New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-03
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Total .s5S5927 s2j353of
The distances and American passengers TINS given:
From San Francisco 10 Honolulu, 1850 miles from Homo
lulu 10 FIJI 2, go miles; from FIJI - NewCalcdonia. 40
miles, from New Caledonia 10 Brisbane. 4o miles IOtal'
5000 miles. Passengers arrived in San Francisco from
Australia in 1869, 92S sailed HS; passengers arrived IN
san Francisco from Honolulu IN 1902 571 sailed $S5;
making total Of passenger traffic tho route ~ 2l
From these figures and statements, there appear 10 ne
reasonable prospects OF developing large comlnefeo.
The French offered considerable subsidy Tor Sl4r
call az Caledonia and when once The line shai ~ III
operation is believed that the Fice Islands viii he an
cxcel point for departure and collection for ieedtr,
IN the shape of an auxiliary line trading 20 ana rO III INC
Though now almost unknown commerce. ~ai'4nb u0
THE TRANSATLANTIC LINES.
There are four bills pending the companies for when
they are submitted proposing to enter into competition
with tho fOur-score and British. French ana Ger
steamers plying regularly between Europe anu
Atlantic ports. 1t will bc hard fight against hnoS
established having about sS00ooO)9 OF caWtM penn"
them and sure to be backed earnestly by their govern
ments in such fight The oldest bin Of this class Is '
relating to the Mediterranean and Oriental steam nav
CATION Company. The bill now pending aAks lor q ~
Years contract for carrying tho mails To and rom Nc"
York and Norfolk and the port Of Genoa, itay touchs
at Cadz, Spain, and at such other Mediterranean PO'S
as may be agreed upon; also by postal con
nections with Trieste and by transfer 10
and through tho suez Canal The compensation
for this service is TO be the current postal
income on such nails 10 ia estimated that these would
average for the 20 years about S0OOOO per aunum AT
present it is estimated that mails TO the amount OF
$4,000 can be cgtimatey carried by the proposed lire
The total then would be about s00nJO0 The ships used
are 70 be American build and materials, to be first
class in character and liable to by the Government
in time Of danger Tho line is TO DO established within
Is months The subsidy asked by this Company Is
the guarantee OF per cent Interest 100000 OF con
sructon bonds, the to 70 years. As security
for tyment Of said bonds tho postal moneys earned by
the Company the amount Of $4,000 annually, to De
withheld and invested sinking fund. The remainder
of postal income be used to reimburse TIE interest
paid by the Government The Company il also to make
70 tc l. ; hIst mortgage upon the IRE insurance maze
The Company also binds Itself to educate properly at
least apprentice for every 90 registered tuDs or
slipping The understanding now is that this Company
VIII change It's hill 10 ask direct loan Of money
from the United States, 70 ran for certain period and
20 bc paid by sinking fund from the postal catl1ss
before Indicated. This proposition is to build 70 YES
sells, under general plans appro' ed by the Navy Depart
meut. On The first five ootOO, $4,000 ia all is to he
advanced; the second i've, $O0OO0 each or $51OyG
the trd lot SC00OOJ each. or $4,000 all aad OF mo
fourth hye S5O0OU each or t25oOD IN az ne uoNeI
maHt is 10 have first mortgage executed Oh thee SHIPS
for the $4,000 600 10 is asked 10 loan, beside Inc means Oh
and these vessels before they begin 10 pay 1t Is
estimated that an additional eight millions Will nave
TO be raised by private capital Inc Cii'iheo -. ,I-
tage Of the proposed route H. as TO postal Iacne'
mission OF mails to all southern ana CehiIh Europe
as from Caiiz to Genoa, there are railroad commhi-
nm % 00o miles IL ISn,fb Polfraily and teTnS ion
ayit brings into regular intercourse with peoples
emcrant line il Is claimed this will not divert any Old
but create Of ROVER and wealth forus, bring
population Of Southern France. Of Itay, OF southern
Germany, OF tie nOn-Gerlutn races In Austria com
merciay It is claimed, that this brings US into direct
communication with at least 100000 Of persons, |
living the Mediterranean paSin or having natural
outlet The prize Is large enough to induce rivalry!
