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Van Vleck & Co.
| Name | Van Vleck & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Wall Street 100 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Reeder |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 119] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1879 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Kommentar |
| Schiffsverkehr |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
Shipping Merchants and Proprietors o£ the California Line for San Francisco. |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The above house is a well known one in a very important branch of the American mercantile marine - we allude to the clipper ship trade between New iork and San Francisco. The widely known firm of Van Vleck & Co., proprietors of the California line, was founded by Mr. R. B. Van Vleck in 1879, and has had a continuous and prosperous existence. Prior to the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad, the only direct means of communication for the transport of heavy bulk freight between New York and San Francisco was by clipper ship, and at one time no less than seven different lines were in operation; however, through rail connection has proved a keen competitor and has resulted in the discontinuance of all but two lines. The trade itself, however, is still a large one in the aggregate, and comprises the various kinds of staple goods of bulk and weight, for which, at current freight rates, the sea route has the preference with shippers. The California line has long been a favorite throughout the mercantile community, and under the able and reliable management of Messrs. Van Vleck & Co. has been conducted so as to give unqualified satisfaction to all concerned. The firm employs in their line none but fast Al clipper ships of large capacity, insuring quick voyages, and the delivery of cargo in prime condition. At current freight rates, and with insurance effected at lowest rates, the patronage accorded has ever been of a large and permanent character. For this trade ships of twelve hundred tons and upwards are employed, the largest vessel in the trade, and at present the largest American sailing ship in existence, being the "John R. Kelly," of two thousand five hundred tons register and four thousand seven hundred tons cargo capacity. The firm's loading berth is most centrally situated at Pier 15, East River, whence their ships have quick dispatch, and land freight direct upon the wharf of their consignees in San Francisco, Messrs. Williams, Dimond & Co. The firm also have a Boston office at No. 8 Exchange Place, Boston, and is in every respect an enterprising one. It has been a member of the New York Maritime Exchange since the organization of that body, and the co-partners are spoken of in the highest terms on Change as gentlemen of thorough reliability and the strictest integrity, and whose line is in every respect a credit to, and a valued factor in, the commercial progress of the metropolis. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 119] |
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