Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-07
8ALrlMoRE sTEA MSIlIP LINES

8dLTlMORE S7,fsA MSIfIP LINES.
Baltimore is displaying yigor and earn
esiness in her Efforts to establish steamship
lines with foreign ports which both augurs
and merits success. She has recently cs-
iablished direct steam communication with
Bremen and on Thursday, May lat, the
Berlin, all exact counterpart of the BATH
more, whose departure was the occasion OF
an enthusiastic celebration, sailed for Bre-
men. So the line may be said TO have gone
into practical operation.
She has also direct and regular steam
communication with Liverpool and with
Cuba. The steamship Cuba of the Balii-
more and Havana line on her last trip brought
u consignment of tobacco 10 Baltimore for
reshipment to Bremen.
These are significant facts and show what
pluck and determination will do towards
establishing trade in spite Of such natural
disadvantages as are presented in the dis
lance Of the city from the sea, and the
sinuous and, to Il certain extent, dangerous
| cllillllltl vi lile Lay
The completeness Of the arrangements for
accommodating this trade is well illustrated
in the character Of the piers and buildings
erected at Locust Point which are thus de-
scribed by the San:-
The arrangements ut Locust Point for the
accommodation of the steamers of the Bre-
men and Liverpool lines are on large scale,
the recent improvements having been erect
ed solely with AN eye to strength anu durh
blily. The property Of the Baltimore ami
Ohio railroad on the Point embraces an area
Of fifty acres. having over one mile of water
front. The European pier now nearly com
pleic1, is $50 feet in length by 30 feet wide.
tits built in the deepest water in the harbor,
(2 feet and supported upon piles 81 feet
long, driven five feet apart from center To
center, and is rs strong and substantial MS
wood and iron can make il. The entire
wharf is covered. both roGf and sides, with
iron. and has iron sliding doors, being per-
ipctly ire-proof There is a double line OF
railway track running through the entire
centre for the passage Of freight directly Il
or from the cars and steamers across The
main platform, which is upon the same leve
as the floors Of the cars. There is also OF
5 the wharf II hosting engine Of thirty horst
| power WHICH uliNtS tIHHt SIHtls' mus litlSh
!, can be hoisel simultaneously from eight
: matches. This pier is represented to be ON
of the finest and most convenient N all re
/, spects ever constructed III this country, an,
an exact duplicate Of it is TO be erected forth
! with. There has also just been erected
large bonded warehouse, of brick, with iro
c root, with a track from the steamship what
i running directly into it, The railroad com
$ pany has also recently purchased the 81
Charles Hotel and seventeen double dwell
nes. which will he used by its employees.
. The great conveniences afforded emigran,
were fully exempliiied rs the teecniarrival
L of the Bremen steamships Baltimore an
I Berlin. The cars being within five feet {
II the steamers, under a covered wharf, th
i eniigrants and their baggage were lande
" with the least possible delay aud without eA
. pense, and forwarded direct To the West
o sNme Of them leaving on the afternoon {
IS the day o. arrival, and making the closes
connections to the relnOtest points. Az
: companying these cmlgiant trains is alwa !
. m agent, and every attention and faculty
D Afforded to render the trip agreeable.
y Another interesting feature Of this sui
ject is its cXemplication Of the capacity
great Railroad Company To add to Il
az trade and commerce Of It's seaboa.d te
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