Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-17
A LINE TO EN-
CIRCLE THE GLOBE
The Hamburg-American Steamship
Line Seeks to Secure the Con-
troll Of the Santa Fe.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE PENDING
German Capitalists Aim to Control Long
Distance. Shipping and the Santa F.
System Is to be Link in Their
Projected Line.

Chicago, May 17.-An official of the
Santa Fe road last night confirmed the
statement that Paul Morton, second
vice president of the Santa Fe, was ir
lNew York in consultation with the
Hamburg American line officials look
Hing to the establishment of an elaborate
steamship service between San FRAN
cisco and the cities in the far east
A VAST PROJECT.
New York, May 17.-Discussing the
plans of the Hamburg American steam
ship companies purchase of the Atlas
steamship line and it's negotiations
with the Santa Fe railroad, Albert Bal
lin, one of the Hamburg-American di-
rectors, in an interview just prior to
sailing for Europe, said: The enterprise
is so vast that it is difficult to give a
comprehensive idea of it. The pur-
chase of the Atlas line is only a part
of our general scheme. We are nego-
tiating for the control of the Santa Fe
railroad. Our company owns today 127
ocean steamers. With the acquisition
of the railroad to transport our passen-
gers and freight across the continent
our line will practically encircle the
globe and we will control long distance
shipping"
A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS.
New York, May 1.-THE Journal of
Commerce says: 1t seems generally ac-
knowledged that the, truce between
nh e. W
interests in their contest for the con-
troll of the Northern Pacific has assum-
ed the dignity Of settlement of future
policy and attempts will be made to
reconstruct as far as may be neces-
sary, Community of interests" and
plan the railroad management on a
new basis.
A GERMAN SHIPPING TRIUMPH.
New York, May 17.-The prestige of
the nautical Briton on the Atlantic is
in peril, and the German eagle is
screaming. Not content with supplant-
ing the Peninsular and Oriental line in
the East Indies, the strenuous Teutons
have acquired the only British line
the Atlas-plying between New York
and the West Indies.
The deal was put through in this city
by Managing Director General Albert
Balm of the Hambeurg-A American line
and Mr.. Fleming, representating the
London firm of Leech, Harrison &
Kellock, owners Of the Atlas line. The
Hamburg line has bought for not less
than million dollars, it is said, the
fleet of the Atlas line, consisting of the
steamships Altai, Adirondack, ALLIE
ghany, Alps, Andes, Athos and Alene,
aggregating $4,000 tons.
The Hamburg line now has 12O ocean
going vessels of 100000 tons. Emil l..
Boas, the general manager of the line,
confirmed yesterday the report of the
purchase of the Atlas fleet.
He surmised that it might interest
Englishmen more than Americans. He
said the line would be continued under
its former agents at this port and that
the ships would dock, as usual at the
foot of 25th street, North river.
Under the German law the command
ers, chief officers and chief engineers of
German vessels must be German citi-
zens, so 1t is likely that at least twen-
ty-one Britons will find themselves out
of jobs within a month or so, when all
the ships of the Atlas fleet will be flying
the German flag.