The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-05
The Clyde Line.
ANOTHER LINE OF STEAMERS TO
EUROPE.
Possible gEstabIishmen of a steamship
Line to Cuba.

Line to Cuba.
Yesterday representative of this paper
visited the steamship offices, as usual, to obtain
| the particulars Of the cargo to be taken out by
| the ship Lake Michigan. In the course of his
| investigations be ascertained that the steamers
Lake Nepigon Of the Beaver Line, and a
steamer called the Irene, said to be of the
Donaldson Line, were both due. At first the
| representative supposed thas the latter steamer
was ore of the occasional vessels chartered by
the Grand Trunk to carry extra freight, but
further investigations .reveaed the fact that
Portland is to be provided with au other line of
steamships to Europe.
The steamer Eirene-Dot Irene-balongs to
the Clyde Line which is owned 10 Glasgow BY
the Donaldson Brothers The representatives
OF the house, this side of the water, are
Messrs. Robert Rsford & Co., of Montreal.
Mr.. James Bailey of Montreal is the agent in
this city, and has taken al Office in the second
story of the Grand Trunk office building,
situated at the head of Atlantic Wharf. The
office is reached by the flight of st airs at the
lower end of the building. Mr.. Bailey stated
that his company would establish q fortnigh tly
line between Portland aad Glasgow, to consist
of three steamers all built in the past two
years; foe freight boats, with good passenger
accommodations. These steamers are the
Eirene, Capt. Rollo 215O tons; the Coina, 1000
tons, Capt. Murray; and the Cybele, 1900 tons,
Capt. MCMILLAN. These steamers ran to Mon
treal for the frs time last summer. They
will run to this port into May, and in Coz
nection with the Grand Trunk. II business is
fair, and Mr.. Bailey sees no reason otherwise,
the line will become permanency here.
Besides che Glasgow Line Mr.. Bailey states
that two stsaners-whose names he is not able
to furnish at ptesens-will run monthly
between Portland and London direct. The
first one will arrive here about the frat of
March. We believe this is the first line to
run directly bs.ween these two ports.
We ara informed by Mr.. Thompson, of tho
Beaver Line, that his company are building
fae steamship of $500 tons, with flash deck
aud all the Improvements, for fast freight
boat, with passenger accommodations, to take
the place of tae steamship lost this winter.
She will be called the Lake Winnipeg.
We understand that some Of our merchants
ara seriously agltatiug the lastion of putt Dg
Ga steamship bstween Portland and Havana.
At present there are some four lines between
Cub, and New York all doiog good Business.
Lately the Boston merchants thought it dis
graceful TOR Boston not to have line, ard
that much of the freight, that could be sent
from that port, went to New York for ship
ment. They chartered the steamer United
States, as an experiment, and she took out, for
the most of her cargo, empty hogsheads, and
yet the venture paid. These Portland gentle
men think they can fill steamer with
cooperage and other freight and save much of
the delay that is incident at this season of thu
year to sailing vessels bringing c,rgoes of new
molasses, sugar and other West India pro-
ducts. 1t is not thought that the amount of
business would inidre tue commerce by sailing
vessels as they would sill b5 needed The
plan is not yet fully matured but we are glad
to see enterprise finely aroused.
The Lake Michigan took out yesterday &c.
800 bushels peas, 6,40O bushels wheat, 9OO
barrels -four, 1000 sacks -four. The value of
the cargo was SAL $50.
With the Olyde Line Portland will have
three lines Of steamers to Earepe, ard with
the Cuba Line, if estabiDhsd, four lines IF
foreign steamers.
During January there wero IS entries from
foreign ports, and 33 clearances. The value of
exports flr the month Was 1886 072 4S.