The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-27
COTTON WELL CARED FOR.
No EXCUSE IT H. CLAIMED ron VA
PINE INSJRANCE DISCRIMINATION

. VINE iNNA hNNt u nANt AtNiNAIAuNs
Railroads Have Largely Increased
Their Warehouse Facilities In
Recent Ncar--Many vessels Make
the TriB Across without stopping
az Norfolk for Coal - Pilots Have
Found NJ Dimcuity la Handling
Large Vessels. says Mr.. barnard.
4 Private Detective Employed to
Enforce the Hull Ordinance for
the Prevention of Fires ON Cot
ton Vessels.
The discrimination against Savannah IN
the matter of marine insurance. attention
70 which was called in yesterdays Morn
ing News. seems 60 exist withou, cause.
The attention % several shipping mcr-
chants and others directly ana Indirectly
interested in the subject was called to the
matter yesterday They We're not dis
posed 20 agree with the explanation offer
ed hy Mr.. ". l.. Wilson 20 the effect that
the higher charges as compared with New
orleans were due TO the necessity on tho
part o. steamers leaving here 10 coal az
Norfolk and to the further fact that cot
ton is not properly handled mere and that
the country damage is excessive.
Many steamers leaving this pom with
cotton do not stop at Norfolk for coal"
said Mr. J NJ Barnard. "nnd n they d.d
this would no, BE- sufficient to warrant an
increased Insurance rate. The vessels sim
oily go into Norfolk because coal can be
obtained more cheaply there. While this
may slightly lengthen the voyage il does
not make i as lengthy as that from New
Orleans. As 10 the handling OF cotton. u
is true that IN former years cotton was
not given proper care IN handling here.
but there has been great improvement
In recent years. The railroads have great
y increased their warehouse faciiitis and
now there T. hut little cotton that re-
mains exposed. With the new warehouses
across the river the necessity for ex-
posture Of cotton should be done away
with entirely. / am satisfied tnat country
damage IS no greater here than az New
Orleans and other ports"
Perhaps the marine insurance compt-
nies stil nave u In for Savannah because
Of the cotton fires OF lss2. Il was re-
marked.
Tina, does not help matters" said Mr.
Barnard. New Orleans has suffered
more in this respect than Savannah. her
fires have been more recent and moro
vicious ln their character and the losses
were heavier The incendlary character
OF she fires In New Orleans was fully es-
tabhshed. while here the question re-
NAMED IN doubt II this were the trouble
New orleans would be paying higher rates
than savannah
Neither can the higher rates be attria-
uted To Jack Of water in che channel
while deeper water VIII OF course De- q
good thing for the port in many ways.
Ne have had no trouble in handing any
OF the ships brought here. und , have
heard OF no instances OF failures 20 make
charters because OF insufficient depth Of
the channel. The pilots have no ,rouble
In taking the vessels out In fact. / can
see no reason why savannah should be-
Disseminated against In the matter q
marine insurance rates. bur the fact new
ertheless remains thas the discrimination
exists
Mr. Barnard remarked incidentally that
ne was much more Interested az present
IN the low rates Of ocean freight than IN
the nigh rates OF Insurance There IS a
surplus OF bottoms IN the port and freirht
room has been going begging for some
uAy@ Rates as low and IN several in
stances. lower than those from New YORK
are being quoted by Savannah shlpbrok.ts
20 foreign ports.
The fact has probably been overlooked
or forgotten by Eood many people thar
the last Council adopted stringent regula-
Tons for the prevention OF fires aboard
SHIPS. The ordinance was introduced bv
Mr. II NJ Hun and requires am steam
SHIPS lying In port loading cotton 10 b.
equipped with a certain supply OF hose
ana hre buckets which must De- "a an
times IN readiness for use. that steam
must be kept up constantly In the donke,
engine ana that there must always be "A
Waterman aboard al night II is .lso re-
quir,d that all cotton lying alongside on
lighters or on the wharves shall le COZ
cred with uruaullns This also applies 10
cotton being transported in lighters on
the river
Probably very few people are aware
81 the fact said Mr. Hun yesterday.
that there Is n detective engaged who h
constantly on the watch for violations or
this ordinance. Never mind who th, ie-
tective is or who pays his salary his work
is being done an right"
While Mr.. Hulls firm does not hanIle
marine business. being an Insurance
agent. Mr.. Hun realized the lamar,
which was being done 10 the good name
OF the pert by the frequent cotton fires OF
some years since and the bad light In
which % placed the city with the i.sur-
ance companies generally Hence his in
PRODUCTION Of the ordinance referred 10
| The small number Of cotton fres in rc-
cent years Is the best evidence fnlt the
enforcement OF the ordinance Is having =
good effect