The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-18
FUSE THEREIN SPUTTERS
WHEN ALLEN OPENS BOX
THROUGH STEAMER
LINE TO HA VANA
From the City of Baltimore
Will Be Great Help to
Export Trade.

BALTIMORE, Nd, July 1S.-The
first line of through steamers to be
operated between Baltimore and
Havana, Cuba, will be inaugurated
about July 20 by the Munson Steam
ship Company, following the compile
ton Of arrangements for handling
import and export shipments at Bal
timore. sailings and arrivals OF the
ships will be on fortnightly schedules,
: and this service will be increased as
fast as traffic conditions demand 1t.
The Joseph r. Foard Company, ship
brokers, will be the agents of the
Munson line in Baltimore. Vessels
OF the new line will dock at the Lo-
Gust Point terminals OF the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad to receive and dis
charge cargoes.
Shipping activities at Baltimore
will be greatly stimulated by the new
line of vessels. The Munson line has
feet OF nearly two hundred ships
engaged in foreign trade. The ships
that will be placed in service be-
tween Baltimore and Havana will
carry from 1900 tons upwards, as the.
cargo requires.
Vessels engaged in Cuban trade at
present use the ports OF New Orleans,
Mobile and New York, and the new
line Of steamers from Baltimore to
Cuba will add to that city's import
ance as an Atlantic seaport. That
tonnage will be forthcoming is GER,
tain by reason of the dispatch with
which Cuban commerce can be car
ried on through Baltimore. Through
the arrangements for docking vessels
at Baltimore the Munson line Is eX-
pected to handle a vast amount Of
traffic originating in sections of the
country reached by the Baltimore and
Ohio lines and connecting roads.
Commerce between the United States.
and Cuba embraces practically all
manufactured articles produced in
this country and other commodities.
of import and export, including raw
materials OF all kinds. Improved
conditions in Cuba, resulting from
the new form Of government in that
country, have brought about re-
markable trade expansion and de-
mand for articles made in this coun-
try. Machinery and other iron and
steel products are shipped to Cuba
in large Quantities, also furniture,
grain, fertilizer, -four, glassware.
lumber, oils, meats, vegetables, plast-
er, naval stores, soda, dry goods and
other articles. On the other hand,
Cuba has developed profitable
market in this country for sugar,
tropical fruits, ore, etc. Much Of this
will be imported through Baltimore
after the Inauguration of the new
steamer service. Asphalt is also be-
ing sent to this country in large
quantities.
The sugar crop of Cuba will this
year aggregate 100000 tons, accord
ing to estimates made by exports.
The sugar is brought to the United
States and refined. The pineapple
crop in Cuba is also heavy this year.
About one-third of the pineapple crop
sent to the United States comes to
Baltimore canneries for preserving.
The pineapple season is of short du-
ration, however, lasting only about
six weeks Vessels Of the Munson
line that bring sugar and tropical
fruits to the United States will come
to Baltimore to take on cargoAs for
Cuba. Coal from the West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Ohio fields is now
exported through Baltimore in large
quantities to Cuba. A large share of
this tonnage will likely be handled
by the direct steamer service.
With the Munson line establishing
terminal at Locust Point, nine lines
OF foreign steamers will be plying to
this port, In addition to the new
| line eight lines make regular sail
ings from Locust Point, six to for
eign ports. The foreign lines include
the North German Lloyd to Bremen,
Johnson line to Liverpool, Donald
son line to Glasgow. Red Star line
Ia Antwerp. Havre and London;
Scandinavian line to Scandinavian
ports and Holland-American line to
Rotterdam. Two American lines are
engaged in coastwise trade-the
Merchants and Miners line and the
Baltimore-Texas line.