The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-12-29
The Shipping Interest.
RELATIVE ECONOMY OF SAIL AND STEAM on LON


RELATIVE ECONOMY OF SAIL AND STEAM oS LONG
VOYAGES
The first freight steamer to engage in the inter
oceanic trade has arrived at San Francisco. The
Monarch left Barrow, England on the 3lst of Au
gust, and stopping to take in coal at Cape VERDI
Islands and at COrOnel, the west coast OF South
America. arrived at San Francisco on the Sth inst
having been 90 days on the passage She had Oh
board FIRE ght about 600 tons of steel rails aud
the reason for her entrance into the trade the
desire OF some OF the railroad builders on the Pa
c1hc slope to get the equipments they needed as
speedily as possible. The rate at which the ship
ment might have been made BY a sailing vessei
would have been not over s. per ton, but in the
case it is understood that SIG IS was paid, thus
making the entire shipment cost when landed
over S2O0O0 more than would have been the case
under ordinary conditions. The Monarch
chartered before she arrived ID San FTaf cisco To-
carry a load of grain to Liverpool at E3 Us Cd
per ton, rate only trltle that paid 10 sail
ing vessels at the time the contract made
PreInlslug that the steamer carries the
weight OF grain that she has of rails her gross
freight money would amount to about ST. 900 for
the round vu} age. Out of this it is necessary 10
deduct the money paid for coal, and assuming that
she consumed % tons Of fuel each day, which
would cost when put on board, not less,
average than SO per ion-which IS not high val
uatlon, considering that the coal taken in
large part at outlying statlOnS-aud that she
80 400 ~! - 4. -, -g'r|'J ~ N'i-e " 'N'N-
'lNo"n' ~ ~'-'0o' "' II sfp, WV 'ot olu,4ai!
running expenses and profits On the other hand
'ai1lne e ii' ~. 1870 20 ~ an equai @nipuA'
~ p "ouiu' "iGu aa'es aa she! ny
peeu, ootHtn t ~ nahlNs wy sale louDu ulP ~
Poda 49, ~ @ ou'u sIf0 s'oo' "elsht VI -
600, or 10 per cent more than the sum made by
the steamer after deductlng coal charges The
o"ftn6 ~ 'ho 9to"niSl "o"Iu oo '"aC sue eou'u
$50 ei 1aii.S uI@nI - Iouiu III "7ee "uo SailDs
bPrAl kpl tn
i Wv HI' ss Diieleu t ~ tnen'
aS"'r' - t'ley o"A ~! NoihA-aHI = W R"ie pe'
s'. '"I s"','ns @ ool - 90 SaIL! ~ Pel'Sn"De
"t1elo '.so si"'n IlGLl 3an lIaIeSoo' Y - St'o ~
~ a'ouNG e'i" a' a '1i9 'iIV! III ~ ~ nIuIu uo!7
'"p 'ne eiosel pi''' t9l cal iDs S'tt' IaS o'
O'net o"1"dtu Gai5o toiN IT H. ~ A9iuld
conclNsIon 70 oe drawn Is th%l f3f the present
s'e"A,eie S"luot Ploul""l! eouPt y VII SalilAS
tessels On suen lolg routo as tpal ott%een Oatl
~ Alo d1n l-ui iiie ll"o'Ian,s VI W aclHt
0f III. o 'it7.! 49,, ~ ~ 1 Do Do ~ e Il " l."1o Siio NV
" uNil' ~ ~ u@H'Il @ lne dnalha tahai + 0oh
pl0.eu vi sie"' tH III L'a!,u engines
'ii'U9' 'Hoi "i'neo "ie ""lul! AAeIt ~ oe
le"t'%eu
AMENDMENT TO THE SHIPPING LAW.
Nr Ralrnont of Nw N-nr- bos ,f4nrod r., ,b
Nar;onaI Honsa I'M raneafn, ,nd ,,4,rnr,+',
cartain bnrdensorna slinbing rsrnIaIinna Tbi-
hiu which has the a,nrnval of snveral cban,bnrs
oY co-rn erra AND c-har hntas i,taros,pl d., b.,
haan rarnti,II, nranarnd ra,ds as f,,lIors
1 Rjli n renaaI ,II anran4 rrta,n an,a rat,,;r, A.
cnr,rarr. and ,,avIvatio, md ~ ,,,orcba,.t S.,
mon .
Re + eracted Nr-Th-t section lI2l of thp
RavIsr,I ,,IIftps ot H., TnItod S,.,ns III arpnndnt
b.. a1,1I1g 1be words "exreDt ,hat in A foraigl
cd by foreigner If competent officer ot Amen
officer shall. however. be retained only until the
arTiVaiot the vessel at port of the Dlted States