The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-01-29
vessel touching at the Canal every two

vessel touching at the Canal every two
weeks
The Johnson line plies between
Swedish and other Scandinavian ports
and the west coast as far as Valpa-
raise, with steamer each way about
every sixty days.
The Booth line has a number of YES
sells in service between Great Britain
and the west coast of South America.
Departures have not been regular, and
the vessels in this service were regu-
lar Brazil traders, tramping during the
war on account Of interrupted trade In
their usual area.
The Pacific Steam Navigation COM
pany frequently has vessel direct
from Great Britain to Peru and Chile.
The principal service to Europe of this
company is rendered by transfer at the
Atlantic entrance of the Canal to the
Royal Mail Steam Packet company and
other Atlantic carriers.
From Europe to the west coast Of
North America the East Asiatic COM
pany has a service between Scandi-
navian ports and San Francisco, OPP
Grating a vessel each way about every
fourth week. The johnson line also
has a vessel over this line each way
every sixty days. The Harrison-Direct
line has a service between Great Brit
ain and the West coast as far north as
Puget Sound, with vessel each way
approximately every month. The Ma
pie Leaf line sends its steamers from
New York to Vancouver, to return to
Europe by way Of California ports, ev-
cry five weeks.
To the Orient.
To Japan, Siberia, China and the
Philippine islands the traffic through
the canal from the Atlantic cost of
the United States during recent months
has exceeded in tonnage the cargOes
one way on any other of the routes
named, with. the exception of the ship
ments from the West coast of South
America to the United States.
The principal lines operating in this
service are the American and Oriental
line, the Barber line, Shewan Tones
& Co. and Alfred Holt & Co. Between
these companies a vessel comes to the
Canal about once every ten days from
New York. The American and Man.
churian company (known also as the
Ellerman & BucknalD has vessel at
the Canal about once in three weeks.
The Nippon Yusen Kabushika, Kaisha
has fine vessel at the Canal approx
mately every two weeks in each direc-
ton. Messrs. Norton, Lily & Go. have
ships in this far Eastern service at the
Canal at irregular intervals, but ap-
once month.
To Australia.
To Australia and New Zealand, the
United States and Australia line OPP
crates a vessel between New York and
New Zealand and Australia about once
q month. The Ellerman lines have a
service from New York to the same
ports, but with irregular leaving dates.
The Luckenback line also has serv-
ice between New York and Australia.
The Federal Steam Navigation COM
pany, New Zealand corporation, has
a vessel between New York and New
Zealand every six weeks. In addition
to these boats the American-Australian
and the Commonwealth and Dominion
lines serve the same trade area with a
vessel about every fourth week.
That there is no United States coast
wise trade through the Canal, the
Worlds correspondence from here has
made as clear as that even for sailing
vessels the Canal makes the voyage be-
tween the east and west coasts Of the
United States one that is very cheap.
Prior to the high freight rates which
the European war has caused the
company was ship
ping Hawaiian and West coast prod
ucts to New York and other Eastern
cities at great profit. The American
Hawaiian ships have found it more
profitable to abandon this coastwise
traffic to carry nitrates to and gen.
eral freight from Europe.