Show e z z j f 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 BIG STEAMSHIP COMPANIES compall CoM pAnl tiro the batted ft state donat cut brach of t a retire in the tit I 1 the th largest steam wo company la in the world Is the hamburg hambur gA american merlan which sends bends ete amera into every ocean like lake the of at queen victoria tze ita the gun can never sets bete upon the ano transportation lines of that company amny the second br d in size ta is the abe pen u and 0 oriental r e r which fu furnishes rn ashes communication muni rut cation b between e t london india and r the he P PU bast U indies china and japan south africa and the australasian ports the following Is a list hat of the great comp companies anIM with ith the aga aggregate regate dounn connace 0 represented by their ships tons R T bur g america n 1 1 11 P peninsula 1 I and orle oriental 1777 british india S N company north german lloyd 1 51 1 allan steam steamship hl p company ales gerles Mari maritimes times I 1 generale italian the wilson walson line british nippon n katiba daisha japanese aoi austrian lloyd Com paula pauta spanish pacific stearn steamship ship co british 7 T 74 CAmPa grile french Pr ench white star line british cunard canard steamship co british choll hansa steamship co gernian german notwithstanding the tact that no american company appears in the above list statistics a show that our country stands second 0 nd in the total of its merchant marine great britain Is nrc first with vessels of over tons register with ith a total of I 1 tons the L united ju il d S states t atea Is 18 second ci with vessels aggregating tons norway cornea comes next in the number ot of v vessels 19 with 16 tons but germany has a greater rr eater tona affe with 1920 vessels with 1927 44 tons the french spanish italian italia dutch jap japanese and Russ laria come next in order chicago record |