Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-29
ST. PAUL no GLASGOW.
Contrect for the First Shipment Of Grain
to Europe from this Point.

Contrsct for the First Shipment Of Grain
to Europe from this Point.
Upon the announcement of the organization
of the St. Louis s. St. Paul Mississippi river
transportation company, to succeed the de-
Keokuk Northern line company (killed by too
much law, the GLOBE stated that Capt. John
II. Reaney, agent of the new line in this city,
was prepared to make through
bills of lading via the Mis-
sisslppi river barge line and ocean steamers,
from st. Paul to London, Liverpool or Glas-
cow, Great Britain, for flour and wheat in
bulk. A week ago Capt. Reaney made a
similar statement in the st. Paul chamber of
commerce, giving figures showing the
saving to the Minnesota producer
and manufacturer offered by this mode of
transportation o -s4v t $3.50
In the interview the GLOBE contained sew
eral mentions of the intended new departure,
and yesterday morning we gave oil associated
press telegram from St. Louis, announcing
that a contract had been closed there,
the day previous, for a shipment
of 10000 bushels of spring wheat from St.
Paul to Glasgow Scotland, on the barge line
to New Orleans, and thence by steamer to its
destination, the barges to receive the grain to
leave st. Louis for st. Paul yesterday. .
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reporter learned that the contract
for this shipment had been made
with j. @. Adams, representing the house OF
David Bows & Co., New York, in this city.
Through the representations of Capt. Reaney,
Mr.. Adams opened correspondence with a
New York branch house of Glasgow firm,
with reference to such a shipment, but this
firm poured cold water on the expert
ment. Mr. Adams then correspondent
liraot h No G,,,vr h.
well satisfied with the representations made as
to order the shipment, and hence the con-
tract
From Capt. Reaney we learn tina. the
barges upon which the shipment is to be
made from here belong to the Jay Gould line.
If they left St. Louis yesterday, as stated in
the telegram, they should be here Friday
evening next 1t is understood Mr. Adams
has the wheat in elevator here, which by a
system of spouting provided last year, will be
loaded directly into the barges, with the same
stand from Capt. Reaney that the
$4,000 bushels of wheat contracted for, does
not exhaust the capacity of the two barges,
so that he is prepared to give verT low rates
to millers for certain amount of -four, up to
the capacity of the barges.
To certain extent this is an experimental
trip, the Shipment of spring wheat in bulk
for SO long distance by: barge not having
been tried before. The claim that it would
necessarily hea.. in such shipment, has been
pretty well exploded by the success of the
barge shipments from st. Louis.
At least, so well satisfied is
another large grain operator in Minnesota,
other than Mr.. Adams, that wheat can be
safely shipped by this system, that he has
already signifed his readiness to make up half
of another similar shipment, and if the ex-
pectations of the promoters of the barge
system shall be2yerifedi by this experiment,
there is no doubt of steady and large ship
ments another season, whenever the stage of
water will permit