The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-14

Mr.. MacDonell, when asked as 70
the outlook for the Memphis Pensn-
cola line, said: THE fact that the
chamber of Commerce, the Cotton
exchange and members of influential
ilffns OF Memphis, are giving every
eIIort TO insure the success of the
project means that the line between
this port and the United Kingdom is
attracting attention of shippers from
al over the country. The support that
memphis has given the enterprise. =
evidenced in the following notice from
the Memphis Commercfal-Appeal. of
September 11th.:
Exporters of Memphis will he bene-
fitted by the establishment of a Mem
phis Steamship line which is to be
operated out of the port of Pensacola.
fla, by the Pensacola Shipping Com
pany, the first sailing of a steel shin
ping board steamer having been an
nounced for September Is.
The establishments of this line
which is to take the name of this
city, will mean an additional outlet
Tor the products for export from this
city and according to E. w. Porter
of the Porter-Weaver Cotton Conn
pany, who was one of the Memphians
who was instrumental i'm establishing
the service, will be patronized bv
many of the shippers of this city.
Lee MacDoneT of the Pensacola
Shipping Company is now i'm Memphis
with exporters regarding
the first sailing and announces that
have been completed
for two ships a month from this port
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route from Memphis to Great Britain.
by shipping through the port of Pen
sacola, he says, exporters can gain
about "a hours on their shipments.
Exporters have used the port of
Pensacola but little prior to this time
because of lack of proper sailings
and that provisions were not made for |
the handling of the cotton, lumber
and other products for export The
Pensacola Shipping Company realized
that there was a need for arrange /
ments for handling the export bust !.
ness of Memphis and her territory /
and at once started plans to this end. |
By the aid of Joe Newburger and
f. w. Porter, cotton men of this city, /
they obtained the promise of sailings
for. the United Kingdom and also to /
any or all other ports as the demand Il
was made for them. They have now
arranged for the two sailings a month |
to Liverpool and expect to arrange
others as the trade for them is estab- |
ished
The shipping company has built
new warehouses and made arrange
ments for handling all the products of |
this city and are now making a bid |
for the trade. They ask the co-opera-
ton of the Memphis shippers in tn IS |
matter and promise the best Of service. |
They claim one of the largest ports |
that is capable of handling as much
stuff for export as Hampton Roads. |
They have 7 l-2 square miles of an |
,horage So to Sc feet deep.
The rates from Pensacola are the
same as from other ports and are the |
shipping board rates. The freight |
rates to the port are the same and
roads handling the products out oil
Memphis are the Southern. Frisco. |
Louisville & Nashville railroads. They
connect with the G. F. & A Railroad |
at Birmingham, Ala, and the serviccl
to the port is good.
: The steamers being used by the
shipping company are e.000-ton steam
ers and the best of insurance IS Of
fered
For the sailing on Sept. Is. the |
first one of the Memphis Line, book |
ngs have already been obtained from |
Memphis cotton and lumber concerns
Bookings are now being taken for
other sailings of the line
Mr. MacDonell also conferred with
the American Overseas Company re-