New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-27
CC,N.4RD VS.. COLLINS.

| The contest between the steamers Of the Ed
| Inns and Cunard lines from NewYork to LIVER
pool, has excited great deal of interest al
over this country, and the performances of tn,
different vessels have been closely watched am
carefully noted. Up to very late period-tht
launching of the Arabia-there has not been q
single trip made by any one of the British
steamships which even approximated to the
quick runs Of the American steamers, and the
best passage Of the Arabia has hardly excellel
the average performance Of her rivals, conclu-
siyely proving that the vessels and machinery
constructed on this side Of the Atlantic are fan
superior to the best that can he produced on the
other side
We have been frequently appealed to by par
ties, between whom disputes have arisen with
regard to the time Of different steamers Of the
two lines, for information on such points For
the benefit Of those who may feel interested in
such matters, and as piece of pleasant infor-
nation to all Of our readers, we give the follow
ing condensation Of news on that head. which
has at one time and another appeared in the
NewY ork papers
The quickest passage ever made across the
Atlantic was made by the Baltic, of Collins
line, in August, 1871, when she steamed from
Liverpool to Newlork in nine days, ten hours,
and fifteen minutes The next best trip was Nv
the Arctic, of the same line, in February, 1852,
when she accomplished the run in nine days,
seventeen hours and forty-five minutes, or from
wharf to wharf in nine days, twenty three hours
and fifty minutes, The next best run was per-
formed by the Pacific, also of the Collins line. in
April 1850, from Liverpool to NewYork in nine
days twenty hours and five minutes. The fourth
best passage ever accomplished was made by
the Atlantic, Of the same line, in May, 1853,
between Liverpool and NewYork in nine dav.
and twenty-five hours, Thus the four best pas
sages ever made have been made by the Amer
lean steamers
The vessels Of the Cunard line have not even
made the fifth, sixth or tenth best runs their
rivals having made almost every hour and half
hour from nine days and twenty two to ten DAVIS
and three hours, which latter is the crack ms
sage OF the Arabia, built with all the latest i'm
and without regard to expense, for
the express purpose of beating Collins boats.
The best passage ever made by British
steamer was that Of the Asia,in ten days four
hours and twenty-five minutes-six hours and
twenty-five minutes behind the poorest of the
crack trips of the Americans, and sixteen hours
and twenty minutes behind the best The next
hestwas that Of the Africa, in ten days aud three
hours, and succeeding that is the late, much
vlunted trip of the Arabia, in ten days three
hours and thirty minutes These instances are
to demonstrate the great superiority
Of each one Of the Collins boats over all Of the
vessels of their great rival and prove that tie
Yankees are stiIl ahead
The ordinary average trips have, however,
exhibited still greater disparity in speed
The average Of the voyages performed in the
year 1852, by the Collins line, from New York
10 Liverpool was ten days nineteen .oms and
fourteen minutes and from Liverpool 10 New
ork, eleven days, sixteen hours and fourteen
minutes. The average Of the voyages performed
n the same time by the Cunard line from New
ork to Liverpool was eleven days. eight hours
md iilty-fye minutes: and from Liverpool TO
Scw ork twelve days, eleven hours and thirty
minutes. Considering that the Collins line have
lew triumphantly maintained their ground for
hree years against every successive vessel that
he long experience and great resources of the
,unard line have been able to bring ont against
hem we believe we are fully entitled to regard
ms contest in steam navigation as settled in
ayor American skin and American ctclprise
Our rivals, however, are not content with
eng thus beaten, and are even now endeayor-
ne TO construct gigantic iron steamer which
.hal IN Speed surpass everything yet recorded.