Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-02
Prominent Glasgow Shlpowner
on Norfolk's Export Business.
Ho Thinks That it VIII Steadily Continue
to Increase MIR. Paul Gottheil, Prcsi.
dent of tho United States Shipping Com
pany. Speaks of tho New shipping Ar
raugcmcnt and Its Advantages to Nor
folk in Assured Sailing Dates to Great
European Forts.
European Forts.

the well-known shipping firm of Don
aldson Brothers. of Glasgow, Scotland.
is stopping for few days at the Mon
ticello. His firm has fourteen freight
steamships with gross tonnage run
ming from 1000 to 5000 tons. None of
their ships have as yet ever come to
Norfolk. The firm has, however, been
operating from Newport News for
about three years. Their agent there
is the United States Shipping Com
pany, whose recent barging arrange
ment with the Chesapeake and Ohio,
Norfolk and Western, Southern. and
Atlantic Coast Line railways has at
tracted so much attention.
MIR. Donaldson was interviewed at
the Monticello Hotel last night by
Virginian Pilot reporter and asked his
opinion as to the result to Norfolk OF
the arrangement recently made by the
u. S. Shipping Company and the rail-
ways above named. He expressed the
opinion that the result would be bene
fetal rather than harmful to this port,
as it will give shippers via Norfolk
the advantage of fixed and certain sail
ing dates to many leading European
ports. He does not see much differ
ence in the conditions now and the
conditions that have prevailed here
tolOIC, eACepl tIlul ny IL COInDlncu ell
fort on the part of the railroads more
freight may be collected for exporta-
ton.
MIR. PAUL GOTTHEIL.
Mr.. Paul Gottheil, president OF the
U. S. Shipping Company was also seen
at the Monticello by the Virginian-
Pilot reporter. He stated that, in his
opinion. the new arrangement will be
OF vast benefit to Norfolk as we'll as
Newport News.
The shipping public is now assured
of direct sailings on certain fixed dates.
Norfolk has never enjoyed this adj
vantage before. There will be direct
sailings from Norfolk to Hamburg reg
ularly once month, commencing in
December, to be increased as the In
creaSing volume of business warrants.
Several of the Rotterdam ships will
also sail from Norfolk, the first one
the Cluden. having cleared from this
port to last Monday. The Zingara is
now on the way to Norfolk to load
whatever cargo has been engaged for
Amsterdam. and the same is the 5. S.
Belfast for Belfast. The ships will
be sent here as frequently as may be
warranted by the traffic offered, and
the fundamental idea of the arrange
inent entered into with the railroads
Is to gradually build up business
from Norfolk equal to that now in ex-
iStence from Newport News, but 1t
cannot be done in a day, as il has
taken Newport News fully five years
10 obtain the services that it now COM
mandS.
The public should not lose sight of
the fact that it lakes time to build up
such business, and that owing to the
unsuccessful operation of other steam
ship enterprises from Norfolk that
many shippers in the West are strong
ly opposed to having their cargoes
routed via Norfolk. and that to remove
this prejudice it will take some time
In the meanwhile. to certain ports
where offerings of cargo are only
small. through Norfolk it is necessary
to barge 1t to Newport News, but the
U. S. Shipping Company has gone in
TO this enterprise with every intention
of developing the resources of this
port. and with the steamship backing
which the U. S. Shipping Company
commands 1t feels confident that it will
be able to establish in not so distant
a future direct services from Norfolk
equal in volume to those now enjoy
ed by Newport News.
Whilst Mr.. Gottheil is in no way
connected with the sailings from New
port News to London and Liverpool,
he feels confident that every effort is
being made to establish regular sail
ines in the near future from Norfolk
to these ports.