The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
TO STOP AT PHILADELPHIA.
The Ocean Steamship Company to In
crease Its Service IRON That Point.

The Ocean Steamship Company to In
crease Its Service From That Point.
A telegram from Gen. G. NJ. sorrel was
received yesterday by Alr. c. G. Anderson.
agent Of the Ocean Steamship Company.
70 the effect that the new schedule from
Philadelphia TO Savannah. which has just
been arranged, will go into effect Jan.
J. and specifically stating that the Gate
City will stop at Philadelphia coming
south from Boston on Jan. 8. Heretofore
the Dessoug has been the only steamship
plying between Philadelphia and tAsvan-
nah
This IS the beginning Of a new schedule
OF steamers from Philadelphia 10 Savan-
nah for which arrangements have just
been completed. Mr.. Anderson said that
the company had been contemplating a
seni-weekly schedule from Philadelphia
Tor sometime, and that fun arrangements
Tor carrying II into effect had just been
completed.
The service of the company from Phila-
deiphia TO Savannah, hitherto has consist
ed OF a sailing every ten days. but will be-
come seIni-Weekly. every Wednesday and
saturday, and three additional vessels
VIII be added. Two Of these are the Gate
city and the City of Macon. which consti-
tute the company's fleet between Boston
ana savannah. On their down trips these
steamships, which are finely equipped pas
senger steamers Of the first class, will
come up the Delaware to Philadelphia to
take on Savannah freight and passengers,
and will also discharge freight from Bos-
ton at Philadelphia. A third steamship.
whose name is not yet given out, will also
be added For he L., L.
uary the sailings from Philadelphia will
be as follows, to be regularly continued
thereafter: Jan. 2, Dessoug; Jan. 3. Gate
CITY, Jan. 8, new steamship, Jan L. CITY
OF Macon.
Mr.. Anderson said he did not know any
lnlhs as 10 the new ship that is 10 be
used, but 1t will be a vessel chartered for
carrying freight and passengers between
savannah and Philadelphia. II will be
seen that both steamers Of the Boston line
Will make the change and will come bv
1hiladelphia for freights and passengers.
rms, however, will make no difference in
their sailing days from either Savannah
or boston. They will leave Boston as
heretofore on Thursday and will arrive in
savannah about twenty-four hours later
getung here Monday night instead Of Sun
day night.
The pressure of business, said Mr.. An
derson, requires the change and the in
crease IN the line has been contemplated
Tor more than year. The merchants of
Philadelphia were anxious for the change
more than a year ago and since they took
II up 1t has been talked of By the ofhciaIs
OF the company. BY this increase in its
service the company viii catch much of
the southern business from the north and
a great deal Of western business for which
arrangements have been made
Mr.. Anderson says he does not think the
competition for southern traffic brought
about by the Clyde line and the PhiladeI-
phla company's steamship line between
Phlladelphia and Jacksonville had any
thing to do with the increase in the Phila-
delphia service, although he says il is pos
slple that this may have had the effect of
hastening the change. He said they had
Deen contemplating IL for a long time but
Just how to go about it had been a serious
problem In addition to the freight ser
vice the steamers will continue to bring
passengers from Boston as well as from
Philadelphia Gen. SOrrell is now in New
York where he has been to complete the
arrangements for these changes
In connection with this increase in ser
vice the company will alIo change it's Phil
adelphia terminal This Is now pier A.
south Wharves, which belongs to the Penn
sylyania railroad, but after Sunday it will
be pier 30, at the foot of Cstharine street
which is owned by the Reading railroad
AS feeder to the company, a new freight
line, the Reading Southern, is also to be
organized, which will enable freight to be
shipped from all points on the Reading
system and its connections to southern
points at through rates. The new pier of
the company, II is said, is a very COM
modious one, to which the Readings
through freight will be lghtened from
Willow street and Port Richmond The
practice of shipping Philadelphia freight
to New York, to be there transferred to
the companys boats for Savannah, will
of course be discontinued when the new
arrangement goes into effect
To the manufacturers and merchants of
Philadelphia. who have long desired to ex-
tend their trade relations with the south
the extension of this Savannah service will
prove of great Importance, as, in connec-
ton with existing lines, It will give Phil
adelphia unsurpassed facilities for south
ern commerce, With the increase of the
Ocean Steamship Company's service there
viii be four satlings week between Phil
adelphia and Savannah, Charleston and
Jacksonville, and the facilities there for
southern trade will be fully equal, if not
superior, to those of New York, Baltimore
and Boston.