, 1870-03-30

70 "a =: I'm duly registered xnd nnInoe1, ~,
~ ,ntsl x1noupt for which suen POLE p - an
issued eas sn of the steamships accepted !'y tho
naa.snssf+r 1c.a@. Gtpe1a1; that Buch oohas 10y
1ssss ;ntsrest not exceeding saveh per csn.AA
- .nn1,rd. and shall be pafable M nitot-
re.rs aud the rostmanteF siehesa! s.la.. apis
lie money sppfop1sasa1 20 of the sasefest On the
oas.1s of' aid COMPANY ard tho safj company
tnH ,,rot thc receipt Of said hentia duly regis
a. ..~eii Inn, the Postmaster General, execute
rood snI sufficient mortgages 10 the ros:a 's': =,
tcr General uEon each and e'efy steaiusmp, X
ssto!,It ~ ~ sa;ti company, and also to protect
The hoIdcrs Of any and IL such bonds.
~ San.tnr Fenton Bends to the Committee
m fnmrnerce private bill in the inteeeat o.
tLir,l-rate shipping house, epeclis1nB LIZA. 1ne
Postmaster General bo directed 10 eoHStacs M
I xith TasI william dse5 nass5 i a Rafsqs 9so Inc
to Eu1opc, and their AasoeiAtss, for We c9n-
ye1ance II European and foreign mails of the
United States, between NeW sofk Ana Gopen-
hagen and other Scandtnaslan alao Ge8AA
pos to9shns II It dsstesaa pseagone stea@
ahips. CONSTRUCTED OF to be constructed N the
Cntted Statee. controlled By the saad Waiilnm
Ruger. Emil nuser, and Theodore Ruger. and
their aseoeiatea. who shall bc citizens OF the
United States, for = term ho1 ehcees1ns N1fs0
This bill is perhaps tho most irpudcnt ot an
Get an advance OF million and hsN q Dol
tars, and yet use such vessels "a the asins
Star, Guiding Star. Atlantic .h;n ~ tIc1Vs ui,1,
calendar months from the date OF me contfac@
at least four fa1st~c1a8s sea-sosng steamships
Of not lees than = 500 tons eaeh, which
steamships shall ba or hare been
mh9y constructed q p9rsnajsea aj.sa ta = Be
titled to American register. The POSTMASTER
General is hereby authorized, in anticipation Of
the moneys to become due, to advance to the
eaid Nugers and their associates, the sum OF
(Which sum is hereby appropriated ont Of any
moneys in the Treasury Eot otherwise sFpro-
| priatcdl. The mortgage or mortgages herein
provided for shall be reduced At the rate Of fl
| teen thousand dollars for each trip made BY
their tipe nntlthe len seeured By sea mort +
| mortgages cancelled: The Rugera shall
| make, execute, and deliver to the Postmaster
General mortgage securing 70 tho United
States alien on such and all OF said yesscla to be
constructed OF purchased. The Secretary Of
the Navy is authorized and empowered to
sell to the said Ringers puch steamships nov
belonging to the navy Of the Cnitod States az
may be suitable for tho said aorviccs aud not
in his opinion needed for naval purposes. The
foreign and mail agents of tho government OF
l LuE CQ14GN SkA{G5 HuaA4 EAfG 4IEG pAHS1rG Ul
the steamships OF said line whenever the Post.
master General Or other proper officer shal
issue to such agents papets certifying them.
Nj. Representative G. C. Nashbu1n pre-
sented very liberal bill subsldizing four com.
rsnies Ut tho jump, but with the expectation
that only One company would resElt-tha.
from New York. He offered this company dvt
| hundred thousand dollars per year on each
chip; but they would not move for 30 p1epos.
terouslv little subsidy. I give an idea Of this
bill:
| That John q. Brown. Harrison J. siLby,
Samuel z. Spring, Rufus E. Ward, Woodbury.
5. Dams, Iheophi1us c. He5sey, Jonas H. Peg
lockwood, John ". Forbes, E. T, Tobev,
William +. Weld, William CIadin, George c.
Richardson, George B. Upton, Aphcus Hardy,
William .. Spooner, Charles F. Hovey, Ma
thAriet Tbayer; a1I al such other persons a.
