Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-14
THREATEN TO ABANDON
SHIP LINE TO NEW YORK
Representatives of Company Dissat.
isficd With Clause Inserted by
Council Committee.
ASK SAME RATE AS NORFOLK
Operators Claim Agreement Would
Give Advantage to Competitors.
Aldermen TO Consider Proposition
at Meeting to Be Held Tonight.

New York. Baltimore and Richmond
Steamship Company declared last
night that the lease OF the city wharf.
River, Harbor and Dock. is not salts
factory to his company and that it
would be impossible for the corpora
ton to operate under it.
made just after the committee had
voted favoraby on the granting of
the lease. The objection OF Mr.. Farm
vidcs that the rates Charged by the
company between Atlantic ports and
Richmond shall not be greater than
the rates 1t charges between the same
ports and Norfolk
Goes Before Aldermen.
The. matter now goes to the Board
OF Aldermen. which meets tonight. and
1t is possible that the differences may
he adjusted. r. f. Boyer, civil engi-
Baltimore yesterday and has been con-
ferrng with local men concerning the
companys business Plans for the
were yesterday filed with the City
Building Inspector and approved by
that official and by the Director OF
Public Works.
The agreement recommended by the
committee last night grants lease of
$50 feet of the city wharf for a period
of fifteen years. For the first five
years e;,a no . rental is to be charged. but
is 20 be 500 year and for the third
period $500 a year. The use of the
wharf by the company is limited to
pany must erect its buildings within
ninety days. The lease will be for
feited by failure to maintain a proper
schedule or by abandonment Of the
steamboat business here. In case of
forfeiture all buildings erected are to
belong TO the city.
Bnr Other vesseh.
Mr.. Farinholt objected to one pro-
vision. which allowed vessels to tic
up on tho leased wharf at such times
as the company might not be using
the property. 1t was argued that the
company was sufficiently protected as
ter OF when it was not using the
wharf, but in order to give fuller pro-
lection: the provision was amended
use any of the sheds or other build
ings on the property.
There was moro objection to the
provision requiring that the rate from
Atlantic ports to Richmond should not
ports to Norfolk. Mr.. Farinholt took
the position that if his company was
to operate at Norfolk it might not
rates that competing companies might
make out of that port
Colonel George Wayne Anderson.
assistant city attorney. said that the
provision had been inserted after con-
sultation with T.. S. Goodman. traffic
manager of the Chamber of Commerce.
The idea was that the city was grant
Ing valuable privilege, estimated to
be worth at least $4,000. and the COM
pany should be willing to guarantee
that 1t would not use this privilege
to the injury of tho people of Rich
mond.
Would Do City Injury.
He said that by giving Norfolk
lower rate that city would have a de-
cided advantage over Richmond as
point for North Carolina
and other sections. He explained that
the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany's present rate TO both cities is
the same although there is no legal
agreement to this effect.
Alderman Nielsen was in favor of
granting the company free rental for
the entire fifteen years. Alderman
Winfrey proposed free rental for the
first five years. $1,000 a year for the
second five years. and $1,000 a year
for the third five years. Councilman
umsauf suggested free rental for the
first five years and $500 year for
the next ten years: Alderman Nun
naily's motion for free rental for the
first five years. 500 a year for the
second period and 5000 for the third
period was finally adopted