ALLAN LINE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 7

ALLAN LINE.

1 ' REMOVAL OF HEADQUARTERS. Iliy Tokcraph.—l'rcaa Association.—OopjTlctil.l . . London, September 14. : . The.mahagenient of the Allan Transatlantic liine has been moved from Glasgow, to Man-' treal, in Canada. •- V . ■: " , INAUGURATED IN 1854. The Allan .line of steamers wasoriginally called the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, formed by tho Allan Brothers, whoi as sailing-ship owners, had been connected • with about 1820. The first steamer of the line, the Canadian, 1700 tons, was dispatched from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal ' September 20, 1854J It was intended to inaugurate at that time a fortnightly . mail service,-.but owing to the Crimean War, during which the steamers were engaged as transports, the mail service did not begin until April, 1856, with tho sailing of . tho North American^' ': ' .The line has "since continued to meet and promoto; the postal, commercial, and passengerrequirements: of the now vast Domin-ion,-and has carricd: the mails nearly tho Wholo of the- time alid is still doing so.' Since 1859, sailings hav;> been weekly..' The steamers £0 to, Hailtdx and ,St. John, N. 8., when tho St. -Lawroncc is closed.. The itinerary includes Glasgow, Liverpool, Londonderry, -and London, embracing'on the other side, in addition to several .Canadian ports), Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and the River Plato. ' 1n'1905 tho Virginian and Victorian (MO feot by 00 feet by -10 feet. 0 inches, 17J-knots), the first turbine-propelled Atlantic steamers, successfully augmented the. service; both 'have beaten all'records, the passago of tho Virginiun; (10,75-4 tons) in August, 1908, between liimotiski and.-North of Ireland in s'days 4 hours being the fastest. ■ The largest steamer is tho Coraican.'ll,436 tons.. Hesperian and Grampian are the latest-additions. Tho ileet consists of 28 steamers of 1G0.0G9 tons. ■ .•