The Washington herald., 1909-07-12

New York. July Q-By authorization
of f. H Hartman the Ocean Steamship
Company. better known as the Savannah
Line, will add two more big ships 10
the service between this port and Sa-
vannah
They viii be slightly larger than the
finest vessel OF the feet. the City Of Sa-
vannah, and equipped in even finer style
The keel OF one ship viii be laid next
month.
They will have single screws with re-
ciprocating engines. Mr.. Hartman hav-
ing been disappointed in his experiment
with the turbine Creole. of the Morgan
Line, which will be fitted with the old
type OF engines when she returns TO the
service between New York and New Or
leans.
The new ships will be among the hand
somest on the coast and will have unusual
freight capacity They viii haye accom-
mOdatiOns for 13s first cabin, thirty-six
second cabin. and sixty-three steerage
passengers. They will be four-deckers.
The dining saloon as in the City OF Sa-
vannah, will be forward and Will have
q dome Of cathedral glass in the center,
something hitherto unknown in vessels
plying between this and Southern ports.
Gained Control in 1907.
Mr.. Hartman obtained control OF the
Central Of Georgia Railway in the latter
part Of 1907. but he did not make formal
announcement OF the fact until March.
1905. He said that he had paid $S.OOo.0Ol
for the stock.
Although II was known among most
railroad and steamship people that the
! Inc I'D f1z~f rr7l
OF Georgia Railway. the railway sought
TO prove otherwise IN the suit brought
against It for the payment of interest
on income bonds for 1907. On May 81
William Garrard. the auditor appointed
by the Superior Court Of Georgia, fled al
Savannah report deciding that the net
earnings Of the Savannah Line should be
considered a part Of the income OF the
railroad
The earnings for the year 1907 were
$50. .Se9 Q. The auditor found that the
Ocean Steamship Company was 8 sep
arate corporation merely for the conven-
ience Of the railway company"
There was a doubt whether OF not the
railway company could own and operate
ships, and therefore TO avoid any legal
question that might be raised the
/ Central Railway and Banking Company
of Georgia caused the steamship company
TO be chartered and organized
u was announced last month that the
/ Central OF Georgia had been transferred
10 the Illinois Central There never has
| been any formal announcement of the
ownership of the Savannah Line by Mr.
| Hartman, although Il has been known
in Wall street a long time.
Decline TO Discuss Deal.
officials Of the company have refused
to say anything on the subject. and even
the travelling public that patronizes the
Savannah ships have had the impression
that the line was an independent cor
poratiOn.
The line does an enormous freight bus
mess. and it's ships are generally filled
with passengers in the fall and winter
/ Steamship men say the investment OF
new capital by Mr.. Hartman IN building
up the line will give him a big hold
/ on freight outputs for New York. BOs-
/ ton, and Europe from a section OF West
ern and Southern territory covering about
/ 10000 square miles.
| II Is Said the Hartman connections In
the West will send by way OF the Central
/ OF Georgia from points as far West as
/ Denver. freight for this port, Boston. and
I Europe f1lLuGrlO LllS IrelElL mas Deer
/ shipped by way OF New Orleans aboard
/ ships OF the Southern Pacific Morgan
4 Line). The route by way OF Savannah
/ is few days nearer than over the route
/ by way Of New Orleans.
Officers Not Changed.
Mr.. Hartman has not changed any
/ OF the executives Of the Central Railroad
/ OF Georgia or the Savannah Line. J. F.
| Hanson is president OF both the railway
! and the steamship company. ". H Pleas
ants is vice president OF the steamship
/ line. and viii look after the details OF
! the construction Of the new ship which
1 Will be built by the Newport News Ship
/ building Company.
] When Charles W Morse merged several
! coastwise lines into the Consolidated
/ Steamship Company some folks wondered
/ why he did not get the rich Savannah
/ Line into the combination. II is said that
/ Mr.. Hartman had some ideas OF his owr
/ on coastwise consolidation about the time
/ that Mr.. Morse had his. and that is why
| the Morgan and Savannah lines did not
/ go 70 the Morse fleets
/ The chief freight Of the Savannah Line
| boats. four Of which ply between this
I port and Savannah and three between
/ Savannah and Boston, IS lumber. turpen-
/ tine. cotton. and. in the spring and sum-
mer fruit. With the coming OF the new
/ ships the line will have five or six sail
ings from this port, instead Of four. q
week