Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-04
SAN PEDRO FREIGHT
RATES SUMMARIZED
FRIES MAKES ExTEN-
SlVE INQUIRY
Wharfage, Rail, Dockage and otner
Charges at Los Angeles Port
Compared with Those
of Bay City

Cantain Amos A. Fries has prepared
a statement regarding San PEDRO
freight rates after thorough Inquiry
among freight agents-railroad, steam
shin and wharf-shippers, custom mouse
OFFICIALS and others competent to give
Information. AS a result he sumna-
rizes wharfage, rail, dockage ana other
rates at San Pedro as follows;
ON lumber, which is the cheapest
rate, items are
Stevedoring from ships slde 10 cars
rs cents per 1000 board feet.
Dockage of ship alongside WharVes
for vessels of 100 tons or less, $S.oO per
dav. This increases at approximately
81 per 100 tons up to 1900 tons, aIter
which the rate remains fixed at Sl4''o
per day. ,+
$50 600 feet of lumber per day. put
sailing vessels much less-propaply
about 10000 feet per day.
The nilotage rate on foreign vessels
is fixed by the state as follows: For
vessels over 500 tons gross register
when docking in the harbor 80 Tor
each foot draft and cents per ton
gross registered tonnage both coming
and going. The actual charges are
said to be considerably less than the
above For all vessels under 800 tons
the rate appears " NC ~ 80 AOON
for either outer or inner harbors.
The wharfage rate for general mer-
chandise is so cents per ton placed on
Southern Pacific wharves II consigned
To narties in San Pedro. If consigned
to Los Angeles the wharfage except
ing, of course, the dockage OF Vessei)
is included in the freight rate 10 TINS
city. over Independent wharVes' such
as the North Pacific Steamship COM
pany's wharf, the rate is 30 cents per
ton. not including dockage of vessel.
Freight rates from San Pedro to Los
Angeles in less than carload lots are
$3.50. s2.4O, $3.50 and SO per ton for gen
eral merchandise, depending upon the
classification. In carload lots, 5o'V0O
pounds minimum, the rate on grain is
81 per ton; lumber $1.2o; flour, $l.6O;
canned goods, 81.
Rate Is Variable
For points beyond Los Angeles the
rate is very variable. Lumber in car
load lots, for intance to or from I'll
Paso. Is the same in both directions
for both Los Ahgeles and San Pedro.
TO Riverside there is a difference of 10
cents a ton in favor of Los Angeles.
on cement the rates on carload lots
are as follows: San Pedro to Cotton,
SO per ton: Cotton to San Pedro, $3.50;
Los Angeles to Cotton, $1.50; Cotton
to Los Angeles, $1.5O
In comparing wharfage rates at san
Pedro with those at San Francisco,
which are bound to average 5S.4 cents
per ton, there must be added for san
Pedro one-third of the San Francisco
rates for pilotage,. because in the San
Francisco rate of 5S,4 cents the pilot
age is included, and as the foreign
commerce of San Francisco equals
about one-third of the total, that is the
correct traction to use for San Pedro.
The dockage must also be considered,
which may vary from to 10 cents per
ton, or even more, depending upon the
speed with which the vessel is I'M
loaded.
Taking lumber as an example, which
is the one used by Captain Fries in
figuring profits, large lumber dealers
say the stevedoring rate of rs cents
per 1000 gives about 40 cents per 1000
profit. Add for sailing vessels 10 cents
per 1000 dockage charges cit will be
perhaps one-half or trifle less for
steam schooners) and it will figure so
cents per 1000. The actual wharfage
on lumber is "A to so cents per 1000,
depending on whether the ship is a
sailing or steam vessel, or about rs to
90 cents per ton, exclusive of actual
cost of stevedoring and .pilotage, as
against 10 1-2 cents stated as the aver
age for San Francisco.