STEAMSHIPS. The Fleet of Transatlantic Passenger Steamers. Includes only regular passenger lines from New York. LINE. 9778 12000 NEW YORK, PLYMOUTH, CHERBOURG, HAMBURG-AMERICAN 470 57.237.2 ESTABLISHED 1860. 508 51 16000 37500 Fajolle. 536 55, 38 Tournier 508 52 38 Verlynde. 508 51 38 10000 16000 15000 22000 15000 22000l Alix. (Office, 37 Broadway.) 7241 15000 Krech. 1889 Birkenhead. Laird Bros.. Pennsylvania 1897 Belfast...... Harland & Wolff Graf Waldersee.... 1897 Hamburg. 1897 Stettin. ... Blohm & Voss. Patricia.. Palatia Phoenicia 1894 Hamburg. Bulgaria,. 1898 Hamburg.. Leithauser...565 62 42 460 52 32 460 52 32 Blücher... NEW YORK, QUEENSTOWN, AND Teutonic...... 1889 Belfast 1890 Belfast Majestic.... Britannic.. Germanic. Cymric. Oceanic Celtic....... 1901 Belfast. *26,500 registered. Blohm & Voss Schrötter.. 501 62 35 .501 62 35 Dempwolf... 550 62 42 550 62 42 ESTABLISHED 1870. 4269 9984/16000 1875 McKinstry.. 585 57 42 4269 9965 16000 1875 E. J. Smith. 585 57 42 WHITE STAR LINE. Building when ALMANAC went to press. 3152 5004 4590 890 Hayes. 465 45 465 45 600 64 704 68 700 75 NEW YORK, BOULOGNE, AND ROT HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE. TERDAM, Piers foot 5th and 6th NETHERLANDS-AMERICAN LINE. Sts., (Office, 39 Broadway.) ESTABLISHED 1874. ESTABLISHED 1857. 66 43 546 52 NEW YORK, PLYMOUTH, CHERBOURG, SOUTH-NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. 546 60 Högemann..649 544 546 60 544 60 520 58 40 10500 7000 10500 7000 10500 8000 5306 3800 12200 8000 10200 5000 10200 5000 1901 Stettin Vulcan S. B. Co...... 15000 33000 Störmer..... 663 66 43 Stettin....... Vulcan S. B. Co...... 19500 *Steamships "Kronprinz Wilhelm," "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse," and "Kaiserin Maria Theresia" land at Pier 52, N. R., foot of Gansevoort Street, New York. All other steamers of the Bremen-New York service land at foot of Second Street, Hoboken, N. J. Steamships of the Mediterranean service (with exception of the "Kaiserin Maria Theresia ") land at Pier 24, foot of Amity Street, Brooklyn. Building when ALMANAC went to press. 2634 4008 339 Bingham.. 360 43 462 52 Route. Steamer. Line. Date. New York to Cherbourg .La Savoie. .French Aug. 31-Sept. 6.1901. BEST RECORDS OF OTHER LINES. .Queenstown to New York.....Paris Date. .Oct. 14-19, 1892. Hamburg-American..New York to Southampton...Fürst Bismarck.Oct. 20-27, 1898.. Guion.. Alaska. .New York to Queenstown ..Alaska. .Sept. 12-19, 1882... Approximate Distances: Sandy Hook (Lightship), New York, to Queenstown (Roche's Point), 2,800 miles; to Plymouth (Eddystone), 2.962 miles; to Southampton (The Needles), 3,100 miles; to Havre, 3,170 miles; to Cherbourg (The Mole), 3,184 knots. The fastest day's run was made by the Deutschland, of the Hamburg-American line, July-August, 1901-601 knots, or 24.19 knots per hour. THE RECORD-BREAKERS IN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. The following is the succession of steamships which have broken the record since 1866, with their running time. The route in all cases was that between New York and Queenstown, east or west. American sailing ship A. G. Ropes arrived off Sandy Hook March 21, 1898, in 19 days from Liverpool, Eng., having made the trip from Cape Clear (Irish coast) to Sandy Hook (2,700 knots) in 17 days, an average of nearly 160 knots a day. Most transatlantic records of