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24 MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. [Aug. 14, Grecian, 1900. Boston and Philadelphia S.S.Co. 2,827 Tons, large capacity have competed with sailing freights. Sailing vessels Arrived at New York, Single Week in March.* 1842 1852 1862 1872 1882 1892 1902 BUNS ee ES A035. 18 GO 210-5 Barks and batkentines 0; 28 -5 . 43-..5Y =. 20° 4 iiies and: brigantines: <2. «41 §°\.45°-420° 11 1 Mcliooucts 4... .-. 6. 186 32 160° 924 ¢ 201: 47 22 304 75 272 404 350 53 *There is often considerable difference between dif- ferent weeks in the same month, owing to the wind, special charters, etc. 'Therefore in each case, a repre- sentative week, as far as possible, has been selected. Among the illustrations will be noticed, besides the New York coastwise steamers, several off-shore boats-- among them the Morro Castle and Niagara, of the Ward line--and two boats which do not touch at New York, the Kershaw, of the Merchants' & Miners' T'rans- portation Co., and the Grecian, of the Boston & Phila- delphia line. The history of the off-shore boats, especi- ally, is of great interest. as in the case of the lines to the Isthmus referred to in 1852 decade, and of the ships to Cuba. The Ward line, which absorbed the old Alex- ander line among others, and now maintains a fast freight service between New York and Havana, operates the best steamers of the general coastwise type which leave New York, and the Morro Castle, the largest ship on the line, built at Cramps in 1900, as a twin screw steel vessel of 6,004 tons, 4oo ft. long, and of 50 ft. beam. It is interesting to con- trast her with the old Morro Castle, which had the same run, 38 vears: ago. 'The Niagara is one of the original four steamers withe whch 'the present service was inaugurated, and is also shown El Valle, 1901. Morgan Lime. 4,605 Tons. for purposes of com- parison. She is a sin- gle screw, iron boat, of 2,265 tons gross, and 275 ft. long, and was built at Chester in 1877. The Mer- chants' & Miners' Transportation Co., represented by _ the Kershaw, is one of the lines not touching at New York which deserves special atten- tion, since it has for many years' main- tained a freight and passenger service be- tween Boston, Provi- dence, Norfolk and Savannah. Ships Denver, 1901. Mallory Line. 4,549 Tons.