Exempting Barges from Compulsory Pilotage
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ISBN13: 9780217313711
Paperback|9780217313711
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: obliged to discontinue this kind of business on account of the pilotage and, of course, the pilotage would prohibit our loading part cargoes at three or four different ports. Respectfully, yours, Eugene W. Fby. (Circular letter of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, S. C.) Charleston Chambeb Of Commerce, Charleston, j8. C., February 8, 1915. Deab Sirs: Below I give you a copy of minutes covering discussion in which the new lines committee of the chamber of commerce participated at a meeting held January 14 at 1 p. m. There has been a delay in bringing this matter to your attention, as we were hoping to secure additional data. Mr. Harvey offered a resolution, which wus seconded, that a letter be prepared to be sent to all of the larger merchants of the city who control tonnage of nny consequence, drawing to their attention the new barge line which is just beginning operation between the ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, and the port of Charleston, using an inland route; barges each of about 750 tons burden, absolutely new, insurance rate on them does not exceed that on a new schooner; the time consumed from Eastern ports to Charleston average about five days. The rates unquestionably will be lower than via regular coastwise lines. I would particularly call to your attention the discussion of the new barge service between the ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, and Charleston, both north and southbound. While it is not my purpose as chairman of this committee to recommend one transportation line as against another it is preeminently our duty to draw to the attention of all shippers and receivers of freight in Charleston every new avenue of transportation and to give such facts as may be presented to us. Therefore I would draw to your atten...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217313711 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021731371X |
| Weight | 1.11 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 In |
| List Price | $25.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 342 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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