The New York herald., 1866-07-22
SAN FRANCISCO AND CHINA MAIL STEAMER LINE.

| The Northern and the southern ROute-Dis.
advantage Of Honolulu n Coaling sta
| tiOn, &c.
As the time approaches when the line of steamers be
tween san Francisco and the coasts OF Japan and China
Is to 60 into active operation the public and the press
have not only the right but the duty to subject TO
a thorough examination everything pertaining to
this great enterprise Like the Atlantic cable which
will very stretch ts the accom-.
plish the large girde OF telegraphic communication
around globe, the China mail line Is destined
up and accomplish second great girdlc OF communi-
cation around carth OF different but not less i'm
portant character The first will be the great high
road OF tho spiritual OF mankind sending the
human thought its wires from continent
to continent with the swiftncss OF lightning;
the second will be the great highroad of the practical
material commerce OF the nations sending passengers
and freight around planet with the speed of steam
locomotion. Indeed the California China line is
only the last link the great chain Of steamers which
stretches already from Europe TO China sde
and from Europe continent the Pacific coast
the other side BY crossing the Pacific Ocean it fills
up the gap which separates still the ends Of this
chain, aud accomplishes the grcat circle OF steam nav
gation.r
The Pcuinsuar and Oriental Steam Company, connect
ing IN regular trips Southampton with spain, Malta
Egypt, Bombay, Ccylon Calcutta Singapore and Hong
lines between England. Germany France and
our Atlantic ports constitute the second link Pacific
Mail between New York, Panama and San Francisco
the third link; the China Mail will connect the
first with the third and complete the great circular
hisroad for the practical commerce OF mankind
II is indeed consoIing that legislators in Washing
ton n the midst OF wild partisan warfare and among
the squabbcs about the eternal negro and the
ops o. G % ,ouna no. Uny some & .,
really took II In hand with that high spirit and that i'm
pcral generosity BY which the American people dis
tinguishcd in all questions OF high practical interest
Tho appropriation yearly subvenon OF 5000 600 Tor
this mail service will therefore find the general and
unanimous approval OF the nation But 1t seems to
that in tho generous plan for the promotion Of this OBJ
cct practical questions connected with have not
been subjected to that close investigation OF facts and
circumstances which very often depends the business
success of enterprise
The three chief questions in regard to steamer line
are always aud every ywhere-frst quickncss OF CON-
munlcaton; second chcapness OF transport OF passen
gers and freight third possibility Of successful compc-
tiiion.
In the projected bii lying before Congress-
regulating the China mail service these three ne
cesstcs have not been sucirnty considered Besides
less important articles OF this bii TO which we VIII
call attention another occasion, tho paragraph max
ing Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, coal station OF tho
line, will prove completely impractical and may at least
In the be9nnng render the enterprise business failure
The island OF Honolulu s sua,ed twenty one degrees
nineteen minutes north latitude; san Francisco thirty.
seven degrees fory-nine minutes north Yokohama, In
Japan, thirty five degrees twenty minutes north We
perceive therefore, At once, that course via Honolulu
s sixteen TO seventeen degrees further south OF the
straight line between San Francisco and Yokohama and
that this deviation, being on the equator sue, Is
much greater than equal deviation on the pole sioc
Of the straight line Indeed, course taken In
northcry direction far even as to the forty hnh de.
gree Of north latitude, is thousand and hy miles
shorter than the Sandwich Isands Count
ing speed Of eleven to twelve knots per hour
the route over Honolulu would therefore take Tour 70
Eve days and round trip nino 10 ten days more tnan
the northern course. Besides this difference. should
bo taken into account thai the southern course north
eastern winds prevail while for the greater part OF the
year between the Parallels Of thirty and nfty degrees
north latitude northwestern winds prevail Continual
headwinds on q long voyage are even for powerful
steamer very serious drawback, and would certainly
ctard the passage FOR from TO three days 80 haa
the loss In time on round trip the Sandwich lslands
| would amount 10 ten or eleven days, and including
twenty -four forty eight hours for cpaing passing
tho bar. 10 twelve OF ihirtccn days
Such heavy loss In time will the following conse-
quencos First twenty TO twenty. per cent
ming expenscs for COAL wages and Of ships,
&c, amounting In all per year 70 at least e1600OO.
Second, loss of nve days, and round trip Of ten
TO twelve days for every passenger Third increase OF
interest all freight goods which this line will Be
exceedingly valuable consisting Of gold SILVER SILK tsa
&c. Fourth, Increased premium OF Insurance This will
amount 70 heavy sum yearly because the course via
Honolulu % no only longer bus also safe ~ the
| moro northern course fifth, impossbily Of compe-
tton against The overland mall steamers between Eng
| land and Hong Kong. -
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