Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
BOATHANDLES
HUGE CARCOES
FRUIT, TRUCK


NEW YORK. Sept. 20-walter Van
Bokkelen, head Of the house Of L,
Van Bokkelen in North America,
this week chartered the o~cean-goine
Italian steamer. Edda, which is a
full refrigerated boat, and will use
It between New York and the Ar
gentine republic. The Edda for the
past five years has been carrying
fruit from Pacific coast potts "a
England. She was built in 1924 and
IS modern in every way. On October
] she viii make her first trim un-
der Mr.. Van Bokkelen's manage
mene with a cargo Of approximately
10000 barrels Of Virginia apples and
her unloading port will be Buenos
Aires.
This new departure has caused
quite a stir in steamship circles, cs-
pecially among lines which My be.
tween North American ports and
Brazil and the Argentine.
There is quite an interesting story
behind the new deal. Mr.. Van Box
kelen has always shipped via the
Lamport a Holt steSmers, which are
N1AN1 kNMEAAAAN 4HEu HN 1NuAN
exporters 10 South America. The
Lamport a. Holt management, ac-
cording 70 Mr.. Van Bokkelen, tried
70 put his firm out Of the export
business.
The Van Bokkelcn firm Is 4 very
large shipper az pcrishables 70 the
Argentine republic. Heretofore ii
has used boats out Of Atlantic coast
ports, but this year Mr.. Van Box
kelen is shipping his boxed apples
direct from the Pacific coast 70
South America. He has space char
tered on the Blue Star Line boats,
sailing from San Francisco Septem-
Der 20 and October 25 for 100000
boxes.
When he applied to Lamport g.
Holt here for space for his barrel
fruit he was told point blank that
they had no space and that perhaps
he could get il on the Pacific coast
from the Blue Star people. This
developed quite a serious situation,
because it meant that Mr.. Van Box
kelen's export business would be-
come a thing Of the past. In a let
ter addressed TO the Lamport g.
Holt people, Mr.. Van Bokkelen de-
scribed the situation and they re-
piled saying that they could allow
him 5000 10 10000 feet Of space
on each steamer. This would mean
space for only ZOO TO 1.400 barrels
Of apples. Mr.. Van Bokkclen ac-
cused the steamship people of rank
discrimination and plainly says that
this amount Of space was offered
him merely to keep within the law.
Indications are that the firm will
put on three or four more refrig-
orator boats between New York and
Buenos Aires. Mr.. Van Bokkelen.
besides being q heavy exporter Of
apples. shipped $4,000 cases Of eggs
70 South America last year and will
ship 10000 the coming year. He
also is a heavy importer Of grapes,
peaches, honey dews and other fruit
from tho South American republic.
At the present time the firm
operates a line Of boats under the
name or the American Republic Line
from New York, Boston ard Phila-
dclphia, TO South America, and also
a Inc from New Orleans 70 South
America. These boats, however,
have no refrigeration service and
carry dry freight altogether. The
firm Is South American agents for
a number Of large manufacturers in
the United States. The steamship
Edda is now in a Pennsylvania rail-
road slip. Jersey City, which the
freight department arranged for.
Mr.. Van Bokkelen.