. Pacific line guide to South America; containing information to travellers & shippers to ports on the east & west coasts of South America . - were received withgreat rejoicings and with salvos of artillery—-everybody IO wishing to visit them ; the President of the Chilian Republic,with his Ministers, being the first to welcome the steam-ships to the shores of the Pacific. From this smallbeginning was developed the vast trade that now existsbetween South America and Great Britain. The Company in its early days had many difficultiesto overcome, the scarcity of fuel being one of the greatest ;an
. Pacific line guide to South America; containing information to travellers & shippers to ports on the east & west coasts of South America . - were received withgreat rejoicings and with salvos of artillery—-everybody IO wishing to visit them ; the President of the Chilian Republic,with his Ministers, being the first to welcome the steam-ships to the shores of the Pacific. From this smallbeginning was developed the vast trade that now existsbetween South America and Great Britain. The Company in its early days had many difficultiesto overcome, the scarcity of fuel being one of the greatest ;and during the first five years the steamers were worked ata loss. Notwithstanding this, the shareholders resolved topersevere, and the fleet was gradually augmented. In 1852 four new steamers, viz., the Lima,Santiago, Quito, and Bogota, of about 1100 tonsand 450 horse-power each, were added to the line, to beemployed in a bi-monthly service between Valparaiso andPanama. From that time the trade in the Pacific rapidlydeveloped, new and hitherto unthought of branches ofcommerce were opened up, and the success of the Companywas Till LIMA, SANTIAGO, QUITO, AND BOGOTA. II The Directors commenced to apply the compoundengine to their steamships in 1856, thus effecting consider-able economy in the matter of coal consumption ; and it isworthy of record that the Company were not only the firstto adopt compound engines for ocean-going steamers,but were almost singular in this respect for upwards of14 years. In 1865 the chartered powers of the Company wereextended to the establishment of lines between the WestCoast of South America and the River Plate, including theFalkland Islands and such other ports or places in Northand South America, and other foreign ports, as the saidCompany shall deem expedient. In December, 1867, at a special meeting of theshareholders, it was determined to add to the operations ofthe Company a monthly line from Liverpool to the WestCoast of South Ameri
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