Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-05
FILE RINGING PROTEST.
SeabOard Air Line RAILROAD Company
Inability to Supply Cars.

who forward lumber from this port
today fled a ringing protest against
the recent action of the Seaboard Air
LineRailway in declaring charge of
% cents per thousand feet for wharf
age. This protest was directed to
the City Council and the Board Of
Trade and in it the lumber dealers
threaten to move their business away
from this city unless something is
done. Already the firm of Bliss &
VanAuken has withdrawn from this
port on account of excessive freight
charges, the inability of the Seaboard
Air Line to supply cars and the lack
of terminal facilities.
The Seaboard Air Line it is alleged,
has not adequate terminal facilities
here, has not been showing a disposi-
ton to improve facilities and has
been exacting with those who hand
lie lumber at this port. The main
issue presented in the protest fol-
lows:
Jacksonville. Fla, Sept. 8, 1866.
Mr.. w. H. Baker, President City
Council, Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Sir: We the undersigned
lumber men of the city of Jackson
vile, Fla, beg to call your attention
to the following statement, and we
ask your assistance to remedy this
condition which will work a hard
ship on the lumber shippers of this
port and loss of business to the city.
On Aug. IS, the Seaboard Air Line
Railway gave notice of a charge in
wharfage and storage charges, effect
i've Sept. ON lumber, which makes
competitive business prohibitive.
Heretofore charge of % cents per
thousand feet, which charge is in
effect in Brunswick and Savannah,
carried with it an average storage
of thirty days or a time running fro.n
ten to sixty days on the whole order.
Under the new ruling of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway the charge will be
25 cents per thousand for seventy
two hours, 20 cents for the succeed
ing thirty days or fraction thereof
and rs cents per thousand for each
succeeding thirty days or fraction
thereof
This makes a total of $1.45 per
thousand over previous charges,
which We declare to be unjust and
prOhibitive, giving as our reason the
following, viz: The Clyde Steam
snip Company will not move lumber
as fast as delivered to them and this
necessitates it staying on the dock.
The railroads do not furnish cars
to the mills regularly, so that the
mills can make shipments of the or
ders in the time agreed. These two
transportation agencies, under these
adverse conditions to the shipper,
make it impossible for him to enter
into competitive business from the
port and pay an additional charge
approximating s1.45 per thousand
more than other ports which ship to
the markets"
The protest is signed by the follow
ing firms of their representatives
Dexter Hunter, Joe King. Jr., Com
pany, Ocala Pine Company, by S. D.
Ravenel, secretary; Standard Cypress
Company, by Arthur Meigs, president
East Coast Lumber Company, by F.
w, Buck, agent; Jacksonville Lum-
Der Company, by F. W. Bucky; Chas.
s. Hirsch & Co., by w. E. GuIett,
agent; Eppinger & Russell Company.
by G. D. Gay, agent; E. G. Phinney;
COOney Eckstein & Co., by ]. R.
Page, agent; Ensign Lumber Compa-
ny, by J. w. Hyde, manager; Dozier
Lumber Company, by W. B. Dozier,
secretary and treasurer; Southern
Pine Company, by William NJ Mason;
Granger & Lewis, by G. H. May;
Robert R Sizer & Co, by Samuel A.
Sizer, Vice-president; G. S. Baxter &
Co., by W. Frazier Jones; Bliss &
VanAuken, by F. E. Weymer.