The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-28
GRAIN SHIPMENTS.
DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THIS PORT
AND EURopE-RAILRoAD DISCRIMINATION

DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THIS PORT
AND EURopE-RAILRoAD DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST NEW YORK ALMOST ENDED
1t that the object for which New YORK
merchants have been lighting for long time
viz. the adjustment OF railroad discrimination
against New York city in the matter of through
freight to Europe-is about to be accomplished. IL
will be remembered that the Chamber OF Commerce,
Board OF Trade and transportation. Produce Ex-
change and other commercial bodies of city have
been sending committees to the Legislature year after
year to fight these railroad corporations and to
for New York city the advantages as her sis
ter cities IN the Atlantic seaboard. Their efforts met
with very little success, the Committee Railroads
OF the Legislature leaning toward the railroad mo-
nopoles This city has been without the proper ter
nina facilities and has had elevators, like phila
depha. Baltimore and Boston, where grain can be
put on shipboard without extra cost.
WHAT BEEN.
In this city tho reshippg OF sl material arriving
by rail made an additional cost TO the merchant Of
three cents per 100 pounds. Up the present time
it has the policy Of the officers Of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad Company to
divert all through freight from this city and to send
it from Albany to Boston via the Boston and
Albany Railroad, claiming at the same time
cuse that there proper facilities for shipping
very unfair Us most Of the shipmenta from the West
to Europe by way OF philadelphia Baltimore and
Boston are on account OF New York shippers. who
would willing to pay higher rates for their freight
by way of New York, because they would have
opportunity of seeing the condition. Of their goods
before sending them abroad
1t is confidently expected now that all this will be
remedied "A new elevator has been erected ut Sixty
t street and the North River and new wharves have
been constructed. contract has also been signed
between William H. Vanderbilt and John c. Seagar.
No. 70 William street by which the latter agrees to
place at the disposal of the New York Central Rail-
road as many iron screw vessels as may be re-
CURED to carry ocean freight, the same TO run
from West Sixty fifth street to Liverpool, Hamburg,
Hayre and all other important ports IN the United
Kingdom on the Continent. Some OF these vessels
are on their way here from England at the present
time. af#
It is calculated that January II the Lotti will
start from this port FOR Hamburg and the Nellie
January IL. Tho Zanzibar will leave here for Ant
werp on January 8; the Cosmopolitan starts for Havre
shortly ply between this port and Liverpool
Epnanstone, Langshaw, Amelia, Scraps. Straith-
ships are necessary for the business they will bo
forthcoming. The terms OF the contract strictly
private and We're refused yesterday. but 1t was
stated that only freieght and no passengers would
be carried these vessels. 1t also learned that
no elevator wharfage dues would be charged. This
will he great saving to merchants. at the present
time the elevator charges 50 per 900 bushels,
the wharves being leased by the city to private
parties exorbitant wharfage fees charged.
Vanderbilt yesterday in regard to the formation Of
this contract To q question whether q di-
rect communication between the Central and
Hudson River Railroad companies terminus in
this city and ports in Great Britain and on
the Continent had been effected Mr. Vanderbilt said
that he himself was not as yet personally aware of
the fact. He acknowledged that negotiations had
been going on for some time to accomplish such an
object. and claimed that his roads had always been
working to place this city on an equality with all
other ports and had never Disseminated against New
York. n