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An Epoch in Canadian Shipping 9 \ » Z An Epoch in Canadian Shipping Bs RASiHiLPH C/IRl.yLE '<S- REPRINTED FROM THE CASADIAN MAGAZINE MARCH, 1907 THE ALLAN TURBINE STEAMSIIII' VICTORIAN An Epoch in Canadian Shipping By RAXDOLP11 LWRI.YI.E .\ffimUn^,i glimpse oj a tremautous ,h,ni)ir jrom the suits early 0/ navigators to tin- turbines oj t lie Allan Line IHK\ the ind()niital)le e.\- various e[K)ch> in the evolution of ocean I plortT. Jacques Cartier, first and inland navigation. Be it almost sailed I in Canadian waters, enough to >ay that to Canada may be about four hundred years aj^o, claimed the credit for producing the first he little dreamed tliat on the vessel to cro,-s the .Atlantic with no pro- other side of the Atlantic, in the ancient pelling prnver apart from steam. seaport of St. Malo, a monument would While we now regard Cartier's means be erected centuries later to perpetuate of navigation as entirely primitive, it was his name as the pioneer trader in what not until within the fourth centurv after was destined to become one of the world's he navigated the St. I^iwrence that steam ;..;reat routes of commerce bv sea. His became an actual factor in the propelling was a <;reat achievement af^ainst great of ve.sscls at sea. And it was not unii? odds. Depending entirely on wind and 1852 that Canadian shippers reallv awoke sail, he buffeted the gulf gales, and brought to their opportunities, when .Messrs. Allan, what would now be regarded as little the pioneers in steam navigation between more than a fisherman's sloop into the Great Britain and Canada, made a con- title waters of the greatest inland water- tract with the Canadian Government to way in the world. But the name of provide a mail service between the old Jacques Cartier, notwithstanding his great country and the new. That was an im- feat of discovery, is scarcely more signifi- IKirtant day for this country, and with the cant in the history of the navigation of granting of that first subsidy by the Gov- Canadian waterways and of Canadian ernment for a trans-Atlantic mail service shipping than others who have come upon went an impetus to Canadian shipping the scene some centuries later and who that is felt even to this day, and which has have been outstanding figures in the succeeded in building up between Cana- nii; < WADiAN .ma<;azink «f KnKlan.l. Ird..,„| nro,,,.,Uu.comman,l.,fabri«..illed ;„„l S..tlan.l. a "» ./„/«. ;, ves.sel that wa> emj.l.ned to with the iKst in the world. ' «arrysi.ppies,,.,hel)ukeofVVeJii„g,on, In «ho was then cam|K,innin« ..,n,i,i,.ri„K thi- urovvth a.ul .han«f, in the Penin- •n shi|,|H„jr U.twen, fana.la ..,,,1 ihr o|,| Allan s. led country, even for Canada in search «..in« hmk t-, ;,lm..s| of new ,he .arxm-s for his ••^pnn.nK .,f vessel, and it the nineteenth .enturv. isinterestinR ,he <"<;tf hat name • Allan" stan.ls h.slirst voyage from „ut ea>ilv alx'.ve all (JIasKow others an.l .. .uebec Parted a line indeed it i> im,K,>si|,U. of ..eamships ,„ ,|,,,| hat has w.th the h,.tory «one kick and forth .,f Can^iian >hi,.,,in« «i,hincreas VMth.mt nivinn lar^e plaee to ""'' '"•l-r.ance -lurinK the su.ree.l "«,v"r"'"' '^ mK Kfncral.ons ei^hty-live years. of those who have borne the name of '!'">'^ ^^''^'1 Allan an.l who have U-en «••> the pro,H.-llip.r eon- for!?...r.e, "'"Tand nected with the the voyages were various .om,Mnies of conscuentlv whuh hat name has •""'"''"''' heen so lon« i.lenti- ''"•'^'^'"1 hed. I-ew Z 7 ut,r\'" iK-rsons living now ran '^^ •"';""- «"> profitable, traee •ml•in l.>bv the.K this chain back end of ei^ht years farther than the a.lveni Captain ot the most prominent figure of all, that atcd a regular not the first of his service of clipp,r historic stock to navigate ,,,,^^^^ our waters. The founder ""''•''"''' '^' '"'«"' •'» of the .Allan to m'-!inr ^^>-^ Line was really Captain Alexander Allan father of Sir HuKh, a ^"'' ''""'' .Scotch youth, who he Jen '" "^ •" '""1^ "P"" «.ry evinced a .K^''>l^"""'l^ »f yearninK for the sea. indit^h/'''"" "ur ,Iav, I his lad, after servms his apprenticeship '"J">' -' '•'^"•••^PectiCe ^Huview ofo fh^"""the small'T yet picturesque craft that immediately preceded the tuminj; jKunt in the history of marine navigation. Hut any one, however lacking in imagination, could form at lea.st a mfnlerate idea of what it meant for Captain Allan to surmount in his <lay. with his fnigile, wooden ves.sels, the sjime winds, the siime icefloes and the same rocky coasts that in this nventieth centur>-, against all the advantages of ad vanced engineering skill, sometimes make prev of the Rreat leviathans of the deep. Nevertheless, a precise illus- tration of the difference is available. The Montreal Gazelle of September 28, 1839. contained the following ad- vertisement: "For Greenock: The well-known coppered ship Canada, 329 tons reg- ister, Brv-ce Allan, CAPTAIN Com- ALEXANDER .