The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-28
:. EB Anehor Liae.
(See Illustration Ab0ve.)

Among the numerous British lines If
ocean steamships represented IN our city,
one Of the most favOrably known is the
= 4 nctOr Liae of Transatlantic, PeHiStsHidr,
Mediter ,dnedn, Indian and .Scdniind ran
Steamships" to All engraving Of whose new
and spacious offices, ON the northeast corn
er Of Lasalle and Madison streets, which
they occupy in a few days, we devote a
page Of this issue.
The success Of the Anchor Line has
been marvellous. IL seems scarcely credi-
Bile that two small sailing vessels altered to
auxiliary screw steamers in 1856 should
now be represented by fleet Of "a mag
nihcent and powerful steamships, and six
still larger boats now building.
What may be called the main line " Of
this company is the Atlantic service be-
tween Great Britain and New York, which
employs twelve Of the largest steamers,
that number being necessary to maintain
two sailIngs . week from each end Of the
route. The branches served by the COM
Dany call for the active use Of the other
,essels, and frequently the agents are
.biged to charter other steamships for the
,urpose Of protecting the interests Of their
lew York and Mediterranean business,
nd Of fostering that comparatively new
tade by giving prompt shipment to the
| lrge quantities Of fruit, wine and oil,
fom Italy, France, Spain, and other coun-
ties bordering ON the Mediterranean. To
uspose Of this Inconvenience the company
has lust purchased, at n cost of 81 800 600,
te well-knOwn iron ship-building yards Of
I'D 4 McGregor, on the Clyde, near
Glasgow. These yards will be exclusively
dbvoted to their fullest extent, in furnish
| in steamers a. required for the constant
lysncreasing traffic Of the =" Anchor Line,
| n looking over the pamphlets, time
tales, tariffs, ETC., which this company
clnulAte with % judicious and liberal a
had, we observe that the world wide
nnHn firm Of Thomas Cook l. Son, of
LLndon, have selected an - Anchor Line >"
steamer for their first excursion from the
Qited States to Italy, the Nile, and the
Hly Land, via Great Britain, France,
ah Switzerland, and that the new steam
shD "VictOria, will sail ON the 4th Of
Jsnary with the party. The time occu-
pie In this triP will be l25 days, and the
tOta est for irst-class steamship and rail
way, the best hotels, guides, tents, mules,
cAnhls, servants, etc, etc, Is 81 900 gold.
Anoher excursion, and one which we
opis, will prove q favorite, is already ar
raned. Ii is called an educational tour
thragh Scotland, England, Belgium, the
Rhine districts, TO Bavaria, To the World )
Fair at Vienna, returning by Northern
Italy the Alps, Switzerland, and France.
A SPECIAL steamer will be detailed for this
excursion, which IN intended more particu-
larlyfOr school teachers Of both sexes, and
will cave New York on the 2Sth Of June
next The time occupied will he nine
week, and the total cost will bs $40O gold
for ist-class accommodations in every par
ticulE.
An advertisement in another column
gives the prices charged for passage to a
few European points, and we would strong
ly recommend our readers who design
visitiIg the continent, or who have bust
ness Connected with either of their passage,
freigh, OF excursion departments to call
on OF address Messrs. Henderson Brothers,
a. above, feeling assured from many years
acquaintance with the management Of that
house n this city, that their enquiries will
be answered with promptitude, and every
necessary information and advice freely
gwen.