Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-25
Port CHARGES of savannah.

We published in the MORNING News
of Tuesday an item clipped from the Bos-
ton Post, comparing the port charges OF
Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Baltl-
more, Norfolk. San Francisco and New
Orleans, respectively. The item reads as
follows:
'sThe port charges on Vessel OF Z,oVO
tons. drawing 81 feet of water; coming 10
0uirin0 20 davs to unload, load and SAIL,
arc S43O At New York the charges are
S5S- 70: at Philadelphia. $40; at Balti-
more. 500: at Norfolk, SS5S; at San Fran
cisco. S6S5; at New Orleans, $500. The
latter charge is inclusive Of tOwage ITO
miles up stream"
We understand port charges to mean
that assessment or expense placed
upon a vessel for the privilege
of berth in a harbOr for the purpose
of loading, HarbOr Masters fees, pilotage
fees. wharfage fees. dOckage, ETC., and not
the necessary cost Of loading and unload
ing and preparing the vessel for sea. In
our port the only ''pOrt charges" made
upon vessel are the HarbOr Masters or
tonnage fee, and the pilotage fee, ana
other incidentals mentioned in the
accompanying table, which in the
case supposed by the Boston Post
would be the tonnage fee or HarbOr Mas
ter fee Of SIS, and the pilotage fee in and
out of $3.50, making a total of port
charges" in the sense above, $16S. There
is no charge in Savannah for dOckage,
either when a vessel is loading or unload
ing, but when the vessel is lying idle
- - L =
In the above account stated, of course no
reference is OF can be made to the cost Of
tOwage, nor steyedOring, loading or I'M
loading, nor to the custom house fees as
the payment of inspectors Of customs, etc.
The figures refer to those expenses en-
tailed on the vessel by the municipal
authorities of the port which the vessels
enter. If the statement of the Post is
correct it will be seen what an advantage
our port has i'm that respect. Yet we
hardly think that the figures are correct,
if our idea of port charges are correct, as
we believe they are.
For example, the case of a vessel of
$500 tons arriving in Savannah and I'M
loading in twenty days, would simply be
for pilotage, twelve feet in and twenty
feet out, $3.50, and SIS so for Port War
dens' fees, all told making $2OI 90.
In order to show exactly what our port
charges are in Savannah we append an
official list of them, and masters, shippers
| and others can from the same estimate
exactly to a cent the cost in this port:
Towage, if required for vessels in ballast, -
| per ton .-.--- -------- 10
T6wage, if required for vessels with cargo, 90
! per ton - ~
| T0wage, for shipping in harbOr 1890 .SSGl5 90
/ Wharfage is paid by the cargo.
| DOckage charged vessels laid up, per day 81 80
| HarbOr dues, per foot Of ship length ~
/ Discharging ballast, per ton, including
| DiscRarging salt or general cargo, per ton so
| Storing timber per NJ feet ----..-------S2 10
/ Slowing deals per NJ feet 81 %
| Slowing cotton, per bale, regular price, 2O993
/ COMPRISING cotton, per bale, seven bands. 60
| COMPRISING cotton, per bale, over seven -
bands, each -.-.-. ------- 49,. ~
Lightering cotton to Venus Point, per bale. 95
| Lightering cotton to Tybee, per bale 40
! Tightening lumber to Venus Point, NJ feet %
| For steamer towing timber RATS TO Venus
| Point ...-------- - ---- - w
| For steamer towing timber RATS to Tybee so 90
! Well loaded vessels generally carry I,oOO
pounds compressed cotton per the register.
The rate of pilotage, which is estimated
from the bar pilOtage to COckspur, and from
| COckspur to Savannah, of course varies
with the draft of vessels, those drawing
six feet being S12 90 to COckspur, and
81 50 to Savannah, making the total $40 A.
| This rate increases with the draft, YES
sells drawing twenty feet paying from bar
4 pilOtage to cOckspur SIS 80, and from
| Cockspur to Savannah SAG IS, making a
| total pilOtage of $125 2S.