Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20
OUR NEW ROUTE
Between the Countries of Europe aAd the
Pacific Coast.
SECOND PAPER.


Especial Correspondence to the REcORD-UMoN.l
New ORLEANS, October I5, 1883.
The emigrant for California lands at New
Orleans by steamer from Europe and pro-
ceeds without delay from the wharf to the
depot Just at hand. If he has bought his
ticket in Europe, he and his luggage will
be transferred to the depot free OF charge,
and, if too late for the train of that day,
arrangements have been made to accommo.
date him and his family at the depot for
the night. The steamship line which to
the present has carried emigrants once
month from Europe, at the low rate of $50,
is the line of the Compagnie Commerciale
of Havre. This is a new line; it owns
seven large steamers a, 800 tons and l,5OO
horse -power), built expressly for carrying
emigrants and for freight business. Only
three or four of the steamers run between
Europe and New Orleans. This company
has its headquarters at Havre, and natur.
ally takes vivid interest in the emigra-
tion movement for Texas and California
On the outward voyage their steamers
start from Antwerp, touching at
Bordeaux, thence direct to New Or
leans-on the return trip they go direct to
Havre. They are built to accommodate
500 emigrants. The steerage cabin is made
with remarkably high ceiling. Beds and
all utensils for eating, etc, are furnished
free of charge, and on landing at New Or.
leans, if the emigrant should desire to pur-
chase the bedding, ETC., for use on the emf
grant train, he can do so for the triAing
sum Of 81 80. The company furnishes
free to the emigrant mild table wine, and
the food is cooked according to the French
style, and is abundant. These steamers
take from New Orleans full cargo of
wheat, corn and cotton, largely bene6ting
by the export of California wheat via the
Southern Pacific Railroad. They make
the voyage from Bordeaux to New Orleans
in from nineteen to twenty.one days. As
the steamers of the Gle Commerciale now
carry quite large numbers of emigrants to
Texas and California, and enormous qusu-
titles of California wheat are now await
ing shipment at New Orleans, other steam
ship companies have entered on regular,
or irregular, service between Europe and
New Orleans These lines are the Mon
arch, Dominion tboth English) and the
Bremen Lloyd.
During the past summer the Gle Com.
merciale has been the only one sending en-
igrants to California every month. The
representatives of California in Europe of
the Southern Pacific Railroad and the I'M
migration Association, in beginning their
work systematically ON the continent of
Europe, have succeeded in interesting
large number OF the principal emigration
agents in Germany in the new route to the
Pacific Coast, and induced them to sell
through tickets to California via New Or.
leans The price in German money by the
Gle Commerciale, from Antwerp or Bor-
deaux, has been 26S marks, In French
money 335 francs, and in Austrian l60
forms 1861, by the Bremen Lloyd d from Bre-
men 300 marks. Though this latter price
800 marks) is somewhat higher, it is even
cheaper for Northern or Central Germany,
the transportation thence to Antwerp of
emigrsnts and their baggage being more
expensive, while the railroad fare TO Bre-
meu is very low.
The arrangements made by the managers
of the Central Pacific Railroad for sending
emigrants to California via New Orleans
have encountered violent opposition from
several lines OF steamers running between
Europe and New York, whose interest it
is to prejudice the European public against
this new high-road to the Pacific Coast.
Two companies in particular have actually
forbidden their agents to sell tickets to
California via New Orleans. A number of
Swiss agents who depend largely upon a
certain powerful steamship company, are
not even permitted to have their names
used in connection with the emigration
scheme for California, under threats of los.
ing the agency of the company. Hence
they prefer to work against California
rather than have emigrants go via New Or
leans. AS the Swiss Government does not
permit any transportation line to be sdver.
tised except through licensed agent in
this country, very few Swiss emigrants
have been aware that the journey from
Basel to California via New Orleans nova
days costs but $50 francs, instead of 500
francs as via Havre and New York. Bat,
despite all opposition, the emigrant will
soon learn where to apply for tickets by
the new cheap route.
While this years emigration from Eu-
rope to California will be limited, on &C.
count of such difficulties, California may
certainly expect larger emigration via
New Orleans, as the representatives OF Cal
ifornia abroad have set out on new plan
of advertisement on large scale, and are
doing systematic work in those parts of
Europe from which we may expect desir-
able class of emigrsnts. The steamers of
the Gle Commercisle. in having two points
for embarkation, one at Antwerp, the other
at Bordeaux, can easily take emigrants
from any part OF Europe. Antwerp is the
most prominent harbor of Continental Eu.
rope at present, and has even surpassed
H hamburg and Bremen. There is regular
connection by sea with all other European
harbors-of England, France, Holland,
Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark
from which ports the emigrant can reach
Antwerp at small cost. Bordeaux,
on the other side, connects with
Italy, southern France and Spain, and
all passengers from these points for the
Gle Commerciale embark at Bordeaux.
While the steamers of the Bremen Llovd.
the Dominion ami Monarch lines can take