The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 248
the River Plate.Most of their boats have been called after the principal rivers ofGermany. A printed return shows that in 1874 the averageweekly passages westward from Southampton of the companysboats, Donau, Moselle, Hermann, Hansa, Weser, Rhein, Main,America, Oder, Neckar, Deutchland,… … Q 2 THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD COMPANY. 229 quickest in 9 days 8 hours 50 minutes.* In 1880, under thespirited management of Herr Lohmann, the present managingdirector, the company decided that the future of the passengertraffic and of the mail service lay with express steamers, offeringto passengers…
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