The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-23

Three times during the raxt fex
nsonths. sid Mr. ~ r. Boyd yesteY-
Day. II have received Ie4ters from
shippsrs in San Ffznci~co ir<iicsfanx
that rome psssos ceaneefed with tbs
Psci6c Co@~t Steamship Company sss
engraved In the Discrimination business
against Sesttte. and I consider Il Z
matter that the Px~T-Is1xLxssKxCrn.
~ . CONSERVATION of the peoples inter-
ests. should investigate Here Il . corr
0f . letter which ! received today,
which Il 70 the point.
Hsx FnAxrzspn. Nay r., -.
~ 2. Boyd & Co. seattle
Yo.r rod vese shipped o <. bat !
sss..er 70 mi s~. s = - !. NJ
tod hin uuref that mast hare TIE eA1s
hne4 sssd send e n <xPer~ After gress
deaf - fFsazk5< he aasify eDf the ensx and I
sens Il ~ =. ?. Kxprrs~ LET ne know
how much she ehArxrs are over r<xzisr
frrfxhf sn4 vs. allow H. The Steamer
thsJ received gor<1s FAC Tsrozna this nssr1l-
ing. ard sEfased seattle Ensfs yesterday.
Yoars truly. n r skAkIsnf
Now, do NOT misunderstood me, :
continued Mr.. Boyd. II do not charge
nor do believe that Ne~srs- 6osiali.
Perkins 4 Co. agents of the Pacific
Coast steamship Company. or the
part captain In San Francisco. are
guilty 81 this discrimination. but I
think Il must be
SOME scsLAwss on THE rock
In Gan Francisco who II in the en-
pioy Of the company who thus mis-
represents the interests OF his employ
ess. ] never send an order for goods
80 that Il viii reach San Francisco
later than Tnesday. so that they eau
he shipped by Wednesday. Two or
three times the freight has been re-
fused ON Thur-siay by the steamer and
has been sent mp by express. These
orders arc only sent 70 ill in between
eastern shipments and when they are
sent the goods are expected TO be for
warded ut once ! have heard several
other merchants make similar COM
paints"
CAPTAIN HrSTrssroS-
Armed with this letter the reporter
started In quest OF Captain Hunting
ton, Of the steamer Mexico, To find out
what he knew In regard to the matter.
After reasiing the letter, the captain
said: There certainly was no dis
elimination intended against seattle
or any other place The facts are that
much more freight Il offered than we
could possibly bring, and we lett
freight Tor both Seattle and Tacoma
The company In order 70 accommo-
date their Puget Sound patrons. put
the steamship Wilmington ON the
berth AZ soon a. We pulled out, and she
may be looked for tomorrow. Had
the company been disposed 70 neglect
their patrons they would have allowed
that freight to remain on the dock till
the rmatilla sails next Saturday, but
instead Of doing 70 they preferred to
send q special steamer There IL no
discrimination against Seattle that
know Of, and think one place gets ~
fair treatment nj the hands OF the com
pany as the other. I have never
known the company 10 discriminate
In favor Of Tacoma as against Seattle,
and il would certainly be bad business
policy TO do 10. However. have
nothing TO do with the freight until II
il on board the ship. and wossid sug-
gest that you see the freight clerk"
STATEMENT FROM THE FREIGHT CLERK.
Soon after. the reporter found Mr..
w. ID. Edwards. the freight clerk, who
also was shown the above accusation.
lie said: As rule we knock of
taking freight for all SOUND ports at
the same time, but I remember this
trip we did shut down on Seattle
freight before We did on Tacoma
freight, and III tell you how II hap
pencd. We had thaken Ia nearly 800
tons OF Seattle freight, and 1t looked
a. though we had Just commenced on
the pile. We had room for little
more to trim the ship, and there was a
little Tag" for Tacoma son the wharf,
about sufficient 10 I'LL the small avail
able space, and We took II on board.
Generally the first day OF our arrival
we commence figuring how much
freight we can carry. and then at what
point to knock OF, 80 a. 10 leave room
Tor peri~hable freight, which always
has preference over other cargo. This
trip, We stopped when We had go tons
ON board, 10 take on the perishablc
stuff. We had the largest Victoria
freight We have had for year. and
that tended to cut down the space for
the Seattle freight. Seattle had 50
much more freight than any other
port that We cut her of two hours be-
fore VIC did the other ports. A ]
said before. We generally knock of all
ports together. Our company would
not discriminate against Seattle. any
more than q merchant woaid dis
criminale against his best customer. y