The following steamers have been acquired since organisation:
| Cienfuegos | 2332 | tons | Seguranca | 4115 | tons |
| City of Washington | 2684 | “ | Seneca | 2729 | “ |
| City of Alexandria | 2915 | “ | Vigilancia | 4115 | “ |
| Yumuri | 3497 | “ | Matanzas | 3094 | “ |
| Orizaba | 3497 | “ | Havana | 5667 | “ |
| Yucatan | 3525 | “ | Mexico | 5667 | “ |
with a number of auxiliaries, etc., in list hereafter.
The following have been lost and sold:
| City of Alexandria | Lost |
| Cienfuegos | “ |
| Newport | Sold to Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
| Yumuri | Taken by United States Government |
| Niagara | Sold to United States Government |
The Newport was sold in March, 1886, to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
In June, 1888, the vessels owned by the Alexandria Line, which operated steamers to Cuba and Mexico, were purchased and added to the fleet. The vessels were the City of Alexandria, lost in 1893, and the City of Washington, which was thoroughly overhauled, renovated, and in which were installed new boilers and engines in 1889. In 1890 the Yumuri, Orizaba, and Yucatan, all three of about equal dimensions and tonnage, were built and placed in the service. In July, 1893, the Seneca was purchased of the Old Dominion Steamship Company and added to the fleet. In January, 1894, the Seguranca and the Vigilancia, sister ships, built in 1890 for the Brazil Line, were purchased and added to the fleet. In 1897 contracts were awarded to the Messrs. Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, for the construction of two vessels of over 5000 tons each. One of the vessels, the Havana, has just been completed, made 18.46 knots on her trial trip in January, 1899, and is now in commission. The other, the Mexico, will be soon launched, completed, and placed on the regular route. Both of these vessels are built under the provisions of the Subsidy Act of March 3, 1891; both are of the second class, available as auxiliary cruisers, etc., and exceed in speed and tonnage the requirements of such class. In August, 1898, the Spanish steamer Guido, captured during the war with Spain, was purchased of the Government, renamed the Matanzas, and, under American register, placed in the service as an auxiliary steamer. In April, 1898, the steamer Niagara was purchased by the Government for use as an auxiliary to the navy, and soon after the steamer Yumuri was taken by the Government under the provisions of the Subsidy Act, to be converted into an auxiliary cruiser.
The company has contracted with the British, Mexican, and United States Governments for service to and from and between ports in the Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. The contracts with the United States were entered into with the Post-Office Department in 1892. These contracts call for regular service of ships, which under test come under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1891, as third-class ships, to ports in Cuba and Mexico. Under the provisions of the Act above cited, American crews are employed and certain conditional requirements fulfilled. This especial service has been maintained uninterruptedly except during the Spanish war.
In addition to its regular express service, the company operates a fleet of modern freight and combined freight and passenger steamers, which touch at the principal ports of the various routes, according to the demand of traffic. The line maintains a service on each of the following routes:
New York to Havana, thence to Tampico, and return, via Havana, to New York.