The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-19

erpmenr, 20 transport the United States mail from New
York 10 Europe, twice . nsh alternately with the
Collins ipe nave thought it mieht not Be- improper to
sddrs.s remarks OaIins upon the subject TO the
II II. pseicasiy q na,ssns the ocean With steam
,neni, years BY merchants and nsa Of science before
the experiment was successfully made. Individual en-
1s.s
live pool to &c. York afsss d.ss hi. sshsys;
history, beh impulse to the far seeing and Saga
cious policy u the British governments rapid sad
Vol as with The colonial pos-essons which contributed
70 ed the main arteries Of her commerce. seemed nov
nvsl For ,hs time bling she had csiancsd compsti.
Il ard apparently secured he supremacy q the COM
aes N and e snis On
lLst government, justly apprencnsive hat private
capital individual sn'erprse could not aloDe accom-
push OF tecu ag to her the ascendancy OF the
sp, dete mined 10 sna her aid and early 1882
ccrsc,so With the Cunard ue to carry the mail twice
month between Liverpool and Boston, via Han AZ, for
me Of buncIed AID TWEEN ave thousand dol
ai' 1876 cco) per annuni This lon wa after
70 ernOre0 AND sns sa1u
bs he st. smers should b Of not less than 1900 tons
e.' then, and four hundred and iif'y horse power.
er grade Of national policy in this proceodiog
seiween the years ls41 and, lsie inclusive, the
trips and paid into the itishreasury the sha Of
tttsee msaole marer seven millions eight hundred
arg thi tysix thousand eight hundred dollars
stO) The aid to the Of this line within tue
period VI der .ibe contract of four hi ndred and
twenty hive theusapo ctlla,s s426 0O0) per anDum
'vo mi lions i've bundled and fifty thousand dollars
(s $780, 10Y, leaving balance Of five millions two hun
died sbd eighty Xix thousand eight hunsre1 doIlars
as 2s6 s00) Il the British ,venment. This
than f.vo able result DO doubt "a much influence
III cucDg the latter to enlarge its operations in that oil
'esrn. The numfer Of eaushps In the line was in
cIease0 the allowance for the conveyance Of the
ma lie Fixed at nine hundred and forty thou and t~o hun
d,ed dollars 1880 .00) PEI anDum, about six een
DO" ald tx hend'eo and eighty doiaIs sloeso) Tor
H,v.ver nuniAcent this allowance may SEEM and is
Fl the Cuparc line has sprung into exiseo CO. in
ertuy short space If ,ime Great Bitain's snpen
ctus system q ocean nall steamers with an egg egase
cory forty thousand horse ser, seaning over one
arc hal Mill Ds Of lies annually traversirg every
Dsygable Ocean, and whiting nearly every important
cial Intelligence and tho aciiies travel obtained
thI,ugh The ocean steam natl service ~ Great B.an,
a. cost nearly eight millions OF dollars per annam,
IT, in fac, in ratoDal int Of view source Of i'm.
mtDse profit to be county, pasmuoh the countless
n.aDs OF commercial weaih that flow from it lind
their way INTO her greA. and her mighty capital
Nor Ia this ALL Da1e than half OF this immense steam
Marie, useful in peace has been already taken up
thus been available sgsnst her MES in war.
II is not 90 that this and rapidly developing
should have awakened attention and stimulated
ambition Of our own peop'e and government Treading
cy as We do, upon the heels Of our great ocean COM
per LID not remain Indifferent spectato Of the
steam triumph If Great Britain Ous lake and river
it, an boats were ceneMedIy uDequaed In the worlo
II. indeed the offspring OF Individual enterprise
But steam marine a vast untried expert
meDt. The felo vas entirely new. The great abun-
Of capital in Eng and and hence th.i unequaled
isciss for he nsti nc ion of heavy machinery alone
rendered her midablc rival But when 70 thcse al
veD1sees was adceda generous government patronage,
evids mt that hing short the kind
melt btle could hold out to American enterprise the
least prospect If ,uccessful competition.
