Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-11
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.
THE CLYDE LINE FROM NEW
YORK TO JACKSONVILLE


New Line win lie Run-I;s Facilities
Compared with the Ocean Steamship
Company's Line-Cha rleston to be II
Port of CAlI."
Traffic Manager F. B. Papy, of the
Florida Railway and Navigation system,
has officially announced that his CON-
panv has made arrangements with the
Clyde Steamship Company, as stated in
The MORNING NEWS, for a line from
Jacksonville to New York. -Four ships
are to be put on, the Cherokee. the Semi
mole, the Yemassee and the Delaware.
The first two will run from New York 10
Jacksonville. The other two will not 60
up beyond Fernaudina. 4 new dock is 10
be built at Jacksonville TO afford proper
terminal facilities there.
The first snip Is expected to arrive at
Jacksonville about Nov. n. After that
there will be two ships a week to Fernan-
dina and one to jacksonville, stopping a
Charleston gong and coming. The freight
rates are not to be any higher than are now
charged over the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway and the Ocean Steam
ship Company. The new line viii be
apt to draw some from SaVannab's
trade, but prominent railroad man who
was interviewed yesterday said he did
ally.
THE CLYDE ships" he said, "stop at
Charleston and unload the bulk OF their
ire ghls, as the business for that
point locally and for points
beyond. via the railroads, will naturally
constitute the bulk OF their business.
After discharging their freIghts they will
proceed TO Fernandina once week and
10 Jacksonville once week. The ship
that goes to Fernandina has to reship by
rail all the freights for Jacksonville, and
10 this extent the same number Of trans
ieTs is in effect a. via the Ocean steam
ships. The latter transfer to tue Savannah,
Florida and Western al Savannah, While
the Clyde ship will transfer to
the Florida Railway and Navigation
Company at Fernandina. | cannot see
that this is any Improvement on the pres
ent service OF the Nal DRY line via Fer
nandina While the Mallory ships stop
at Port ROYAL and Brunswick on their
way to FernaHdlna. the amount OF their
frelglts Tor these points are light and the
delay Is only a few hours. 1t is an en-
tireiy different matter, however, with the
Clyde proposition. Inc greater part OF
their business going and returning will
be done at Charleston.
'In order 10 accommodate the Charles
ton business on the sOuth-b0und trips all
the Jacksonville freights will have to he
loaded first and the Charleston freights
last, in order that the latter may come
ouf first. The time from New York to
Charleston Is about fifty-sIX hours. The
ships will be detained at Charleston say
twenty-four hours, getting out the
freights for that point. say 1t takes Six
teen hours thence to Fernandina the
transfer at that point TO the railroad tor
delivery at Jacksonville will take say ten
hours more. Ii this calculation ia right,
it will take fifty hours from Charleston to
Jacksonville, or a total of four days and
ten hours via Eernandina.
The snip that goes TO Jacksonville d.
rect may 1t in five hours less time.
North bound, the ships have TO stop again
at Charleston to complete their loading,
and it is safe 10 say the detention will be
not less than tOrty-eigbt, and very pTOba-
bly, sixty-twO hours. Seven thousand
bales OF compressed cotton her alleged
capacity is no child's play to handle"
show Will the orange freights stand this
delay:"
The shipper demands the utmost eX-
petition for this business. Every hour
of delay aboard ships adds to the
risk of decay. Compare the facilities
offered by the Ocean steamships With tri-
weekly sailings. In New York they have
One of the largest and most convenient
piers in the city (35 North river). ItIs
in the heart OF the business district aud
convenient 10 the great markets for fruit,
vegetables and perishable products. So
well is toe latter fact established that
the wharf is used as an exchange by the
truck dealers, and one OF the sights OF
Gotham is 20 the pier on the arrival
of Savannah ship. In fact, the
bulk OF the fruit and vegetable shipments
from the South 10 concentrated on the
Old Dom niOn and Ocean Steamship piers.
The wharves and terminal facilities in
eayannah are unequaled in the South
The tracks OF the Savannah, Florida and
Western connect direct here ana the road
runs nightly train TO Florida, making
early morning deliveries in Jackson
Vile. The average trips OF these
Ocean steamship Company's vessels
prove them to be the fastest
sailing on the Atlantic coast, fifty
six hours between New York
and Savannah being their average time.
Connecting with the Jacksonville express
on Tuesday light, irelghts are delivered in
Jack sonvlle at breakfast time on the fol-
lowing Wednesday. the average time
being three and a nalf days.
For nOrth-bOund shipments the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western runs special
last freight train that mas In railroad par
lance passenger train rights IL leaves
Jacksonville at . :45 p. m. and makes close
connections with the outgoing snip. This
Il dlh tDBbctNb VIII All Tue IdsI
freight schedules in Florida. A
special tram from Tampa, VIA Sanford
and Jacksonville, another from
Charlotte Harbof, via Gainesville.
make connections also via this train
at Savannah, with the maVnil-
cent fleet OF the Merchants and
Miners sailing every five days to Balti.
more, and the Boston ana Savannah
steamships running weekly TO Boston. II
the CLYDE Company proposes u benefit
Jacksonville / believe it is going the
WRONG way aboutit. They start out by Civ
1ng Jacksonville a way freight instead OF a
limited express. To do the business in
proper manner they should run their
ships direct To that port. How Charles
ton VIII relish being made port OF call'
remains to be seen. / thought her com
lnercial Importance demanded q better
service than this promises to give her.
sit the clyde iiOe taxes the place of the
Mallory ships in the Florida trade, and is
run on the schedules propOs 6, / do not
believe II Will materially adect the bust
ness Of Savannah or that Of her transpor.
1ation lines"