\LLAN, FOINDER OF THE mander, now loading and will ALI..\.\ U.VE OF hTEAMSHIPS have immediate dispatch. AN El»l>CH IN < ANADIAN SIIII'IMN<; Fitr [..issagf tmly, apply to t'api.iin Allan, oil boiini, at the I rosri. or to Miller, Kd- moii,-i..iieaiitl Allan." Sixty- six yt-ars later, after innumer- able xidsbitude- and (<in- tinuou* evolution, the Allan> adopted th' latest system of jin •: steam _ ion, the turbine engine, and ntreasc«l their alrca<Iv lar^j fleet by two majriiilkent steamers, eiith of ij.ooo tons register. From .^2y tons in one vessel to 12. 000 tons in another is a great advanie, and yet that was attained in les.> time than it takes a man to live out the allotted span. It might Im.- well here to mention that Captain Hryre .Allan was a son of .\le.\ander Alkin and a brother of Sir Hugh He acted for twenty years at Li ver|«M)l as managing owner „ of the line, and when he died his two nephews, Rola-rt and James Allan, succeeded him, and have been repre- sentatives of the line at Liver- SIR HUGH ALLAN, WHO FOR MANY YEARS WAS A PROMI- pool for the last thirty-six NENT PIGL'RK IN CANADIAN SHIPPING CIRCLSS years. Eight years after Captain .Alexiinder Allan's first vov- partnership in the shipping bu.siness with age to Canada, the fleet of the Albn -Miller, Kdnionstone and Company, a firm Line consisted, among other vessels, of which later Injcame Kdmonstone, Allan the Canada, the Favourite, the Brillianl, and Company. Kight years Liter Hugh's the Blonde, the Pericles and the Gypsie. brother .Andrew came out and soon en- Doubtless these names are familiar to tered the partnershij) with his brother. persons still living in Canada, because the .About twenty years later ?,Ir. F.dmon- vessels that carried them were favourite -stone retired, and from thi ime to the rneans of transportation across the .Atlan- present the aflfairs of the A. n Line on tic in those d;iys. Twenty years later, this side of the .Atlantic have l)een con- after iron had come into use as a material ducted under the firm name of H. and A. for .shipbuilding, the Allan fleet contained .Allan. After the death of the founder of the Slralheam. the Minerva, the Stralh- this line, two of the sons, James and blane, the Glenfinart. the Gleniffer. the -Ale.xander, conducted the business in Ardmillan and the Romsdal. Gbsgow, while their brother Bryce took \rany readers will l)e curious to know- charge of the office at Liverpool. That something about the advent of Hugh left three brothers in the old country and Allan, who afterwards became so well two in the new. The business, which was known all over Canada. He was one of by this time well established, began to five sons of Alexander Allan. The other expand rapidly, but for forty years it four sons were James, Bryce, Andrew continued under the management of the and Alexander. Hugh came to Canada quintette of brothers. Hugh became the in 1826, and five years later entered into most prominent of all, and in 1871, in ; ! TIIK CA* M>1AA MAGAZINK nunc. land in winter. lu. was n-.nnnuM.lnl An aiiem|>. w«> f. , made to kt.i^'h,. jarryo,.M|,e.o„,..,jJ,here.uh«.: ;"»' "'erefure the umlract wa» kn.«hih,,..l,|„l„ot :,; '^"'«'"- .am uit|. ., ,.,.,)j. •:;;;""'. -Hh-ns .- di.s.ou .>')« .. nrcuniMan.e. il. and A. All.n An..M,ha,|ihcx,mt. .ii.li,Kt.-,.n I,. , „H" t-.mad..,n "ip. h.m a few OoNvrnnient to yc-ars a,v, ., K s.ne ,,rovi le tl,e ^.l-.mL he > serine. Tu .arry Allan, a.,. i^..:,, out'the obje ^ j^ th. -I u„h • aRreemen. neces.ita.ed iheMTvucarc.^ f.-Io..: great a l.ii- H. S,- MnniaKu Allan. -, otlu.tleet.andassteatn.hi,. Mr. H; ^ aii,,, ;'- I.d ;|j-_An.lreu M Ihenhegun to A. Allan an,l M replace xH-hnK' usee's W j! j;rablc ' 'i"he lir>t regular >,,niluan.e Meani>l.i|, ^erxiu- i..'connec,ion wi c In- I'Mory of ,he growth --n(M-.uHri,ainan.iAnu.ri.ais.re.: of .shipping to and rom Canada. The fir.t Memur ,o he ;u. t ;va.s the Ca,„:J,a.,.
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