Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-07
PINE BLUFF GETS BETTER RATES Agreement Reached Be
 tween Two River Compa-
 nies to Improve Local Got
 ton Conditions,
 BROWN CORNING AGAIN
BROWN CORNING AGAIN
Will Take Cotton Gn is,g4es From Memphis to NeH 0r!enns-fantai,. Ed NoNIaEd Jg. Makes >iatn- menf.

By recent traffic arran gemants be-
 tween the Arkansas River Packet Company and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company the former is enabled to offer great assistance to the cotton shippers in this city and Little Rock Heretofore lit seemed impossible to relieve the congestion which exists every season at these points at a reasonable rate. All the cotton taken out of the Ar kansas river by the Arkansas River Packet Company was formerly hand led on the Memphis levee at the usual
 charges of such handling which, add ed to the river rate, made it equal, 1 if not in excess, of the railroad ra,e to New Orleans. But the new man.
 agement will enable the planters and compress companies to get cotton to New Orleans much cheaper than by the railroads.
 Under our arrangement says Capt. Ed Rowland Jr., superintendent and general manager of the Arkan-
 sas River Packet Company, we will be enabled to handle all the New Or leans proper and export cotton from
 Pine Bluff and Little Rock. This will be done by loading the cotton from these points on the barges of the Mo- nongahela River Consolidated Coal Iand Coke Company which are brought
 down to Memphis loaded with steel wire nails These large model barges are perfectly adapted to the transportation of cotton It has al- ways been their custom to tow them back empty to the Ohio river. By this arrangement the company will be enabled to send them load
 ed on down to New Orleans, where it lis much more likely that they can be reloaded for points on the Ohio Plan Outlined.
 Our plan is simply this contin-
 ued Capt. Rowland, Eve are to bring
 the cotton from the points mention ed to Memphis and transfer from our
 boats to the barges of the combine
 awaiting here to be loaded in this
 way. By transferring directly from our boats to the barges we will save
 25 cents a bale charged for handling
 on the leFee By landing the bareas alon&side of the steamships at New Orleans another charge for transfer
 ring on the ieyee is saved. In this
 way Ne are enabled to save the ship pols considerable, beside giving them a cheaper transportation. If this cot
 ton were shipped bv rail or by steam
 hoat it would be impossible to pre- vent these transfer charges. Hereto 1 fore suoh conaignnents have to be
 true ad from one to two blocks ia or der to get the cotton from the railroad 1 or steamboat to the steamship, but expense is cut off. The arrangement
 @oas into effect right away. There ! are about 2,000 bales Of comDgasa cot
 ,on in that territory to he shipped, | and we have contracted for most of {
 |. Ne intend to make special trip | up the Arkansas river with the s. $
 Brown in a few days and bring out quite good cargo. which We vii transfer to the barges of the combine at once.
 Under this arrangement there Is
 no reason why the congresses of Memphis could not relieve the con- gested condition of the Memphis trade We can by this means give them 8 much better rate than can possibly be offered by the railroads, which are now unable to furnish cars for the ordinary business of the roads