San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-27
PAN-AmERlcAN LINE.

The agitation for an American mer-
chant marine has led to the presenta-
ton before congress of bill, granting
charter to company of capitalists
who propose the establishment of a
line of steamships between the ports
of this country and the Central and
Southern American ports. The intent
of the corporation as expressed in the
preamble is to facilitate commercial
intercourse by water between the
several states of the Union, Central
and South America, as well as with
other foreign nations, snd to encour-
age and promote the merchant marine
of the United States" The capital
stock of the corporation is placed at
$40, 600, 900, and the general offices are
located at Galveston, with the follow
ing named gentleman as the incorpo-
rators:
Gaylord B. Clark and A. S. Benn,
of Mobile, Ala; ]. A. Carroll: of
Denton, Tex; Leon Blum and r. s.
Willis, of Galveston, Tex; J. B.
Clarke, John A. Roache, F. G. Rutan
and George L. Gray, of Chicago, Ill;
A. P. Chamberlin, of Des Moines, 10
w. o. Kulp. of Davenport. To-: Howell
Jones and Thomas A. Us borne, OF To.
peka, Kan; F. L. Dana and H. B.
Cham berlin, of Denver, Col.
The bill clothes the corporation with
ample powers for holding property
and carrying on business; provides
for its carrying mails, insuring its
cargoes, buying and selling exchange,
and doing all such business and
enjoying such other privileges as
are usual to corporations of like char
acter. AS will be seen from the list
of incorporators they are very largely
gentlemen already engaged in the
development of the gulf coast of Tex
as The seat Of operations will be
principally at Galveston and Mobile,
and the purpose is to make these
ports the center of the trade between
the United States and the South, and
Central Americas. This work, at
this time, in the middle of q
general demand for the recreation of
an American merchant marine, is
significant. 1t demon strates the
hold that the idea of subsidized lines
of steamers, for gaining possession of
the Central and South American
trade, has taken upon the minds of
our people. 1t also indicates that
the scene of operations is to be the
Gulf coast of the continent and not
its Atlantic seaboard. This means
that all continental railway lines will
center at the gulf ports, and that the
vast commerce of a whole
continent is to change its
direction i'm so far as that COM
merce is between new world ports.
By taking the initiative in this thing
Galveston and Mobile have acted
with wise forethought. The only
question is one of hsrbor and exist
and entrance from deep water inside
to deep water outside. Galveston is
taking advantage of the general i'm
preston in her favor, created by the
late harbor appropriation, and will
endeavor to center everything there
before the real success or failure of
the effort to secure deep water Is de-
monstrated. The organization of such
a company even on paper is a
great advertisement for the island
city. If successfully carried out it
will converge at the Galveston
whsrves all tile great railway lines
of this continent and crowd the
wharves of that seaport with the
merchandise of a vast traffic which
will soon outgrow the capacity of any
seaport to handle. The overflow will
come TO such other ports as may be
opened, and if the conditions are
more favorable then other lines of sea
going craft will be organized and the
whole gulf coast reap rich harvest.
The benefit to all this great south
west, and northwest, from the success
full carrying out of this scheme
can not we'll be overestimated.
THE white and the coiored congre-
gational churches of Georgia are at
loggerheads. The whites proposed
union of the churches heinp i'm the