New-York tribune., 1868-03-20
OUR STEAMSHIPS.
THE CARRYING-TRADE OF NEwYORK-LINES OF
sTEAMERS-THEIR TUNNAGE-QUICK TRlfS-
PASSENGERS CARRIED LAST YEAR.

Of the arrival Of the Savannah steamship OF 100 tus
burden in England her voyage from NeW-horA, "cIo'9
the Atlantic having occupied 26 days Ins is hc n's'
steamship which crossed the wide Det OF "ater 'naV
separotes u from the Mother Country, and America may
be Justly proud Of sending forth the pioneer VeSel OF Inc
vast fleet which passes daily between It's shores and
Europa AS in the infancy Of stcam New-Hork led the
van by this example. She has since continued foremost
IN the rank OF ports which steamships thrOng The
excellence OF the harbOr, in extent almost unequaled'
and the position OF the city the metropolis OF the West
ern Hemisphere both combined place her the most
fitting focus for the interchange Of communication win
other nationates Although river navigation by s'e"
had become comparatively common before v lSto; ~ VAS @
not until that year that ocean seash he
formed for the purpose Of regular G3mu conn nnspv was
tween this port and Great BRIAN sne CnpSrd and
organized under the auspices OF SIR sanuc ency and
has maintained the highest ohateI % centeman died in
1865 aged rs years From this date tho 80
After some few wears Of monopoly by the English com
panes, American line OF lTansahi0 in % the late
Mr Edward X Collins and at the outset OIL s SateeT d
gave promise SI nfdSnseiy Mr. Collins had relied
upon outward support and assistance (WHICH ad ~ Deeh
rendered, would have without doubt made the specas
ton fulfil his expectations, and on being aHsapponIeo
in this in ooSI9e R5S q the R Scheme Six years from
the commencement Of the Company. It's vessels We're
n' tbs companes formed upon this continent have
rule been most unfortunate 1t complaint very gen
prses that the Government does not give such help to
their as foreign 90 III tnS eae NJ
Saes are more and crews composed Ameri
Tsse Of other countries This argument may possibly
be the OF the monopoly In steam
stubborn fact remains that there are, at the present
speaking but two companies plying between % Sse PST
are the ''Sew-YOrk and Havre Company, and the New
shns Connected with NewYork and belonging TO the
port the foreign trade will be the best to look into nr
and North American Royal Mail Co, better known as
he "Cunard" This line consists Of 20 rstclass iron
hoof fha lava
siberian AeEpo Atlas Corsica heea AedaT ymnSs
sdon. Tarifa TripoH, and Scotia. The Company have
lately sold three steamers Persia, Africa and ASIA ana
OF the vessels mentioned wothe Russia, and Siberia
were added last year With two exceptions they
are all screw steamers The Scotia (paddewheeD made
one of the fastest passages record from queenstown
TO this port the voyage being accomplished in eight days
eight hours and 81 minutes arriving IN New,aOrK ~ July
I'M the new postal agreement Of the two countries some
further arrangements to be made The average tu
mage OF the vessels is 800 tuns The Scotia the arge
being Ss75 During last year the Company carried
being the In Sfgst si pq40 G9%Cer
The Inman Line liverpool, New-Yo[k, and Al, l. Phadel,
Ps S np eaS Tness are the City Of Baltimore City
of Paris City Of NewYOrk City of Boston, City OF Lon
Chester City of Dublin City of Cork, City of Limerick,
City OF Durham Etna BOsphorus, Edinburgh ana Nan
certain per ounce Last year "a voyages or 64 trps
performed and the average number OF
cabin and steerage The time OF all these steam
ships Ss 10 f nSSTI %as made by the CITY Of PaT
which arrived her dock upon Friday 29th November
This speed exceeded that OF the famous trip of the
Cunard vessel the Scotia. by four hours The specie
carried by this line last year amounted 10 $l25OOOO,
sum exceeding that carried by any other company III hat
year by soOo The company have one new Vesei IN
aud will be added to the vessels now engaged ID the New"
The French line (the General Transatlantic Company
have vessels the Napoleon ILL., S75 tuns; Lsfay
cite 1873 tuns St Laurent, $3.50 unS Vile dc Parls,
2Ss tuns; Washington 1850 tuns; Pereire 2Ss tuns and
the Europe 2s2s tuns These steamshigs start IG ON
French ma, and the Pereire last year made e1raoT
nSy % Ts G@S @Rmer TSm o carried either way
In 1867, 9lO9 This comparatively small numDer ~
explained by carrying steerage passengers and
not the of most other lines calling at inerne
The Sew:YOrk and Bremen Company have three yes
sels the Atlantic Baltic, and Western Metropolis, their
to Germany calling at southampton on the route Their
carried by the compsnys vessels last year was i2oo
This one Of the two American lines aforementioned
and 1t is rapidly laying its vessels. some doubt being
it's continuance, is unable to meet the
The Hamburg american Packet Co have eight steam
ships, the Allenania 26l9 tuns; Bavaria, 207l tans;
tuns Hammonis, 2O26 tuns Saxona, 29l tuns and the
at so8thsmpOn on its outward and homeward trips The
vessels constructed Of rOn and are all steam
from southampton being II days hours The shortest
made during the last was the trip Of the Cim6ria
which arrived at southampton in days and iS eonrs
One Of the shortest passages ever was THAT t6S
southsmpson tRs MaTeS u.s. s after passage Of
hours, aud so minutes This time is equal to 8 days
of carried by the Hamburg Company 1867
amounted 70 over zoe persons Only 5000 Of this mum
The North German Loyds line Of steamships number
eight yessels-Amerca 2GOl tuns; Bremen 2ssS tuns;
ass tuns New-York 252s tuns; Union 2sIl tune ana
and German mails, calling at southampton They are
iron built screw vessels averaging IL days from Soutn-
amptOn Their total Of passengers carried In 1867 was
The National line Of steamships nine in number, start
every Saturday from Pier No 49 North River for Liver
pool and Queenstown Their names the Queen 3,5l9
iuus Denmark, 37ls tuns; Erin, 3,S6 tuns Helveta,
Virginia 29SG tuns; England 33lO tuns the France
$50 All these vessels Ina are sS Gs1 f S5 5oa s6d
to the line and in Point SI @ 0 s ene ec9 &
sage to Liverpool and vice versa IS days. This line
rendered the British Government last year
IL the 'as 6toHsce saS maH Tey % stipulated S for D'
allowance Of fourteen days to complete
round The proposal was however, declined The total
number Of passengers conveyed by this steam
scotland adds important item to the list Of Trans
asgd1 s y 6SS s AnsSoS to oa E Se
seven steamships belonging to this line the Columbia,
remaining six are the Europa 1883 tuns Britannia las
tuns; Hibernia, 15f9 tuns; Iowa, 1895 tuns; United
vessels are for the most part boats pro-
PEELED by screws, and the average time taken to accom-
piSh each tip is IA days In 1867 they eared So62 pas
sengers across the Atlantic; ~
The Liverpool and Great Western Steamship Comanpy,
more particularly termed Williams Guions Line, Is
represented by four vessels the Minnesota 1905 tuns
Colorado 100 tuns The Inflated Chicago also the
property OF this COmpanyt will be remembered that
in the latter end Of the past year Providentsly no
lost and the greater part OF the cargo was re-
covered To replace her loss Messrs. Williams Guon
purchased the Colorado. fine iron steamer
built Newcastle On the occasion Of this vessels first
arrival out short time ago. full account Of her
published columns. This line touches at Queens
for no thousand