The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-22
Gives Reasons Why Lines Cannot
Make Shipside Delivery TO Any
Dock Designated By Ship
per Which Is Not
Reached By Their
Lines

docks owned privately under conditions
analogous as to physical location and
ownership to those of the Turner-Hart-
well docks at Mobile.
The conditions of delivery at every port
named are widely different from those
which would cover delivery from either
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad COM
pany or Southern railway at Mobile to
shipside at the Turner Hartwell docks. At
not one of these points is it necessary
for shipments to pass from the possession
of the rail line guaranteeing delivery,
prior to the final accomplishment Of It's
contract except where delivery Is made
through other public service corporations
which have provided full protection for
every interest involved.
Now your committee states: ut would
seem to be only equitable that all rail
lines reaching Mobile should deliver the
cargo to any dock designated by or re-
quested by the shipper, and at which
the steamship has arranged her berth and
wishes to book her cargo" The obligation
which a carrier assumes when 1t issues
a bill of lading Is of the most serious
character. and Its absolute fulfilment
becomes an exact requirement of law.
That the result of such an arrangement
as Is here suggested may be clearly
shown, we will assume that the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad company has given
bill of lading from some point on its
line. covering, say, 5000 bales of cotton for
shipsde delivery at the -Hartwell
docks. This cotton arrives in Mobile,
and by reason of the fact that the Mobile
'and Ohio Railroad company's rails do not
reach these docks this cotton must be de-
livered IA the hands of it's nrincinal com
natitor for sxnort and imnort business
mitch cor,nen,, will agree onl,, 70 aesunof
such oblieations az are incident to a
switching movement and which In turn
must deliver sarne to the eruartwell
Doc.s comnapv After This hos been
aona ard ,,ntIl .tbe rurrer-IIartwall
Dool,s comnarv connIetes delivery 10 the
shin the Mobile and Ohio Railroad com
nan1, h., 700 CO.., ~ +ha o,,,igations of tic
bilI of ,adinp would he resnonsible to
The holder thereof far Soma sa5o 600 renre-
sant,ng tho ,,a,,a of tho sbinroant witch
hoe ,assad ant,ra,v hayond ;ts nossass;on
and contro, Tbis wo,,ld os course an
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