New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-15
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At Der last eostery yoysge the Cuuard ste amer Ara
liza bcne favored with good weather and good luck and
driven hy the fastest sailor among the Commando Of
that line succeeded in nal ng rapid voyage 30 LIVER
FOOL In fact it is alleged that she made tie most rapid
voyiee ever accomplished in that direction, beating tle
Collins steamer Arctic. which had hithor,o w,n the
alm h eraciIg srtn migrs in the whole distance of
above tree thousand niles Thereupon great rjoicngs
among cur friends OF the United Kingdom. The stigma
WAS wiped or the supremacy was rcganed I'd the Col
lns Inc was brought lack TO the od-time ineriory Of
American steamers
Now on the other hand the representatives aul
personal friends Of tie Collins line assure Us thar MS
alleged triumph ofthe Arabia was ~ trump at all tla.
an .xsct calculation cf tie times aud distances Of ae
two competitors sill leaves the Arctic tie victor Iy
erocty ten minutes aud thar the return Of Captain
Luce with that steamer this all be- demonstrated 10
the perfect Subtraction Of Jio puzzle 4 eide q tle
water if uot on The other We confess 20 some small
preference for such resn', and wa 60 receive toe
promised demonstration when Sc shall 3, happy Co lay
it before our readers.
Bat submit that no great reliance can be p!4c.l
On the re.ul,s of such competition Il is not via,
any Ole would call a race Oh equs terms Il docs not
amount to a fgr tra of the sailing cap cities o. lde
ty courses which u necessity are not the same WIN
differing winds and currents, and Wien oue arrives 10
t,I or fifteen minutes less me than tie other sc are
asked to call that a decisive test Of speed l. isuo
such thing and We think il absud for either p4yty %
rejoice very much over On advantage so slight 10 .,s.,
and which might have been occasionei 10y ally triirg
accidtn, the passage, such sli- III VARIATION from
the shortest course stepping few minutes longer 10
put CG u take on pilot OF fifty other causes in them.
selves unsppreciabe. We hope il vii be long time be-
fore re see the enormous folly Of regular snd equ. ace
on the ocean bewe,n tao Of these great steamers
dertAken simply Try their powers, blt tl TIA toy
i. committed 10 body say properly Ia. hs Afct:
Las beaten the Arabia wee The fac. thai tie
difference claimed on one side, is OILY sixteen mn
utes and on the oher. only ten is conclusive on this
heed.
Ii is true tina, il 10 BE- OF importance for the
Curard line 50 insist even on such victory and tbs
brings Us TO the oRy fair standard tina. can be set up in
the prenises-tlat is uniform superiority in the trips
Of the line generally, taken tie year through When
a whole line in the weather Of winter snd summer
makes its trips on an average more quickly and regu
lary aid when all its ships in turn make extraordinary
passages, superior to those made by equal nsmber
Of the best ships of the opposing line then, maintain
It is perfectly fair to say there decided superiority
OF the one over the other And on this ground We sup
pose nobody viii dispute that the Collins line is much
ahead Of its rival
We are, however, coming to the conviction that even
the powerful and splendid steamers of both these lines
will day be altogether ecHpsed by sort Of craft
not yet seen upon any sea We mean vessels about
ss much larger than the Arctic IS that ship il larger