Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-15
THE LIVERPOOL LINE.
NO STEAMER WILL BE TAKEN OFF
The Success of the Past Season Causes Re- newed Efforts to Be Put Forth
 for the Next.

As another evidence of the increasing export trade of Mobile the steamers of the Mobile Transatlantic service have done a continuous business throughout the year, and instead of taking off the steamers during the summer months the company is rapidly pushing to comple- ton g. new steamer for this trade. which is now being built at an English port.
 When Messrs. George Horsley & Son of West Hartlepool, England, organized the Mobile Transatlantic service in Sep tember, 1894, and placed a line of steam CTS between Mobile and Liverpool it was done as an experiment, although the Eng fish capitalists had investigated into the advantages of Mobile as port, and the result has proven that they are level- headed men.
 Capt. Murray Wheeler of the firm of Ross, Howe & Wheeler, local agents of the company, in discussing the immense business done by the steamers said yes- terday to a reporter for the Register:
 No sir. we will not take off steamer during the summer months, as we are doing all the business we can handle with our present facilities. We have handled 123 GOO bales of cotton to Liverpool ana Bremen this year, against 30,000 bales last season. We have also handled from 3000 to 5000 tons of cotton seed meal rms
  firm Selma and Montgomery. We have inquiries all the time for room for cotton seed meal and expect to increase our business in this line. Of course we have also handled an enormous amount or lumber.
 'The business has increased to such an extent that we are now having built at an English port another very fine vessel for the trade. This vessel will register 450O tons and will be the largest vessel of our fleet. She will carry about l0,000 bales of cotton, and am advised that she will be completed about the 1st of October and arrive here about the middle of that month.
 Next season we expect to have line of vessels, not only to Liverpool and Bre- men, but to other ports as required. We are receiving the support of the railroads, the river steamers and local shippers. and through bills of lading are now issued from all interior points by the railroads to points in Europe via our line.
 "Of course this is throwing business our way, and we expect to meet the ex- igency by furnishing whatever tonnage is necessary to operate a first-class nne between this port and Europe.
 "It is true there have been obstacles in our way, but we hope to overcome these. We have not had wharf, room enough to handle the immense business, and again there is hardly enough depth of water at the wharves. The Mobile and Birmingham railroad have deepened their wharf, and I learn the Mobile and Ohio people contemplate the same. 50 I presume the Louisville and Nashville road and private wharf owners will fol- low suit This, of course, will give the largest vessels better facilities for com ing to the wharves.
 3It looks as if the business was on steady increase, and I can see no reason why a line of steamers from Mobile. should not do as good business as a line from any other gulf port. The owners of our line are actively engaged in work ing up an import trade on the other side, and this would mean great things for Mobile. They are trying to get busi- ness this way for St. Louis and other western points, and there IS really no reason why this can not be accomplished, as we have four vessels per month in port and can handle the business to bet ter advantage than other ports. The rail- roads are cooperating with us to this end, and though it may take some time to divert business from other channels, we confidently expect to bring the busi- ness this way in the course of time.
 'The steamships Dalmally and Verax of our line are now in port leading with cotton seed oil and timber, and will sail in about ten days. The former goes to Liverpool, while the latter will sail for London.
 You can say that our people are thor oughly satisfied with the business we are doing, and that instead of taking off a steamer we will put on new ones as the business dema nds.''
 When the new steamer is completed the steamship company will have in operation eight vessels, with a total ton mage of 22,1 ,113, as follows: Dalmaly, 2472; Verax, 2531; Hesper 2720; Hunt cliff, 312O Rockcliff, 22SS; Beresford, 2,10S; Chicklade, 2374; new steamer, 4500.