The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-04
TO GET THE BUSINESS.
a COMPANY NAY Bg FORMED TO
FURTHER DIRECT TRADE.

! The Result CT the SsYaunsh Commit
! tees Investigations at New Orleans
| The Members We're Received Not as
! Competitors, But as representatives
/ From a Sister City-Savsnnah Hss
Every Advantage and Facility Pos
sessed by New Orleens-Only a Nat
ter OF Enterprise and Work.
| The special committee of Messrs. A. B.
Moore s. E. Haynes and George P. Walker,
appointed at a private meeting Of the
board Of trade to go to New Orleans for
the purpose of finding out what is necessary
to be done in order to handle direct grain
shipments from this port, is back again and
will probably make its report to the board
of trade tonight or tomorrow.
It is highly probable that a stock COM
paDy will be formed here as a sort Of semi
public enterprise for the purpose Of work
ing up direct shipments and handling
the business. TIE special commit
tee is strongly in favor Of s6ca
a movement and will probably embody
recommendation 60 that effect in its report.
Such company would be comp Jsed of the
foremost business men of Savannah, men
who have the interest OF the city ct heart.
shipments, and to further the project in
every way within their power.
NEW ORLEANS FACILITIES.
In New Orleans the committee went the
entire rounds and examined every arrange
ment and facility that port has for shipping
grain and other western produce, and the
members state most emphatlcally that New
Orleans has no advantage or facility that is
lacking in Savannah. They discovered
hot fka chi Mir Nnxr Ilr1a fe
that tile elevators are inadequate to do the
work and other means of loading had to be
employed. Savannah, however, has ample
elevator facilities to handle the business to
be secured here for two or three years, and
circumstances are such that they can easily
be increased. Neither Is the question found
to be one of deep water or OF rates, as both
are already practically secured here; but it
is a matter of enterprise and hard work ia
securing shippers aud buyers who will order
their goods to 60 or come by Sa-
vannah. A slight disadvantage has been
met in the railroad rate recently granted,
as a further slight reduction will have to
be made to put this port on a parity with
New Orleans. There is little doubt, how
ever, that this will be readily granted.
WANT TO SHIP TO SAVANNAH.
The committee find that the western ship
pers are far more favorably disposed to-
ward the South Atlantic ports than they
are toward those of the north, and in some
instances western commercial boiiN0 have
taken action favorable to them. I b y we're
assured while in New Orleans, not .IY Of
the cooperation Of the western shippers,
but also of that of New Orleans Itself
which, instead of posing as q com
petitor, desires to act in harmony with Sa-
yanuah and the neighbOring South Allan
TIC ports In a common fight against the
northern ports
This was the feeling which the committee
met with on the part OF tho
commercial men of New Orleans, and while
there the SavaLnahians were extended
every courtesy that could be shown them,
and no facts, figures or statistics we're cons
cealed from them in regard to the grain
shipments from thar port, part of which
Savannah in endeavoring 20 draw away.
Tho courteous and pleasant treatment
with which they were met on all sides is
supposed also to DO due to some extent to
kindness of Capt. Purse In aiding the New
Orleans delegation at Washington when it
was there for the purpose of getting the
New Orleans deep water bill through con.
gress.
THE COMMITTEE WE'LL RECEIVED.
The committee was furnished by MIR. ii.
H. Smith, president of the board Of trade,
and MIR. Robert Nc MILAN, chief inspector,
with every facility for the accomplishment
of its mission, and was also rendered q tug
by which it was enabled to travel from one
elevator to another, and 60 inspect the
harbor.
After the committee has made its report,
the question of inviting q number OF promi-
nent commercial men and shippers from
western points will be considered, and will
probably result in the issuing of invitations
to such representatives to come and
inspect the facilities Of Savannah
for handling their business. The work then
t. be done is that OF getting the grain and
the ships, and the enterprise will, no doubt,
be in charge of a company composed of
maLy of Savaunah's foremost financial men,
In speaking Of the visit of the committee
to that city, the Times Democrat remarks:
"A feeling has been awakened In the
Georgian seaport to the effect that the grain
export facilities of that city we're we'll worth
more extensive development, and that there
| is no reason why Savannah should not take
a prominent place amo1g the exporting
cities of this country. The establishment
| OF a company designed to further the devel-
ment of tho export industry Of SAvannah is
in contemplation, and the city already has
an elevator having capacity of over $780,
kty