The Norddeutscher Lloyd.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 30, 11 May 1889, Page 3

The Norddeutscher Lloyd.

, We are in receipt, from Messrs. Beegner, Langguth, nnd Co.. of a neat little handbook it-sued by tho Norddeutscher Lloyd, which gives a detailed account of the formation, extent of operations, lines of route, number and otyle of fl•>< ts. possessed by this company, one of the largest and most complete shipping concerns in tho K mercantile world The story of ihe ■ Norddeutscher Lloyd, which occupies I some fifteen pages, is an interesting W narrative of the rise, intermediate and ultimate splendid ' : suecess which has attended the com- ' pany since, in 1856, Hen- 11. Meier r succeeded in forming the " Lloyd " by ' amalcamating the already established shipping interests of Bremon in order, -nr M-approximately put it, to give them a common and more ambitious

purpose. The companies which thus sank their individual! y to give life to the larger creation were the WesorIlaute Steamship Co., the Unter Weser and Obor Wese,- Steam Tug Co., and the Oher Wc-ser Universal • Shipping I n-ura nee Association, j Though the steamships With which the Lloyds started operations were tho best and most advanced typo of Bit- '. tish vessels then in vogue, the yearly ' development of the am of naval shipbuilding nnd engineering soon paused them and their successors to fa'l rapidly belli d the times, but with unswerving faith in the future, the directorate ol the Lloyd hesitated to expend large sums in building new fleets,' until now their " express" steamers proudly take n front rank among the numerous splendid " ((feyhound " ste.imers trading in all tho principal ocean routes of the world. Many occasions of depression have [ assailed the Lloyd sinco its formation, I notably during the Amoricsn Wur of l 1860-114, and the Franco-Prussian ■ struggle of 1870, but wise manage- ■ ment and bold enterprise have safely Rcarried the concern through all tho |b difficulties which beset it, until, in ex■tent of resources, quality of vessels, Xa* regards speed, comfort, and safety, Band wide development of trade, tho mNorddeutseher Lloyd equals if not ex■oak any similar organisation in Etuone I or Americß. The operations of tho I company are slowly but surely extendKing to nil quarters of the globe. ■Separate lines have running tegulnrly Hfor the past twenty years to Now York Hand Baltimore; while branch services ■Vo New Orleans and the West Indies Bonneet with these at stated intervals; ■he immense trade of the Braiils and Hhe Argentine Republic is tapped by Memoes which make regular calls at Rtio de Janeiro and Buenos Ay res resHeetivery; while the oommerce of the Beat «nd the Australias is provided Vbrlbt fine steamships running by ■fSuss route to India. China and ■!>• *»d to Melbourne and Sydney, ■ latter service eonneoting by. a ■sch with the island group* of fla■LMd Tonga. Th# steamer* on MLM ililM are lavishly furnished ■■vjpi the) most modern contrivances ffojamfak —j amasemtnt of the Eli m pmlsw means of eon* Ll h>v*. - eeenwd .to dm jlfiieUurUlUT tkett ve»

apprfm:he3 Ky that of th» mvollrr* hy the fauiou* British Cu;:it! i lino, 19.832 whim the Anchor lipe, fr<-m 01 i»j;f»w mwl Jj\erpo»d, com.'* thirl with *J<M5|, lint mi< hj tjTMit line* n* tins Inm.iu, Gtiiuii, White st*r. &«•,, dwiadUdown to lww tbau half the number. Furthermore, the commanding position of tlit Lloyds Nfw Yorkfl«etin regard to speed in shown hy a tnble of r- turns * recently ismied hy iho United State* i'urf Offl;e on the Subject of European may*. According to these offii-iul figure*, if 300 hour* be tulcn us n fair average timo fur tin- transit of mail* from New York to the liritish Poet Office, London, it will hj« found that there are hut ten etoumors that hit to performed th« ocean service fast ouough to get within this limit. Of these teasteamships—all a* it happen* built by the Scotch firm, tho Fuirriol.l Shipbuilding Company (late John Elder undCo.)—three In long to different Liveraool line*, and seven to tinNorddeutsohor Lloyd. And this, be it remembered, is comparing the ordinary Lloy&eervice from Ne» York to Southampton to the special mail route to Qiieenntowu, and thence ria Holyhead to the metropolis. In addition to their ocean-going pnokois the Lloyd possesses a fleet of tender* and colliers has a dry dork of its own flt Bremen, and pn.se.-scs oxtotisivolandingaccommodation in all the principal ports. Altogether the handbook is a most complete mid interesting rolumo and an invaluable aid to tin traveller, who can, by the perusal of its pages, know almost ut u glance the rates of passage and length of voyages to any of the chief cities on any of tbo many widespreading routes ; while the men manners, and natural features of tho strange climes visited ar.i lucidly and graphically described in a s-ries of interesting articles.— IVttkly Nor*.