The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-28
PREFER THE STEAMSHIPS.
Commission Merchants and Many
Truckers Think That WAY.

Transportation by Water More Ad-
vantageous Than by Rail-The
Ocean Rates Better Than Those by
the Fast Vegetable Freight-No Ex-
ira Steamers to Be Put on This Year.
The commission merchants in New
York and many of the truck growers in
this section who ship produce there for
sale, have announced in favor of the
Ocean Steamship line, and of the Old
Dominion line from Norfolk as preferable
to making shipments by rail under the
proposed plans of the Pennsylvania rail
road to make deliveries on the Jersey City
side of the river.
In a long article in the New York Jour
nal of Commerce many of the commission
merchants of that city who handle trnck
from this section speak of the inconven-
fence of the deliveries on the Jersey City
side, on account of which extra expense
in drayage and longer waits, by reason of
the hauling on drays, would be incurred
They recommend, therefore, that ship
ments from this section be made by the
Ocean Steamship line and that shipments
from points farther north be made by the
Old Dominion line.
ADVANTAGE OF THE STEAMERS.
So far as Savannah is concerned, it
would seem that the advantage wouid De
on the side of the steamship line. At any
rate this is what the truckers say and
what the Ocean Steamship people claim
The fast train from Savannah carrying
truck is to leave according to the an
nounced schedule, at o'clock in the
morning, and arrive at Jersey City depot
about o'clock the morning of the second
day. The truck thus shipped would have
70, ko in he, 4 tn H. g.
the same truck, it is said could be put
right on board the steamer leaving In the
afternoon, and could thus be delivered on
the New York side as early as it would
reach the New Jersey side by rail.
The truckers consider that they have a
great advantage in the Ocean Steamship
line from this point There is an addf-
tional advantage in the rate, the freight
by water being 43 cents per barrel, while
by rail and including drayage, it amounts
to rs cents per barrel One of the
truckers this season shipped several
thousand crates of beans to New York by
the Ocean Steamship line, which sold in
New York for "a and s. a crate An
other sent some by rail few days later
which brought only 80 cents and 81 a
crate,
NO EXTRA STEAMERS.
The Ocean Steamship Company, will
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considered the three a week which now
sail to and from New York, are amply
sufficient to accommodate all the truck
traffic which leaves this point. The
frost gave the crop somewhat of a set
back and there is not as large a move
ment of produce now as there usually is
at this time of the year. Then, too, the
melon crop does not come on until after
the truck season is drawing to a close.
In speaking of the matter yesterday
MIR. j. I. Shuptrine said the steamship
company is a great advantage to the
truckers in this section. He said he was
favorably impressed with the showing
made by the Pennsylvania railroad, but it
would take good test to show whether
the roads plan of delivery on the Jersey
City side would be a successful one
In speaking of the fast freight to
the north he said it had been
his understanding that Savannah
was to have the advantage of the same
train as last year. That was one which
left Savannah at 3 O'Clock in the after
noon, Charleston at IL o'clock at night
and got to New York about o'clock the
morning of the second day after leaving
here. The train proposed leaving here at
3 o'clock in the morning, he said, does
not offer as good facilities to the truckers
as that which was run last year He
said, however, that it was his under
standing that a convenient and advanta-
geous train would be put on as soon as
the interests of the truckers and their
shipments demanded extra facilities.