Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-06-01

enterprise and in the very inst voyages there was n
only no loss but profit of 81 92 pounds sIen or III 6GD
dollars reaized When the Cunad contract was given out
BY the British Government the Great Western and the Brit
ish Queen taken from the route and the Cunard line
consisting of the BrtGia fcdda Columbia and Caledo
MIA formed The Britannia commenced the service IN
s40 and III 1882 ego, the line was complete The
profits Of Ills line have been great as t. enable ts ope
built and put on The same route without The addition
of capital the Aricc and America OF nearly
double the tonnage OF the INST vessels ond costing aoou
760 900 dollars euch for the two, $4,000 dollars Be-
sides s Il, is said that the CunarG Cnmpany have re-
contingent fund Of about 100000 Of dollars in al
don to their other ships the ASIA Cambria Canada Euro
pa Niagara which have greatly exceeded the cost Of The
first vess- owned by that Company and Which were sold
by Them 10 the Spanish Government II may, ;hereiors
safely estimated that the Cunard Company have realized
in clear profits, from line upwards Of six millions
Of dollars in the ten years which they have been running
The Royal East lni and the Royal West India Mail Steam
Companies have been almost equally fortunate And the
English steamers Philsdephia and Liverpool are
sustained By their outward freghts of wheat Hour Indian
corn tobacco &c. and the inward migrant passengers
Almost the only line upon the Atlantic which has not met
its expenses the Collins lnc and this ~ ctligeab!e only
10 the fac, that they have provision for migrant
gers and will carry heavy lrcirhtheir chief object
having been 10 make the quickest mail time and thu secure
larger mail pay from the Government The steamers be-
New York ana Cnan!es, aid Panama and San Fran
cisco did begin 10 make Tu;ey until they were arranged
carry large number of second class passengers So soon
as this facility d large numbers sought as is nsu
A. TO avail themselves Of such lncllirs and The result has
necn the extraordinary profit 10 their proprelors
This statement properly 10 Introduce The answer TO
question relative expenses and resources The seam
s proposed put will be about the size OF the Europa
and Niagara, the last Of Cuna.ds vessels. 10 run hem
will require the following expenditures per MONTH viz
in ali 10 persona, for ono month sa,i4s 90
Of of 40 tons per day, FOO at S. 90, il GnO0 90
For repairs per n:unth 2.oo W
Insurance per month, 5,uUu w
incidental expenses for OIL taow, hoalswaa's
stores, lItagc port expenses and charges uUU w
Depreciation of ship per cent per 2lG0 90
Subsistence Of officers ard crew, 10 persons, per
month. go w
Do passengers, outward and inward per number,
estimated for in receipts, ll35 w
Commissions to agents and officers charges 100 20
Cos, for one month, s23,6Us 90
Allowing that the ship is xix weeks making her
full voyage upd hack Fifty per cent. must
be adacd therefore 10 The running expenses,
not including Inc Two last items, gay, 9,5s0 bU
TOTAL expenses for voyage $50 994 50
RECEIPTS.
The receipts for each voyage may be fairly estimated as
Outpard-lOO0o barrels, or 5000 bales cotton putting
or 81 90 j. per bale LS. :" 'N " ~ S. 600 GO
Thirty first class passengers al $500. 3.gO0 w
Fifty second class atecrnge at $40, 2Ou0 w
farm, at ,hs rate Of ST 50 per Barrel l5 900 90
90 frs, class passengers ., sloo, 5000 90
500 second class or migrant pussengers-,he guam
,i'y guaranteed TO .he vessels BY The Belgian T.
Mail pay per voyage out Out and back 1900 co
To,0, rece;,,s for f,,, VOYAGE SOB COO 90
Less ,o,nl expenses, 81 gy4 so
Or leaving for clear profit voyage $50 COS so
The steamers Washington and Herman which run from
New York 10 Becncn have had scvsral occasinne,
freight and passenger liz, The homecard trip of SOUU0
without including their outward voyage mail pay In my
estimate above given hare put down ma pay There is
doubt thar government win allow it, Ii it does not :t;c
Belgian Government agree give 10 the ships the transmit
hostages Belgium and they have the right charge
at least the letters the British Chunne
postage anonn:s TO, which Is ahGgt twenty cents. With
this and ,he sn allowance the mail pay will exceed that
of the estimate
1t muy be supposed Tint there IS sufficient III
Virginia, at the present time, 10 freight these steaucrs
And the snpposon would be correct if assumed any one
ppint c place of commercial dealing. There is ahun
dance scattered the State bat the misfortune is that
uce FOR its collection has yet been selected and this
is bccuuse there has bccn direct foreign Trade. do Tot
hesitate say that ce is This time greater of
Southern ard South western business which be aCg5e
gated any city in Virginia. from which the shall
depart by The time at which they be made ready for The
pe than there at the port OF New York, when The
British steanes first crossed The Atlantic. This assertion
WILL think. be Than sustained by the following re-
OF months exports from the city OF New York
tho month Of April just passed The returns from tic New
York house. and examination Of the articles will
show that they nearly all Of Southern production.