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VOL. XXXVI. CLEVELAND, JULY 18,-1907. NEW YORK No. 3 CONTRACTS FOR .SIX STEAM- ERS. The Southern Pacific Co., operating the Atlantic: Steamship lines, is plan- ning a considerable extension of its coastwise steamship business which will include larger services to New York from Gulf ports. Contracts are shortly to be let for the construction of six steamers of dimensions approximately as follows: Length over all, 440 ft.; beam,' 52 ft. found that we handled for Baltimore - more than 50,000 tons a year. This freight came to New York, and was in large part trans-shipped from here by rail.) Lf. practically "1000; tons a week was awaiting a roundabout way to reach the desired market, then we thought another 1,000- tons or more could be awakened into life if we went after it. This is what we are now going to do. "We will start the line with three rial needed in the east from the west- ern slope, clear out to. California. This means dried fruits, hides, leather manufactures, lumber, etc. In Texas we tap, the cotton and rice fields, as well as hides and leather. Here, therefore, is a return traffic for us at Galveston. At New Orleans we have again cotton, rice, sugar; molasses, © rosin, turpentine and oils. The busi- ness awaiting us to move to points is 'easily distributed from Baltimore. THE NEW STEAMER W, B. DAVOCK OF THE VULCAN STEAMSHIP CO.'S FLEET, GOING UP ST. CLAIR RIVER, and depth of hold, 35 ft. The vessels are to be of about 5,000 tons dead- weight capacity with an average. sea speed Gf 15. knots: It -is expected that their construction will be begun within the year. In speaking of the plans for improvement Mr. C. W. Jungen, manager of the steamship service, said: "Tt had prepared some months ago a list of the tonnage supply passing up and down the Atlantic coast," he said. "This showed the chief points of accumulation and the principal points of distribution. In this list we steamers. Our fleet here consists of 19 vessels and we can spare two or three for the Baltimore trade when- ever that justifies it. The new line will most likely be opened with the smaller boats we. own. These are the average ocean-going coastwise freightens and will carry 2,200 tons deadweight. If we can load three of these to and from Baltimore in week- ly sailings we will feel that our ven- ture has been justified. "Our lines will run in close connec- tion with the Southern Pacific railway, which brings vast quantities of mate- What we will carry back you must: ask your own people, but we are con- vinced the trade is there awaiting us. "While we do not claim any close connection with the railways and will work in favor of none, still we deem the rail traffic essential to our suc- cess and profit. We can pull together as a two-horse team and get better results than if a single animal at- tempted to carry the load. We will draw from the Southern Pacific, of course, both at New Orleans and Galveston. We expect equally as well to return them freight at both points.