The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

>pondence of The Journal,l
.-..gNo." February ?, 1908.
search the waters of the
~ I.asaut sailing without find
r -..s more delightful than down
G 49,. coast of South America,
~ IS always sure of sunny
.elrml seas and fine steam
Vt r.,rfr8.ly IS this true during the
RI .5r northern winters-the
"a r.1, id these latitudes-when
BIAS cool and invigorating, even
.4- rhe equator, without March
.- damp ehilliness that pene-
.--- marrow on the Atlantic.
..-tu say not an American keel
sequence plows the Pacific
..- IT, Cape Horn. There are
c'!sh. CHILEAN, German,
Italian and Norwegian
-ldleSS rivalry with one
'' E. america of the north is by
.. --~. 1u land and sea- in these
IS uot unaccountable when
.--.- reasons that have left
life. with so small share of
r.. iugs with the Americas
The hort-sighted policy
... $ tuugreSs in refusing to aid
.. a. .-~. even by payment of a
..- -.u for carrying the mails,
..u with it; for the venture
.--t WHO might invest money
Enterprise would have to
.-v lie we'll subsidized com
t -Jrope
,....- Che two best lines that
.s....-- regularly between Pana-
&c.,. f.luraiso are English and
...- Iormer of course to be
.g people of Anglo-Saxon
49,. s.. ta- way, the English COM
d.. .s. 9rJected by an American
T. " I'LL Wheelright of New York
.- behalf OF the United States,
. ..t d century ago. He easily
..-.. aecesSary concession from
.a and then hurried home,
r--H- uo Iittjculty in raising funds
o.. led states for carrying out
,fas But neither the merchant
a-.- 4t day, capitalists, nor Con-
Is, abs. give him any financial en-
,t and finally he took his
--.. . tug.and, where d wiser gov
3ped at the chance of Sc
... -Woluments for all time to
III. u,equently Mr.. Wheelright
t.e.... -5n-i8ies from several of the
e.. .a .r.tan Republics whose ports
-....-.e enter. The natural conse-
..- a. Tie lions share of the
...- rattle. together with the
.... ...eu # southern Pacific
-- l- passed irrevocably into
H. ..-. whose vessels sail every
-s... tllama to Liverpool via
. -.... Magellan. The Pacific
N.r-atiou Company is to-day
5ILest enterprises OF its
world, owning upwards of
ASS steamers and carry
cargo between Europe
tlelica. For this trade it
. sets Of steamers-those
-.~ between Panama and
Ing ,drge and elegantly APP
peu decks and airy state
l4ose designed for the
t--g4r across the Atlantic are
lrl weather and heavier
-e. IRON Panama to Valpa-
cJousand three hundred
.''.H les. The trip occupies
si ,Vs. and would be a tedious
"---.- ao- for the fact that hardly
el.t $ spent at sea, there be-
".-ar- an thirty eight ports to
s'e.0pt t. way Having a virtual
1l"H gay may be sure that Johnny
-+ 0NlGe- are the utmost that can
9a't1 L. { used to be $40 the ton
T. toI freight, and not less
'4'-.. i'-f ttplta for passengers, for
lge4a- .uUt the same as that be-
rel NrH ork and Liverpool. OF
+ years uoWever, the Gillian line
dae omPetitlon so brisk that the
'-s e'- ~mewhat reduced.
"'ana 4atboT. though lovely to look
F SHALLOW locky and dangerous in
.D va ing, black reefs showing
ls} lads above the water. The
l- '- '' de of the Isthmus rises
.- s's.t-en to twenty-five feet, set
g AID inning out with so power
's'4.trhf as to make no child's play
1.s Haile! of embarking and disem-
tA2 1T can be accomplished with
-'t"idJF- >afety only at half tide
U'uefr mus. be no delay about it, for
-Alhatieally the time and tide
CT waits ioT no man. The British
-'iL'vI lave their anchorage about
A Niles from shore, and you are
'''2r' thereto in a tender, which is
se."ef too small for the usual crowd
MESSENGERS and mountain of luggage
''- "a1 sour belongings are not on
'l'N d. T T. Precise moment ready tO