The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13
RATES ON NAVAL STORES.
Mr.. Pendergast's Reports to the Board
of Trade on His Insurance Commit
tees Work.

Mr.. Pendergast's Reports to the Board
Of Trade on His Insurance Commit
tees Work.
c. F. Prendergast, chairman Of the
committee of local underwriters APP
pointed to confer with the executive com
mittee Of the Southern Tariff Association
upon insurance rates at Savannah made a
report yesterday TO the committee Of the
board Of trade Of the result of the first
committees conference with the execu-
tive committee of the tariff association.
Mr.. Prendergast's report is thorough
review of the naval stores situation at
Savannah in regard to insurance. 1t IS q
most interesting document. In it Mr..
Pendergrast says:
Aug. II, 1s93.-Messrs. James Earle, Jr,, G.
d. Baldwin, Walter Coney, Committee from
the Board of Trade Savannah. Gentlemen;
Pursuant to the request conveyed to US Dy
your chairman, we subloin synopsis OF the
conclusions reached by the executive com
mittee OF the Southeastern Tariff associa-
ton after the recent conference with our
committee on the subject OF rates on naval
stores in Savannah
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Company 5 Wharyes-At present the rate here
IS 81 per cent, made up as follows:
No hre-plug and hose. .................... %
No metal buckets and casks of water. 80
No Waterman and approved watchclock. 80
No city ftre-plug within 200 feet............ %
RAISING locomotive Observation-Disclosures. lUO
$50
This rate can be speedily reduced by pro
viding the Waterman with a watchclock OF
type approved by the Southeastern Tariff
association. and by distributing throughout
that part of the premises used for cotton stor-
age at least 80 casks Ito be kept filed with
water) and 100 metal buckets
If brick wall not less than 20 feet high and
IL inches thick, supported every 10 feet by
buttresses ID inches thick, extending out
feet on each side Of the wall at the bottom
and tapering to the top of the wall, is built
between the large cotton shed and the rosln
yard, with an ell 80 feet long extending west
from the northern end of the wall; a ditch
dug parallel to the wall and at least feet
from the western ends of the buttresses,
draining southwardly, (au sand eXcaVated
from the ditch to be thrown on the east side
thereof and the rosin yard is graded to in
cline to the south; or if clear space of 100
feet is maintained between the cotton and the
naval stores, the rate on the latter viii be re-
duced to 2H per cent.
II, in addition to the improvements just
specified, a second brick wall of the same
character as the one above described Except
that the ell may be omitted from the second
WALL is erected between the spirits sheds
and rosin yard. with ditch on each side of
it, parallel to the wall and at least five feet
from the bottoms Of the buttreSses, draining
Southwardly (all sand eXcaYated from the
bitches to be thrown toward the WALL and
the ground or slxids on which the Spirits rest
graded toward the south, the rate will be per
cent, In the rostn yard and "a per cent. In the
Spirits sheds. Our conference with the exec
utive committee inclines US strongly to the
opinion that the rate on turpentine, and
possibly that on rosin, can be further
end materially reduced by the substitution Of
metal roofs for the shingles which now cover
the spirits shed; but no definite agreement
was sought on this point. A rough sketch,
giving general idea OF the wall prescribed
No.
to,
HARMoNs WHARF.-The present rate on
this property is 534 per cent. the items being;
Basis. 800
No tire-plug and hose. .................... .25
No metal buckets and casks OF water. 80
No watchmen and approved watchclock.. so
Passing locomotives. ....... .............. LOO
525
This can be promptly reduced to per cent.
by supplying an adequate quantity Of rubber
or underlined cotton hose of good quality,
and sufficient number of casks, Ito be kept
filled with water and metal buckets and pro-
viding the watchman or watchmen with a
watchclock of kind approved by the tariff
association
If the cotton and naval stores are separated
under the sheds and on the open ground and
a section Of the sheds 100 feet long is cut out
so as to make the separation effective, naval
stores at HarmOn's wharf may be written at
21a per cent, provided each policy bears the
clause warranting 100 feet clear space to be
maintained between the cotton and the naval
stores.
Old Central Press Wharf and Sheds
Thereon-Naval stores here may be written
at per cent.
Central Railroad Naval Stores Yard on the
Ogeechee Canal-The rate at this point re
mains unchanged, viz, ga per cent.
II you desire any further information which
1t is in our power to give, we shall have pleas
ure in supplying 1t upon your specifying your
wishes.
With regard, we are, truly yours,
CHAREs F. PRENDERGAsTs
Chairman for the Committee from the Fire
Underwriters of Savannah.