The times., 1899-11-13
EARLY RUSH Fur PARIS
Tourists Already Starting Toward
the French Capital.
Next Yenr's Business Expected to BE
the Heaviest in the History of the
AtIantic-FIeets of New ships in
Course of Construction - Ocean
Lines Preparing for the Travel.

NEW YORK. Nov 12.-Steamship people
believe the rush for the Paris Exposition
has already begun by way Of the Medi
terranean and that many people will look
over Italy and the south of Europe before
going to Paris.
All the steamship lines viii be pre-
pared to accommodate the thousands Of
travellers who promise to visit the show.
If necessary. increased tourist cabins will
be built within the cargo space and on
the decks of freight carriers.
The Hamburg American Line has added
to its feet the Kaiser Friedrich, which
was built for the North German Lloyd
Line and did not prove fast enough. The
big Deutschland, second in size only o the
Oceanic, viii be out OF her builders hands
in the spring and viii arrive here in June
il the service of the Hamburg American
Line. Still the company intends inereas-
ing the cabin accommodations of its big
combination freight and passenger steam
ers.
Four new vessels will have been added
to the North German Lloyd fleet by next
summer. They viii be the Kaiserin Maria
Theresa, 20 1-2 knots; the Rhein. 1900
tons, 13 II knots; the Main. 1900 tons,
and the Grosser Kurfurst.
The White Star Line viii depend upon
its present fleet. including the mighty
Oceanic, and if the Boer war is concluded
in the mean time the Britannia Will be
available as an extra ship
The sailing dates of the International
Navigation Company's steamers inciud-
ing the Cherbourg and Southampton ser
vice and the Antwerp service from New
York and the Liverpool and Antwerp SER
vice from Philadelphia, have already been
arranged for next year. The Paris vii
also be in commission again before the
Exposition opens. The International Navi-
cation Company has six new steamships
building on the Clyde bank-the VadeI
land l.. 600 tons: the iceland. j, coo tons;
the Haverford 10000 tons; the Merton.
900 tons. and two others, yet unnamed,
of u, 600 tons each.
For reserve steamers the Cunard Line
hopes to get back the Servia and the
AUrania, the Cephalonia, and the Pavonia
from South Africa before spring The
SaXonia and the Ivernia are to go in the
Boston and Liverpool service Of the line
as substitutes.
La Lorraine. the new and elegant French
liner, is expected here in March She is
a vessel of Ia, 200 tons displacement, 5S0.6
feet long, and with accommodations for
nearly 1,50O passengers.
The old Hamburg American liner Nor
mania, later the Spanish warship Petriota
of Admiral Camara's fleet has been
bought by the French line and renamed
L'Aquitaine
The Atlantic Transport Line will add to
its feet the new 17-knot vessels the Min
neapolis and the Minnetonka.
The Allan Line has only thirty steam
ers TO draw upon, and five more are build
ing-the Bayarian, the Tunisian the Cas-
tilian the Corinthian, and the Sicilian.
The Castilian is already launched. The
largest is of 10000. the smallest Of $500
tons.
Not to fail behind the marine procession,
the Anchor, Wilson, Fabre, Scandinay an
American, Holland-AmeTican and Prince
lines have ships on the stocks, under char
ter and in other branches Of service.
1t will be the heaviest year OF Allan
tic travel ever known. Spectators are
trying to buy berths in blocks, but most
of the lines prefer to dispose of them
singly. Some ships viii be chartered out
right by associations and regiments Of
soldiers on pleasure bent.