The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-08
IAN AGREEMENT REACHED.
The Railroads and Ship Brokers
Have Gotten Together.
A SYNOPSIS OF THE UNDERSTANDING.
Wharf Company II tcs Build Another
Pier and There Ii ~ BE
RcnssiEnmcnt.

Galveston, Texas. June THE long
drawn out conference Of the railroads and
the ship brokers to devise ways and means
to facilitate the export business OF this
port came to an end today. AS stated be-
lore the matter has been in the hands of
a sub committee for two weeks or more.
who have labored earnestly. and when the
| general committee came together today a
plan had been drawn up and was ready for
| submission.
| Major G. b Peck was chairman of the
meeting and j. H. Langbehn, representing
tho ship brokers firm Of Moller & Co., was
secretary.
When the meeting adjourned at $50 to-
night, after having lasted all day, Mi.
Langbehn said an agreement had been
reached and that all interests were salts
fed
The exact details OF the plan could not
at which time he will submit an outline OF
what the agreement is.
From other sources The Post reporter
understands the terms are about as follows:
The wharf company will build another
pier, 100 by 500 in size. to accommodate
four ships at time for the exclusive hand
ling of cotton seed products, this traffic
alone amounts to about 10000 cars q year.
and owing TO the fact that much longer
time is required TO handle 1t. is equal 10
$4,000 cars of cotton. II will also provide
warehouses for the storage of cotton and
9th er products Piers are to be reassgned
on condition that the railroads shall use
to their full capacity and six miles of ad-
ditional trackage will be built.
On the part of the ship agents. they
agreed to use the piers to their full ca
pacity and TO receive cotton at the car
door, Heretofore the railroads were re-
Quired to place the cotton Just where the
| brokers wanted it. Cotton not received
under the full limit will go 10 storage fol
account of the brokers.
Perhaps the most important point yielded
by the railroads is that they agreed to deliy.
er cotton in full bill of lading lots hereafter
The ship brokers demanded that the road.
should deliver all cotton in fifteen day!
from date of its being received In the in.
serior. The railway people objected L
this and fixed twenty-five days as the limit
1t was this one point that was said t
have caused all the trouble. What wa.
j. firally agreed upon is not known. but it II
believed they compromised on twenty days
:. The opinion is expressed tonight that tn
results OF the conference will largely in
7, crease the business of the port. and viii
prevent car blockades such as was encoun
i. tered last fall.
AS one gentleman said: ut Is a con
ference that should have been held thirt,
years ago"
Those present were: D. b. Keeler4 For
. Worth and Denver City; w. f. Mcclure
); general freight agent Galveston, Houston
: and Henderson; H. A. Jones. general freigh
. agent Southern Pacific; e. f. j. Martin
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass: j. L
Brooks, travelling freight agent San Antoni
and Arkansas Pass. j. w. Maxwell. genera
superintendent Missouri Kansas an
Texas; II. l.. Redfeld. assistant genera
freight agent Texas and Pacific; Colonel l.
j. Polk general manager. p. II. Goodwin
general freight agent, G. f. Resseguit
general superintendent, and w T.. Maxsor
superintendent of terminals of the SAINT
. Fe system: G.. l.. Noble assistant generl
Il superintendent OF the International an
Great Northern; G.. H. Turner, genere
freight agent of the International an
Great Northern; l., Megget of the Diret
!. Navigation company; II. ]. Simmons, su
/; perintendent Of the Galveston, La Port
: and Houston; ]. II Hill, manager Of tn
Galveston Houston and Henderson: w. !
} | GrOseGose, assistant general freight ageT
, of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas. C. ]
F.; Peck, manager Of the Texas Car Servit
association; John Allen. general freigl
agent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texa.
p. Adoue. ] II. Langbehn of ]. Moller
Co Charles Fowler of Fowler &. McVit
j. Clark of VIM. Parr & Co.. Baily of Il
, Wharf company.
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