The New York herald., 1878-12-20
TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA.

EXCELLENCE OF THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP
CoMPANY's sERvICE-A TRAVELLERS TES-
TIMoNY-THE JOURNEY VIA sUEz DIsIIKED.
MELBOURNE. Australia, Nov. 8, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
For the benefit of the travelling public in America
and in England may beg the favor of your publish
ing in your widely circulated journal-a recent file OF
which has just reached me in this city-the follow
ing communication. which. trust. will be of in
terest Having made what is known as the "round
trip" through the Red Sea to Europe and back to
Sydney and Melbourne via San Francisco. am able
to form correct estimate of these two routes and
therefore, have not the slightest hesitation in
ing to the public that for general interest tempera
ture. comfort and speed the great preference must
most assuredly be given to the journey by America.
The Pacific Mail steamship City of Sydney. Captain
II. c. Dearborn. which has been doing good service
carrying the mails between Sydney and San Francisco
arrived here lin Hobson's Bay) yesterday. with
large number of passengers from Sydney to witness
the forthcoming This Is the first vessel of the
class to which this steamer belongs that has visited
Melbourne, being altogether different from and much
elaborately fitted out and equipped than the
Nebraska, that came hero few years ago to give
idea what American passenger ships were like.
She has been great source OF attraction, assure
you As she lies alongside the Sandrdgc Railroad pier
thousands OF persons visit her.
The Melbourne Age says :-"It is almost impossible
TO give detailed description OF the useful luxurious
and. notwithstanding the intricacies of what may
almost he called the streets of town.. everything Is
scrupulously clean and the old saying board ship
a place for everything and everything in its place..
il thoroughly carried out by her veilant and efficient
officers. The reputation gained by her popular com
mander. Captain ii. e. Dearborn. from hundreds OF
travellers here who have made the voyage with him.
bears ont the Pacific Mail Steamship Company idea of
selecting those who not only well know their work and
positions commanders of such description of
vessel, but are capable of carrying them out syste
matically and with perfect discipline"
NDx- tha ID tharqf 10 ytns GIttts l.s,tw
given to this route. for people perpotually com
planning to out here OF the difficulty of obtaining
information that would influence tourists to select
it. Some English travellers met at the Victoria
Club the other day. who had just returned here by
the sister steamer the City of New York. Captain W.
b. Cobb in raptures with the vessel and dclghcd
with their rail trip across the continents also with
gan Central railways, where. they said to in
handsome drawing room car they ordered their din
ner had IL cooked and eat il while going fifty miles
hour; charmed with their stay in San
Francisco aud tho gorgeous comforts of the
Baldwin and Palace hotels, and their trip 10
the big trees. the lovely Yosemite Valley. the hot
springs, TO Chicago, Salt Lake. Omaha and Niagara
aud they all having, the saying is, done" what is
called the "suez trip, gave the decided preference
did also Mr.. George Collins Levey, the Commits
sioner from Victoria to the Paris Exhibition and
of the editors of the Melbourne y to che Journey
by America
And every step tending to the promotion of in
tercourse between communities IL OF incalculabic
public good the Australian colonies, and the
iourshing prosperous and beautiful countries OF
New Zealand, through which have recently jour
neyed. derive many indirect benefits from the ia
ciliy of closer and quicker communication with the
United States, and therefore think you Will agree
with that every should be used by the
management of the Pacific Mail Company to give the
greatest publicity TO this the best and quickest route
from sydney to New York, and by the magnificent
white star linc steamers to England.
STEPHEN MAssETT.