The New York herald., 1872-12-31
OCEAN TRAFFIC.
The AtiSntic Steamship
Limos of 1879.
PASSENGERS AND cARsQEs CARRIED

Year-Ths Vessels Employed and Voyages
Made Between New York and Europe
The New Steamships Building and the
Lines for Which They Arc Intended.
The ocean trafnc In steamships carried on be.
tween che United States and Europe, 1t is hardly
necessary to advise, is vast and important Though
for years OF the greatest magnitude, 1t is con.
stantly increasing, and the profits therefr0m go
into the huge pockets Of foreign companies. who
recognize with glee that 30 long a. our national
Legislators are blind to the interests OF the Amer
can people just so long win they be on the topmost
wave OF prosperity. During the year 1879 ten regu
lar steamship lines, all owned by European cap
italists have semi-weekly and weekly piled their
vessels between the ports OF New York and
those OF that country. From the smallest to the
largest Of these ranging from about one thousand
tons to over five thousand tons they are fine speci-
mems OF naval architecture and mechanical skill,
many Of them being sucn magnificent and COM
plete productions In respect to strength, capacity
and comfort that II would seem Improvement In
the face Of perfection, must halt. These lines,
representing 125 steamships, all close the year
with great profit, and enticng is the trade that
the owners and directors OF each have within the
twelve months contracted for almost Q score Of
additional vessels, and measures are now being
adopted to form new companies for the purpose OF
starting other lines on an extensive scale to New
York and lesser Atlantic ports which projects 1t is
unnecessary to say win likely prove almost in.
surmountable obstacle in the way ofconductng sue.
cessfully an American line, wholly under the con-
troll OF citizens of the Union. should one in the
future he inaugurated.
The particulars OF this vast European trade for
the year 1872 are OF much interest to the mercan-
tile community. showing as they do what capital
and enterprise, when no obstacles iHterpose, can
accomplish and possibly the narration may open
the eyes OF intelligent representative men to that
point OF conviction that will urge them to use the
influence they possess in the direction OF aiding
and promoting the interests OF American citizens.
The details submitted below are accurate and can
be fully relied upon. They embrace the vessels
employed In each line, their tonnage, the number
Of passages from and to New York, the cargoes
carried either way and their character; the num-
ber Of passengers, both cabin and steerage, from
and to European ports, with other items Of
interest that VIII command earnest attention. 1t
has been year Of many severe storms and
consequent disasters. Gallant steamships with
long lists OF passengers, happy in the prospect OF
pleasant voyages across the broad ocean, have
recorded the unpleasant tidings of hurricanes and
hairbreadth escapes from total destruction; and
one stanch vessel with commander congratu-
lating himself on his full freight and general good
luck, looking to his happy English home, left this
port, never again to be heard from. Her fate is
but q matter Of speculation; yet one can imagine
how, In the shadows Of the night or the mtsts Of
the morning, ship and crew, without, perhaps, the
chance for the latter to pray, were buried in
the deep. Still, with these sad remembrances, the
several lines have been greatly prosperous, and
the inference is exceedingly well managed.
NATIONAL LINE-NEw YORK TO LIVERPOOL AND
LONDON.
Although but nine years in existence, this line
has been extremely successful and has annually
so increased its business and constructed SO many
new ships that 1t stands to-day among the more
prominent who do the carrying trade between Eu-
rope and New York. Its vessels are grand speci-
ofnaval architecture, all OF iron, OF full power,
and at present among the largest in the trade. The
profits OF this line speak well for the ability dis
played I'm its management, fact generally
known among shipping men and those whose
tails. Twelve vessels in all were employed during
the year, the names and net tonnage In the Liver,
pool via Queenstown service being as folows>-
Spain, 4,871 tons; Egypt, $3.50 tons; Canada 278
tons; Greece, 43lo tons; England, 1900 tens Italv
43l0 tons France, 676tons making total TONNAGE
Of silss tons These vessels @ du,ing the past year
port and ftyf0ur from bare to Liverpool the quick
est OF which are accredited to the Spain in April
lhsty III TuuuuB lIOm queenstown TO SANDY HOOK In
eight days and thirteen hours; and the Egypt in
making the passage eastward in eight days and
fourteen hours; Ihs 9argoes carried between the
s23, 900 tons, being divided from Liverpool to New
York in steel rails tin plates manufactured steel
and iron In bundles and sheets. soda. SKINS rice,
and sardines from Bordeaux, wines from hotter
dam, &C., to the amount Of 10S 800 tons; and from
srs cheese
beef, nOur, &C. In the twelve months the line has
brought to New York $1,000 cabin and steerage
passengers, and taken from here 5.ss3 persons In
City advises that the cabin, trade has greatly In
creased diylng the year, and snat the new ships
spar decks similar To tbe other vessels, have be-
quite ppu Duug c0Tlt Tnssnd ana safety
undergoing extensive alterations, and will be
spardecked. She Will also have new engines.
The National line during 1872, has been running
vessels direct to- London ana return. on the trips
to the westward they call az Havre for goods and
passengers. 1t is proposed to forward steamer
weekly either way, SO soon as the trade will war
rant, which time the agent here looks forward to
hopefully. The vessels employed In this service
land, a,s47 tons; Helveta, s07s tons; DenmarK,
3,724 tons; aggregatng tonnage. OF 20,05s tons.
News Yoak via Havre and twenty trips to
direct. The cargoes amounted to 40, 500 TONS con-
ns sSSp rce a zig pefes ssS saraps wo0
fancy goods, leather and dry goods. TO London
the C0TBOeS Have Deeu CuicHy grain, CHetSc, pro-
Visions sewing machines, hops, apples, &c. The
cabin and steerage passengers leaving here num-
bered 1,121, and arriving at this port 13,s0O. The
Queen Erin and Helveta are having new engines
OF the compound principle built for them, an i'm
provemsnt which will put them In the front ranks
among the modern Atlantic neet
ANCHOR LINE--NEw YORK TO GLASGOW.
This line of transatlantic packets has been un-
precedenty prosperous during the Iew years OF ts
twenty-nine vessels have been engaged in their
New York trade. or these belonging to the COM
pany were the Alexandria, Anglia, Assyria, Aus
tralla Britannia, Caledonia California, Columbia,
Dorian, Europa, India, Iowa, lsmaa. Napoli, Olym-
pla, Sidonian, Trinacria, Tyrian, veneta and Vic
t0ria; and In the same time they chartered or
freighted the following Andes, Alps, Violet,
Fenella, Nemesis, st. David, Northumbra, Miranda
and Mazeppa. These are from 1000 to 1880 tons
burden. The New York and Glasgow vessels cali at
Londonderry to land and embark passengers. In
connection with this traic there are branch lines to
various ports In Europe BY one, the Northern
scandinavian, there are despatched three or four
steamers monthly, connecting on arrivals from
New York with the ports OF Grant0n, Christian
sand, Christiana and G0ttenburg. Another branch
OF the company's service Is from Glasgow tC ports
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