The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16
THE TALK ALONG THE BAY
MATTERS AND THINGS DISCUSSED
BY BUSINESS MEN.

The South Bound Railroads Freight
Traffic Looming Up-Yesterday's Re-
ceipts 1l2 Bales OF Cotton and 80
Carloads of Merchandise-The Bull
Street Ticket Offices Must stay-The
New Rice Coming In-The Cotton
Market and Gossip.
Bay street business men are considerably
stirred up by the MORNING
NEWS article on the report of the contem-
plated removal Of the railroad ticket Off
ces from Bull street in Monday mornings
paper. They will most seriously object TO
the change. Some OF them even went 30
far as to speak Of it as an Outrage" and
MORNING NEWS reporters were urged
to circulate petitions against the removal
OF the offices. 1t is certain that il a prohei
bility of the removal of the offices become
known that petition wiz be circulated
against it il so. it will be sigued ~
almost every business maa in the city to
whom il is presented. Assistant General
Passenger Agent s. II. Hard wick said that
while such step had been inquired into, he
did not know that it was Contemplated.
He has advised against such a step, aud he
thinks the Central ticket Office will remain
as it is.
The fire insurance companies have been
suffering TO some extent at the hands of
marine companies which have been writing
risks on cotton so much lower. IL is said
the companies in their keen competition for
this class of business are at each others
throats and have brought into the breach O
number Of German companies which are
not In the pool, and which are outing rates
right aud left. AS result all
the through cotton so far has
been covered by the marine CON-
panies. 1t affords the fire companies some
consolation TO know that this sort Of work
cannot last long, and that the more con-
sentative companies will finally cover the
business of both factors and through cotton
The shipping season seems to drag very
slowly thus far. There are but NO tramps
in port. The first one. the Norfolk has
been in port week and yesterday was the
first day in which the slowing Of cotton be-
gaa. The Lamington, which cleared from
philadelphia several days ago. goes to
Fernaudina, where she will take on phos-
phate rock before coming here to finish up
her cargo with cotton. The slowness Of
the steamship Martin Saenz is accounted
for by the fact that her propeller was dis.
abled and she remained in Havana to have
1t repaired. She was to have let there
yesterday for this port. but she will be de-
tanned several days at quarantine on ar
rival.
Yesterdays receipts of cotton were {. sos
bales against q, 4i2 the same day last year, a
gain Of 1,093 bales. the receipts at ell the
ports for the day we're 80, 729 against &c, 573
the same day last year 1t appears that the
crop is being marketed rapidly. New Or
leans went ahead Of Galveston for the first
time this season yesterday, her receipts be-
Inc 81
rate Savannah receipts will soon be up W it'll
last years for the same date. The heavy re-
CENTS OF cotton seat the price Off several
points yesterday again. IL is not likely to
rise as long as the receipts continue heavy.
The record of the weather in the cotton
belt for the past week shows general def
cheney in both temperature and precipita-
ton. The deficiency has been most marked
In Central Louisiana and Northeastern
Arkansas. where the weekly departures
ranged from 90 TO 10 below the normal. A
few heavy rainials are reported from dis
tricts 10 South Carolina and Northeastern
Texas, and at few scattered stations else
where, but. over the entire central and
western portions Of the cotton region the
prolonged drought remains unbroken.
The cotton men were discussing Yesterday
the probable effects of the European com
! plications arising from the seizure Of the
island Of Mityiene in tue Grecian archi-
pelago, reported yesterday morning.
! They did not think 1t had affected the cot
ton market as yet, but should the report
prove to be true, serious complications
might arise.
The first receipts of Savannah river rice
arrived from Col. JOHN Screven's plauta-
tion yesterday. The shipment was l 900
bushels, and was consigned to the Savannah
steam rice mill.
| The receipts by the South Bound yester-
day wero 112 bales OF cotton and 80 car
loads Of miscellaneous freight.