The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-23
OUR LANDING FACILITIES.
]. ID. SMITH, Esq,

PRESIDENT LOTION EACHANeA+
Dear Sir AT the next meeting Of
The directors of the Cotton Exchange |
would be pleased to knowif the Ex-
change is to take any steps regarding
the matter of landing facilities for the
proper handling of cotton coming 10
Greenyille from points along the river
and on cotton being shipped from
Greenville to New England and foreign
points. Also as to the charges on CON-
pressed cotton, and as to the difference
in facilities of handling compressed
cotton by the steamboats, and the L. \
o. 4. I. R.R.
First. As to the matter of landing ia
cilities You know that the city |
has acted in the purchase from Dea-
ton 4 Skinner and from the Amer
lean Oil Trust Co., the landing
and landing easement for the pur-
pose of giving to the Georgia Pa
cific r. R. yard and terminal for the
handling of their business to and from
Greenville by river. AS | understand
the matter, the city reserves the right
to use this as a landing for steamboats,.
The question then arises, who will
put this landing in shape for the pro-
per handling of business in and out of
Greenville. This could be done by the
city turning the property over to some
one who would put up sheds and eleva-
tor for handling this business and could
also by ordinance say what the rates OF
wharfage would be. ltmay be that the
party attending to this business could
make arrangements with the steam
boats to pay for same. If not, then a
nominal wharfage could be charged up
on thefreight so as to cover expenses
The steamboats, that | represent do not
object to paying wharfage provided
they are provided proper facilities for
handling and that cotton is put i'll somt
place where il will be out of the weather
The cotton we have handled in the las
: three seasons has been subjected to th'
weather, without any platform, n
drainage, no covering of any kind
| and the cost and labor on this freigh
was enormous.
Something should be done as qmcl
ly as possible in regard to this matte
1t has been under discussion now tw
II wears and we are Us far of from gettlr
n anything done as we were when "
N began.
IS, Next as to compress charges II
Of rate of compress here has been l3c. p
rs hundred, which is higher than is char
es cd at any place in this section or
of any point on the river between Cal
IL and New Orleans, including bo
It. places. The cost to.us of getting
st cotton from the presses to the riv
" causes us to make a much higher II
I'd from Greenville than we make fr'
i'd any point.
., Forillustration | will give you figul
as to cost of COMPRISING as betwe
he Greenville and other points along
river.
Or AT Memphis, all railroads and ri'
lines have to pay for COMPRISING l
, per hundred. All cotton going to
the river is compressed at one pr'
, That press is upon the bank of the ri
ci- and the cotton is sent aboard free
'n- cost.
ers At Cairo the cost is 10c. per hundl
80 and the cotton is delivered to
" boats free, but no cotton is shipped
river, as Cairo is what we call &C
on petitive or pooling point.
to AT Helena the COMPRISING is
b,c and cotton delivered to the boats fir
=. At Vicksburg they charge lie.
'i''' compressing, but as the boats canl
at- get within three miles of the city
ley best part of the year, we don't cal
of late to take any cotton out OF there
l., river unless there is water enough
:" the boats to land at the compress.
Tee AT Natchez we pay 12c. per hund
rm. delivered to the boats.
|, At Bayou Sara we pay lOc. delive
to the boats free of charge
You will see that we have paid
per hundred higher from here than
other place on the river with the
Ient ception of Natchez, and we are &C.
in hundred higher than Natchez.
. of Again, the congresses have discri
Jon mated against us in loading the car
,wn the L., n. O. ~ T. II. r., with their {
ppD labor, while we had to load the car
up the 6. z. Il. r., and pay for the Ia
la out of our rate. Ii Is Impossible
e is ANYBODY to load cars of the G.. z, h
ing and pay for the transfer of the co
feet from the cars to the river for less
tire 4c. per hundred.
God All that the river interest asks is
and they be put upon an equal basis
the the railroads by the congresses
hese they will be perfectly satisfied.
tion Let us look into this matter fro
1t as rate standpoint. You will know
lines Greenville has reputation all thrt
the cotton belt of having lower !
to New England points and Liver
eVee than any point in the South, ex
Col. Memphis. But this is not true, TO
their have been able to, aud have been !
,ob,. ing less rates from Helena, from
49,. chez, and Bayou Sara than we
'hef from Greenville by DC. per hun
" To- pounds, an average of 25c. per
yhich and | think you will agree will
uena that the rates of transportation ha
!, !, much to do with building up the
y IL ton market here, as anything else.
a. D. | submit these matters to you
ask that they may be taken up as
as possible, that you may try and
Bal the differences settled and get t
Miss in good shape before the season Q
farm As to the coInpressing matter
% ten delivery of cotton to the steaml
emily we should be put ON all equal
many with other lines, and would 81