, 1877-06-17
THE CARRYING TRADE,
Chicago Vessel-Owners Planning to
Raise Freight Rates.
Two Pooling Plans Submitted
and Discussed.
The Action Of the Buffalo Convention
Approved.


Hall, tar tic pug,ttsr at heatlu9 tie rp,s,st et
Inc delegates wLo attended The buffalo tonycn-
ton, and ia .n,.i,ler the propr;ety "f orva,!z.
lur uutlcr The nu,1lnt min Drot,osct1 In thnt
dir.
Twn o'rftck wns The honr appointed for TIM
meeting, but It was ) hctorc tho following nv,,-
crs Of vessel. rot TO business: Georgc t. Fin
ncy, j. II. }nl, John II. Lung, H.. \. lIa1ntc,
,1sn,r I. r.,,,cx r. i uov,li .Ior.. a I,"n'
1I,cclc, and Nicholas Finn.
Nr. Flhney presided, anu Capt. Lung acted as
Secretary;
nnd said Tint there wctc sort,e lnrgc vrsseI-
res' ".'" p'e, "ai "ee Iot.c" w
taat flaa nccf' unanimously nrpruTtd OF. lie
illustrated tie workiug Of tho p,t'llr'u scl,cmc,
". s,,t sca.i al ttt,e ~ ~ "'"oSE
"'@. .,..s ,Sn'. ~ S.,rs ~
no f.ii,,,ra. f"''@o "oRfA""'
T. oFdst to Fsase s ihs competition bstwr.n os
w., ~ ~. t.nr "naersene Feei.n"ners and
frM hsinceS nnI nv nm M, nnr" ~ 1ss.
of ons carrying enracly, provided tlc stcam iincs
running oni Of Nnffaio. aud tho testc1.owncrs Of
Inc dtafiets ui C1esciani, Detroit milwaukee,.
ChlcaRs and othcr lake ports will a1so lay hp half
mo'e nr lev. of tae's esrryns capaeity To carry
1%i ths p!oTStinn, comMtiHs m .ham he ng-
nsr,r n a n 70 az p' re':s 1o T. @ l. te fn5ng
w,Eh r5mtisters ~ h. snnn;n;n =, =, 6ns a.,. ~
undertake 10 fcgulsto the rates n Which thc vcs.
se!s ahal1 lead up t. fatrly .cmuncratIvc rate.
tween the verse!s Which rnn and tho.e lni.l up. VIC
hereby aafss so pa5 mt ths kandt nf 4 treasurer
bats,a oc M ~ o1 W. soe @ OF tne parties
ueI IA nanns ~ H1 c.9e,, n;a i, r. r.
xross tcce,nts from up f1cixhts cxccetnq se ha.t.
ct.-pcr lon On coal from Dufalo to C,ilcaro or
Mtwaukee. which af,onnt, Shall create a find to
be dfetslbnsed between all Of ilso resse1s In this
y p,,0nE%Sa % to
Ssesy M hcn. ~ ot"et taas ~ pases netsto sy
nlEht r,s Il !. mnf 5ae onn!tes
II nty Of tic uarties to iii, asrae,ncnt afo is.aIis
ak ios Reference % GommIttce. n M mi sae commi.
lee satI be arpnntcd to eon.Ist Of fwo. one to be
ci,o'rn by tho Co:nmfttcc md one hy tho party
complaining. and, necessary, they shall choose
th!f. ana Meesst9a o. tht two. or majority of
3nH 'Ae owner eemp'an'ng. :,
Nj. Inn said that at buffalo they recognized
tme G.eat a." & o. &enPpay a1a detnahd IN atrang-
"alkeg anu alecussed n l3etroit. lie read The
resolutions auoptel =. b.iilalo concer'l!ng tl.e
I.a', h,,u shs lily at nanalos 1etto.
III , wa"Tee % r." s; .Scr" ,aa ,. nee gfcat dea p.
| faceli1s gu noa inHEalc much intcfcst IN It.