(ur g,eIi adopted the sagaci policy Of Great
Bain sId laid the ounoaton Of our system If An,eri
can mil sft amcIs. By meaIs OF the eren line di
ttrpary and other paris Of the Luropcan con ineut
Tie attention o. the American people became awaken
ed 10 The necessity 81 the establishment OF seam ma
,le Ct ewp, which might secure the purposes Of our
CT ASH Dmerce in times of peace, and aid in the
protection Of that ccnm.rce in the event Of war. Tbs
On The s'h Of Maseh, is4s, Nj Collins and hi, assoc
The UD,ed states mail bets New York and Liverpool
twice month curing eight months in The year, and
nth cutting The other four months, for the gum
tb,ee prrdIed and eighty Eve thousand dollars
honss1a,s hui d.ed md aiy dollars sio, z5o) To-
each louno pip I,ey proposed to build five steamers
,hcosanc horse power each 10 be OF great speed,
II suffer n,y srcng for the purposes The propotion
1sas ii ,it.e Of Which osm contract was made Oh
rtelst o M vemstr In the same year.
sn NE 70 o August lsss an act was passed for the
ire rqusiie amount Of funds to carry out and COM
ple'c u e agreement"
By Ills act The Navy Department was emp ,wered to
advance ch steamer from the line of her laur ching
twenty five thousand dollars 1875 coo) per month with
ss nc a
s:s5 CC0) IN any year. Even with this timely ano
bG sid The period for the fslfment of the contract
$780, en- 'c Ct thai ri the Ans
ins pc cted and after mencod running The
ne 5sas' I 1s az
ny act tfCopgiess July Il, 1852 the number Of trips
per anDn q The Collins line was increased from twenty
arqn ntcd nil eteen tn usand ,wo bundled and If
y la,s (sl9,ss0) to tLily'hree thousand dollars
as sn3 Fsygt thousand "s as se' sss
az nun.
Csrs.ogs reserved to Itself the right at Any time to
m, hs previous notice But the notice not having been
given, the Collins line IS row performing the neil scr
vice and eeiy Wig cen psnsad0n therefor IN pIrsu
sane dsllars (S33, c00j The round trip.
lave s.farlhed tniiis the present year a line Of
steamers between New York and Europe which has since
the month of April last made monthly trips between
New Ymk and soutbamptt and HAVE. My steamers,
Ny in the establishment & the line was
ish those sed facilities much required by
Of tic New Y.1k branch Of the CunaId inc and to sub
ject practical est the aucstion, whether without
scrnnent aid in the form Of loans towards construction
in The form of ctmpt psaian for mail SERVICE
line q all steamers can be sustained The
experience Of Fix months has satisfied me that it utter
impossible for pIvae individual to stand In conp.n
titn with no drawing nearly one million Of dollars
aInpm from the naicnS fiesaury without serious So
ExtIavaR4nce D compensation
mui ihcs MT naturally crgeneers IL utterly inconsisten
with The exercise Of that economy and udence essential
tt successful Of any private euterprie
and have become satisfied (and but little reflection
requisite to b, ing every thinking to the
concluioD) that privae Individual be expected
alone into ition With line deriving such
material aid from tbs general government. The rate
of Postage 1874 cents per letter. and cid sup
pose wfsn started ny line, that would be allowed
convenience Of parties might induce to place board
In this was disappointed, as the esistirg postal
tn4c nd tnva Cply nj ad frn
CENTS per letter for such service rendered. We mu
heIeore rslinquish the to the chips OF that lii
or he permitted to receive such reasonable compens
ton for la service rendered shall enable indivdu
ente prize to sustain itself in tho competition As
An eiican citizen. unwilling TO be debarred FRI
steam srs, Lccause oil the protection afforded by my
eo,ernm emit TO Others and denied to am Low
con structing with my own upasded resources upon
plan Which am enabled from large experience to
sert to te tie test adapted to ocean navigation,
ateap ship Of upwards OF 5000 tens and which y Ill