Letter from Wm. S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf
Subject(s): California--Mare Island Strait, Coal--Transportation--Costs, Freight and freightage--Costs, Hawaii--Honolulu, Washington (State)--Naval Station Puget Sound
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Chief of the Navy Bureau of Equipment Cowles requests additional shipments of coal be sent to the Naval Stations at Honolulu, Puget Sound, and Mare Island. Because of the unstable market for British coal, prices are now “exhorbitant” [sic]. The options are to either pay these inflated rates, thereby supporting a foreign coal and a foreign shipping industry, or waive the statute requiring military coal shipments to be sent only by American ships and have foreign ships send American coal from the east coast.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-28
Creator(s)
Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923
Recipient
Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Wm. S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf. [May 28, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56167. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923. Letter from Wm. S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf. [28 May. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56167.
APA:
Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923., [1907, May 28]. Letter from Wm. S. Cowles to Victor Howard Metcalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56167.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
