Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-02-02
Far More South and Central
American Than United States
Vessels Go Through.
CHILE and PERU FORTUNATE
The Numerous sallinos Are Making
This Waterway a Much Travelled
Tourist Route-Opportunity
Big for American to See
West Coast.

Panama.-South and Central Amer
lean steamers are far more numerous
than United States vessels as regular
users of the canal at this time. This
fact, with the fact that Chilean and
Peruvian steamers make the Atlantic
rather than the Pacific terminal their
Canal port, is one of the greatest sur
prises of Canal operation and most
marked results of the European wars
effect upon canal traffic.
Chilean and Peruvian ships will prac-
tically have the canal TO themselves If
the closing of the ports of the British
West Indies at night, just announced
as war measure against German No
val raiders, tends to take English and
allied shipping away from the Canal
as effectively as high freight rates to
Europe have taken United States YES
sells away from the waterway built for
their special benefit.
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 afs
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
a much travelled tourist route.f 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 go 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 aud Dock
company of Callao maintains 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 week, the Pc
ruvian boats will make freight and
passenger transfers whether 1t is posi-
BILE and practical for an enterprlsing
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
us 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 Ecuadorlan
ports as far south as Guayaquil the
Pacific Steam Navigation steamers
leave the Canal every three weeks.
The Columbia Maritime Steamship
company, limited, maintains a steam
ship service twice month between
the Canal and Buenaventura.
The Pacific Mail Steamship company
operates a 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 traflic-at present principally nj
trates. The Merchants line, operated
BY W. Il. Grace q Co. has steamer