Show THE GUION COMPANY the announcement was made in our telegraphic columns on the lost that the guion steamship comp anyone of the oldest in the transatlantic trans atlantic passenger service would go out of me passenger business bu between new york and liverpool and that the and arizona would be sold the movement now announced was wag aug seated fleeced two iwo years since and so far as the euion coulon company was concerned it was decided upon a year ago the necessity for such a step wat wai ja first rat shown in the season ot at 1891 when the groat great falling off in breight shipments between great britain and the united states resultant on the passage of the mckinley bill caused serious loss lose to all the steam sibia companies in that busin business esp at the time the quion guion company owned four vessels the nevada aia cousin wyoming and abyssinia the latter was burned shortly after the company om pany decided to run the others another year and did so when they were taken off and the guion ira ras practically out of the businow bu elness sinew the alaska and arizona were not owned by the guion guinn company proper but were run under a lease aud and this cau jed ed the operation of those vessels under the quion aulon management the past season the retirement of the company while it was hastened by the falling failing oft off of receipts was primarily due to other causes chiefly the desire of the owners who arbo were successors of the original lounders founders of the line to divert their capital in other directions it was under the direction or of the euion company that the now new departure in III last fast steamship service was inaugurated the brat vessel bulls built upon long narrow lines was the arizona which in 1878 acquired the title of the d of the ocean II 11 from the great excess in speed which she exhibited overall over all other vessels then followed the alaska which was faster still till next came the etruria which was built for the company but gwint to we be change of policy referred ret erred to was sold eold to the cunard company and in 1885 took the lead of fast vessels maintaining it for a number of years the management of the quion gulon company will be long and favorably remembered in utah mr george flamsted FLam sueD the capable manager of the company at liverpool with nis assistants i in is the office frank ramaben and john roberts have done much to earn the gratitude of the tens teas of thousands of latte rd salute who have crossed the atlantic in the guion boats during more than a quarter of a century past in times when prejudice led certain officials to seek to exclude mormon immigrants immier ante from landing in the united stater it was to a great extent due to manager Ra ramaben madena s prudence good judgment aud and unswerving friendship friende bip for the people that they were enabled to pass pace with the little difficulty they did meet when the government corn missioners ners visited europe a little over a year ago to inquire into the emigration from that continent to the united states state and in liverpool took up the question quest iun of mormon emigrants emi grante mr Ra madeLa s thoroughly vigorous and explicit showing on the subject drew from the commissioners commissio Lers the statement it is clear to us tha the mormon immigration is ie the abe most moat satisfactory of all that teat cornea comes from europe and we will assure laaure you that the discrimination which heretofore hall baa been made against them shall coast so ao far as aa our official influence is 19 ablo able to effect that end we shall see gee that you get your rights which we now see aee you have not bad |