New-York tribune., 1874-05-21

the psra i so.cn ss s'l viii Ss Is
hundrod-fod It's present number Iosre w cent1rx Ss
many single year as ~ there Are record OF hsso
fu accidents The necessity Of protecting inc ocean ocean
n from tns dshge. Ss Dy rs CONSIDERED as early as
year 1885, In correspondence between tno Laty M a.
This CORE espondence originated | believe. with r. b.
Forbes esq OF Boston and j. Mack Inc suoseJnens ~
the ordinary sailing vessels and purely mercantile
steamers, which ships should avoid the pro
eSped ps '"by' by the swift steamers for whose use
they Intended The subject has been recently taEen
in hand by Prof. Won Freden OF the North German oD-
seryatory who has colated the routes or the various
German steamers, and deduced from them wnat no
regards the proper route for each month OF .ne year
and in each direction. They easily understood by
reference the chart 1t must be observed that tao
wich. This is the meridian OF the banks OF Ne"Ionnd
wn and its @ sd s ce5es Of
first Importance to decide at what point this TINS
@ss.s meridian snail NAV be not Pa'ISSs saa @ to
any other restrictions to the route to be pursued All
cross the meridian at 500 between the latitude OF i6'
north and 43o AZ north The average length OF tnese
route which could be pursued but they cross te great
banks their widest and most dangerous part ,o,
for rhf the snree WneT onts Of o,tOb Noem
Der. and December, which hardly d,ifer actIu ar1H
the the roafs Sg'ess for 6Sopsf the
months the passages are south OF the western routes
crossing the merdlan 91' ocLWetn tuo Ia.Lt".
45 Ss north and 4o 3y north The two months OF May
and June included within the limits actually adoPeu
for the western routes Of the Cunard line, anu arc
thereby exposed to peculiar risk In the Two months
when there ia the greatest danger from log ana ice
These lanes OF the German astronomer are at present
prop0ions, and have not been adopted Ny einer
OF the lines.
the objections to these that they occupy too great
breadth OF the ocean, and especially the whole extent
Of the Great Banks that they are different IN duerent
months, thus losing the advantage OF single wen
defined track aud In introducing perpexity ana CON
fusion as to which month each steamer properly
belongs; that the opposing routes OF dieren months
overlap each other, and especially that tne
more southern OF the eastern routes ite ehactIy
tho track OF the steamers OF dhe ounaru
line their western passages. lhe tachs
which have actually been adopted Dy the Cunaro lIhe
are defined with extreme simplicity " with the view
OF diminishing the chances or COLLISION, the steders VI
this line will henceforth take specified course Tor all
seasons Of the year On the outward passage irom
5Oo at 43o latitude, nothing to the north Oh ~ on
the home ward passage crossing the meridian OF oV az
42 latitude, nothing 10 the north OF ~ Ihe Cuhdrd
lines quite north, to reduce the many dangers
there need bo no uncertainty regarding them IL the
German lines were adopted the loss Oh uine "ouiu DO
Insignificant. .,-.. .,,,.,,
a system must be introduced, whether there De any
action OF Government which WILDE required or whether
the whole subject should be left to the slp0"nefs or
underwriters Some provisions lntrodnccu into nialu9
policies might and effective, and 1t might be wen
10 subject all the logs OF the ste mer 10 some 0cer OF ac
knowledged Judgment from whom an un'aVoraDe report
would be received serious sentence, ana one Rfeity
he dreaded. But even wben the as are estaullseu
there still considerable danger unless the
required to assume UNIFORM speed say OF
ten knots per hour, during tho continuance OF fog
With leave the subject III the nanos
any committee which may be appointed, ana trust
that the matter shall receive your sympathy and sup