Category: Biographies
Albert Ballin was a native of Hamburg. Before the large modern harbour basins of the city were built, practically all the vessels which frequented the port of Hamburg took up their berths along the northern shore of the Elbe close to the western part of the town. A long road,...
Notwithstanding the many business controversies in which Ballin took an important part, it has occasionally been said that he was not really a "fighter." This statement may be a...
7. CHAPTER VIThe principal work which fell to Ballin's share during the period immediately following his nomination in 1888 on the Board of his company was that connected with the introducti...
12. v. Mutius--of whom it has been alleged that the Chancellorappointed him to his post on the death of his predecessor (the excellent Herr v. Bülow, Prussian Minister to Hamburg) for the reason that he might have a watchful eye on Prince...
14. CHAPTER XITo present an exhaustive description of Albert Ballin's life-work within the compass of this volume is an impossible task, and the more the writer entered into the details of hi...
11. CHAPTER XAbout the middle of the month of July, 1914, Ballin, when staying at Kissingen for the benefit of his health, received a letter from the Foreign Secretary, Herr v. Jagow, which...
10. CHAPTER IXThe origin of the friendship between Ballin and the Kaiser, which has given rise to so much comment and to so many rumours, was traced back by the Kaiser himself to the year 189...
6. v. Grumme's bed; the Chancellor and myself occupied the only two chairsavailable in the room, the Captain comfortably seating himself on a table. The outcome of the proceedings was that the Kaiser declared himself completely satisfied with the prop...
5. CHAPTER VSpeaking generally, the transatlantic shipping business may be said to consist of three great branches, viz. the cargo, the steerage, and the cabin business. The pool agreements...
4. CHAPTER FOURThe term "pool" may be defined in a variety of ways, but, generally speaking, the root idea underlying its meaning is always the same, both in its application to business and to...
1. CHAPTER IAlbert Ballin was a native of Hamburg. Before the large modern harbour basins of the city were built, practically all the vessels which frequented the port of Hamburg took up th...
8. CHAPTER VIIIn another chapter of this book the big passenger boats of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie have been described as the outcome of Ballin's imaginative brain. This they were indeed, and...
2. CHAPTER IIThe new shipping line for which Morris and Co. contracted to act as General Passenger Agents was the privately owned firm of Mr. Edward Carr. The agreement concluded between the...
3. CHAPTER IIIOn May 31st, 1886, Albert Ballin first took part in a joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Packetfahrt. On this occasion two proposals were p...
13. v. Berg, evidently wished to invest my visit with an officialcharacter which would enable him to be in attendance. After a while, however, the Kaiser became impatient and did not wish to wait till the hour appointed for the interview. So...