Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-17
A COMPARISON.

Our Vessels Earned Sixty Cents, Those
of Foreign Build S397, ,6OS.4O.
In the fiscal year ended June 80, 1890.
just sixty cents were earned by the
American ships in carrying United
| States mails to Eurupe. During the
same period there was paid to foreign
ships the sum of $397, ,66S. 40 for carrying
mails from the United States to Europe.
The postmaster general seeks by the
advertisement issued to change the un-
favorable showing by putting first
class, rapid, weekly service on two
transatlantic routes, one to Great Brit
ain direct, and the other to a continental
port. He seeks also by similar means to
expedite and make more frequent and
reliable mails to Central and South
American ports, and to Australia and
Asia. The details of the arrangement
appear in the advertisement.
Compendiously stated, the American
ports from which service is proposed to
start are Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Newport News, Nor
fork, Port Tampa, with service from
MOBILIZE, New Orleans, Galveston, San
Francisco, Seattle and Tacoma.
Absolutely new service for American
ships is invited for the transatlantic lines
from New York and from Philadelphia,
and line from Port Tampa to Vene-
zuela and to the east coast of South
America.
A line to the same ports is projected
from New Orleans and from Galveston
and New Orleans to Aspinwall, calling
at the ports on the north coast of Central
America and the ports on the Spanish
main.
A new line on the Pacific coast from
San Francisco to Chill and to the west
coast of South America is proposd and
new line from Seattle or Tacoma to
China and Japan; also, a new line from
San Francisco to Melbourne.
Provision has been made to secure
quicker service, reducing the time by
one-fourth to Panama and as much as
six days between Panama and San Fran
cisco.
The service between New York and
Brazil is to be reduced to nineteen days
instead of twenty-five and upward aa
now. This new service, III connection
with enlargement of the old, will require
the building of number of ships, with
an aggregate tonnage of $4,000 tons and
at probable cost of from $27 900 to
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1t is hoped that the other lines project
ed will invite still further investment Of
capital.
Newport News or Norfolk, has been
chosen as the best point for the upper
southern coast, and Port Tampa start
ing at MOBILIZE, New Orleans and Gal
weston, as the best points for the lower
southern coast.
While small part of the service can
be put on Immediately it will require
the whole term of three years to put on
many of the larger ships. Three years
is the limit prescribed by law.
Important Requirements.
The most important requirements are
that American built steamships, con-
structed after the latest types and with
all the modern appliances shall be EN-.
ployed. They must be manned and
officered by American citizens and their
crews must contain a certain proportion
Of American citizens.
The use of these steamers as govern
ment transports or cruisers upon pay
ment to the owners of the fair actual
Of the same is stipulated.
The advertisement provides that, in
accordance with the provisions of the
act of congress, proposals will be re-
ceived until o'clock, Oct. 20, 1891, The
contracts are for ten years.