The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-23

neaus IN Every Fort OF the world
Are Being Revived-Establish So
Regular Cargo Liner Services In
Trade Routes Opened Within Six
Months.
The vast expansion of the American
merchant marine in the past two years
is revealed by figures issued by the
United States shipping board. Exclu-
sive Of more than 100000 tons of
shipping still In wal service, the board
now employs 729 ships of 4,2SS,971
tons In general commerce.
The glories of the past, when the
Stars and Stripes snapped from mast
heads In every port of the world, are
being revived. The board has estab-
lished and now has under operation 62
regular cargo liner services in trade
routes which have been opened in the
past six months, and there are TIA
steamships of 1851, 305 lightweight
tons employed in the trade routes
which have been given regular cargo
liner service. The remainder Of the
commerce fleet Is engaged In general
cargo and tramp service. Additional
trade routes are soon to be opened
and more ships will be utilized as
they are released from war service,
and as new ships are delivered.
Reach Every Quarter.
Every quarter Of the globe is now
reached by regular cargo liner serv-
ices. The cargo liner service to the
Argentine and Uruguay includes 16
steamships of from 5000 to 1900 dead
weight 0 n sailing weekly from New
York to the Argentine; five of from
1900 to 1900 tons from Boston to the
Argentine; two of 5,075 and $500 tons
from Mobile, Ala, to the Argentine /;
four of 5,O75 tons from New Orleans
to the Argentine; four of from 1900
to 5000 tons from Wilmington, Del,
to the Argentine; four of from 1900
to 5000 tons from Charleston, s. c.,
to the Argentine; four of from 1900
to 1900 tons from Savannah to the
Argentine; four of from 1900 to 1900
tons from Brunswick, Ca, to the Ar
gentine, and four of from 1900 to a.
600 tons from Jacksonville, Fla. to the
Argentine. All of these ships call at
Montevideo, Buenos Aires, La Plata
and Rosario. They carry every imag-
Unable manufacture.
In addition to this there is now a
splendid Brazil service with nine big
cbipc toayinr Nav, yorly a m N tar-d ay
schedule for mid-Brazil, and two 9TH
ers leaving New York for north Bra
I'll every six weeks. The Brazil serv-
ice also includes ships from New Or
: leans to Rio and Santos, from VIII
mington, Charleston. Savannah, Bruins
4 wick, Ga, and Jacksonville.
! The cargo liner service to the west
coast of South America, ranging from
Guayaquil to Valparaiso, comprises five
e large ships from New York on fort
' nightly sailings to Valparaiso and 9
D steamship from New Orleans on a bi
h monthly sailing to the same port.
i The board advertises two ships from
New York to Egypt on monthly sail
ings, five from New York to the Dutcl
West Indies ON monthly sailings, tw,
from New York to Bombay and otheI
Indian ports on %bi-monthly sailings
J and three TO V~arbelona, Valencia
Cadiz and Seville on monthly sailings
. One ship sails for the new free por
of Danzig every month, and there |
now a cargo liner service to Constar
tinople from New York with two ship
, sailing every six weeks.
8 Other saiIlngs.
: Other services listed by the boar
include New York to West Afric,
{ three ships on monthly sailings; Me-
York to South Africa, two ships on b
r monthly sailings; New York to Aui
tralia and New Zealand, three ship
on monthly sailings; New York I
8 China and Japan, three ships on
u six-weeks' schedule, and ID shiI
l. from San Francisco to China and il
= pan and sailing every ten days.
In addition there are new service
from San Francisco to Eastern porf
= and Europe; from New York
Genoa; from New York to Grecia
ports; from New York to London, 81
of the largest ships on fortnight
sailings; Philadelphia to London; Ba
timore to London; Norfolk, Va,
London; New York to Liverpool, an
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, No
folk and Galveston, Tex, to Live