New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-31
AN ACTIVE AND PROSPEROUS CONCERN.

HOW THE COMPANY HAS GROWN SINCE THE
START IN ls57-LINEs ALL OVER THE WORLD
Ten years after the first steamship. the "aan'
ington. had crossed the Atlantic between Bremen
and New-York. the North German Lloyd steam.
ship Company formed. In the year 1901 ~
first only thr~e steamers were owned ana run aH"
ory a line between Bremen and England. year
later In 1855 the steamer Bremen began the new
York service OF the company. and the year atter
that the newly established transoceanic line was
Entrusted with the carrying OF the American-Eh
llsh malls. So popular did the service OF the lie"
company become that In 1866 weekly service y.
steamers to New-York was put en- so tast o'o
the feet grow that ia 1861 there were tour,ee"
steamers in all. OF which eight were In the New
York line and six in the English. That year
there we're 10, ,y-seven trips made to America ana
l27 10 England.
In two years more the service was eA'e" "
New-Orieans the Bremen and New-orieahs any
being opened In 1863. Extension Followed eA'."
sion. such was The energy and ACTIVITY VI wv
young company In 1870 a line TO the West lnd.es
was opened and "A regular service TO ROTTERDAM"
! and Antwerp Instituted. y third Engish me va
put In service In 1871. South America was iheluoeu
in 1875. a line being TO Brazil ana the NNe'
Plate. Three years later this was DIVIDED INV, nv,
1wo distinc. Tires. one running TO bahia Ns
Janeiro and Santos, the other TO Montevdeo anu
Buenos Ayres.
With 1880 a new epoch in the history OF steam
navigation opened that OF the express steamer
the greyhounds Il the ocean-a development VI
steadily growing dimensions. While unti ,ia'
period ships travelling at of at the most tnir
teen to fourt ven miles an hour crossed the Atahuc
Ocean, a speed which was considered triumph "
engineering some English companies began III thas
year TO send out few ships OF larger tonnage anu
considerably increased speed While III these cases
II vas mostlv a matter OF one or two ships. II was
recognized nv the directors OF the North deTm'.
loyd hat he I'm
81 the mail ,ervice lay with those lines OF express
steamers ofYer.ns to passengers the greatest posi-
BILE safety combined with special elegance anu
comfort during the voyage. These considerations
led TO the building OF whole fleet OF expires
steamers
BEGINNING THE EXPRESS FLEET
On June Is. 1881. the first OF the new eNpse
steamers the Elbe (speed l6 miles per hour ','s
Bremen for New-YorS. She was followed ~ -.
following two years by the Vera ana 49,"
(speed Is TO II miles) In 1884. the Ems ana 70. TO-
speed II miles) we're added In lsSo inc ~.
Trave and Saale tspeed II to is miles,, ~ , .s IT
Lain (speed 10 miles) In 1889. Kaiser wilmer" -
| and In 1890 the Spree and Havel 'spee" ..a
miles, Will the engines OF the 1''oe u.v.,
| $500 horsepower. those OF the spree an"
| possess 1sac horsepower. , A..
| At the same time the style OF the '"' rns.
ransements Of the saloon first adopted from ~" ~.
| land was entirely departed from. Formerly, ~.
| leading principle was the economy OF space !" -
OF cargo and the fittings OF he saloon "e'e -
within the narrowest limits OF necessary ..s
! exhibiting nothing hut empty rec'S"s h,ch
In which meals could be taken-roo'"' -
! nsither decoration nor orname"'a'o' ,u.
| place The North German Lloyd introuueeu 49,,
r,s,s change in this respect The revtvins taste To-
| artistic ssurroundugy demanded that ships s"
! he more commodious and tasteful tnah nm" esnS.
! The company while films the cao'ns. ..-. -.