The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-29
Far More South and Central
American Than United States
Vessels Go Through.
Chile And PERU FORTUNATE
The Numerous saliinss Are Making
This Waterway a Much Travelled
Tourist Route-opportunity
Big for American to See
West Coast.

than United States vessels as regula
users of the canal at this time. Thi
fact, with the fact that Chilean an,
Peruvian steamers make the Atlanti
rather than the Pacific terminal thei
Canal port, is one of the greatest sur
prises of Canal operation and mos
marked results of the European war.
effect upon canal traffic.
Chilean and Peruvian ships will prac
tically have the canal to themselves Il
the closing of the ports of the British
West Indies at night, just announced
as war measure against German ma
val raiders, tends to take English anG
allied shipping away from the Cana
as effectively as high freight rates tC
Europe have taken United States yes
sells away from the waterway built fol-
their special benefit. I
Berthing at the same pier, or at one
Immediately adjacent, to that of the
| regular passenger and freight steam.
ers coming to the Atlantic terminal OF
the Canal from New York and Europe,
the fine Peruvian and Chilean steam
ers now making regular weekly and
scheduled trips through the Canal af-
ford convenient and quick transfer of
passengers and freight for even such
far places at Buenos Aires and its
nearby cities on the East coast.
Popular Tourist Route.
This opportunity to see the Andes
and the Canal is making the isthmus
q much Travelled tourist route. In
creasing numbers of people bound from
Argentina, notably Buenos Aires, for
the United States are making the voy-
age by way of the Canal. They 60 to
Valparaiso by way of the Transandean
railway and embark there for the
Isthmus on one of the two regular lines
| of steamers plying between Chile and
the Atlantic terminus of the canal. The
voyage to the Pacific entrance of the
Canal is about fifteen days. At the
iSthmus close connection is made with
ships running to the United States,
which are at sea from five to eight
days. ~.
Steamship service to the west coast
of South and Central America from the
Atlantic entrance of the Canal is now
almost as continuous as the steamship
service through the Canal to other
parts of the world is limited and irreg-
ular.
| The Chilean line, known as the South
American Steamship Company, main
tains approximately a weekly service
between Christobal, the Canal port at
the Atlantic entrance, and west coast
ports as far south as Cristobal.
| The Peruvian Steamship and Dock
company Of Callao maintains a week
ly service between Cristobal and Ecu
adorian and Peruvian ports. These
Peruvian ships, built in Europe before
the war and in every way up to the
requirements of first-class passenger
| liners, make their principal calls at
Guayaquil and Paita. With sailings
each way about once a week, the Pc
ruvian boats will make freight and
| passenger transfers whether it is posi-
BILE and practical for an enterprising
and thoroughly up-to-the-minute man
agement to do so, and at the same time
keep close to its published schedule.
| Chilean line steamers are also first
class in the present use of the trav.
cling world.
Many Other Lines.
The Pacific Steam Navigation COM
pany, an English company, operates
steamers from Cristobal as far south
as Valparaiso and Coronel and as far
north as San Jose de Guatemala, call
/ ing at all principal way ports. For the
Central American ports north of the
Canal this company's steamers leave
| monthly. For Tumaco and Ecuadorian
ports as far south as Guayaquil the
Pacific Steam Navigation steamers
The Columbia Maritime Steamship
company, limited, maintains steam
ship service twice month between
the Canal and Buenaventura.
The Pacific Mail Steamship company
operates ship about every nine days
| from the Atlantic entrance of the Canal
| to San Francisco. These ships call at
all the principal central American
| ports passed on each voyage.
Between the Atlantic coast of the
| United States and the Pacific coast of
South America there is the heaviest
canal traffic-at present principally nj
trates. The Merchants line, operated
| by w. r. Grace & Co., has a steamer
each way every two weeks, touching at
the ports of Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
The West Coast line (Wessels, Du.
val & Coz maintains regular steamers
between New York, Chile and Peru
with a vessel each way about every
third week.
| From Europe to Pacific.
|, From Europe to the Pacific coast Of
South America the East Asiatic com
pany has line from Copenhagen by
way of Gothenburg, Christiania to Val
paraiso and intermediate ports, with &