New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-05
AMERICAN CHANCES MISSED.
HOW BIG TRANSCONTINENTAL AND
PACIFIC TRADE COULD BE HELD.
TIE AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN LINE MAKING
AN EFFORT TO KEEP ITS TRAFFIC. NOW
DIVERTED by THE CANADIAN

Az EFFORT TO KEEP ITS TRAFFIC. NOW
DIVERTED by THE CANADIAN
Pacific RAILROAD.
The American and Australian Line is making
desperate fight to get least share in the great
yearly passenger traffic between Europe. England
ana Australasia. The Pacific Mail and the Occi-
dental and Oriental lines of this country have
learned To- their that within the last Few
years they are only Transporting across this great
continent one-tfth OF the passengers they used to.
The only reason for this is that the Canadian Pa
cinc company with large subsidies from Canada
and from every Australasan British colony. has
been abb 70 is railroad as the great trans
continental road. Offering AT Vancouver the finest
steam service the Pacific between America
and Australasia. Not only his, Vancouver is sap
ming the export trad" ~ this country io Japan,
min, the Malay Archipei.so and all Australasia.
r y Wilson the general European agent OF th'
American and Australian Line was seen yesterday
AZ No e6l Broadway. IL j. a stanch American
and said in part: The general Idea OF our Inc Is
"a bring business from London To Australia through
The United Siates-carry Il. you understand. Last
,.,r - 90, passengers left England FOR Australia
VIA the Suez Canal or The Cape Of Good Hope. u
tie Government Of the United states would Only
helm rs on Tho Pacific Coast with subsidies 10 ehap'e
Us 10 run boats 81 an average rate 81 seventeen
knots an hour from San Francisco To sydney We
would get N least half ~ that traffic The Govern
on this side. ask IL 10 help ~ In the same way
on the Pacific For nfto"n years We have k"pt up
, service chiefly aided by i New-Iealani SUBSIDY
and mlsorabl" pouriag" FOR carrying mans 10y our
own Government which the whole IS very small
The Canadian Pacific Railroad Il cutting INTO
our business sadly every day. and II the "oN''h-
rneuf does not come To- assistance a once. 80
Frnncis.os trade Vill hc limited 10 sailing V's'els
around tho Horn. ami Vancouver VII be ihr graz
t-ort % IN. Western coast. What am adNocathS
Is not In the interest OF any one line this wan
particularly emphasized. our idea - purely
ratriotic one Every railroad that leaves me rah'
eru or Western coasts would beneht greatly py me
erer' influx ~ passenger trahc. Th"y would DE
droyuing money along every track. ana WOMB npI
mimi doing 80 either. for they would have 'e"
DAYS ~ .,a then grind journey through Soi,"
- The, finest scenery Boz the world. ana men thr
p,rir. with fep fcrror- for the seaslck ana inc
longest tim- al sea b.tweou land and lana. even
4, thcv wont To- Hobart Town. Tasmania. WouIh
hardly exceed I've DAYS namely hr'W"'n San
FrauCisro and Honolulu II We can get encourage
mont from IN" Government We would organi2e
ror-nlghtl, service between The important Aus
tralasian uorts AMI san Francisco. ana 'ould h"At
tho present time made b" tn" Peninsular ana on
entail Company. that passes through the SurZ
canal 10 Auckland IN l3ir days. Dunedin .. SD
u.v brisbane o. Melbourne g. adelaide : ana 10
barf Town . days. and the cape boats from south
arpton 10 Auckland 22i- days. Dunedin 70 sgd
nov 4 brisbane u. Melbourne y. Adelaid" l. ana
Hobart Town 10