Il veg not patt ol tne pan " estat,ilsh ~ ar-
bltrasy rate, nut u withdraw portion Of tho
% .arnias tonoW'e: lhey we're Elysog "wny
i; aMl II tht present state OF affair: continued
would Iesult badly for the shipping Interest,
nr mnc" "nnla .1sn 70 nay sTea!ef rates thah
owner taScs tho proceeds OF trtp to pay OF
~ aebts, r. an ats on tttoee 70 wt.om nc T. III,
, acea i1p .aa .ftn, s stated tat ~ te "n o'
VIZ %ee s s.e.e to .ys e s ep.
70 incur pew oses. ne showed how that c!sAs
of Sesecl,ownars who were III stcbt and III dan.
RG!, o. oa!nE t!E!i un "oa.u ne eEaoeu 70 eettlc
w!l .Sf n SfI"ss t;,a, toe aneF c
dopcnueni!y. anat elast OF oWntrs VINO. %
ipastcts ureT wages, whether o"ncrs ~ whole
of naftt Wond also derive Mosc oehcft from tue
ssoS i than At. % they seui i"f Il icy ran u e0 on
tac'F o"n n, aouh. Hn, Esr.. IN. ~ osncseA %
| , =, tn, TIE 1; scnEHa *As rnAorlcabLs,
% asu t, ou r. ~ ss ,sa, y , III
t.sS @ eoo'o 'po* 'esse''l'eh no" well IL "ou'u
III: 11.!sted asked Can't Hall If the win,lows,
o. IagFe'an.' %eIe 9opseeSate", A.! xas IN.
were OF not: lie also said tte Buffalo vcs.sl'
owners ait signed the agreement. Ihu
only common s.reeucnt VIZ as 70 the
lYlnK up ot the tonnage. and any agrccrent
thcY nla.le moll1 bo c91iitionai; Ihey might
commence 70 a,rGanlze u tne5 atd mol sct feaa5
a'.opt Plan u year,
NJ. Nool, the other dc'sgate to buffalo, sa'd
nc lad laRetl aiilrTcnt view tFoIt' tI!e piah
PROPOSED, btt WIS wlll'ee 70 fot1lc IN nnugr any
tnat nlEnt oc unupIcn', 1ns.c ai,FeAtsu ~ ~
CONCERT o. ac1lotl a. lso'lhio. anu 'c ilad no
duuo: but TINT prodt. would result from the
carving out of tho plan. ffc hal gotten to
Buffalo latu, and when the scheme was put to
Ia ~ nnnnstttnn ~ IT, n,nn. nn1 i,r iii
,nt @ 3n.irr ;, np.ro n"~ n,,.,nnjo in
~ ~. ssx ~ -. pn1,,,,,o,s wv "r,ni.
tae "a3 ~ r. ah'rt,ua ~ ~ ,.n' Mn"'sr -.
NOUS buYs ie 4Inesstooa tMat GeeGates
Are ~ ~ sent 70 bu!ia1o on tho 1t lnft., pr.
pared to acsvpt tht plan, and he nal t1elibta It
they at lsutlalo wnuld talcraie any otller plan.
When remarks were male at tho NufEatl ,,ctt-
Inv iuynrtlAt tn TIN u}an t}1ry xere mr.
riaut'c,1 nn,i vim, in snnkn hn ,xas trr.trtl
ptHts pnttH .ts',s"' ' H. ,,"a4 re..I a.. ,,n...sm :.
WIZ ,, st!c"es. '"I: tiot*t nIu"a , Me.ees.e3 @
o1 taklhE sohc aet.otl ~ Iatfe iteisht Iare, Ilt
sHkl there wrrc HAhS efnp!n}eH III thc t'af1ne
survive Atl large ntllt'tltlt IT capital nsoste!.
and vessel property was rnnftliS gtI[HE 10 de.
| structf,n, 'fhcrr ncycr wns u nctter Time tn
like st,tnc effective Jl,ra,l,rra it there weru
my nr,.srt,f vim ,rstrctI tn hcar his yiews lie
.r "y II rIvo ,i,o,, -, atv strs >''' '"' ~
"u W. iii iiS . .,'., 49, ss NJ y1,v,.. ,x,.,,,,,,
Ctrt' tlA!i elh'ht u! Mr. ItHfia sutcpttui's
atNl kAuHea ho~ lie had bceh attent!sc!y 1lsteIi'
cd ~.
aIr, Hood sall the l}ufalu plan hn@i t,cch fully
al @$ MI fnt,