Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
RaW Work Is Undertaken BY The
Chamber Of
Commerce.
SMALL BOAT HARBOR PROPOSITION
No Further Occasion viii be Taken
Until Position of o. D. Land Com
B pany is Railroad Rates
Sneakers and Guests Tor Annual
Banquet Next Week.

a permanent standing committee
ON port charges and usnges was auth
urized by the Chamber OF CONNER co
last night. 1t will be The duty or
8 THIS committee to investigate and re-
I port upon all matters pertaining TO
the polt and hnrbor. and one of tho
principal subjects for attention VIII
he the various cha'ges made upon
yessels entering port
This committee was created, under
q suspension of the bylaws, upon m
amendment upon n motion made by
Mr .. ID. Bachelor, after he had sub
lnitted report upon the recent pilot
Il aBe fight. Mr. Bachelor acquainted
the chamber with the fact that tho
Y Cox Edwards bill. in amended form.
sllinu beconle n law, and that the bill
uhered by Mr.. Barrett, having ms It's
object the placing OF the pilotage fee
matter In the hands of the corpora
ton commission, had not been pass
cd. In explanation. the speaker said
mat tho amendment TO the Cox Ed
!, wards bill reduced the pilolagc fees
\ proposed In the original bill so as to
cut OFF about $4,000 of the proposed
annual revenues. He further said
tint the bill placing the matter In the
hands Of the corporation commission
md been fayorably reported by the
committees of both houses. and would
nave been passed II 1t could have been
put 70 vote. Mr.. Barrett, he said.
4 made splendid fight for the meas
IRE, and surely wonld have secured
& It's passage IL 1t could have been re-
i,prfed earlier In the session.
Mr.. Bachelors report caused Mfr.
+ f'reu COCK TO mako statement In
behnlf OF the pilots, and another dis
\ eslsslon of the pilotage question en-
Z sued. Mr.. Datchelor moved that a
i Attending committee for the reduction
Of port charges be appointed. Cap
tain G. g. Berkeley offered an amend ;
I meht, providing that the committee
be on port charges and usages,',land
The amendment was adopted by unan.
imons vote.
On Freight Rates.
Chairman j Il Wilkins. of the t,ans-
portation and traffic committee. ie-
ported that the matter of freight rate
discrimination against this city had
iicen taken up with the traffic manne-
els OF various companies, and that
the committee expected to be able TO
+ report some results In the near III :
tute.
Chairman L. c. Philips. OF the com
mittee which has been at work on the
small boat harbor proposition. report
cd that an investigation had been
nnde. and that the committee is now
waiting to hear from the New York
office of the Old Dominion Land Com
pany In regard to the interest which
that company may be expected to
+ manifest in the matter. The land
company owns the property through
( which q canal would have TO no run
for o small beat harbor, and It's no
sition In regard TO the proposition Is
s Mn all imporcrnt factor. Mr.. philiins
said TINT 1t was estimated that II
would cost 100000 TO establish the
harbnr.
Annual Banquet.
Mr.. Phillips, as chairman OF tho en-
ieitainment committee. reported that
the. annual banquet of the chamber
will be held at the Warwick Hotel
8 next Friday night. He said that among
he speakers would be Governor
Claude a. Swanson, Hon. William A.
Jones, Mayor S. r. Buxton, Rev. j. w.
Porter. D. d.. Mr.. r.. G. Bickford, and,
Z possibly, Judge w. II. Mann. The
mayors of all Tidewater cities. and
other prominent citizens have been
invited to attend.
II was decided to invite the mem
beers of the Merchants Association TO
Join with the chamber in the banquet
5sThe secretary was instructed to re-
quest the secretary of the Merchants
Association 10 notify the members Of
that body of the chambers invitation.