The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

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be able to sail for Europe any day in
the week? was the suggestion con-
tanned in a letter to a metropolitan
paper recently. With this in mind,
an Esening Wo,ld reporter visited
three of the leading steamship offices
on lower Broadway to suggest that
thelvarious companies should cooper
ate and arrange for a sailing daily.
The suggestion met with chilly re-
ception. The steamship men didn't
seem to see it that way.
They all agreed that conditions
would have to remain as they are
with innumerable sailirgs on Tues
days, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, very few on Fridays and
none on Sundays and Mondays. The
statements of the general agents of
the North German Lloyd, White
Star and Hamburgh-Americane lines
follow: =
General Agent Schwab of the
North German Lloyd said: CAS- far
as the convenience of the general
public S concerned such a schedule
would undoubtedly be good thing.
But the plan is not possible. You
cannot strt a ship for Europe Oh
Monday People don't travel on
Mondays. Your bank is closed on
Sunday andyou can't get your letter
of credit. You therefore put off your
sailing until you can conveniently
make the necessary preparations, and
you sail on tuesday. Monday is
out of the question then, and the
only other day on which you may
have difficulty getting away is Fri
day. This is accounted for by the
popular superstition against sailing
on Friday, although in spite of
this some White Star boats do sail on
that day. But Saturday is the big
sailing day, always has been and al
ways will be. And on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday you can
find several ships sailing weekly.
The proposed plan is not feasible
General Agent Lee of the White
Star line said: "The suggestion is
absurd. The man doesn't know
what he is talking about. If the
ships of all the companies were all of
the same speed there might be some
sense to it. But what would be the
use in starting a slow ship on Tues
day and then letting her be beaten
out by a fast Thursday ship? 1t
would be ridiculous. And, of course,
Monday is an impossible day. Mon
day might suit those who write their
letters on Sundays, but we can't run
out line for the mails only. We
must keep the travellers in mind as
we'll. AS to the superstition about
sailing on Friday, I don't take much
stock in it. The public is gradually
forgetting that foolish idea. In fact
we regularly sail an extra boat on
every other Friday. Monday is the
only week day without sailings, but
that will always remain the case.
The plan of cooperation has been
tried before, but it failed"
Emil L. Boas. general agent of
the Hamburg American line, thought
the same. He said: "There's
nothing to it. You certainly can't
sail on Sunday nor can you sail on
Monday. A ship has to leave ac-
cording to the tide and this would
mean that half the Monday ships
would be sailing actually on Sunday,
necessitating the payment of double
wages on Sundays. We sail regu-
larly on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday, and on Fri
day the White Star line sails, which
amounts to a sailing every day in
the week except Monday and Sunday,
when the people don't want to sail
anyway, owing to the suspension of
business and to the difficulty of travel
on Sunday. The scheme is imprac-
ticable. ."-New York W0,M.