The Archive · 1922

The First Arrival: Big Lines Preparing to Open Offices

Moscow, June 24.

The first passenger steamer to enter the Petrograd harbour since 19:8, arrived there on Wednesday. It was a small German packet steamer from Stettin, inaugurating a regular service in which three boats will be employed. The principal passengers were official travellers, among them Russian delegates and Government economic experts who had just completed trade and traffic arrangements in Germany International trains now are operating regularly from the three frontiers, Latvian, Esthonian and Polish, and Moscow is dotted here vith offers bearing the signs of foreign companies. The White Star and Canadian Pacific lines are arranging to open offices.

The first [American (concern to open headquarters in Moscow is the Dollar Trading Company, owned by Mr. Robert Dollar.—Reuter.

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