The morning news., 1891-07-16
OCEAN MAIL SUBSIDIES.
THE POSTMAS TER GENERAL IS
SUES HIS ADVf RTIs EAIENr :.


ship Communicating Advertisement
the Product of Three Months Con-
ference-Ihs Ports From Which the
service Is to Be Started.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-Postmaster Gen
arsl WAuamaker to-day issued the adver-
tisement of mail letting under the postal
aid bill passed by the last congress. 1t
invites proposals from the steamship com
nanies for carrying American mails to
foreign countries in vessels of American
bpild of the best construction and of the
highest spefd in their respective classes,
over routes minutely described. The
advertisement is the product of
three months Of conference at the
denartment. The Postmaster General has
met at frequent intervals during the whole
Of that time representatives Of the princi-
nal American steamship lines, and of the
principal coast cities, especially in the
south. where it might be possible to encour-
age the establishment of new lihes, in order
both TO give them his views as to the best
methods under the bill Of improving foreign
mail facilities and of encouraging Ameri-
tive propositions as to what they, on their
part, might be willing to contract to do.
ALACK OF POWER.
u present the United States has no
ro er to compel the transportation of any
nails to foreign countries. No ship owner or
,nio master is obliged to receive or carry
tmerlcan mails. When the ship owners or
salp masters do carry them they fix their
own time of departure and follow whatever
.giiug course they choose. Only very
small portion Of the American mail is car
,iei in American bottoms. In many cases
the service is slow and irregular,
by whatever vessel it is per-
rmed, us the payment allowed being
iacousiderabie as an item of earnings, ship
owners nccess trily pay more regard to
picking up cargoes along devious route
'h1n to the expeditions delivery Of mails
hy .lrect courses.
THE ROUTES.
There are fifty -four paragraphs covering
uteS, many CT them repetitions of the
slAe routes for different ports Of call,
ciq,sifyIng vessels differently, or inviting
ulilre I proposals as to the frequency Of
Tire service, in order to get offers OF service
IN yarious forms SO that the best selection
may be made. Compendiously stated.
The American ports from which
tae service is proposed to start
are: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
Iiuore, Newport News, Norfolk, Port
Tampa with service from Mobile, New
Orleans, Galveston, San Francisco, Seattle
AID Tacoma. Absolutely new SER
ice for American ships is in
yited for transatlantic lines from
New York, Boston and Baltimore;
line to Buenos Ayres from New York, and
one from Philadelphia; a line from Port
Tampa 20 Venezuela and to the east coast of
South America; line to the same ports is
projected from New Orleans and from Gal
weston, and a new hue from New Orleans
to Asplnwali, calling at ports on the north
coast Of Central America and ports on the
Npanlsh main; a new line on the Pacific
coast from San Francisco to Chile and 70
the west coast Of South America is pro-
posed, and new line from Seattle or Ia
coma to China and Japan, also a new line
from San Francisco to Melbourne.
QUICKER SERVICE.
Provision has been made to secure
quicker service by all the old lines, reducing
the slime by one-fourth to Plnama, and as
Hiuch as six days between Panama
and San Francisco. The service between
New York AMI Brazil is to be reduced to
nineteen days, instead Of twenty five and
upward as now. Service elsewhere is
reduced TO minimum by requiring new
ships and instead of an irregular and infre-
quent service on many routes much more
frequent and absolutely regular service will
be insisted on.
NO TINE TO BE LOST.
From conferences that have taken placA
there Is said to be good reason to axpect
that certain service will be put on speedily.
This new service, i'll connection with the
enlargement Of the old, will require the
building Of q number of ships, probably
not less than five of the first class, seven
teen Of the second class, five OF the third
class and four Of the fourth class, with an
aggregate tonnage of 154, 900 tons, and at q
probable cost of from S27, 100000 to $780,
COO OJ0 Newport News or Norfolk
has been chosen as the best point
Tor the upper southern coast
and Port Tampa starting at Mobile)
New Orleans and Galveston as the best
ports for the lower southern coast While
a 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 the law.
ADVERTISING CONES HIGH.
Special DisuGtch to the Ners
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Although Post
master General Wanamaker has prepared
The postal subsidy advertisement with the
assistance of the representatives of subsidy
seeking steamship lines, be does not know
as yet how he will get it published as an ad
NeTtlsement The substances of it will bt
published by the newspapers as news, but
TINS will not he in compliance with the re
quirements Of the act that the advertise.
hent shall be inserted in the newspapers il
eaoh or fourteen snecihed cities. Post
master General Wanamaker made NJ
list Of twenty-five newspapers in thi
speolhed cities, and upon application fol
ISUes found that the advertisement, ever
aI'er he had cut it down from three columns
10 TWO, would cost s43.O 900. Now, as tht
act makes no appropriation for advertising
al! aug The entire advertising fund of the pos
Thlce department. only amounts to $4,000
LUG postmaster is Ia quandary.
ACCUSED OF BLACK MAIL.
francs Irsch Arrested at the Instance