The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-20
RA1L AND BY WATER
nnah Merchants Have Not At
,anta,s Rate Troubles.

,arta,s Rate Troubles.
nah merchants do not join In the
..sst made by Atlantians OF the in
Pr, the transportation people perpe-
JUS" d, not allowing rates to Havana
u'N IN admit of goods being shipped
'a'' - that port. Savannahians have
al,' such complaint. as their goods go di-
rect. COW that :. "a a
chat they have to ship their goods
slNA 1s,.,,s by way of New York. The
l. NJ course, two or three times
'O' ,ors but the cost is greater to ship
Tampa than it is to ship via New
VIA ,,i,nta is making a protest, and it
W. 70 be seen if it will result in
I''N- ,c, about of more equitable rates.
pHNeb merchants have enjoyed con-
saFa'+,. +rade with Cuba ever since the
SIDE forces occupied the island The
Anel' tss gradually grown until it is now
uaus Ian proportions. Both the rant
Of ~ I'd the Seaboard Air Line are
for shipments, the merchants get
useo oorohination rate by rail and water
uns 80 Port Tampa or Miami One
wa norgev.r. has a business with Cuoa
mn .ha bahamas that is OF such magnl-
anu TO ADMIT of schooners being en-
'Hue 5 for the transportation OF goous'
pr GREAT saving In rates Is mus ihdue'
ana d ss,.ar+ape that New York has in its
4ater rate Is counteroalanceo by me
81" ss,ility that is enjoyed by this firm.
same - heavy business is done by At
NO raer7bants in Cuba. but they be-
iaH'a -, could do more is they only had
he'e 1tIa rates. If there are many in tn
equI'1 who think the same way, 1t might
seO'.'+ ION a wise measure for those VINO
,t..resed the matter some time ago TO
us mt on a line of steamships between
eayanrah and Havana.
sayai'' h+lsnta Constitution makes the fol-
,s, comment upon the situation:
N" rhe ldea of shipping freight from A.
~ havana via New York, a dis
.a Of PAT miles, at a lower rate thaIi
.aIC' handed TO the same port via Tam
bv which route the distance IS oniE
~ ~ lilies struck many as being not only
,lliculous and absurd but OUTRAGEOUS
ru oT. e viewed as a distinct discrim1na-
.-ains, southern ports, a turning of
%,ai,ess out Of the channels In when IL
propery belongs. ,,
a. running south. of Atlanta are In
"a seld 10 get all the business they can,
~, ~ ebould they be asked for through
90 IN Havana via Tampa on any par
.tcn,ar commodity, they would doubtless
,ake prompt steps to see that it was
secured. +. Al.
.-,,iuation in the case mentioned, 1t Is
orainst me railroads r1hniag south of
Atlanta. which would naturally handle
,raf7c going to Havana via Tampa II
seems no through rates have Peen mace
an that class of business by the tampa
route because the business has not seem
Cd to warrant It. 1t Is stated through
rote nv that route could doubtless be So
cured without difficulty, if it were sought,
as the railroads interested would be glad
10 get the business. Where no through
rate Is fixed, however, the rate quoted is
always the sum of the locals, and 1t is
not unnatural that that should be looked
upon as an exorbitant rate"
Mr. V. NJ Cluis, travelling passenger
agent Of the c., NJ. and St. P. Railroad
with headquarters in New Orleans, was
IN the city yesterday.
Mr.. George H. Lee, general passenger
agent of the Choctaw Route, left last
night over the Central for Montgomery.
Mr.. F. D. Blackman, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Choctaw Route. with
headquarers at Chattanooga, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. Oscar Vanderbilt, city passenger
and ticket agent of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, with headquarters in st. Paul,
was in the city yesterday.