may be afsoci1ted with them. and their succcs-
sors, are hereby created and enacted into a
body co1poratcd And polite in deed and in
Law, by tho name, style, and title Of tho Allan
tic Iron Steamship Company Said corpora
ton is hereby authorized to construct and
maintain Line Of iron steamships to ply for
ten Eea1s between tho ports OF Boston, Msasa-
chnEetta. and Portland, Maine, and Glasgow,
Scotland. aud Liverpool in England, sailing
from each Of said ports each alternated week
throughout the year. Tie capital stock Of
said company shall consist Of forty thousand
Tie Postmaster General Is authorized to con-
tract with them. and to guarantee the payment
Of the sum OF i've hundred thousand dollars =
year, payable monthly, but on the express con-
ditions that said company shall proceed inme-
distc1v to construct Ia American aLip-varls not
lees than i've tirst-class iron ships nf most ar-
proved model for speed, and With tie best Of
| accommodations for cahin and stceragc paeyen-
Ee1s, Of not less than three thousand tons bur
den, and speed equal to the average speed Of
l Al -. ~
| French lines. They shall bo 70 constructed as
to be easily converted into war ships, 2ntl the
United 6tAtea shall have the right to take the
saue for its use in time OF war OF threatened
danger, and Wien 20 taken the government
shall only be liable to pay sum equivalent to
aouab1e wear and tear and the damage said
ships may sustain while in the porsesson OF
the government; but no damages shall be al
| loved By reaeon Of the interruption or loss Of
TIE business Of said company; rpon tho ap,
the United States for the employment Of any
naval officer to command or aeeist in navigat-
ing ans OF said ships, he may do 60,
without prejudice to bis rank, and while
60 employed he hhan receive only half pay
| from TIC government, and arch other oompen-
ration as tho company may allow: The said
company shall be entitled to drawback equal
tn tho amount ct duty paid on all materials irn-
ported that arc proved to have entered into
kllt EGuEtluFIlU1l u eAlQ E441t3E Ut EQuu4A 6+4l
ships be built exclusively Of American maten-
ais, the postmaa..r General is authorized to
allow el00 900 additional subsidy.
Further, that 4. A. Low, Moses Taylor,
Marehall o. Roberts, y. II. Aspiuwall, How
ard Potter, Charles Lnbing, George W. Quin-
| T. LeoT, Charles Morgan rt al. are enacted
into tho American Iron Steamship Liuc. The
Postmaster General gisea them five hundred
Thousand collars year, PAYABLE monthly.
Further, John Edgar Ihompson,, lance Il.
Michael. Henry Winsor, ]. s. Fell, John o.
Jamea. John G. Bzeemer, and Daniel u, Fox,
Of Philadalyh hia; and Jamea Corner, Fitzger-
aid Booth, .. II. Hodges, j., J.: Hooper, 4.
sehum.cher, 1homas whitHdse, F: Y; BRINE,
Easter become the Transatlantic Iron Steam.
ship Line, and make iron steamships to ply
between the ports Of Philadelphia renn., and
Baltimore, nd, in the United States, and
Of sot.Pon o, E1Ga99 ~ H., 1ad 1s Bremen men
alsesnAted week throughout the yesE-
Further, That John J. Roe, VI. u. Acpher-
son, James Harrison, Gerard D Allen, John
$. Phelps, George Knapp, Stillsou Huschins,
". Mckee, CHARLES Denzer, John S. McCane,
fenger, Of St. Louis, No.; and Charles A.
VIII itoey, ]. q. Oglcsby, L. J. Highly, s. D.
Packard. lafayette Folger. 4. Mltenberger,
G. ". WCst, Samuel Smith, c. II. Martin, O.
| T.. HAIL. ftU!ES EOFAlCht r Do110uuG, a0H "
u. Bnrwen, 81 New Orleans, ct al. become
the North and South American and European
Iron Steamship Company, to construct ani
maintain line Of iron steamships between the
ports Of New Orleans, Louisiana, il, the Cnfted
Statee, and Hamburg, in Germany, tos7chirg
on the outward and return voyage, at South.
ampton, England; a1so, from eaid port Of New
Orleans to the port Of Rio de Ianeiro, Brazil
touching 1t Havana. Cuba; 3fayaguez, Porto
Rico, St. Thomas. and Trinidad, in the West
Indics; Para, Fcsnambuco, and Bahia, II
Brazil.
III. Representative stazkweather w!shcs te
betriend The American Navigation Company. 4
corporation authorized By special act of the
state OF Connecticut. Upon the completion 81
certain steamships tho said company shall be
entitled 10 receive from the Treasury Of .he
rnited States an amount equal to the amount
Of duties received By the United States on the
| importation OF such portions of the materials
uscd in the building and lifting Of eaid steam.
ahirs as may be Of foreign grow th or nanufac.
tu1e; and il tho stc4uahips be built wholly
and entirely of material Of the growth OF man
ufacture Of the Cnited States, then the COM
p.ny shall he entitled to receive in the manner
Aforesaid An amount equal to the amount
which would hare been c3ained BY the United
Of similar material from foreign countries.
The compensation to be paid to the said COM
pany for fifteen years poeta1 service shall be
120, 600 per voyage. The company shall be
permitted to purchase coal or other storce aud
necessa.ies il bond. free OF duty, and be e1-
empt from ali Custom House or other national
dues and taxes, and from III port charges.
| Mr.. Representative Roots wants to zee be-
fricnded the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company. which shal be subsidized
u1ainly BY the use OF bonds OF the Southern
States. the eail bonds to be endorsed By tho
general government, This echcme has been
given up By General Woodbridge it's protector,
and Is now IN the hands Of ! air. Jewett.
Other subsidy hunters arc Willis GAYLORD
hrotberin-law Of Senator Foneroy: Webb and
noacl, New York ship builders Bushnell and
| Ten Scott. Mr. MadaHnrth. Of CONNECTICUT.