Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-06
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Memphis Business Men to Erect a
Freight and Grain Elevator at the
Foot OF Washington street
Freight DIserHmi nations
against Memphis
Committees Appointed for Different
PurDOses-CaptainJ John Cowdon
Develops his Barataria Canal
Scheme-ResOIutions Adop-
ted Looking to the Hold
ing of a Convention
at Memphis.

At four o'clock yesterday afternoon meet
| ing of the chamber of commerce was held at
the chamber for business purposes. Captain
| John Cowdon's map ana diagrams of the
| Mississippi river, its slopes, outlets and the
| Barataria canal scheme were hung up on the
| blackboards for observation and reference.
| Vice President Good bar called the meeting
to order. Secretary Toof read the minutes
of the previous meeting. The following re-
| ports of committees were read and received:
DISCRIMINATION IN FREIGHT RATES.
| To the President and Members of the Chamber Of
Commerce:
GESTLEMEN-Yo committee on freghts beg
leave to submit the following report:
Having their attention called ~ the discrimination
In the rate OF freight 9S ver trom 81 Louis 70 Mem
mediate points your committee addressed letter OF
Mem1bis and and St i0nis nacet comnsny, asking him
If the tariff of rates therein given were correctly
| against our Memphis trade. The answer of Presi-
dent Scudder bears date OF July 18th. Our reply OF
July 18th called forh President Scudders letter Of
the president of the Memphis and st. Louis Anchor
ment. or ATTEMPTING TO enumerate reasoI so sIg-
geStve in themselves, your committee retired from
| a correspondence whfeoT ELECTED such warmth OF
feeling against city totally ignore the justice
of our complaint, and with silence, we might say,
me OF f IL sasips the trade
of Memphis. After careful perusal OF the CORE
COMMITTEES 70 report that The wrong complained Of is
SIN enforced against us The city OF Memphis, ly-
| ing within four hundred miles of ST. Louis, on a
river navigable at all seasons of the year. with a
large annual tonnage about threefourths of which
is brought to our doors by President Scudders An
| article she buys than Is New Orleans, distance
from St. Louis of twelve hundred miles. The Ques-
| ton might well be asked, who is to blame? The
evil is patent to us ALL and the remedy Is with our
rably organized and conducted as was the Memphis
and st. Louis Anchor-line company was well cacu-
| lated to quiet any suspicion OF determination
AGAINST interests.
reason the warnings by our city press failed to invite
You steps
taken to give our trade proper and fair rate on rv-
er freghts coming from st. Louis. Your committee
would suggest as remedies:
First-A line of boats to be run under the tmme-
diate control and supervision OF the merchants OF
SecondGTo invite outside boats to compete for our
trade, asking and giving guarantees, as Inc case
Third-That a committee of five be appointed by
the merchants OF Memphis, granting unto them full
powers to negotiate and secure for us tariff of
rates, and to control and manage our shipping in
terests both 10y river and rail; and, if found neces-
| sary to employ bonded agent who shall be imme-
diately under their control, and shall be located
when and where needed, whose whole duty shall be
to for trade rate on all freghts shipped
to merchants at price equitable to us and to
the public carriers whoever they ri, nay sg be.
VI A 4. D 3. WYNN GWYSNE e O0'
| OF Stewart Gwynne & Co.,
Committee.
1t was announced that the Little Rock,
| Louisville, Mississippi and Tennessee and
Charleston railroads had agreed to subscribe
| literally toward the erectian of the elevator.
| The Charleston road would subscribe fifteen
| thousand dollars.
ELEVATOR AT THE FOOT OF WASHINGTON
STREET.
Hon. Ben Eiseman Chamber of Commerce, Mem
phis, Tennessee:
SIR-In compliance with the duties as assigned,
your committee for the purpose of considering the
possibility of erecting an elevator at our wharf
IL erect
elevator, and in our opinion the foot of Wash
ngton street would be the most suitable for all par
ties at interest, and recommend the location at that
point. There are now centering accessible to that
place four different railroads, with other yet to
terests In direct communication with that of the
railroads. which In our opinion Is greatly TO 6e DE-
to more successfully compete with st. Louis, Chi
cago and other northern cities. we would respect
brother merchants capitalists real estate owners as
we'll as our steamboat and railroad friends, to join
US In subscribing funds necessary to build first
class elevator, including accommodation for grain
in bulk, and would suggest that stock comp4ny be
formed charter procured. and all steps taken nece5
sary for the completion of same at as early day as
practicable. We beg also to add that in conformity
with the views above set forth, have already So
iicted the cooperation of the different railroads
and Anchor line and are now pleased to own receipt
of favorable replies from the Anchor-line and one
railroad and confidently await similar responses
| from the other roads. All of which is duly sub
| mitted c. w. GOYEH8
NAPOLEON HILL,
J. c. NELLY.
| JOHN K. SPEED,
| Committee, etc.
MEMPHIS, TENN, July "a, 1873.
| COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
A number of communications connected
with the above report were read by the sec
| rotary.
1t was announced that the freight commit
| tee was still in correspondence with the Cen
| trail Mississippi railroad on freight discrimina-
| tons, and would report at future meeting.
The following committee of five, as recon-
| mended in the report on freight discrimina-
| tons, was selected: Messrs. L. Hanauer, NJ.
L. Meacham, A. d. Gwynn, W. w. Guy and
| d. P. Hadden.
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
A communication from the United States
| board of trade, of New York, was read, on
the question of the bankrupt law, the effect of
its repeal, etc. It was referred to the follow
ing committee to make report at the next
meeting: Messrs. J. F. Frank, N. Hill and
Judge I. W. Brown.
MORE FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION.
The following resolution was offered and
adopted.
Resolved By the Memphis Chamber of
Commerce, That, heartily sympathizing with
the people of Marshall county, Mississippi,
in their efforts to secure more equitable
| freight rates over the New Orleans, st. Louis
and Chicago RAILROAD, the president of this
body be authorized TO appoint delegation of
| FIVE merchants to attend the freight conven-
| ton to be held in the city of Holly Springs,
August 18th, said convention having been
called for the purpose of protesting against
| discriminating freight rates, and, If possible,
| to advise a remedy therefor.
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