Show The scarcity of ships for the Atlantic trade is worrying ship men and they I are very anxious to know whether England Eng-land is going to release some of the transports which she has impressed Into the South African service Shipbuilding Ship-building is going on with Immense rapidity rap-idity and on a great scale Seven new ocean liners MI1 be ready for the spring trade Among them is the Hol landAmerican liner Pollsdam a great ship with superb equipment The French line will have the La Lavole La Lorraine and LEquitalnc In the coming summer he Pacific Mall Steamship company will have two new ships for the mall trade between San Francisco China and the Philippines The Oceanic company is building three and the International two Four are being built for tho Hawaiian trade with an aggregate tonnage of 2C690 The New York and Cuba Steamship company has two vessels partly finished fin-ished President HIM of the Great Northern says within five years his company wiJl have twentyfive new steamships In the Orient ocean trade between the Pacific coast and Asia These will be about 12000 tons each but then sometimes all of Mr Hills expectations are not realized The English Eng-lish Government for Its transport service ser-vice with South Africa has pulled off six Cunardcrs and throe White Star steamers from tho Transatlantic line A war Is a blesned thing for a steamshIp steam-shIp company lint has a lot of old fashioned and expensive ships that it wants to dispose of |