The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
EXODUS TO EUROPE
Promise of Oversee Travel This Year Greater Than
Ever Known.
Ever Known.

1900 in food. drink. sleeping accOmmoda-
tinos, and tips within that period in any
hotel that has yet been constructed.
In review OF the situation Gustav Il
Schwab. the American representative Of
the North German, Lloyd. haid:
The indications are that this year will
be very much better than last year both
in numbers and in the quality Of the ac-
commodations being selected.
The demand for superior accommoda-
tions is much greater this season than ii
was last year. This was interpret TO
mean that the business man who. be-
cause Of the financial depression or the
national political campaign was prevent
ed from going abroad last year. or had
TO curtail his trip TO a few weeks. is
better satisfied with conditions Al home.
and is going away for an extended vaca-
! ton. or is sending his family for a tour
of Europe.
The advance bookings and applications
practically assure an excellent season.
The North German Lloyd is in a better
position than ever before TO handle any
extraordinary rush abroad In addition
70 the regular weekly express saiiings on
Tuesdays We shall have a regular sailing
OF passenger steamship on Thursday
OF each week during the season. The
. Thursday service will be augmented by
the addition OF the George Washington.
the largest German steamship ahoat. be
Ing G0oo tons register. and the Prinz
Frederick Wilhelm. OF 1890 tons register.
both seven-day liners. The first sailing
OF the George Washington from New
York viii be on July J.
A notable addition TO the Mediterran-
can service will be the Berlin. OF 1920
tons register. the largest steamship regtI-
larly plying between New York, Gibraltar,
Naples. and Genoa. On each outward
trip. the Berlin will stop AT Madeira.
thus adding a new port OF call
There is noticeable increase I'm
around-the-wOrld travel and independent
touring generally. The travel 10 Egypt
and India has been unprecedentedly
large. The steamships of the North Ger
man LLOYD are well engaged. this being
particularly true Of those engaged in the
Mediterranean service Unless some un-
foreseen contingency arises. the outlook
for the season may be said 10 be excep-
tionally bright.
Emil l. Boas, resident director and
general manager Of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line. had many optimistic conclu-
sions 20 draw from the large number OF
bookings already made. This line will
add 10 its service the Cincinnati and the
Cleveland, two new 1S0O0-ton liners. fly
ing the house flag Of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line. The Cleveland reached New
York on April :: her consort viii arrive
the hTst week in June.
''To bring about better distribution Of
our tonnage" Mr. Boas said. I'VE have
decided to dispatch our largest passenger
boats-the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.
the Amerika. the Deutschland. and the
new Cleveland and Cincinnati-from New
York on Saturdays. whereas the Pres
ident Lincoln. President Grant Bluecher.
Pennsylvania. and Graf Waldersee will
leave there on Wednesdays. 50 that We
will have two ships sailing every week
for Plymouth. CherbOurg. and Hamburg
Thousands OF cabin passengers are al
ready booked. and a waiting list kept at
the Office is being added 10 every day for
the chance of vacancy on some Of the
steamers. which are booked up 10 the last
berth in first class for some OF the out
ward sailinSs as well as for the home
ward rush In September.
The Mediterranean service will he
maintained by the Hamburg. Moltke. and
Batavia The demand for passage on this
southern route is as strong as In other
years
Another point OF interest is the great
Increase in bookings for the cruises 10
Norway. Spitzbergen and Iceland. also
20 the northern capita IS. which start from
Hamburg during June July, and August
There are nine cruises. varying in di1ra-
ton from fourteen 10 twenty-five davs.
Several hundred Americans are already
booked for these trips 10 the Top of the
World. we call it."
The American managers Of the various
other lines had the same story 10 tell
that Of a gradually strengthening demand
for cabin accommodations and general
indications that that part Of the public
which had been accustomed to afford
itself a trip 10 Europe. and which had
remained al home last year. by reason
Of the financial depression. will this year
take heart Of grace and engage cabin
accommodations to the other side.
At the office OF the International Ner-
camille Marine Company. a corporation
which controls such lines as the Amer
lean. the White Star, the Red Star. the
Leyland, and the Atlantic Transport. Mr.
Jenreys. the general passenger agent.
said that. the advance bookings had been
much heavier this season than they had
been in the previous one. He believes
that the situation. 50 far as the steam
ship lines are concerned. will see a stiH
greater Improvement when Congress ad-
journs and the tariff question Is out Of
the way. There was q general impress
sion among all OF the agents that there
Will be a sudden and. perhaps. an almost
-ear. 4 81 1ir1cr
things are of the nations mind-the Con-
gress and the tariff
Vernon H. Brown. American general
manager Of the CUnard Line. was as
optimistic as the other agents To him
the season bids 10 be as fair a one as
his company has ever seen. Those
great racers. the Lusitania and the Maur-
etania, sustain the popularity which
they won from the start. Likewise the
older speed champions Of the trans-At-
iantic. the once unmatched Lucania and
Campania. still have their numerous fol-
lowing, and there are many patrons of
the line whose old time motto was that
we carry no napkins. but never lost a
life who prefer these two ships 10 any
other.
Just after the new Cunarders came. out.
il was predicted that they would not be
paying ships. But they have since proved
that they ara. There IS no data avail
able 10 show just what per cent of profit
they earn Tor the company. but there are
statistics To show the operating expenses
of the swift leviathans of their class.
Take the German Deutschland. which,
prior TO the advent of the newer Cunard
racers, was the undisputed champion Of
the transatlantic course. II is estimated
that it costs the Hamburg Line $4,000
for every trim that the Deutschland makes