TIE AMEEICAN AND EUROPEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Association with the above title not only desire to
run from any and every important port on our Atlantic
seaboard, but to go to the ports Of Liverpool souham
ton Havre. Antwerp Hamburg, and Bremen, as wei rs
Cadz and other ports the Atlantic and Marseilc5,
Genoa and other ports in the Mediterranean, and on the
waters connected herewith Senate bill No. 1l2 pro
poses TO incorporate under the name given:
Mcssr Jacob Tome Of s. Bur Of Virginia; Iohl MMarus
F ss E ff1 4e1T C2S' n o f%1' fd
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Webb Arhross snow L. W. yo A. G sinners Jah Porter
y. whpPe H. b g. M'o2 end H. Chapel Conn., aud Henry
Page, ARR, with tier aSocats A.
The charter is to run 50 years. The powers granted
include "bulding, cquippng. furnishing, Citing, pur-
chasing chartcrng, navigating and running vessels by
steam or other motive power 10 be used in all lawful
commerce upon the and and upon the rivers,
bays, and waters OF the United States" The capital
stock is to he S5OOOO in 10000 shares Of 500 each.
Under section Six as amended by Senate Committee,
contracts to be made with this Company for fifteen
years mail service, as follows Semimonhy, S3)OO0G
weekly 100000 semiwecky. s9O00Cg tri-weoky 81 20O
OO service and contract 10 begin when sufficient ships
are ready for the scmmontaly line The vessels FOR
weekly service must he ready in two years the others in
three and four years Ships to he rsclass and liable
TO naval service Section Is ingenously contriyed
10 give this Company control Of the entire Atlantic
ocean mail service Of the United States. The mails may
be carried fIOm different ports 10 ent ports that
the number OF departures made rom such sew
erM ports shall be taken in the aggregate to
constitute the various CLASSES OF service
required The moral found in this comprehensive pur-
pose is a good deal Of the character deduced the
old fable OF the boy who, putting his hand into
tfa mia hand hat
there veiiing win uap and beine inviting TO ic 20 nj
ALL Sections o TO- and IL provide that this pany
may land AZ the time the mails landed, under gen
era order permit goods or ackages received by the'r
foreign agents. These packages ~ be placed in
warehouses erected by the Company and, at their Op
ton Examined by Custom officers detailed for Inc pnr-
pose All is be under direction OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury. The object is OF course 20 enable the Com
ponv 10 carry on foreign EXPRESS business nv securing
with it's power Of distributing its proposed service al
along the coast secgre also monopoly Of the valuable
freights No can deny that the plan is ingenious
and sagacOusfOr the benefit Of the capitalists pro-
posing IT, whatever may be thought OF the Governments
share therein.
AMERICAN MAIL AND OCEAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
Senate bill No. 12O6 introduced by Senator Conkling,
proposes TO "ad in the construction OF twenty
frstclass iron steamships, together with shipyards,
machine shops, rolling wharves docks &c. for the
building and maintenance Of the same. and 10 to
the Government the of the same for postal naval
and other purposes" by Incorporating under the above
title, John Roach, William H. Webb Clarence H. Clark
John A. GriswOld VIM H. Robertson, John ~ Courtney,
d. l. Petty Paul N spoford, A. r. McHepry, C. A. Peck,
~ r. simons, William Parker. Henry Steers and such
others may associate with them The capital stock is
10 be at first 100000 in 500 shares They are to build
and equip one or yards suitable for construction OF
frStclass iron ships, also naval ordnance &c Twenty
ships are requred-eight Of 400 tuns burden six OF
$780, and six Of 5000 all to be built within three years
the first within Is months American materials are 10 be
used on which bounty equal to what the duties would
have hgQn Tho l,atv.
the United states These vessels are 10 form three dis
tinct lines Of ocean mail steamers sailing once week