The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-23
COLOMBIA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.

Ocean steam Lines Centering mt the lsthmus-
The Rivalry in the Carrying Trade-Sketch
of the Different Lines.
PANAMA, Oct IL, 1867
Tho rapdy with which this terrestrial sphere being
crossed and cut up by steamboat, railroad and tele-
graphic lines Is almost beyond the comprehension OF the
most sanguinc individual while the number OF lines OF
steamships centrug at Panama Is q wonderful iustra-
ton Of the rapid development OF commerce within the
last fifteen years In 1850 the arrival OF steamer
inrequent event from ports other than those Of New
York and San Francisco; In 1867 IL ia daily
occurrence. Three lines to Europe, one to New
York, to San Francsco one to Central America,
to the South Pacific and Q lins TO Australia
sin In the high tide OF success, while
number OF side lines the West Indies having Aspin
wall for their principal port are doing prosperous
inter-coonial business. The Pacific Steam Navigation
Company-runnng steamers coastwise from here to
Chie-have concluded to establish line from
Valparaiso Liverpool, England and with this object
in vicw have asked subsidy from the Chilean govern
msnt The vessels are to leave Valparaiso monthly,
and touching at the Chilean colony In the Straits At
Rio Janero End perhaps other ntermcdiate ports
will reach Eng and in about forty days Tho object OF
the English directors In establishing this line said to
DO to discourage the General Transatlantic Company
from running Their threatened opposiion from Panama
20 Valparaiso tbs Irsnnsls-c con pany is the same
hat rams tnoss ens s1aa.ss srp Bress 10 New York
an fro-s a. Sara8-s - trsurvA TIE government in.
s2@rssr kss asG >, "a nszasu7 e - company
s-s IN. rop - sG.ssAaa ms 81 steamers in the
PAs1.s ss< vii Esersiy n,taa1.ss ssch line from
Ysus-s = "a Sssssl- lie fssss. directors reply
50 srsz asss fnsy faus og5oss tho English
ss.rsszy pDv ssssrxAg 90 fsses Of that route, rs
S.s oszssa 4 yss. fslic~ship together.
aEsE yss assE, ags 80 inspector. His Majesty
La A. M annual Rut thu
ssry ays ,hE ssfy Jsha Bsli steps in here and says
v Crapsas "sscars yosr subsidy and employ COM
pssy 70 run The E,samer.u "Mlghi as vol be hung
for sheep ~ lamb says crapeau; .and 4 the En-;
peror subsidzes compsnyto do the work No will
hold on 70 the spells ourselves"
It's expected that the French steamers will begin
running this winter To defeat this plan therefore, tho
directly from The Pacific coass 70 England, carry
iue freight ~ cheaper rate than u is
nov taken via Panama But 1 think the
company have rcckoned without their host by with
drawing freight from this route and starting 1t IN
channel they must encounter the opposition OF the PAN
ANA Railroad Company. Az perfect harmony with the
latter essential 10 the Of ali steamsb
lines converting here is surmisabe that the English
company WI damage themselves more than they Will
tho General Transatlantic people.
short review Of tho various lines OF Steamers con.
ysrsng hsre may noise unntsresng 70 the readers o.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, about which little
DO told II Is too well known to the travelling pub
lie o. require moro than brief notice here. The
rangemens or this company for thu transfer Of passen
gers the 1sthmus are most admirable For In
stance, IL Of their ships either SIDE at
six O'Clock In tho morning the passengers, mails aud
fast freight are NJ landed and embarked board
The cars and by six NJ, or IN twelve hours from tho
time OF the SHIPS arrival, the vessel on the opposite
under way for Francisco or New York. the
may be. II frequently occurs that one thousand
passengers thousand packages OF baggage, three
dred bags Of mails and a hundred packages OF fast
freight thus transferred 10 ten hours without
extraordinary effort the pari OF the officers OF the
company The bulk Of the freight carried bT the ships
Of this company IL called SLOW because II Is trans
ferred at tue pleasure OF the railroad officials within ten
| days OF It's ARRIVAL the Isshmua Freight thus
Delivered in Francisco within thrtytwo days Of the
time Of shipment from Now York, and rcs wnd
TIE freiRbs from san Francisco eastward are Usually
light, bus isst spraz aud summer every ship brought