Evening journal., 1906-09-24
CLYDE LINES
DAILY SERVICE
Two Steam1.lipS Building
Here Will Break Railroad
Freight Monopoly
WILL PASS BY WILMINGTON

AT present, building in the yards OF
the Harlan and Hollingswotth Corpo-
ration in this city are two new steam
ships for the Clyde steamship COM
pany which will take part in the move
ment now on foot to release Phiadel-
phia and seaboard cities from railroad
monopoly.
These two boats, each capable Of
carrying 1850 tons cargo. will be placed
IN the freight service Of the Clyde
Company between Philadelphia and
New York and with the three boats
now running between these ports
means the establishment Of a daily ex-
press freight service by which goods
win be delivered to conslgnees within
twenty-four hours OF the time Of sail
ing
A third steamship will be built later
land put into this service. The service
lnow is three sailings a week each way,
the Oneida. Winyah and Goldsboro be-
ing in commission. The new boats,
with the Oneida and Winyah, win ham
die the daily service Later a new third
boat will be put on, making three fine,
modern freight carriers running be-
tween Philadelphia and New York.
The new boats will have a contract
speed of twelve knots an hour cover
ing the 225 miles in nineteen hours. II
lis planned to have them sail daily at 4
lo'clock in the afternoon, reaching des-
ltination about IL the next morning
This will easily permit delivery OF con-
lsignments during business hours on
that day.
Built to carry 1850 tons Of cargo
l145,O0 cubic feet-the new craft will
be modern in every respect. They are
267 feet in length over all, with forty
foot beam. and depth of twenty-foui
land one-half feet. The keels we're laic
on August l. The contract calls fol
delivery Of one on January 1; the othei
on February 1.
The determination is to make this
, lPhiladelphia-Ne York express freigh
service the best equipped and most ef'
Iicient in the country.
WELCOME the New Line.
Merchants Of this city who are con
tending with the double haul by raj
and water, will look upon the move
> ment Of the Clyde Company as the bes
! opportunity for the realization of
river front for Wilmington.
. With proper wharf facilities alonl
the Delaware, with means Of getting t
and from the wharves rapidly. tn
steamers OF the Clyde Line could with
out loss of time load and unload at thi
,f
Through lack OF sufficient business en-
= lterprise Wilmington merchants are re
= lceiving by rail, and by water up IN
lChristiana.
T. The majority OF the merchants real
ize that Wilmington's commercial pre-
press will remain at a standstill so lon
as the only harbor presented for ocea
=, going freighters is the tortuous Chris
i tiana.
Z The Importance Of the new move
three-fold:
i. In the first place the service is dot
= bled; from three times a week It be
" comes a daily sailing from each port
In the second place, new, fast, up-tc
date steamships win take the place
the serviceable but rather antiquate
craft now used. II is a fact that fe'
. lPhiladelphians realize that there IS nc
plying in the Delaware to-day a sing
d really modern steamship. These Ne
8 York express freight carriers viii actu
= ally be the first craft TO be put O
d worthy Of the magnificent trade OF
d great port
k Third. and most important the sci
4. vice will not only involve daily shiI
J. ments at a fixed hour. but will perm
and may include delivery Of the gooe
to the store or warehouse Of the cor
signee within twenty to twenty-fot
hours.