The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-23
CALL FOR SHIPS
is STILL STRONG
Comes Largely from Those Desiring to
Make Trips to Foreign Shores On
Business or Pleasure.

New York, Aug. 23.-The slogan of
"Ships! shipsl and still more ships .
so effectively used during the war TO
speed up Americas ship building pro-
campaign still is heard in American
seapoIts. 1t comes, however, not so
much from those having freight for
transit as it does from those who de
sire to make trips TO foreign shores
on pleasure or business.
Steamship accommodations for all
lands, despite more than a doubling of
pre- wartime tariffs, and rigid restrit-
tions as to passports are at premi-
UNI. Representatives in New York and
other terminals of passenger carrying
lines say that air available accommo-
dation are booked as far as three
months ahead The unfortunate bust
ness man faced with the need of max
ing an unexpected trip abroad, is
forced to depend on possible eancella-
tions of previously engaged passage ON
the part of someone who at the last
moment is prevented from sailing. On
many ships third class accommodations
hold men and women who are finan-
cially able to travel in the best that
the ship affords 1t is no infrequent
occurrence for staid banker, or
wealthy head of large business house
to be found booked with the humble
alien laborer returning to the land OF
his birth for a visit.
II was recently said by the head of
a large line in speaking of tariffs, that
in 1914 a man could purchase a tour
ist ticket including rail fares and ho-
tel accommodations for trip half
way around the world for the same
sum that he is now compelled to pay
for one-way ticket from New York
to a Mediterranean port.
Records of departures and arrivals
as kept here by the Steamship Mems
association show that despite the very
apparent rush. ravel is only about
half, as to number of passengers, what
it was in 1914. In May and June of
that year there sailed from American
to trans Atlantic ports $4,000 per-
sons of whom more than 100000 were
classed as third class. In the same
months of 1920 the outgoing total was
S0.323 of whom 10000 were third
class.
OF incoming passengers in one month |
Of 1914 there we're l05,l00 persons !
The corresponding month this ytar1
showed 1920 persons arrivals.
The rush this year and the difficulty |
in getting accommodation is account.
ed for by the fact that there are need |
ed ships, ships and more ships!" Of |
the passenger carrying class. Avail. |
able tonnage, due to the ravages of |
the war, is greatly depleted, The North |
German Lloyd and the Hamburg Amer
can lines, which prior to the war car
ried a large percentage of the trans
Atlantic travel, do not exist. IN add. |
ion, many of the big liners of allied
Tags are gone, as for example the Lusi
ania. Almost the entire pre- war feet
If another large British line were sub
marine victims. Other ships were of
, necessity laid up for periods of
more than year for reconditioning
lue to their accommodations having |
been ripped out with axes to make
hem into troop carriers. An example
Of this is the huge Olympic, which but
recently was returned to her passen-
ger carrying trade.
OF the former German liners, al
though taken over by the United !
States and other countries, but com
few are yet in operation. One
IF these is the Leviathan, the largest
hip aaoat, which is lying idle at her
lock in Hoboken-a ship which could
AIRY from 5000 to 5000 passengers
we're she in operation. The Leyiathan
,ould 90 to sea now, insofar as her
Engines and boilers are concerned, Tut
alterations Of her cabins by which she
vas able 10 take on board 10000 troops
ave untitled her for passenger
ng trade.