The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-10
WHARF AGE RATES.
cene@nsns u Opinion That the
Burden On onsseinx rresxhs
should BE Made LIghser-yarsoa.
Views Of the sifa.fisn.

NnotseAle houses 20 Ascertain the frEi.
status Of the alleged grievance.
| schwabacilef Bros. & Co. say that Q.
all goods shipped from yeSler's dock
Harrington Il Smiths. Hatflekls ans
the City dock. 20 cents per ton meas
ureInent u charged; while on th.
Seattle Warehouse Conspany's whar
nowharfageiS levied on goods shipped
from the city. The firm is perfect,
satisfied that the present charges on
receipts should continue. but consider
| il against the business interests OF ths
city that charges on shipments should
be made in addition. since the margin
OF profit on wide range OF article,
viii not permit the additional expense
Take -four and feed. for example, =
say they, the Ievies made by the
wharfinse-. at the present rate. alrnos,
debars Seattle from supplying Guilty
ing points in competition with
other trade center~. The ef.
feet OF excessive charges in
this respect, Is to drive intea ling
purchasers in Seattle TO other mar
kets-P Portland and elsewhere. With
freight rate from Portland at &c
per 100 Ib~, the receiver has no
wharf dues levied II the goods come
by the o. Il. & " Co.; and some OF
our customers, after vigorously pro-
testing against paving what they con-
slider an imposition, have { r a,ened
TO get their goods from that point.
We canRnot stand the strain OF pay
ing wharfage on incoming and out
going geods. The former Il borne by
Us and the latter must be borne by
our customers. We ship about 9l90
tons PER month from the different
wharves. and on this our customers
are obliged 10 pay i0oo wharfage. in;
addition 70 freight. on Harrington *
Smiths wharf, Il man goes on with
handtruek twenty times day. he
will be charged each time a fee OF
Of . cent. This Is surely IN
rea oaah.e. San Francisco, Port and
aud Tacoma. as far as ne know
charge nothing on goods shipped. X
Is dishciilt 10 suggest a remedy. but.
with the growing iatere u OF the city,
there might be more satisfactory aG-
jastment and regulation OF this inn
port1nt matter The firm considers
that by payment Of dues ON incoming
goods aud By charging steamers -
much per month for lying at the
whaFfs. sufficient sum can be re-
allied 10 afford fair profits TO dock
owners.
y. Chnherg Il Son stated that a team
Is charged Is cents every time il goes
on Harrington & Smiths wharf,
100 pound consignment or more. and
that no reduction i made for a num-
Der OF visits during the day. We
consider that the charges Row made
tend to diminish the volGIne of bush
ness and bring many complaints from
our patrons. The board OF trade has
subsidized the steamer lola TO carry
freight To Nashoa island from tue
seattle Warehou Company .haFf.
without dues. and the business has in
creased from 80 TO 100 per cent.
Something ought to be done to remedy
this defect in our distributing sys-
tenn"
TokIas. SiageFman x Co. informed
the reporter that complaints are COM
ing in from every quarter because OF
the wharfage charged on goods eas-
signed 80 outside customers. Only
the other dav small case of rubber
shoes was sent % snohomish, on
which the freight was p cents and the
wharfage ~ cents. send Us no more
goods ~ steamer. was the immediate
request. AS our profits are small
enough already The Wholesale trade
in Seattle Is being crippled in our opin-
ION, by the unreasonable charges
made. aud the city front ought 10 he
under the control OF the city govern
ment. a. Is the case in san Francisco
and New York.
T.. Lobe & Co. thought 25 cents per
ton measurement on goods shipped
ought to be sufficient TO compensate
dock owners, as higher rates are OPP
posed 90 the growth of the wholesale
business in the city.
Haley & Wright corroborated the
statements made 10y Others on charges
levied at Harrington & smith. dock.
III Is cents were added to the cost Of
small packages that we are sometimes
Obliged 10 forward orr customers, they
would leave the town entirely, because
profits are not able 10 bear the burden.
ON Yesler's more consideration Il
shown, a. 10 cents only i charged on
small parcels. On the Harrington *
Smith and Hatfield docks wharfage Is
prepaid by the consisnor, while on
feslcr's the steamers pay the wharf
age aad charge it TO the consisnee.
| We always stand the charges q he
prepaid. aud we are bound TO do i -
long ~ there Is no other alternative,
because oar customers viii not shout
der the excess. We don't see what
remedy TO suggest. As the owners have
perfect right 70 charge rs they see
tic. They own riparian rigilts ana tie
buildings and Improvements are their
oHn. iii different in san Francisco.
where the city has built the water
I front ont into deep water.
Frcdericks 4 Maud consider that
only half the present rates ought TO I've
charged at the tartheSt- Iac1Fn
does not charge wharfage on gopsis
shipped by outgoing steamers, AMI
this diserimiuate> against Seattle.
small shipments especially are exor-
hitantly taxed by dock-owRers here.
/ We zee no remedy except by construct
| ing an opposition wharf. 60 he con-
trollei BY the city; bat then. again, the
difficulty OF getting all steamers 70 cal
there crops up,
/ IAN Bros. approve 20 the efforts
made Lax tife q. r. & y, GO. - con
venienee the merchants at Seattle ia
Shippiue goods. They are opposed e
The rate charged on other wharfs, te-
cause iuimicat 10 the future OF The
T a holes L. trade of Seattle
/. Mr. ghas kittinger, secretary 81 THE
ilsaard Of tra,ie WAS interviewed and
Sasd THE charges now usae, wntie
/ mo haayy sar either c0nsiEnoF or e9I9-
Sfrrce Is raw. are vet naj 20 htsa
I hem the est 81 bull ing and keeftn :
4 dock in repair i taken ilsto cousiil'
Grafton. The ters,s0 s. 8 tee 70 lew
wharfage. and wntu nev cFe0,oie T.sle'
are driven ia piace 90 tie Old, wren 4
greater degree ot prruauenrf VII -
given and a smaller drain ga the Nt
tal oi Tire es nCF called sar, there We
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