The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-31
To GET MORE COTTON
ALL-RAIL SHIPMENTS TO NEW ENG
LAND AT AN END.
STEAMSHIPS TO CARRY IT
SAVANNAH AND OTHER PORTS
WILL BE BENEFITED.

Delay In Delivery to the Mills and
the HoId-over of Cars Causing at
Times "a Car Famine, Among the
Causes for the Abandonment of
the Rail Shipment and the Turn
Over of Cotton to the Water Lines.
AS a result of the withdrawal of
two New England railroads from an
arrangement to join other roads in al
lowing through all-rail rates on cotton
shipped from the South to New Eng
land mill points, all. the South Attain
tic ports will very probably get more
cotton this season.
Shippers will have to ship by
the ocean lines to New York
and Boston, and there let the
Boston and Maine, and the New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroads
receive the cotton for distribution to
the mills. In fact, these railroads say
this is what they want Southern ship
pers to do.
To the railroads bringing the
cotton to the ports and to the
ocean liners all this is perfectly agree
able 1t is perfectly agreeable to Sa-
vannahians, for it is estimated to mean
much more cotton for coastwise ex-
port.
Lack of Connections.
The circumstances that have COM
bined to throw the South's shipments
of New England cotton to the water
routes were not expected to result this
way at the start. For long time the
large expense on account of the bot
ting up of cars, and the delivering
of cars to connecting lines without
getting them back within reasonable
time. This lead to car famines, and
the result of these are known in this
section, especially in the cotton coun-
try, when hurried shipments are de-
sired.
To avoid this the roads i'm
posed a rental charge for the time a
car is on a foreign line with a view
to having the foreign line return it at
the earliest possible moment. This
charge seems to work all right with
all railroads, except the B. & B., and
the N. Y, N. H. & H. They withdrew
from the arrangement, giving what
appear to be good reasons, showing
that they are put at a decided disad-
vantage.
Delays in Delivery.
The claim of these roads is that cot
ton is shipped to New England points
over their lines in foreign cars, that
in some cases this is in advance of
the requirements of mills, and that
these cars must lie on the sidings I'M
til the consignees need the cotton or
have storage room for it. At other
times it is claimed that brokers ship
cotton on to New England before it is
sold, and leave it in the cars until sold.
All this time these railroads have to
use of the car, which would be
heavy charge for them to carry, and
one they cannot well estimate.
Will ship by Water.
To get around the trouble the roads
mentioned withdrew we'll in advance
of the cotton season from the through
all-rail rate understanding, %nd urge
that cotton be shipped by water to
them at either New York or Boston,
where they have large aMd commodi-
GUS warehouses, and can SaRe care of
it until it is wanted at the mills. Then
too, they say in their circular that they
can make more money on the cotton if
shipped by water and delivered to them
at New York and Boston.
A local representative of the Ocean
Steamship Company stated yesterday
that this action by the New England
roads means much for Southern ports,
whose cotton exports are sure to be
largely increase. Sava Rlah will, of
course, come in for its share of the
increase.