prevent the pres
| ent diversion o! The grain trade.
Another communication setting forth similar facts was
read. Mr.. Thurber said tina, there was impression
that the merchants Of NewYork not interested in
the objects of the Association In refutatOn he read
communication received from prominent grain receiv-
already pubhshedin IL HE TRIBUNE He then offered
| the following resolution:
IgAerea. Tb. Cheap Transportation Association o NewYok
already oo.nprrg representatives from commercial and
70 have its object. eipcy and dumstsEsb1
f Tb Il h The u puTTdse Of this Association to unite all
naruaourers capitalists OF real estate the press
u,7ce New.York vel that OF the country at large
the attainment Of cheap transportation, which the
eIeaess Of tse 'oal,Iy IS- mPe's'yey ~ demand
all constitutional measures for the attainment OF this
Reord That this Association and ais not by
es5 @en a' but does e T to give con
hons and st5oad security capital lgt
ma'e invested TO correct and enu ite abuses and frauds when
.a5e CoI @ - 49, % hsy o Sete1rej .sI and The po,
soped That the puose of this Association to improve
terminal sehes o tie t1chsIge transfer saG storage Of
sS reeve eve es eGT o. S We P9 oOn s' a'
Eesqit That the CnUt;ee Terminal Fc Lite, De itgetd Q
A possible period suitable elevators for the handing gAn
o. theiT different ttigina
after the adoption Of the resolutions letter was read
from the Purveyors Association and Board Of Trade
pressing opinion that the Cheap Transportation
Association should be sustained by the united efforts of
| al New York merchants
Gen. Wm. A. Pyle, United States Minister 70 Vene-
zues was introduced, and made speech showing The
large trade which the Unlted STATES might have with
that country but for the lack Of American steam and
sailing lines Aarge number OF productions of venezuela
are used in tins country nearly all OF which are brought
by way of European ports and nearly all American pro
ductions used there bought in European markets.
FIVE or lines Of European vessels stop at Ven lean
porte While only occasional schooner is seen With
the Stars and Stripes The whole of that country would
look 10 the United States for It's trade # 1t could do So
All their sympaies and interests gre with America.
bat they cannot now have an order hed IN new YORK
without a delay OF five months greater Than al
/ order sent to London. ..., ~
4 J. White of Cleveland, Chairman OF the Milers Ma
tonal ASSOCIATION Introduced, ana explained m
brief speech why -four could not pr0htAhy De sent to
A New-York for shipment from the West The cost OF
sbjtpg via NewYOrk was 80 cents per barrel greater
\ thaI That Of shipping via Philadelphia or Baltimore.
L Zen cents OF this additional expense was on freight
charges and from Is to 20 cents on expenses ~ the city
he hoped that these difficulties would be remeded, as
the mers OF the West wanted 70 SEMI their hour 10
New-York tHcy could afford 10 DO So He eX-
planned the purposes his Association and expressed
The hone that plans for correcting existing abuses would
be perected that all organizations 0nd associations
having the objects IN view might act together.
! Mr. Tburber said that be believed that q peoples
freight road would be built The Continent
which would be managed IN the Interests OF the people
IL would than three years 10 bdUdh AZ HlteI
fho work was fairly authorized and begun