Panama Via New Orleans; Report of Board of Trade Committee Made from Personal Observations of James W. Porch and Fred Muller. November-December, 1904 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...shows the countries of "rigin and destination of the through traffic for 1902 and 1903, the products of the Pacific coast transported during the same years. The number of passengers carried during the same periods were 77,865 and 81,808, respectively." COLON. Mr. Vice-Consul Hudson reports as follows: "Although Colon is called a 'free port, ' it is free only so far as the transit trade is concerned. Vessels carrying either local cargo or local passengers are subject to light dues, commercial contribution and other minor charges. The dues for two lighthouses, Punta Toro and Isla Grande, payable to the Government, have been recently reduced by about one-half, the cost to a steamer of, say, 2,000 tons net registered tonnage, amounting to about $55.20, and a further charge of $7, United States gold, is made for a third lighthouse belonging to the Panama Railroad Company. Wharfage amounts to $35, United States gold, per day, or part of a day, payable to the Panama Railroad Company, and steamship owners should bear in mind this charge, when accepting charters. Sailing vessels pay less, according to their tonnage. The regular steamship lines trading to Colon are the Leyland and Harrison Lines, from Liverpool; and the Royal Mail Steam Backet Company, from Southampton; the Panama Railroad Steamship Line, from New York direct, and the United Fruit Company's steamers from New Orleans; the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, from Paris; the Hamburg-American Packet Company, from Hamburg; the Compania Transatlantica de Barcelona, from Spain; La Veloca, from Italy; and the Austro-American Navigation Company, from Trieste. The Liverpool lines maintain a regular weekly passenger and cargo service from Liverpool direct, the time occupied on the passage by these...