New-York tribune., 1922-11-23
Garland S. S. Co.
New Entrant I'm
Coastal Trade
Seven Ships in Fleet That
viii Add Competition 10
Route Vexed Since Last
Summer by Rate Cutting
Makes 18th Company
Business Probably Better
Than Apparent or Else
Peace Move Is Expected

Announcement was made yesterday
that the Garland Steamship Corpora
tion intends to enter the intercoastal
trade with its feet of seven vessels.
aggregating nearly sixty thousand tons.
This service has been troubled since
summer by an intensive rate war.
With the addition of this new COM
petitor there will be twelve companies
seeking the Atlantic-Pacifc business.
The Garland ships will maintain a
schedule which Will provide sailing
every two weeks, both eastbound and
westbound. The ports at which its
steamers will touch on the Atlantic
seaboard are New York, Baltimore and
Norfolk; on the Pacific Coast, Los An
geles, San Francisco, Seattle and Port
land.
William A. Campion, who recently
resigned as general manager Of the
British American Tobacco Company to
become the vice-president and general
manager of the Garland concern, said
yesterday that the company already
had cargo in sight or contracted for
in the new service, both ways, that
would keep it busy for some time, and
added that he considered prospects in
the intercosstal trade bright, despite
the disturbed conditions that exist
The Garland company's entry into
this field is considered by many ship
ping men to have a most significant
bearing on conditions in the inter
coastal trade. 1t means one or two
things, they argue, either that there is
definite assurance that the inter-
coastal conference is about TO re-as-
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TO end the rate cutting that has been
going on or else that great volume
OF business has been attracted to the
coastal steamship lines by the low
rates that arc prevalent.
II one OF these two things were not
true, 1t is pointed out, the Garland
Steamship Corporation certainly would
not have voluntarily entered the inter-
coastal trade, when it could have gone
into any one Of dozen other services,
in which conditions are, specifically
at least, far more stable, and prospects
Of making money apparently far roster.
The first sailing of the Garland line
in its new enterprise is planned for
late in December or early in January.
The line intends TO move its main Of
fee from 5ll Fifth Avenue to IA White
hall Street, where it will occupy the
former quarters of the Dollar Steam
ship Line. In San Francisco the Gar
land representatives Will be the J, d.
Spreckels Brothers Company and Nc
Cormick & Co. will act for it in the
North Pacific.
The Garland feet at present consists
of the Carolinian, 1000 deadweight
tons; the James B. Duke, 9,030 tons
the William Perkins, $500 tons; the
Norlina, 1900 tons; the George Allen
9,050 tons; the Albert Jeffres, 1920
tons, and the William Campion, 9,03C
tons.
Five OF these vessels were purchased
last summer from the Shipping Board
some Of them having been Japanese
built. The average cots Of the feet is
said to have been $50 ton. Three
of the BEATS are now under contract to
other companies, under time charters
two to the Luckenbach lines, and one
to the American Hawaiian. These are
to be withdrawn as soon as possible
and put into the company's own serv-
Ice,
The Garland fleet is the second ac
cession to the ranks Of the companie:
plying between the coast during thu
current month, as the Munson Line
added two ships TO its intercoasta
service on November H.