Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-02
NEW STEAMER LINE To
GALVESTON IS PROPOSED


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SPECIAL 70 Daily Ss~s
Galveston. Tex. Nov Tina
Texas consumers o. iron and stee
products from re mills al Piitsbur.
pay more than $4,000 per an
mum ia .rc-h on goods shipped
through Galveston by way OF Sea
York. which could be- saved wcr.
there regular line % freight steam
ers from Baltimore 20 Galveston. il
the fadlHl Gl Ir g. % Haines
ITraflr manager of mo Galyosto.
Commercial 5 collation.. who retlrn
Ie1 90 ths cts Thursday iOlloWl.
/ a two weeks trip 10 Pittsburg
Washington baltimore an New York
. While IN the North. primarily on 9th
Ier business matters. Mr. Haines a.
tended a meeting Of Pittsburg bust
ness men on the matter OF bette
ties between their city and Calves
ION. and also made a careful inyesti-
cation % the question from other
and reliable sources
Plan OF securing regular steam.
snip service between Galveston and
Baltimore Is one which has been
planned for several months. and Mr
Haines has been In correspondence
With the pittsbur Chamber OF Com
merce officials regarding the matter
The plan was given impetus when
The Pittsburg boosters made their
recent Grade excursion into Texas,
and Il has now developed 10 a point
where there Is probability OF action
in the near future
The proposition OF secur ng
steamship freight service from Bal
timore 10 Galveston, said Mr.
Haines' Is one which ! have been in
teres,ed In for a long time. and one
in which have succeeded In inter
esting all 10 whom ! have preached
ter IN nutshell There is at pres
eni, 1000 tons OF freight daily from
the seabOard OF New York 10 the
southwest. the larger portion Of
which moves 20 Galveston. OF which
figure conseryaflyely go per cont
Is iron and steel products from the
PittsHurg mills and factories To be-
conservative however. let
81 that 90 per cent or half o.
this tonnage comes from the Pitts
burg territory 1000 tons per day.
How the railroad freight rates from
Pittsburg to New York are / l-2
cents per hundred pounds higher
than the rates from Pittsburg to
Baltimore. That is to say that every
on OF freight shipped to Galveston
by way OF Baltimore will cost just
80 cents less than the same ton ship
ped 10y way OF New York. With a
daily tonnage through New York OF
1000, this difference in freight cost
amounts 10 $1,000 per day. or con
siderably more that 100000 per
year. And this entire amount falls
4 the consumer. as all OF the
products fro m the Pittsburg terri
tory are sold on the {. o. b. Pittsburg
basis.
Il have easily succeeded In i'm
pressing upon the Pittsburg bust
ness men the desirability OF this
Baltimore 10 Galveston line and they
have assured me OF their hearty CO.
operation In securing H. Now the
Inc viii be- secured Is matter
which has not yet been taken up and
s e matter which IL Of no concern
o Galveston interests whatever.
lust so long as II Is established. The
oas'wise freight carrying from At
antic TO CUE poIts IS at present
argcly handled by N. Mallory and
Morgan lines. and IL IS possible mat
hese carriers may be- induced 10 see
he wisdom OF TIE step Il is only
matter OF time until the move must
ONE New York is already taking
are OF all that can be- handled /
though her port. and IL the business
Increases another outlet must neces.
ar..y be found Baltimore is the .og-
ral place FOR the new line 20 pres-l
700 and there is little Doubt chat q.
500 soon De In operation even n it.
IS found necessary 20 establish an
ntirely new steamship company 10
promote the project "