The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
Freight Bureau Holds
 Big Meeting. TURN TO RIVER TO SOLVE ALLEGED DETERMINATIONS N Lobman Was Elected Chairman and H. 5. Kealhofer Manager.
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Meeting in annual session last night over a delightful dinner at Bastiana & Cassimus the members of the. Mont gomery Freight Bureau went through q happy review of the benefits ac- eompiished through the efforts of the years of history and started seem ingiy wideawake movement 70 patron. fze the Alabama River in the future. of course m the S determanahon hra !, ; !9 use ss feet saving to the merchant and therefore to the consumer much was said about the new wharf.
 the wharf the feature of the dfscus- sion. Indeed. 1t was the turning point ofsthe evening. Around 1t revolyed much of the business of the session: an era of river trafic revived. if the sentiment strongly expressed at the meeting of last night Is to ee taken earnestly.
 gomery's leading business men pres- ent, including bankers wholesalers distributors and lawyers. besides a few invited guests to make naartsd the sma sn,rif that marked it uncommon. Besides the numerous addresses on freight rates of both rail and water the Bu- cers. This resulted in the choice of j, ceed the late w. P. vandiver whose guiding spirit has done much Tor the Success of the organization.
 Mir Lobman is one of Montgomery's most seasoned and experienced business men, has no little knowledge Of the rate problem and pledges his hardest efforts to make of the Bureau con-
 other Ofacers.
 .F; P. Glass was chosen First Vice. Ghairman: John W y,I,,am Tri,,s. IT. sesGna pfts Treasurer; W. F. Black. Secretary and H. s. Kealhofer. Manager The fol- lowing were elected as directors and Membership Committee for the ensu-
 biTectors-N., Lobman. F. P..alass. Jno. W. Tullis, Jr.. Alex Rice, M. L. Greil, J. C. Haas. J. Nj. Kennedy. M. ser. w. H. Hubbard. E. c, salter. c. F. MoritS. Jno W. Huger, Sam Kauff- man. R. F. Seibles.
 Membershig commIsteeTJ.p .pW,.;. "; Tpl- s kauffman. JIG. Haas. N. Lobman.
 One of the applauded statements of the evening was that by Manager Kealhofer.. who in the course of his opening address read a letter from MT, Clarke, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, telling of low CT rates to Montgomery on commodt- ties from the Mississippi and Ohio Riy- CT crossings, beginning March 1. 1s09: This is hy,no means a settlement of the complaint that Is pending before that body and was instituted over 8 year ago for general reduction of West and Middle West. But the news that some reductions were in reach and certain was greeted With free congrat- uIations.
 The letter of Commissioner Clarke . told of advice which had come to that body from the railroads that South. eastern TariH No. will be succeeded by Tariff No. 3 effective March 1, con- taining many new rates on commodt- ties to this point from the crossings described that were in favor of Mont gomery.
 But the leading topic of the even- ing was the river, the wharf, the sav- ing to tho shippers and distributors by routing their freight over the river as soon as the leading facilities and those for unloading are furnished and less than that offered by the railroads. And to emphasize the value of the wharf to Montgomery many were eall- cd on for speeches. These were N. Lobman, who presided; Manager Keal- hofer. J: W. Tullis, Horace Hood. T. ter. Secretary Dave of the Coirmsrcial Club, Horace Stringfellow. W. D. Hol- Ioway N Loeb, J. M. Kennedy, R. M Henderson and M. H. Moore.
 Local Purchase of Bonds.
 One of the interesting developments of the session was the announcement that a bulk of the wharfage bonds recently authorized by the people of the city will be bought by Montgom- cry business men. The idea was ap- proved by all who spoke on the sub ject and 1t was predicted that not only eration of the wharf but the principal