Shipping Board's Arrangement for Travel Through U. S.
New York, July 7.
Transportation of passengers on one ticket from Europe to the Orient vid the United States, has been arranged by the United States Shipping Board. Shipping Board passenger vessels across the Atlantic and the Pacific and an arrangement with transcontinental rail lines permit a passage ticket to be sold for G. $620.50.
Vessels of the United States Line are to be used for the Atlantic passage and those operated by the Admiral Line out of Seattle and the Pacific Mail out of San Francisco are to be utilized for the service.
The special Yate of G. $620.50 will entitle a passenger from Europe to the Orient to first-class transportation on the United States Line's ships to New York, finstclass transportation on—through transcontinental trains, including Pullman, to either San Francisco or Seattle, and from those ports to the Orient.—Reuter.
Competition wits Suez.
Shanghai, Aug. 1.
In connexion with the Reuter news item, from New Yor! published to-day, on the subject of through fares from England to the Orient, we are informed that the new, G.$620.50 rate was inaugurated to compete with Suez lines, At the present cross-rate of exchange it is equivalent to about £139, The through rate does not, it appears, cover a Pullman berth across America.
The idea of a through rate is not, of course, new. The Canadian Pacific had it for many years up till the War, during which it was suspended on account of the disruption of all services. It was resumed on April 1, 1922. The Canadian Pacific now have a fortnightly service of the large Empress boats, Pacific and Atlantic. sailings being arranged so as to make immediate connexions, Pacific, railway and Atlantic reservations may ba made in the Orient for Europe and vice versa.—Reuter. in the above totals, as they would belong either to the Army or to the Navy.
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