The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-04
ACTIVITY ON THE WHARvES.
,,,~y SHIPS LOADING COTTON AND
MANY OTHERS COMING.


ocoon steamship Wharves Cow
.-ad With Cotton, and Hundreds of
a., Are Employed There-WOriS
tbc Georgia Export and Import
,ompany-SIOre Vessels Coming to
,Rates on a Parity and Plenty of
ro,n,ge-An Almost Unprecedent-
cd season Promised.
,r,, daily scene of bustling activity at
49,. ocean Steamship wharves, as well as
s,.s,,bere along the river front, augurs
ea1 for a large and prosperous business
season.
Tho big terminal property to the west of
.t. city is covered with cotton-bales of
I'm everywhere, and from morning to
r.,5+ hundreds of men may be seen taking
oo.t,n from cars, trucking it to and fro,
,.-tins il into ships, where down in the
holds they are jamming it in to make
cargo.
Tn to Saturday there were eight tramp
s.elmers at the Ocean Steamship wharves
loading cotton. Four of these, the Aym-
o,tr,, coningsby, Luigi and Pinnillos, have
t,s+. sailed. and there has been one addi-
ron making five that are now
there loading. These are the
british steamships Worsley Hall,
Roma and Sutherland, consigned to
the Georgia Export and Import Company;
the Huron to j. F. Minis & Co., and the
s+rathion to W. w. Wilson. Besides
these there are at the same wharves three
Norwegian banks, two ,schooners, and the
New York steamer City of Au-
eusta, to which fleet will be
added upon arrival to-day the
coastwise steamers Gate City. City of
Macon. Grand Duchess of the Ocean
Steamship line and Itasca of the Balti-
more line.
With such a list of vessels at the Ocean
Steamship wharves, many Of them loading
cotton. the hustle and activity can well be
imagined. Somewhere in the neighbour
hood of 500 to 1900 men are employed al
most daily on these wharves in various ca
pacities. to properly handle and dispose of
the immense traffic.
-Four more cotton steamers consigned TO
the Georgia Export and Import Company
will be at the Central wharVes in the
next ten days. They are the Aston Hail,
10 load cotton for Bremen; the Briardene
for Havre; the Oriel for Liverpool, the Olaf
Kyrre and the Mt. Hebron both for Bre-
men Several others are coming to this
company later on in the month, which
have not as yet been posted.
In speaking of the matter well known
ship agent said the situation at the
Wharves furnishes every indication that
the season is going to be one of the best
Savannah has known in years. Rates
from Savannah are now on
parity with those from
competing ports, he said, there is a
large tonnage and the situation is very
satisfactory, both to the railroads and the
cotton men generally.
1t is not expected that the entrance of
the Georgia Export Company into the
field will tend to reduce ocean rates for
some time to come, if at all. Just at
present there is plenty of freight Offer
ing, and there is also plenty of tonnage
either here or on the way. There seems
to be no doubt, from all indication, that
the company is in the field to stay, and II
is now handling a good share OF the bust
ness Later in the season, however when
rates take a drop, competition for cargoes
may cause some cutting between the old
er ship agents and the new factor, but
after ALL this may be averted.
There are now in all sixty vessels in
thirteen foreign steamers loading cotton,
eighteen banks loading naval stores, six
barks at quarantine to load naval stores,
and eighteen schooners discharging coal,
salt ETC., and loading lumber for northern
ports. There are slxty-two vessels of all
classes now sailing for Savannah, most
Of which will arrive sometime during the
present month, and the indications now are
that all of them will get their cargoes
without any delay.
The amount of traffic at hand and In
prospect may be said to be unusually
large fer this season of the year. The indi-
cations all point to a steady increase of
1t for the next two or three months to
come, The settlement of the long
shoremen's strike, just at this time was
fortunate, both for the men and for those
interested in the loading of the vessels.
There will be plenty of work to keep
nearly all the men busy, and the work
will be properly and satisfactorily done.
With million bales of cotton promised
and plenty of tonnage to accommodate it,
along with much other heavy traffic, it
may be said that Savannah is likely to
have one of the very best business seasons