The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-03
POOR RAILROAD SERVICE.
Galveston Cotton Exchange Complains
of Delays in Moving Cotton.
BETTER TIME MADE TO NEW ORLEANS
Compress Charges Declared Excessive
and the Railroad Commissions Com
press Regulations Condemned.

Galveston. Texas, January 2.--The annual
meeting Of the Galveston Cotton Gxcv
was ted this afternoon aud lasted mst
! IS minutes. After the address II President
! Rnuse the reports OF the various com
mlttccs We're received and adopted without
! discussion. Most OF the reports were brief
and touched upon such matters as ware
! particularly Of Interest 30 the members Of
the exchange The committee upon mem
bers reported that the membership was
exactly thr came that 81 was year ago.
! Four members had died during the year.
| fitting resolutions upon their death having
been previously adopted by the exchange.
! The exports OF wheat which, during lne
early part Of the season had promised 10
exceed that Of any former year, had
dre2pcd %, owing to the short crop OF corn
ana oate. There. how ever. had been 49,.
oas 40 bushels exported here during the
year. which does NOT compare unfayorabiy
with former years
The channel had shoaIed until there was
row tut "A feet Of water on the bar, but
this would net interfere with tho ship-
ping until an appropriation was made for
.
almost certain 20 be made.
The committee ON information and sta
Hstlcs reports that the telegrsphic service
had been miserable and that there seemed
10 be a prrc0ncertcd EFFORT on the part OF
| certain parties 20 sever communication be-
! tween the markets. OF New York and Cad
! weston
/ me committee on transportation made
1 the following report In which the railroads
are sharply criticised and the board OF
/ directors requested TO lay tue matter be-
/ for the railroad commission.
/ Transport alton by laud-We recYet to
chronicle q be fact that Gle railroad service
for the entire state Of Texas, curing the
past season, has been poor n general, md
roads, very miserable On humorous oc.
gnslphs cotton from points not two hun.
I drnd miles distant has been from two 10
! three weeks la transit 10 Galveston, VIII IN
! II ought 10 have bren brought here In as
many dUys The only reason advanced for
such nLwarrantPd delays Is that they oc-
cur at compress points, which Is mere
srhtotfuge, inlsmuch az cc tton shipped -
New Orleans ar the same time, in many
Instances, has arrived there IN much
shmtor time, Notwithstanding that 1t had
also had 20 be compressed en- route and
that the distance is greuter taau 90 Gul-
weston,
The fact Is that nuch TO the detr,mcnt
and damage Of Galveston aud Texas In
tcrcsts and reputation some Of tho railways
leading 70 Galveston are absolutely in
buNtNithilA ploNluCd Win follllg STOCK Win
which 10 take care of the current bust
ness u Is TO be hoped that the railway
{, minisslon viii in The near future see
to IT that the railways provide sufficient
equipment 20 that providence and tse
farmer may be encouraged u raise full
crops of all kinds In contradlstlncti0n to
the present seasons poor production in
this State, which droughty summer tried
Its best TO regulate In accordance to the
rallways' capacities
keverttng to the excuse that the delay
10 cotton 10 transit Is caused nj interior
compress points II may be asked: Why
do the Galveston roads not act like those
at Houston, who carry the cotton hat on
through bills of ladhg toyei which the
railways claim the commission has no juris-
dctlonl aud compress IL ct that polntY IL
cur roads would do this much for Calves
ton the delays would lie avoided AMI the
roads would get their cars returned quickly.
VIII any az the railway officials kindly an
swer this question:
Many minds think that the Railroad Com.
mission las no more legal right to inter
ferc 10 any manner vita the compression
II cotton than 1t has TO do with the bar
reliue Of polasFes or oil IL transit, how
over, as long as the commission does eIer-
else such regulation il should receive the
I praise or blame q itp practical success or
Otherwise. II when theg lirst esi ahlishe1
COMPRISING (eoal thea costing from 90 30
/ % 81 per toni the rate was fair and eqnIt-
/ able why do they not reduce this charge
/ 70 or I cents In view OF the fact thet
J
equal "a three barrels 20 one ton OF coal,
/ cbu Low he purchased In ample Quantities
/ at ali common points for 80 cents per
barrel. being equal 10 less than a cost of
( $40 per ton Of coal taking into considera-
4 ton the saving and handling charges Of the
two fuels. Why should the discovery of
| oil rebound only 70 the benefit OF the com
/ press ownersf Why not give the produc-
4 ers OF the COTTON who. In the long run,
! pay all the transportation charges. slice
| In justice to all concerned, the commits
| sion should at once reduce the compress
J charges In consequence OF the cheaper fuel,
and the railway freight should be reduced
4 In the s5me proportion. BY this means
| all Interested parties should be dealt with
| according 20 their Just interests. A saving
average Texas crop OF $4,000 bales would
] aggregate an annual saving OF 100000 r.
our people, II may be commended that the
/ Interior compress owner will not accept
/ such reduction II so, then the cotton
should be hauled nnt to the Texas >ADrts
where the oil i even cheaper than In the
! interior. BY this means as above stated.
/ the roads would get their cars returned
/ quickly whereby the commission would
! Kill TWO birds with one stone. Further,
/ Galveston is interested In cheaper com.
iallNay freiehts. ard the lower this latter
| chpTge Is the more cotton will come our
| way on accent Of the shorter hanl The
| committee respectfully recommend that the
board OF directors bring this matter Ia
the attention OF the railway commission
81 service Is excellent and much Improved
Ia all respects over former years. Some
Of the largest AMI fastest ssesners ara
now regularly engaged In the trade be.
| tween Galveston and New York, a. well
a. the fszsign ports. A. nattez % tact