Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-01
INCREASE OF STEAMSHIPS.

whether tne oceancariying traue is
experiencing a period of depression or
not. the construction of larger and
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s'e"uiis on' LUIS Is 'he recoru s"o""
by review of Lloyd's Register by
writer for the New York Commercial.
pur,ny tho mast tvo mr. tbree years of
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the large steamship hhes nave pu''
the largest. fastest. most luxuriously
apnointed sbips the world has ever
koown.
Plainly enough. the men. who con.
,rol the internationally famous lines,
are AS fully INSURED as though they
couId see into the future that the
worlds oversee trade. though halted
temnorariIy must again take I'M the
march forward In gigantic strides. And
sbt,s caunot he built I'm n week or n
month Tbov cannot even he built in
tho time n takes a nations export
trade IN swing from depression to pros
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gIanca Mt n Lloyd's Register of 10
v,ars, 400 reveals the remarkable ex.
n,nsIon or tho worlds peaceful fleets
sinc, Tho, time IN an extent that even
ala sbinpiny agents and urizzled sea.
doys do NOT appreciate. except when
tbsy racau over n lighted nine and
,breo 6ngers or schiedam the nuiher.
Tool s,ronytb and characteristIcs of
The passinr of the tramp steamer Is
Familiar fale and tho defeat of the
sailing vessel nv It's fiery rival n still
more ancient one. These cIrcum.
.t.nces have accompanied and con.
tributed 70 the building up of tho
s,e,n, eotilios but the construction of
.tbe mast dorado at the beginning of
which tho sailing vessel was already
,rac,icaIIv ont of tho problem Is more
than the mere replacement of the old
cro,, that failed IN keen nm with the
nrocossion On rho contrary. Il has
nracticaIlv reyoIutionized the Shipping
trade and has created an aggregate
amount os cargo space and of engine
mower thar IA almost inconceIyabIe.
To take mn individually some of tho
most .important steamship companies
an the world tho North German LLOYD
Go had In 1894 a total of II vessels to
which I.Iovd's Register gives mention.
The aggregate net tonnage of this feet
was IO5 OO0 TONS. n r an average net
tonnage IN each vessel of l.47S tons.
In 10 vaars the number of vessels had
nraaticaIlv doubled the company own.
Ing today total of 135 sbIps. But the
capaoity Of the feet was not merely
doubled The net tonnage rose from
1O5 600 tons 10 261 600 tons. In other
words the average tonnage per vessel
"a now 1 e33 net tons
The other great German Company.
tho Hamburg American has very
similar record different only In that
the multiplication of vessels and in.
crease Of tonnage has gone AT n slight
Iy faster pace. Ten years ago this
company appeared in Lloyd's Register
with So vessels. of an aggregate net
tonnage of $4,000 tons. Today the
company floats 1863 vessels of an ag.
pregate net tonnage of 325. 600 tons
The average net tonnage per shin rose
from 1,6s6 to 1924 tons.
The English companies have not
gone In for numbers as some of the
continental lines have, but through
their efforts the type of the big com.
Portable ship OF enormous freight-car.
rying capacity, although slower speed
has been developed. In proof of this
assertion II need only be pointed out
that the Baltic, the largest thing afioat,
is owned by the White Star line, while
the two new vessels building for the
Cunard line viii be of far greater ton.
mage than any vessel yet constructed.
It must be said that these will not be