New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-02
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGA1IOh'

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE UNITED oIAlE'
AND BALTIC PORTS
For the past three or four years. attempts
have been made TO establish direct steam COMMUNICATE.
between this country and the Baitio ports h.nousn
s,rupoIinp against tho competition ana opposition Vi
English lines the success OF the movement mas
ood tboso their efforts this season.
dod the Messrs Ruger Brothers have already announced
to for the season OF 1870 Tho first efforts to
Establish this line made just after the ciose OF INC
war with tho steamers Atlantic. Baltic. Merrmack'
Arago Fulton. Mississippi, Quaker CITY, western metro
polls and such other vessels as could be procured lh
limo only extended as far as Bremen and competition did
ts best to destroy t. but the line succeeded better than
many beloved 1t possibly could. The German war In
1866 was the cause suspension Of operations Yet tho
absence loss OF life property gave the line name
in German ports which induced s projectors IN 1907 10
resume its business. Finding that there was proDa'
bility Of tho limo being established on hrm Dass INC
foreign companies bent their best energies 10
crush it, These seemed TO succeed, Tor AFTER paL
thing against great odds In tho winter seas3n' a h
hcosuse of a falling of In OF tho emigrant tramc' tho
managers caused tho ships to be hauled on Ihey tIen
adopted plan and IN accordance , ,he
very important emigration and 70 Tue rus
sian port Of stetn thus evdd ne '1g be sdon
OF this movement was justified by its success Already
some OF the have landed at Castle Garden from
900 10 the largest numbers landed
from at that place, and all safe and sound
Ruger's American Steamship Line begins TINS season
with two fine steamers tho Ocean Queen and the Rising
star Tho former il tuns register and built by
Westeryelt OF this city She il SAT feet In length ~ feet
Lean and 70 depth of hold. She has powerful
CINE with cylinder 90 inches In diameter ana ~ Ieet
stroke OF piston The Rising Star Is one OF the finest YES
sells OF her class aOat and 227 tuns register 3Oj reed
length Is feet beam. and 80 feet hold She has cyl
Under 100 inches diameter with ~ feet stroke OF piston
These the property of tho Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, and chartered To the Messrs Ruger
Brothers. -.
Tho Ocean Queen leaves this port tomorrow (march
81 touches Ilavre and then to the Baltic leaving
her return trip from Copenhagen about the "a OF
ApriI Rising Star Will sail hence on the 43u Oh
March making the stoppages. and VIII leave Co
penhagen on the return trip about the 23d OF April
The Company is at present negotiating iOr t"o moIo
rsicass steamers for the April sailings Contracs have
made by the agents OF the line ia Germany LOT De
200 and SOC passengers Tor each Oh tneso
10 he taken on board at different Baltic ports Within
tbe nast n days the agents here have had applications
from persons who have visited Europe, but who nave
never gone TO Northern Germany or into the Scandna
Wan country; and 1t IA believed that ere long tourists
will 90 i'm large numbers Norway Sweden and Den
mark, which countries present comparatively no" he'u
TO the foreigner. .,,,---, ,,.---..., s. =.
ANAL subsidy for their steamers and II they succeed IN
obtaining 1t they intend to build line OF american
steamers credahe alike to the country and themselves
The ships OF the Messrs Ruger were the trans hatc
steamers in Copenhagen ana bteJn ana tlelf ap
pearance caused great excitement. When II became
known that line OF American steamers was TO Dc csaD
shed bc those ports aud the United States with
trnnsfer luggage passenger many were induced 10
emIgrate and bring with them funds varying from few
Numbered twenty thousand dollars each. The average
humber passengers brought ID about 300 the average
personal property OF each emgrant according
10 examination Castle Garden Is $50. Ihus. II may
that each OF these steamers ADDS sl2OO 10 te
wealth OF the country and to 1t also 800 5eer III
asserted by passenger agents that emigration ths year
will exceed anything hitherto known ana that tue Jun
employed In the trade VIII DO tahcu W ITO utho7e
Owing to the fact that tho steamer OF the Hamburg
line which 90 take out the freuch mails on thursday
lies icebound IN the Ebe. the Ocean Queen Viii take the