New-York tribune., 1868-03-20


with safety new line TO California via Panama Tbe T
Aspnwall, touching at Manzanillo ls 1e Cuba
vessels intended for this trade are the Moses
San Francisco, DakOtah Fulton AragO ra Santiaeo
Taylor, Nebraska, Nevada, and ADeIloa Inv
left New-York on March g. ..,, ,esseIs IN Ha-
vana from PierNo North River nave M site @ and 70
the MORO Castle, $50 tuns EHgg @ lines i to New Orleans
OF these the Cromwell line has three .o ,oe ard
Cromwell i5oO tuns eT 6ave also added new vessel to
their line which is not yet named Az IeSo ale
eTs last wear this company carried $500 PASSENGER
r, ,e time is about days. In addition 10
ths there js the Atlantic Coast Man steamship COmpanS
wnin the Rapidan S6S tuns, and the Raleigh S65 tuhs
owIns % T3s'nSson ne Fox a. Co. owning the Emily T. Souder
Sss and the Adele Gas tuns The last named steam
ngared In this trade are the Euterpe, 100 tuns
Victor l,34O tuns and Gen Sedgwlek lSl tuns agents
Messrs Mallory d Co.; and the Gen. Meade, SS5 tuns
cen Grant 2O tuns; Sherman sg3 tuns and Crescent
City, 1919 tuns belonging TO the Merchants Steashp
Company There are four lines TO savannah, georgia
Messrs Murray and FerTiss line have four vessels the
Cleopatra, 1900 Leo, 1000 tuns; Virgo, 2OC tnns
last year amounted to 5000 The Empire line have two
paddle-wheel steamships the San salvador ana 1 ot
Jacnto, their respective tunnage being 91 pns during
1857 Their total number OF passengers was sDOut aV
The Black Star Line dispatches two vessels 10
the Huntsville 500 tuns and the Montgomery 81 tuns
ships. There are two lines TO Wilmington owning SIX
vessels altogether the Fairbanks, 62G tuns; william r.
Clyde 5O4 tHns Rebecca Clyde $50 tun Empire 4O tIns
James Green. S7S tuns and Valley City S8 tuns The
Messrs Murray Ferris & Co., and Messrs. Goodspeed
Co. The vessels belonging to the rsnamed line are the
turns for 1867 show them have carried 800 passengers
either way The outside line of the metropolitan steam
tune 400 tuns Nereus 400 tuns Glaucus 15OO tuns
Ashland 81 tuns Marina, 1000 tuns and SandIord LOO
chants line to Alexandria, Washington and Georgetown
D. c. own two propellers, L. G. knight. 500 tuns and
gers either way The Pert 500 tus and Tybee 200 inns
both propellers tho property OF essrs Spoord ile
one noticeable feature of this firm is their owning
fart fof fha Rrif Government
New Orleans to Belize, Honduras This Is the sontaly
instance of American steamship carrying foreign
The United States and Brazil Mail Company are repre-
sened by the North America liOo tuns and the south
America 400 tuns These vessels touch at St Thomas
their route to Rio The New-York Mail 5 3; Com
panys steamships are the Marosa 800 ns ana MOI on
each trip The Peoples line OF steamships TO Chareston
the Promethe9s propeller 600 tTns Moneka Pro
other lines of steamers to Charleston These Companies
G0 @ not ont Of S bS the facts in with
them will TO give the reader general luea Oh the
nature Of the steam Vessels Ell ~ e o tSS tSe paS
line of steamships has been subsidized by the Govern
port and Buenos Ayres But recently the Argentine
Minister communicated with Secretary Seward on TINS
subject, informing HIM that the merchants OF Buenos
Ayres had determined to present a petition TO the
American Congress 10 solicit Their assistance IN lurthcr
ance of the speculation The idea is TO extend the voyage
of the steamships which sail to Rio Janeiro from here
TO BuenOs Ayres The United States possess no direct com
muncaon with the River de la Plata. This fact is the
more to be wondered at when consider the universal
advantage Europe finds in her present increasing trade
with this part of the world. Among the new vessels
destined for the China and California trade the Japan
and Alaska, now lying in the East River, viii rank
among the finest that have left this port Their
tunnage is about 1900 tuns and they are built with
special regard to speed.
The whole tunnage OF the steamships belonging to the
port OF NewYOrk exclusive Of steamers connected with
river navigation, gboats &c, is 2336l8 tuns. Ihe
number of vessels is l79 These figures give the asOnish
ing average of each vessel 1905 2379 tuns so won
derful is the rapid increase Of communication by steam
in All parts the world that doubt In few years the
figures here quoted may be deemed as puny as the ones
of steamship statistics OF few years back appear TO this
generation One thing certain: that man. having once
experienced the and comforts OF modern
travel will increase and add TO the means OF that travel
however great and apparently nsuperabe the obstacles
to the attainment Of this object may SEEM