sailing vessels are from New York to Liverpool or Queenstown. There is no record on file from Liverpool to New York, excepting that of the Young America, which made the trip to Liverpool in 18 days and came back in 23 days. The famous Dreadnaught once sailed to Liverpool from New York in 13 days 8 hours, and the Red Jacket in 13 days 11 hours 25 minutes. Funnel Marks and Night Signals of Transatlantic Lines LINES. American. Anchor... Bristol Cunard. French.... Blue light and two roman candles, each throwing out six blue balls. Blue light forward, white light amidships, and red light aft. Two red-white-blue lights, in quick succession, at stern. Three red lights forward, aft, and amidships, at same time. Two blue-red lights, one forward, one aft. Two green lights simultaneously. House Flags of Transatlantic Lines. Flags. White, with blue spreadeagle in centre. White swallowtail flag, with red Red flag, golden lion in centre. White flag, red ball in corner, with company's name. Hamburg-Amer. White and blue flag, diagonally quartered, with a black anchor and yellow shield in centre, bearing the letters H.A.P.A.G. LINES. Netherl' nds - Am Red Star.. White Star. Railroad Statistics. MILEAGE, ASSETS, LIABILITIES, EARNINGS, EXPENDITURES, AND TRAFFIC OF SURFACE STEAM RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. This table was compiled from "Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States for 1901." COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1890-1900, YEAR. Miles Capital Stock. Bonded Debt. Gross Earnings. Net Earnings. Interest Paid. DividendsPaid. 1890.163, 420 $4,640, 239, 578 $5,105,902, 025 $1.097,847,428 $343,921,318 $229,101,144 $83,863,632 1891. 164,324 4,809,176,651 5,235,295,074 1,138,024,459 356,209,880 231,259,810 90,719,757 1892.170,668 4,920,555,225 5,463,611,204 1,204,915,204 358,638,520 232,569,089 95,662,412 1893. 173,433 5,080,032,904 5,570,292,613 1,222, 618, 290 364,591,109 239,616,284 95,337,681 1894. 175,508 5,075,629,070 5,665,734,249 1,080,305,015 322,539,276 237,620,367 85,278,669 1895. 179,887 5,231,373,852 5,712,052,517 1,105,284,267 327,505,716 242,943,243 83,175,774 1896.180, 891 5,290,730,567 5,426,074,969 1,125,632,025 332,333,756 242,415,494 81,364,854 1897.181,133 5,453,782,046 5,411,058,525 1,132,866,626 338,170,195 231,046,819 82,630,989 1898.184,194 5,581,522,858 5,635,363,594 1,249,558,724 389,666,474 237,133,099 94,937,526 1899. 186,280 5.742,181,181 5,644,858,027 1.336.096,379 423,941, 689 239.178,913 109,032,252 1900. 191,511 5,804,346,250 5,758,592,754 1,501,695,378 483,247,526 244,447,806 140,343,653 SUMMARY OF RAILWAY MILEAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. * On basis of 2,970,038 square miles, which covers "land surface" only, and excludes Alaska. + On basis of 75,994,575, population of United States in 1900, excluding Alaska and persons in the military and naval service stationed abroad. + Excludes 21, 80 miles in Alaska. Principal Railroad Systems of United States and Canada WITH A SYNOPSIS OF LAST ANNUAL REPORT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AS SUBMITTED TO "THE WORLD ALMANAC" BY THE RAILROAD COMPANIES. Atlantic Coast Line. Net earnings.. ...$2,904,724 Fixed charges not reported when ALMANAC went to press. Norfolk-Rocky Mount, 116 m.; Ply- EXPRESS Co.-Southern. General Officers. President, E. P. Ripley, Chicago, |