New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-04
hEw STEAMERS FOR CALIFORNIA.

On Thursday the contract was signed between Con-
mocore Vanderbilt snd MessrS. j. Smonson aaiT. r.
Steor & &c. for building powerful new steame, for
the AtaIc and Pacific Nal Steamship Co., 70 run BE-
wen Psnsma and ssh FRI cisco She ~ TO be eallsd
the Queen Ct the Pacific aud il 10 be- tho exact
te,rsI' If tie HoitLerp Light excerpt change 10
model, with view Of obtaining greater speed. She "
10 have 70 beam engines sssenty o-inch yuders
and I've zee, stroke. He has also contracted with
Harlan, HoD. vesworth & Go. Of Wilmington, Deb,
bu'ldes Of the champion Mr. VS. iron steamer on
Pacific, for builoSBg hoo sern-g bell steamer for
the San juan Ncs. aqua, that will cary oDc thousand
passepgs,s ard their Isggsge, and viii draw ony too
6sf water She will Of the ssne sz. and canactty
a. the steamer Ogden which used fer tras,yort-
lac p,s.epaers on the rive, during the Eve Or ak years
Vanderbilt bad the route.
II is not known what az. engagements, II soy, have
t.tp made for lake boats. that, however, can BE-
n ore easily aTsoeed than 20 gec scsh1ie nvesooSs
u former may be ordinary woodeH Fteamerd, Whis
non only il suitable for TOE LATER. T river steiner
il to be ready by tbs Is, Of May. She has beeEar-
ranged ard modelled entirely by 10. Scof Vzndensfhs
soen who came on from Eceragos expressly fof thai
rupose The openirg Of the Nicarsgua rsos- bas beer
90 long talked Of that nobody has any ft1 that VII
ever 10 cone, but everybody has come b regard
Nicaragua 81 d huTbvg as Synonymous.
Tire cause of keeping the rouse closed for sse lAss
four oAfise Year, 10 perfectly pain and bnsinassse 70
those who uad-rstaDd anything Of The GAINS which
4 steamship Commodores hgve been playincthe last
three four yerTs. Tne only man that could OPEN the
route has been the very who mas kept 1t oaoseo-
L is notorious fact that Vanderbilt had Eeceiv
ing Of the tao companies iontly-ope 90 eacn yde--
$40 GO per month for laying up bis ships and keeping
ia, IN
tie irs Of March last, when the tao wss ca. Off sad
on lie teeth Of the month Vanderbilt frat CON
rlsBced running bis SHIPS to Aspinwsll
That Vanderbilt has intended opening the route ever
eiace biz sub-dy stopped there s no doubt what
ever by theee who know anything concerning the fsets
Of The case. yaDde7bits talk Of openiOg the route
pIeyioos 10 the first Of March to starting his ins,
only for the purpose Of Tightening the old line,
TO prevent their sbutng down upon bio $4,000 per
month for doing not ing.
IL businese pon Of view there IL every reason 10
believe that Vanderbilt will open the route which We
understand be has positively decided to do, with
as lile Delay as possible. Whsn be had the route he
clearer, aecoreirg to bic agents own showing, who
bad Ire bsDelil z Of nearly all TIE money, Hi0ior
and k0J dollars. The Secretary of the company,
Who prepared statement, exhibits the tOul
years 1853 ard 1854 embracing part of each year. a.
outward, passengers and freight, si,6eoSid IL, OF
which SlI2 lie 43 was for freight the balance pss-
a. nReT money. For the same number OF trips home
uAI0 The aggregate receipts were 81 7lO22A 95j tip
use exclusive of freight, as the ships brought no
freight frou Calornis. Tbesualest trip was JalyS',
1852 outward; the passenger receipts were sl7,sH
freight 1893 IS. The lrgest trip was 9Th April, 1854;
passenger receipts, sl2e576 u.s. freight, 1858 o..
TIE snsl est hOmewsrd trip was Oct To- 1885, pas
sepger receipts, Sal ISL 81. Toe largest trip Wa
Jus l. 1853 Ii amounted to Sl09 266 az, making tbs
nversge receipts Of each Of the twenty -four tips
SO ,784 Co. SUD for the number OF honsWsrd
uips 81 $50 80. The aggregate recsiP for the
twenty -four trips were 50 ,043 Is.
Tire Secretary OF the Company stated that from
60 500 TO eco should be addec e4chtupfor 18th
mus proportion" which he ssid was uniformly alb
stracted from gToee receipts"
il must be RENE ubertd that these figures show the
receipts Of one line when tpo were runlng-ono Of
which opposition tie at present IL Is not
beoaUte bas not been for Vsuderbs interest to open
the Nicaragua route that he has done So bar be-
caufe be, with his former experience had idea OF
having bis ships seized and taken from him, without
some one either Nicaragua the Unired Stasee Gov
ennent TO look to for reimbursement. Ths only OBJ
sace TO openu the route has been tue treay winch
was necessary to bave ratified by Congress- 10 order
to afford the necessary protection. Congress having
now organized it is intended have tho treaty ratified
oIce.
NJ Vanderbilt needs one to tel him that il would
b. for is interest to open the Nicaragua routs whoa
lie passengers could be transported from ocean
for s. bead instead of paying the Panama Railroad
S25 which be has been doing since he commenced
mug his chips to Aspinwsli, BESIDE the balance Of
1850 mail psy which the road gets, but waich he
would be entitled to- He thinks that carrying pasSsn
gers to California for $40, and paying The Panama
ksiIr' 40 s25 out Of it, won't pay. The more business
lie does in that line the he is of He is there
fore going open the because he carry bis
pss-eugers the Isthmus for LEES than oEttir<
she present cos beside saving 500 500 mites IN
di,tspce-tqual to shout TIVE dsys and half shorter
n.ail arsival.