The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
HEALTHY BABIES.
That's What Competing
Lines Are Called.
THE SANTA MONICA BUBBLE.
Merchants Save S8OO,O Year by
the Present Business of Clippers
and Panama Steamers.

When j. S. Leeds. the traffic manager,
was in New York a few weeks ago for the
purpose OF arranging the terms between
the Panama Railroad and the North Ameri-
can Navigation Company c. Z. Hunting
toms men Haunted the Nicaragua canal
and the Santa Monica transportation bubble
continually into his face. and the people he
was trying to negotiate with were told that
the isthmus trade would be ruined by these
two prospective enterprises.
MIR. Leeds of course knew we'll that the
Nicaragua canal project is as yet not in
shape to Influence the trade via Panama
and that under the most favorable conditions
a long time will necessarily have to elapse
before it can possibly become factor 10 be
considered
The traffic manager had, therefore, no
trouble to dispose of the Nicaragua canal
story easily, but the Santa Monica business
was comparatively new bugbear created
Dy Mr.. Huutngt0n'S men for the purpose
OF soaring people who might otherwise In
terest themselves in the North American
Navigation Company.
AS matter OF fact the whole Santa Mon
lea scheme is only chimera, and the idea
Of freight being carried by the Pacific Mail
company from Central America to New
oTk by the Sunset route by being landed
at Santa Monica is absurd, because such
proceeding would necessarily be so expen-
slve as TO ruin any transportation company
which would undertake TO compete with
the lsthmus route in that way.
The time between Central America and
New York via Santa Monica would also be
ten days longer than via Panama.
1t has been estimated that the annual
business carried by the new Navigation
Company will amount TO 10S 600 TONS
against $4,000 tons per annum carried by
the Pacific Mail Company ia the past.
The average freight rates being 81 per
ton cheaper than by the Southern Pacidc's
system the merchants annual savings on
the freight carried by the new. company
will amount to $4,000
The three clipper ship lines that carry
freight via Cape Horn are estimated TO carry
100000 tons per year. which means an add-
Think of it! Over $S00000 cut off Mr..
HuntngtOn's revenue every year.
NO wonder he wants To invent Santa
Monica schemes to check this kind Of bust
ness.
And these opposition lines are now only
In their infancy. What will the business
be when in years to come these healthy
babes shall have gradually grown larger
and larger, as they doubtless will do?
The steamer Mexico, which Will leave for
Panama Oh the 25th inst, is now on the
drydock and will early next week be ready
to receive freight at Lombard-street wharf.
She is not of the capacity required by the
navigation company for the Panama service
and her employment on that line will there
lore perhaps be only temporary, like that of
the ST. Paul, it being expected that both
these steamers will be replaced by vessels
Of over 1000 tons carrying capacity.
The steamer Saturn, which has been char
tered by the North American Navigation
Company, Will probably not reach this port
before May. She left New York March Z,
with Cargo for Valparaiso There she
ships another for Panama, and 80 will
arrive at San Francisco