Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-28
Shipping Interests 0bisct 10 Pro.
posed Increase Ii Charges
Against Foreign Steam8ls.l
REPRESENTATIVES, ASKED TO ACT
Agents Hen, and at Norfolk Want
Matter Referred Back to Committee
so That Reasons for Opposition May
he MISUNDERSTANDING Not On.
detstood a. First.

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Having learned that the new pilot
Ago bill pending before tho Virginia
legislature provides for quite sub
stantial increase in the pilotagc fees
on all foreign vessels entering the
Virginia Capes for Newport News ana
Norfolk, representatives OF all tho
s largest TlGowatcr shipping interests
yesterday morning wired the repre-
= sentativcs of this city and Norfolk In
the legislature, asking them 10 uic
Whatever influence possible to have tho
blu referred back TO the house COM
3 mittce on currency and commerce
FORA further hearing. This Is done
with y view 10 giving the shipping
4 men OF this city and the city across
the Roads an opportunity to present
their objections to the measure,
Underwater shipping msD assert that
tho contemplated increase In tho
pitptage fees on 70 eign vessels would
materially effect tho foreign trade at
this port and Norfolk, aud would tend
70 docreuse the bunker co,l business
OF tho two norts.
Pilots Go Not Object
The new pllotn9e bill was intro
uuced In the House by Delegate Cox
OF Richmond. and Delegate Edwards
y or West Point. aud II so amends tho
K oHlstffig pilotage laws OF the state
"a to abolish the license plotage tnx
on all cosstwise vessels entering Vr-
Einia waters. Soon after the intro
duction of the BILL Captain w r.
{ boutwell,, president of tho Virginia
ef'ilotfs Association announced that
his association would offer no oppo
sition To the measure. and recently
y was favorsbly reported to tho House
" rs, eommitsee On . currency t and
sfha newspaper articles published
cpncerning the, bill. while announcing
s,thns IT provided for thu abolishman,
OF the coastwise tax, made no men
ton OF the contemplated increase IN
4 tho pilotage for foreign steamers and
local shipping melt knew nothing OF
that feat,rc or the bill until copies
Of the measure were received In this
city Sunday.
Proposed New Low.
Section 1860 OF the now bill, re-
alating to the rates of pilotage. reads
as follows;
lacY- rates OF pilotage: Pilots shan
have pilotagc ut tho following rates:
e For Vessels bound from sea to Smiths
Point, West Point, Newporu News,
Norfolk, or any place between Smiths
( Point, West Point, Newport News or
4 Norfolk, II the vess.i be boarded or
potei eastward OF Cape Henry bear
ing south, there shall be paid for
each foot the vessel draws, us fol-
lows; Vessels drawing unier eight
fects two dollars per foot. vessels
drawing eight feet aud under ten
feet, two dollars and 80 cents per
footi VESSELS drawing ten feet and
under III feei, three dollars and 30
cents pei, a~Nt: vessels drawing II
feet and undrr l6 feet, four dollars
I per foot; vessels drawing Is feet ana
under 90 fcss, four dol.a and 80
cents per foot; vessels drawing 20
feet or over. five dollars per foot. II
( any vessel IL boarded or spoken 90
miles eastward OF Cape Henry. 25
cents per loot shall be added TO the
foregoing rates. There shall be paid
It's same pilotags from Smiths Point,
West Point. Newport News, Norfolk.
B or nay lite mediate point 10 sea as
from sea 10 these places. From New
port Ncws to any point or place on
James river, or from any point on
smes5 Iivsr 10 Newport News. there
shall be paid one dollar and so cents
= llnr fooi but the employment of
pilot between said points or places
shall be optional with The master
Vessels coming from sea to Hampton
Reads and thence 10 any port in
= Maryland, shall be subject to The
inc ate of pilotage as vessels bound
from Newport News TO sa.
81 vessels coming into Hampton
Roads seeking. in ballast snail pay
the same rate Of pilotage as vessels
calling for the solo purpose OF coal
z lug: pfovided however. that II such
sessel5 coming to Hampton Roads,
ista king, Is afterwards chartered 20
load In any port or place in this
state: she srall pay the usual pilot
Sc in and out though she had come
+ Ia q direct port. All steamers call
eiiiE ut any port or place in this state
for the sole purpose CT coaling. shall
pa5 on3 doIlar less per foot that the
regular rates under 90 feet: and ill
Spc1l els drawing 20 feet and
Salt pay one dollar and 80
seiste less per foot than the regular
MI vessels having paid in
sMIsFd pijotage4 'srat go from Norfolk
Newport News. or ON Newport
ews 10 Norfolk. TO load or finish
S08filnE. shall. if they take pilot