New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
ON ATLANTIC LINERS.
Features of Last Years CABIN and
.Seerage Passenger Traffic.

One might expect from the increased size OF the
latest steamships coming TO this city from EURO
pean ports that the average number OF passengers
a trip Of all the vessels would be apprecaoiy aug
rnented Such is the case. It has been the Gus
tom of Engineering" London weekly TO give
figures relative the westbound traVel TO ths ciS
every year Those for 1sH are now aValaSie' II
thus appears that the average for 50 voyages was
7ss whereas in 1888 it only 9Ss. This comparf-
son is not altogether fair. perhaps because tne
travel was exceptionally light in 1897 and 1875 Prlor
to that time there were years when the aVeFase
number of passengers to trip was nearly or quite
1--WE hundred Still. the recent growth Is reInaTA-
able
when IL comes to separate lines, It appears that
the Bremen ships OF the North German LLOYD
Compsny made the best record, their average 1or
1901 being 11N and for last year 1,242- The other
leading lines make the following returns: Ham
burg-American 1o12 Red Star. SSS; French Line
ss; Navaeazione Generate Italiana Cnosty steerase
ships) So: La Veloce Qargey steerage). sA Prince
Line Gncluding ships exclusively for steerage),
Tsnssn SIS: Heaand5x@EsEIsaa xEs5.4a S Anchor Line
# attention is given ezeIusivey to cabin Pss-
Thas the ehcSEa cuard Tine has long lead il
this respect the average number to trip last year
ms. While the bremen ships Of the North German
aOyd s SDes0 Ts s and % the Snf
1s4 Probably the retirement OF the S+ If
1ss sH gave the seEx'f! asf en-
ally Low rst1E 9 E 9 n fs sreHGh TD last he zes IS
Taking steerage passengers only into considera-
ton the Bremen and Southampton ships of the
North German Lloyd Company make the best
showing Their average last year was S58 or nearly
so per cent Of all their passengers. The Cunard
company 464 steerage passengers to the TIP, or
onIy S. per cent Of its total patronage The Prince
and two Italian lines rank next after the North
German Lloyd Company IN the average number or
persons carried trip in the steerage. The ng-
IIres for them all exceeded 500
IT Is q curious fact that for the four years be
ginning with 1880 transatlantic travel to Newly
was very much heavier than during the nVe years
Immediately ensuing Cabin passengers averaged
about LIS O0e during the former period and aoout
81 600 during the latter. The maximum Q5o0OO was
attained in 1Ss1 when exceptionally low cabin rates
prevailed and the minimum (81. .0oGJ IN 1sSs- During
the four years ending with 1902 there was an ir-
8 eSO did not equal those Of 1880 or 1881 MOST OF
in much the same fashion In round numbers the
Iss49S ft was about 600, while from 1888 to l91z
the actual figures jumped from SOS,76z to SI4zlo:
Prior to 19U1 the steefage passengers were aoous
three times as numerous SIS the cabin passengers.
though In instances only about two to one the
nroportfon last year slightly over four 10 one
THE number of emigrants brought to New-York IN
isoa was about 10. 90 greater than In 1SA Wnen
the next best record was made, ana 1So'sW more
than In 1901. . -. .,.. ...,. A..
steamenfp trust (White Star. Atlantic Transport
Red Star and American hnesl. with its German
allies carried two-thtrds OF the cabin passengers
ard 5s per cent Of the steerage passengers that
came to this port last year.