The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-31
Steamships To Europe.

Steamships To Europe.
Mr.. HrlLiARp from the Committee on the Post Once
and Post Roads In the House OF Representative suo
REPORT:
The Committee on the Post Once and Post Roads,
to whom was referred letter from the Postmaster &c.
neral relative to the transportation Of the mails between
this and foreign countres have had under
that part Of which refers the establishment Of
Atlantic line Of steamers. and report:-
II appears from communication. received from the
answer to resolution Of the House Of Representatives
Of the Sd ns that under the authority OF act Of Con-
ges approved March 3d. ls45 that officer proceeded to
invite proposals for the transportation Of the mails othe
United States between New York any other Atlantic
port of the United States and Of tho important
ports Of Europe fixing the 18th day January 1885, as
Several bids were made for this service, and seem
the proposal Of Edward Mills 2op semmenthiy line
between New York and Havre, at 100000. was the
most advantageous for the government Controlling
CONTRIBUTIONS however induced the Postmaster Gene
raj to believe that i'm to select some port
in Germany Tor the termination Of the line and, upon
Mr. Mills to vary his proposal far substitute
Bremen in the place of Havre The result Of free in
Ger and Mr. Mills was the acceptance Of bid submitted
by the latter, in which he offered to establish line Of
steamships for the conveyance Of the mails semi month
ly, from New York to Cowss, in England and thence to
Bremenhaven, in Germany, and .emi-monthly from
Bremenhaven, by Cowes, to New York-receiving as a
compensation for the service $500 900 per annum
serving however the privilege of running each alter
ship 10 and from Havre instead Of Bremen at
100000
The time has arrived for increasing means Of com
muncaton with Europe. The rapid and certain trans.
mission of intelligence IL Of the highest importance TO
ercsi people and. instead Of relying upon the
steamships OF Great Britain for the transportation Of
which are invited by the most powerful cons dera
tons connected with relations to the world and
The route selected BY the Postmaster General for
the line Of Steamship which will be employed in the
the transportation Of the mails OF the United States to
and from Europe 10 believed by the committee TO corn
bine important advantages. By touching at Cowes,
direct and rapid communication 10 secured both with
England and france London may be reached IN three
hours. and Havre 10 less than nine.
Cove: s m accessible and safe port the only one on
the British coast Offering these advantages and the de-
lay would be Iiang to which vessel would be sub.
jected in entering it. when its course to Bremen.
short time to the great emporium Of British com
merce, ard to France AMI Belgium they might also be
for Germany are to be sembaked, and they will be
rapidly lad overland through the neighboring king
doms and states Of that populons region oy means Of
Starting upon their from the most central port
Of commercial Europe, the steamships Of the United
States would receive there tho letters and other commu
nications people north OF the Rhine and the Rhone
destined for this country. while Cowes they wouli
England and France inte nded for distribution here
WI, thus be perceived, that while even perfect com
municaton s secured with England and France. Germa
and other parts Europe are reached with the
possible delay There important advantages are secured
a. co%parai'eay little expense By reference to the is.
which accompany it, it will be that the lowest bic
which that officer received for carrying the mails tt
them to France would have BEEN $500 600 and 10 Ger
many 100000. The route determined upon. while il
referred to. connects directly with GERMANY at ex
pense Of $4,000 only thus making ths cost to the
government $6e6 600 less than would have BEEN re-
qured for the service had been contracted for sepa
rately.
1t IL believed that a line Of maiisteamers between
touching Cowss 40 lar from being Charge upon
government will aInost Immediately susloin ITSELF and
rau.asp. Weld proa 70 tbs Po.t Once pspSrtmsDs
Independent Of the advantages which this line will
possess in commanding at Bremen the entire mail Of
Germany, and Of the north OF Europe, which contains
population of l20 900 O00 destined this country it
will also receive the Asatic mail which, upon the
Meeting that port with the Adratic sea, be disem
parked at Trieste and sent overland to Bremen in sixty
steadily becoming stronger and important and the
business between that country and this
will naturally increase with the additional frequency
and certainty of communication which line Of steam
ships will sfford.
Its we'll known, too, that large proportion ofthe emf
grants who seek homes in country from Ger
many and they would find In this direct and rapid trans
mission Of mails a sufficient motive for keeping up .
correspondence with their friends through that channel
instead Of subectng their letters to the delays and I'M
certsDtes to which they exposed when sent by sail
ing vessels the increased and excessive charges
England. From January, 1889. up to January. 1915
hundred and eighty. one thousand eight hundred
tia United states Tbs Importance OF this fact will
at once be perceived upon examining q statement
Br men COMPARED %b ,se wn nSmber which sm
baked from other ports Of the North Sea- in the year
ls4s From Hamburg the number Of emigran.s sailing
for the United States was, within that twenty six
hundred; from Rotterdam about three thousand from
Amsterdam. sixteen hundred; from Antwerp, five
thousand and forty. one while from Bremen it amount.
1
supposed that The amount Of correspondence will bear
some ratio to tho number Of and il this should
prove TO true Bremen, in this single view possesses
advantages as point Of communication which are not
10 be found in other ports.
with this subject which ought not to be overlooked
Nothing can DO regarded unimportant, which tends
TO devsiope our resources and increase the facilities o.
products, and the twenty millions Of our own indusri
articles which they rsaure r. trad. which We .,
present enjoy with that country yields the most npor
dened with heavy duties in Epsisnd and in France
ter Germany under Zig charges, and in some OF the
free Our
into the hand. q the government. which monopoizes
nomnsl dnty Of twohirds of one per cent ad vaorsm
The tobacco trade with France further embarrassed
msnt which restricts the importation Of that article to
French ships thus excluding American vesses from
snbarrassss the trade in tobacco but subjects he srt
Gle TO increased charges by diminishing competition for
s transportation and Of course lessons the profits Of
the producer The quantity Of tobacco entering all the
ports Of France annually amounts to about twenty thou
sand hogsheads while the single port of Bremen ecev
ed last forty two thousand i've hundred and ftv
one hcgsheads More than onethrd Of ell tho tobacco
exported from the United States within the last twelve
years was impo ted into Bremen.
sppesrs too from examination Of tables recently
prepared that s importation into that port steadily
ncresspgfo the quantity received there In fen, ex
ceeded by I'VE thousand nine hundred and ninetytwc
hogshesds, the importation OF the preceding yesr.
The imporancs Of the trade In tobacco. will % seen
moro cisly BY looking tbs increased production Of
that at icls In the United States.
In le40, apptA's by tables which scoompsny the
ihst the tobacco crop Of Ohio amounted TO i've
million nine hundred nd fsrty two ssDd two hun
drsd and seventy hve pounds and that Of Florida,