The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
TRANSA TLANTIC.
Direct Communication Between the
south and Europe.

The long desired hope for direct steam inter
course between Europe and the South appears
TO be, to certain extent practically realized.
Galveston has several steamers running TO
Liverpool. One of the lines is composed OF some
of the fine fleet that have hitherto run IN the
New York and Liverpool Dale Line the City OF
Dublin being one of them,
New Orleans can boast OF quite large feet of
the finest class of vessels, Toe Liverpool
Southern Steamship Company" is the name OF
one OF the lines which advtruses tno eight
steamers, ranging from 100 TO 1400 tons, Tor
Liverpool direct. Tnen, there Is another to
Hamburg, another to Bremen, and another
again TO Liverpool-all of these latter touching
at Havana out and home. The Hamburg aud
Bremen line is composed of steamers belonging
respectively to the "Hamburg-American Packet
Company" and the North German Lloyd" Line,
OF this port and previously sailing rom here.
The steamer Alice, of the Liverpool Southern
Steamship Company, lately brought on a cargo
OF hardware and other manufactured goods
from Europe.
There is also a line composed Of one or more
steamers between London and New Orleans,
making five distinct lines to Europe, besides
occasional arrivals, one from Cardiff arriving
at New Orleans lately with cargo of railroad
iron.
Mobile can boast of a single line to Liverpool
only.
savannah is quite largely represented, and
worthy of the Empire State of the South. The
Georgia and Liverpool Line" Is composed of
seven steamers, sailing from Savannah on the
LIST and 10Th OF every month, and advertises to
despatch extra steamers to other European
ports when sufficient induCement is offered. It
has also the "Macgregor Line" to Liverpool,
but the number of vessels composing it does
not appear. We have seen the name of but
one. Transient European steamers also reach
Savannah occasionally.
Charleston has regularly organized line,
called the Charleston and Liverpool Steamship
Line.n The Golden Horn, a new vessel belong
ing to this line, arrived at Charleston lately with
quite large cargo of merchandise, mostly
hardware. The steamer Statira was also loading
at Charleston lately for Liverpool, probably a
transient vessel.
The Norfolk and Liverpool Line, composed of
temporarily abandoned, there having been no
departures lately.
Baltimore looms up in this business, having
two European lnes-one to Liverpool, COM
posed of three steamers, and another to Bremen,
employing two more.
apce can boast of direct steam communication
with Europe at present. Unfortunately. the
vessels are all of foreign build and owned
abroad. In this, however, the South differs not
from the North. There have been several
spasmodic attempts TO establish American lines
at the North during the past few years, but,
since the collapse of the Collins line, a few
months have sufficed to discourage the owners,
and now of all the fine steamers that weekly
leave America not one flies the stars aud
stripes.
Time will show whether, after the present
enough business to induce a continuance of the
existing arrangements; but the press through
out the South, especially of New Orleans aud
Mobile, speak very hopefully of the success of
the project of direct communication, and if it
can be proved to be satisfactorily remuuerative
and abroad ready to invest in the enterprise
", Y Commercial Advertiser.