New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-05
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TIVE HAvRE LINE
! Managed with great prudence, and undisturbed By
any serous competition the IayTe line notvithstaud
ing It's misfortuhes in losing the Franklin and Hum
bOdt-tne seamers-whioh obliged them to charter
others Gt high prices 10 I'LL their contract until the
Arago and Fulton were built, a successful line and
maintained its seryice until the breaking out Of the
rebellion which stopped traYe and checked commerce.
and caused withdrawal Of the line In December 1901.
The line is still in the hands Of its original owners and
lie steamers are now employed as Government trans
ports. 1t must be remembered that although the CON
pensation granted this line was small 81 per
mile, yet it never encountered any formidable com
petition
TIE BREMEN LINE
This the pioneer Of the American lines; but on
the expiration Of its contract in 1853 its owners The
Ocean Steam Navigation Company being unwilling TO
continue the mail service for the small compensation
granted by the Government, even with the Old vessels
withdrew their steamers. Mr.. Vanderbilt undertook
the service With three Of his unemployed steamers but
1t was finally abandoned.
THR PACIFIC LINT.
At the time Of is organization, this great company
which has with such success ana profit and IN defiance
OF al competition maintained It's high reputation anu
controlled the travel u the Pacilc coast was iair Cd
ect of Government aid. Yet the contract awarded to
il was insufficient that 1t is notorious that the e
would have failed and been abandoned bn for The op
perfume discovery of the gold fields Of California and
the immense emigration which eIsued Just Us IL com
menced its operations.
But since with the growth Of the Western Empire on
the Pacific shore this line may DO considered coast
line ii il not proposed 10 include IL this sketch more
than notice Of It's success.
This company runs line OF boats from New Ork 10
Aspinwall another from Panama to San Francisco
touching at Acapulco for coal branch line touchLg at
the intermediate points on the coast, Monterey Dan
Diego Mazatlan. &C.. and branch hne by the COlum
bia and willamette Rivers TO Portland Oregon; third
bralch from san Francisco 10 Olympia at the head
Of Puget Sound. stopping at Victoria, on Eancouyers
Island, in British territory This Company employt
eleven steamers. and is now building four new boats Of
the largest class When completed the total tGnnage
will BIO D,9O3 tuns
THE HAVANA LINE.
The subsidy granted to Mr.. Mordeoa, FOR line from
Charleston 10 Havana was sufficient 10 maintain II IN
continued and prosperous operation and was thriving
when the Rebellion broke out.
This closes the history OF such lines rs were subsidized
by Congress On reference 10 the table Mt the close OF
ills section. IL will be that the only A@uiean
steamer in foreign trade Ii the AdrGtc, now owned
abroad
COAST LINES.
Beside those already mentioned thcrs have been
numerous lines established for coast service OF these
~ has been stated the New. York and Charleston
the pioneer. This line. the New.fork aud savannah,
the Newly ork and New Orleans, were all successful IN
their and in great favor with the American
public Tie New-York and Havana lines have all been
crowned with success and largely developed our trade
with that rich ard prosperous island The IehuanlePec
line which had its terminus NJ 8nitan. on the Guf
was abandoned owing to the shaO1neas OF tire harbOr
which does no! admit OF tie entrance VI steamers large
enough for the character Of the trade The hicae IA
line the terminus Of which az san Juan, Las also
been withdrawn; that haIbor is filing up and there Is
not a druught Vi over nine feet water where there
was formerly fifteen. For time this line met WITH
The Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company con
trolled by Br Vanderbilt runs line from New ork
10 Aspinwal. and connecting hno from Panama 70
San Francisco.
Mi Roberts runs an independent line TO Aspinwan.
Besides these regular lines, there are number OF
steamers which upon one or the other oil tho routes
Iamcd, when favorable opportunities present.
The following table presents tho several steam nes
now in operation 1t will be noticed that none OF them
are ocean lines and that, with tho exception Of tho
Havana and Pacific lines 10 foreign countries,
Oh the American continents;
AMEMCAL sTRAA LINES, JASUARY, 1854