The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-22
FROM WATER FRONT
STEAMSHIP VOORBURG OF BURG
LINE SOON TO SAIL.
IMPORTS FROM HOLLAND.
MAY FOLLOW ESTABLISHING OF
THE NEW SAVANNAH LINE.


Bring Products From Holland and
the Dutch Colonies if Trade De-
mnnd Develops Steamers May
Come Via Some Port in West In
dies-ROuGh Weather on Tybee
Bar-Matters of Interest TO ship
pers and SeRmen.
The steamship Voorburg. Capt. W.
van der Schoor de Boer, Of the Burg
Line, is among the new and finely
equipped foreign steamships now in
port. She has about finished loading
at the Union Shipping Companys pier
for Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and
will sail this week.
The Voorburg is among the finest
furnished steamers in port, being fin
ished with polished wood in her cabin,
and having every provision aboard for
the comfort of officers and crew. She
has acc unmodations for about six pas
sengers. She is a little different from
other steamers in having spacious
bridge room.
The Burg Line has established a reg
ular monthly service between Savan-
nah and Amsterdam and Rotterdam,
with the Voorburg the second steamer
TO arrive. The first was the Zeeburg.
The owners are steadily adding new
boats to their fleet. which consists of
steamers equipped with every facility
for the quick and satisfactory handling
of cargo. The fleet now consists of
three steamers. the Voorburg, of 5,035
tons; the Zeeburg, of $3.50 TONS and
the Oostburg, which will very soon be
turned out of the yards at Amsterdam,
of $3.50 tons.
The captain believes that an import
trade between the Southern states and
Holland may be eventually built up
and says it is the intention of his own
ers to make efforts in this direction.
From Amsterdam and Rotterdam are
largely exported to this country, Ger
man wines, dairy products, cocoa and
chocolates, candles, peatmoss and
from the Dutch colonies, through these
ports, comes Java coffee and sugar
quinine. spices of all sorts, and numer-
Gus other products largely consumed in
the United States.
Aside from the freights which may
be brought from those ports, it is pos
sible that the steamers of this line
may visit some port in the West Indies,
from which hardwoods coffee, copper
and iron ore, and tobacco, sugar and mo-
lasses are imported. OF course, i'm
ports of sugar will not likely be made
in this section unless refneries were
established.
At present the major portion of the
imports into this country come through
Eastern ports north of Norfolk, and
New Orleans. Several reasons suggest
the feasibility of direct importations
among them being that the steamers
could bring freight at rates as advan-
tageous as those to any Eastern port,
and in landing it here would save i'm
porters the rail freights from the North.
The captain states that freights from
Europe to Savannah, if anything.
would be less than those to New York.
for the reason that the steamers would
probably always get a home cargo
from mere, whereas they possibly
couldn't get home cargoes from East
ern ports, unless during the grain ex-
porting season, owing to the many reg
ular liners that visit those ports. The
heads of local trade bodies and the
Mayor have expressed their good will
toward the line, and will in every way
possible promote it.
AS showing the good effect this line
Is having upon Savannah's export
trade, the exports of cotton to Rotter-
dam are good example. Last season
the total exports of cotton to Rotter-
dam were $50 bales and so far this
year, with less than two months of the
new cotton season gone, the lines
boats have taken over 5000 bales to
Rotterdam alone.
The schooner Danenhower. which
proceeded out on yesterday for New
York. returned to quarantine last night.
having put back for harbor.
William Kehoe G. Sons are to repair
the steamship Jupiter