The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-04
OUT And In.
Statistics of Steamship Travel
Between the Old and
New Worlds.

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. 1s94.-A report
received at the Treasury Department
from the Immigration Commissioner at
Ellis Island. N. Y. shows that during
the year 1894 the total number of pass
engers sailing from New York, Boston,
hiladeiphia, Baltimore, New Orleans
and Montreal was 81, 100, against total
Of 26S,037 sailing from the same ports
in 1893 During 1894, the number of inn
migrants arriving at Ellis Island alone
was 1866. who had in their possession
s3, ,05O 94S in gold.
An additional report shows that eleven
steamers arrived in New York January
7, 9. 10 and 12 bringing 1,201 immigrants
in the steerage, and carried away on
the return voyage LAO emigrants.
THE figures contained in the report for
1894 give some interesting information.
Steerage traffic from the United States
to Mediterranean ports fell off consider
ably as compared with the previous year,
while steerage traffic to England and
Central and Northern Europe shows a
large increase over 1888 The hard times
of 1898. when work was difficult to OBJ
tain, caused large numbers of Italians
to return to their native country, while
it had contrary effect on people from
Northern and Central Europe in keeping
them in the United States. The number
of steerage passengers sailing from the
United States in 1894 was 21O,251, against
174, ,766 in 1893
The Chicago Exposition and the hard
times caused 1888 to compare unfavor-
ably with 1884. During last year cabin
passengers from the United States to
cabin. S9.si4: against 5l,74s cabin pass
engers and 41,795 second cabin passen-
gers in 1893
X To show how stee9rags passage t. to
deteriorated in 1898, a few figures are
given. The American Line steamers from
New York to Southampton carried 49,
1851 in 1898. The steerage of the same
line from philadelphia TO- Queens town
and ne Ldvergcol II eads carried 10 96So in l agalnst
to Queenstown and Liverpool, 20,164 steer
age in. 1894, against 12e2s, in 1898; Cunard
Re 9n ss hstGn IN 1884, S assna oo and a
Line. New York to soandlnayiasn ports.
Ger erman M oyd dsieS NeW York Il to sou soatap mGaIa
ton and Bremen, %, 992 in 1894, against 49,
8O7 in 1888; White Star, Line. NeW York
to Queenstown and Liverpool. 21,0o5 in
1894, against 1856 in 1893.
The number of passengers sailing from
each of the ports named in 1894 as COM
pared with the number in 1893 is as fol-
Cahin-New York, 55,3os against 49,
359 in 1893: Montreal 4,1s2, against 3,751
in 1893; Boston, 1,4SS against 3,751; Phila-
delphia, 49 in 1898, no figures given for
Orleans, in 1898, no figures given for
1884,.
Second cabin-New York, 1874, against
81, 765 in 1923; Montreal, 1856, against $3.50;
Boston, 1888, against 2,641; Philadelphia,
1,S25, against 1,05s; Baltimore, no figures;
New Orleans, no figures
against 1853, ,3O9 in 1893 Montreal, 1880,
against 4,173;; Boston, 5,5sS, against 4,5oo;
Philadelphia, 12,424, against 1922; Balti-
more, 4.7S1, against 1894: New Orleans,
269 against rs.
OF the competing steamship lines, the
Cunard carried the greatest number of
cabin passengers and the greatest num-
Der of second cabin passengers in both
1893 and 1894, and the North German
Lloyd carried the greatest number of
steerage passengers in both years.