The New York herald., 1921-11-01
HARTMAN GROUP
PLANS DANUBE LINE
Mount Summit and Mount Sid
ney, Former Austrian Ships,
to Be Used.
HELD UP BY U. s. BOARD
w. Averill Hartman Tells of
Investing 'Few Million
Kronen or About $751;
HELD UP BY U. s. BOARD

The fate of the Mount Summit and
the Mount Sidney, two former Austrian
ships purchased at the outbreak of the
war by the Hartman interests. rested
yesterday on fhe action of the Shipping
Board. which announced last week that
in futureiit will pursue the policy OF the
British Board of Trade and refuse to
permit the transfer Of an American
vessel to another flag unless convinced
the change is in the interest OF American
commerce.
w. Averill Hartman. chairman Of the
board of directors of the American Ship
and Commerce Corporation. said that his
company had obtained the consent of the
Shipping Board to the transfer six weeks
ago and that it had not been withdrawn.
1t Is understood that the two ships.
which are suited to the Austrian trade,
were to be the nucleus of q fleet of YES
sells flying the Austrian flag and operat-
Ing from river ports on the Danube
Since the loss of Trieste Austria has
no seaport and tho Danube trade is
practically Government monopoly be-
cause OF the heaviness of the tolls. Ac-
cording TO report recently published
in the Schifahrt-Zeitutg of Vienna the
Austrian Credit Bank and the Hamburg
American Line in association with the
Hartman group has organized cor
poration to be known as the Oester-
reichsiche Reederei Aktien-Gesellschaft
The Hamburg American and North Ger
man Lloyd lines are now allied.
When this report was brought to Mr..
Harriman's attention yesterday he first
denied that his company is interested
but finally said that "a few million
lew OH L., hnA
been invested merely because the Amer
lean company will act as. passenger
agents for the new Austrian line.
The joint committee Of the ship build
ers and ship operators associations Will
be held next Monday at the Offices Of
the Ship Owners Association. IL Broad
way. Tomorrow and Thursday there
will be important rate conferences at
the offices of the shipping board here.
Additional evidence of the German
shipping revival Is seen in the an
nouncement that next February the
North German Lloyd will inaugurate a
service between Bremen and New York
and possibly. Bremen and Baltimore.
This enterprise. it was said yesterday, is
entirely distinct from the lines existing
service in conjunction with it's American
| partners. the Hartman group.
| The Cunard Line announced yester-
day that service between New York and
Danzig has been cut to ten days and
+, that to Reval and Pllau has been re-
| duced several days. This has been
made possible by new system of Conti-
mental rapid train service arranged by
the Cunard. Upon the arrival of the
company's ships abroad the new ar
rangement provides other ships and fast
trains in readiness to transport passen-
gers to their destination. Cooperation
between the Cun,rd Line and the rail-
road companies .elimipates> all delays. the
statement says. and speeds passengers
| along in from two to four days less than
heretofore.
| On arriving az Danzig passengers for
Warsaw Will be taken care of by the
Polish authorities and their transporta-
| tion and passage through the customs
arranged for nominal sum. the state.
nent added.