Identifier: sanfranciscosoce01wrig (find matches)
Title: San Francisco's ocean trade, past and future; a story of the deep water service of San Francisco, 1848 to 1911. Effect the Panama canal will have upon it
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, Benjamin Cooper
Subjects: Shipping
Publisher: San Francisco, A. Carlisle & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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the Tanis on September 6, 1900. The fourteen steamers on the line that left here up toMarch 1, 1901, carried cargoes to the value of $1,504,000. The managers were so well pleased with the results ofthe business that they promised to do better in the future,even going so far as to guarantee an average arrival everytwenty days. This promise was literally made good in 1902 when thearrivals averaged a little better than one for every twentydays, as there were twenty for that year, equal to one forevery eighteen days. Up to the close of 1910, the arrivals at San Francisco inthis line numbered 184, representing 547,653 tons of registered tonnage. The largest number in any one year was22 in 1907, representing 68,900 tons, while in 1910 the arri-vals were 16 of 58,665 tons. In the last four years there were 77 arrivals in this line,showing an average of one arrival for every 19 days. Considering the long route and the many ports of call,and the unavoidable delays incident thereto, the above
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IMAGE: The Governor of the Pacific (ship) Pacific Coast Steamship Company - San Franciscos Ocean Trade—Past and Future 109 record is an exceedingly good one and shows a commend-able persistence in the overcoming of obstacles. Soon after the inauguration of the line, the service was extended so as to include Puget Sound ports, and after dis-charging the freight designed for distribution here, the steamers proceed to the Sound, calling at San Francisco onthe return to finish cargo before starting on the long triphome. When this line was first proposed, there were some doubtsabout the feasibility of the service, not from a navigationpoint of view, but from the financial standpoint. The fact that the service is now in its twelfth year ispretty good evidence that the profits have been satisfactory to the parties interested, despite the losses and minoraccidents that have been experienced. Around the World Line. Several attempts have been made to establish an aroundthe world line of steamers, starting from some European port and via the Suez Canal to India, China a

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