CARGO MOVEMENT IN TONS OF 2,240 POUNDS BETWEEN UNITED STATES NORTH ATLANTIC PORTS AND FRENCH ATLANTIC CARGO MOVEMENT IN TONS OF 2,240 POUNDS BETWEEN UNITED STATES NORTH ATLANTIC PORTS AND FRENCH ATLANTIC PORTS (PORTS SERVED BY THE AMERICA-FRANCE LINE) FROM JAN. 1, 1925, TO JUNE 30, 1934, AS PER REPORTS OF THE U. S. SHIPPING BOARD BUREAU OF RESEARCH, SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL CARGO MOVED CARRIED BY THE AMERICAFRANCE LINE-Continued LETTERS SUBMITTED BY MR. PAYNE Mr. INMAN PAYNE, C. A. SULLIVAN CO., INC., Vice President, Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., 42 Broadway, New York City. DEAR SIR: We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 14th instant, with reference to the sale of the America-France Line. We consider ourselves more or less authorities in the French Trade, the writer having spent much time abroad in France, and having been affiliated with the French Government for so many years, can express, which he considers a more than sound opinion, that we know of nobody who can manage or operate a service to France with more efficiency than your good selves, and it is our sincere wish and hope that when this line is sold, that you will be the successful bidder. If we can be of any assistance to you at any time, we beg of you to command our services. Very respectfully yours, C. A. SULLIVAN CO, INC., Mr. I. H. PAYNE, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER EXPORT CO., INC., Vice President, Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., 42 Broadway, New York City. DEAR SIR: I note from your letter of May 14 that, the U. S. Shipping Board has advertised for sale the America-France Line, which your company has been operating for same time past, and that bids will be opened on May 22 in Washington. Let me take this opportunity to say that, during all the time that we have been using your service, which has been since about 1916, that we have at all times found your company ready to cooperate with us 100 percent and we have no hesitancy in saying that we will continue to support the line under your operation as in the past. In conclusion, please accept our best wishes for your success in the present negotiations with the U. S. S. B. Very truly yours, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER EXPORT CO., INC., By CHAS. FINK, Manager. COSMOPOLITAN SHIPPING CO., INC., AMERICAN EXPRESS Co., 42 Broadway, New York, N. Y. (Attention Mr. I. H. Payne, Vice President) GENTLEMEN: We take this opportunity to express our appreciation of your cooperation and excellent service rendered by your organization in the operation of the America-France Line. We are confident that the continued operation of this service by your organization will be of benefit to American shippers as well as importers, and contribute to the prestige of the American merchant marine. Hoping that you will be successful in your bid for the service, and assuring you of our continued support, beg to remain, Yours very truly, W. E. COLBERT, General Traffic Agent. Mr. I. H. PAYNE, STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY, Vice President, Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., New York, May 15, 1929. 42 Broadway, New York City. DEAR SIR: As we understand that you are a prospective purchaser of the America-France Line from North Atlantic ports to French Atlantic ports, we take this occasion to state that your handling of this service in the past has been quite satisfactory to us, and should you become the owners of this service and maintain the same high level of courteous and efficient service, we assure you that there will be no diminution of our patronage, and we will endeavor, wherever possible, to increase our tonnage with your lines. Yours very truly, STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY. By J. E. TRANE, Shipping Manager. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., COSMOPOLITAN SHIPPING CO., INC., 42 Broadway, New York. GENTLEMEN: From your letter of May 14 we note that the America-France Line which you have been operating for the United States Shipping Board since 1916, has been advertised for sale and the bids will be opened in Washington on May 22, 1929. We further gather from your remarks that you have entered a bid for this line and in this connection, we wish to state that we hope you will be the successful bidder. You will recall that we have made a great many shipments on your boats to France and therefore, feel that under your ownership the efficient service that we have enjoyed in the past will be continued. As we are naturally interested in the final outcome of this matter, we trust that you will advise us just as soon as a definite decision has been made. Yours very truly, Mr. I. H. PAYNE, THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., By L. J. FULLER, Assistant Export Manager. TIDE WATER OIL CO., Vice President, Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc., 42 Broadway, New York, N. Y. DEAR SIR: We have for acknowledgment your letter of the 14th instaut, in which you have called to our attention the proposed sale by the United States Shipping Board, Merchant Fleet Corporation, of the America-France Line, which you have been operating for the past 10 years. We wish at this time to state that the service rendered to us by your company as operators of the America-France Line, has been highly satisfactory and that you have always used your best efforts to cooperate with us whenever we had shipments to move forward to French Atlantic ports. We trust that your bid to the United States Shipping Board for this service will be successful and can assure you that it will be a pleasure for us to offer you our hearty support and cooperation in the future. Yours very truly, TIDE WATER OIL Co., By H. F. PARSONS. Mr. I. H. PAYNE, AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING Co., Vice President, Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc., New York, May 15, 1929. 42 Broadway, New York City. DEAR SIR: Have yours of the 14th to hand and note your company is a prospective bidder for the Shipping Board Service, the America-France Line, so satisfactorily operated by you in the past. With the service you have given us it has been a pleasure to do the business we have with you. If you are the successful bidder, we can assure you of our continued patronage. Very truly yours, F. R. RAIFF. ERIE RAILROAD CO., COSMOPOLITAN SHIPPING CO., INC., 42 Broadway, New York City. (Attention Mr. Payne, vice president.) New York, May 16, 1929. GENTLEMEN: Referring to yours of the 14th instant, with reference to the contemplated sale of your line by the Shipping Board. I sincerely hope that you will be successful in retaining the line and continue on with the service now in operation, feeling assured that our pleasant relations will continue. For the past 10 years it has been a pleasure for us to do business with your company, having received cooperation in every respect both with your office and at your piers in connection with traffic that is handled by us. Very truly yours, C. E. LODGE. THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, COSMOPOLITAN SHIPPING CO., 42 Broadway, New York, N. Y. GENTLEMEN: With reference to prospective sale of the American-France Line as operated by your company for a number of years, it may be of interest for you to know of the high esteem in which your company is held among the shipping men with whom the undersigned comes in contact, and for that reason we believe it would be to the best interest of the trade and all concerned with shipping to French Atlantic ports, that the service maintained so highly during these years remain with the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. whom we know will develop the service to a higher degree of efficiency. When it comes to booking freight, our company has always made it a practice of giving first preference to the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. for the two very good reasons one of which is the fact that we can always get service and cooperation, and the other is because the ships are operated under the American flag. We therefore feel that the patronage which you have built up and the trade you have developed should remain vested with your company for the good of the service, and toward that end we wish you the best of luck and hope that your company will be given the consideration it deserves by the United States: Shipping Board at time of sale. Yours very truly, Cab: JE. THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, |