New-York tribune., 1919-06-05
Hurley Plans
Ship Line to
Latin America
Shipping Board to Use Old
Enemy Ships to Promote
Business Relations With
South American Countries
Sailings To Be Frequent
Service Will Be Inaugurated
With Trip of Business Men
From This City on Nov. /
Neto York Tribune
LVushin0tO11 Bureau

" dshlrgtOu bureau
WARRINGTON, June 4-With prac-
tically all of her former trade with
South America transferred to the
United States, Germany must now sub
NIT to seeing this trade maintained
and promoted with former German
steamships.
The first fast through passenger
steamship service from the United
States to Buenos Ayres and Rio dc
Janeiro, Chairman Hurley, of the Ship
ping Board, told the Pan-American
conference here to-day, would be es-
tablishcd under the American flag with
former German steamships, beginning
November l next. The Mount Vernon,
with & speed of 1914 knots an hour,
are to take up this trade, making the
Brazilian capital in ten days from New
York and Buenos Ayres in fourteen
days. This will be the service Of the
future, as compared with twenty-four
days in the past to Rio
But this is not all Fourteen com
bined passenger and cargo steamers
that will provide comforts and luxuries
for the South American travellers
hitherto unknown, are now building
and will supply service to both the
east and west coasts of South America.
Contemplated lines" Mr.. Hurley
said, "call for at least two lines from
New York to serve the West Indian
trades, one Of them covering the east
ern Caribbean and the other the west
ern Caribbean, with canal connections
at Colon. To serve the swelling COM
mcrcc of the west coast line will be
maintained connecting Valparaiso and
the other western ports with Mobile or
New Orleans. We have to-day pas
scnger service from New York to VAL
paraso which is nine days shorter than
existed one year ago. AS soon as the
army returns our American transports
we will have weekly service from New
York TO Valparaiso on fine passenger
lines through the Panama Canal.
Mr.. Hurley said it was planned to
celebrate the inauguration of the new
service by taking a party Of about 700
government officials and business men
on the first trip, which will be made by
the Mount Vernon, starting from New
York November l.
Engineering problems as they per
tain to the further development of the
resources of Latin America will be dis
cussed at tomorrow's session of the
conference, following a presentation O.
financial and credit topics by Charles
NJ. Schwab and f. A. Vandcrlp.
Transportation by rail. waterway
as we'll as highways, will be discussed ID
and also irrigation and sanitation.
Percival FarCuhar. who for years ha
been identified with the largest rail
way SYSTEMS of Brazil and the Argen
tine, will present the topic Of trun
lines as they exist and the necessit
for tho further building of feeders int
the rich mineral and agricultural sec
tions of the various countries. Seno
Alberto de Hoyos, manager of the con
stitutional railways Of Mexico, will
present facts concerning the cxtensv
railroad systems of his country.
Other questions to be taken up will
be highways, by Charles Within
Baker; automobiles, by Mr.. Penny
hacker; industrial railways as feeders
by Charles F. Lang; aerial tramways
by Mr. Kretz; waterways, by A. "
Mackie and James E. Smith.
Major George A. Soper, of the sur
gcon generals Office, will discuss prope
methods of sanitation as a means o
reducing death rate and its effect OF
mortalitv