, 1879-06-05

can he followed Mt alt times and IN any season.
II runs cast Is tcGrGrs snt1th from Sandy Hook
course eust. IL tcgrecs n',rtr, towards lts juno
tim With The arc nf great trtlc. south ot tie
t'rAnd I3ankt. While t'.a distance by this Inns,
from aaMly Hook to the Junction. Il few miles
,c c,lzren. OF fi,e Gn!f stream, it is, in time,
the th0rteat distance 4 steam vessel eau take.
Particularly Is tha sad to be the cnsc from tile
Cnpes nf Delaware.
THE ft,lfowf,g cnse WIS suptfoset, IN flInRtra-
ilon: II Two s,cAmers bound for Capc Clear,
athl Of oxaGllY ttinal speed. were TO start from
HALIFAX. tn rec Which aht,ut yet first Into the
Escat tires uart NJ the lane to Europe from
N"w Ynrs: anil II ore wcrc to steer straight 10
,l"s castwnri for It. M" shc other wefa to FOL-
low ihr Enrutcnn lane from 1futifAst hs pro-
lrctrd. t'r lattcr "oil rtacb the to!I,t of ,'cs
tsnatnn Ns ett,tl IA tI" 0ft.er, the rtft OF tic
tlnf stres'n cpfnrenfnt1ng for tho greater dis
tauce. Ensstls frpm fIalifnx would hnse 10
mako the greatest tlrtolr III a,ioptls The lane
u Etlropc; bit for them, 1t Is less THAN a
HUNDRED miles ulit III ;hcIr %nt IA tie; 'K'W 70,
nn! probably IT. would psoIong thr II urcrugo
natsaQe eastward only two or three hours, for
the Unl|-SiFcaI wo,tlh act them forward In tho
lane, On IN average, forty ar [ftr miles.
Tic distnncr ey The la,in route TO Eurupu Is US
follows:
1Hies.
ltniffax 10 t'apr Clear. .... ........ mi
t:knrr ot Delaware 10 Cape C}rnr ..,..... ...,S7a
Sandy l3n0k tn Cape Ilrns ....".:.."...... ~, s:i
The DISTANCE from Euronc to America is:
1onx1o7ae. Grtd' c'Ec'r.
ss ssss tIss: Gsst ,o 10 1:,tsx r.1.s Il S;s Elm
Ia sci: Pc Clear 10 sandy iook 81 '5 M
itnppeara TINT unu ro.l>e shor1ene TIM dis
tance from Cape C!rar To Sandy iInok atnl thu
Cnpea ot 3sniawasc BY thirty miles, white t.sc
otticr prolongs tic distance 10 EUROPE by sew
cnty-Nyc niles. This extra distance, when
lnrns1lrcd, nut by BafetS but In Time n'onr, ID
compensated fur pY the advantage Of the Gulf
Stream, by better weather, and hy tewer fors.
One steamship Captain sail the advantages of
the lnrse routu were sts! open fordisr,lsston. II
steamers cultid niwnys s4i' in ,itrcet courscst
niid were nut iiahle 10 lo hcnfcd oil In ncra~
Kfona hrary sons, eilch MI arrangement, he saii,
might be advantageous: but Us II Il otherwise,
nHu rs ecrew vessels tat1 while siennllnc. they
cannot always keep IN prescrlot4l routes .,,wey-
CT desrablt It might kec,Ii. frtas the traffic was
increasing between Europe md America, sonu
arrangement should b. made br which all yes-
scs COLIN. west 'llnslld kGe} north 1t 4 certain
uarnilcI, nHh :esstls 1!u!nE east should keep
south III II cErtniI pnrallrf. tlc also helHsel
thtt some legal renntty ehou!l ba enforced
nEninst Tcsstls rrocredsng Mt high rute vi eNrcd
IN furs AMI heavy Fturil,s
Cnpt. Antltrwh, Dl The stratnrhfp Erin,
thought The project oi 4 laI,e route II good onu,
but II would he leG,:ssury 10 HAyt tt !lterIIn-
tiona1 to uinkr ii pr..ctItnlle. ln rase Of vair
llowlb. vessel ont Of thr track. ar II set 10
tic nurshwaru or southWnFd Of It by MI un-
known current, tile iusitiurl uf the yt.ss.l celi
readily he determined BY suuhdI,gBtwllcre m
observation i,at. not bee1i ohsMincd ibr hcerral
dars. On hs lust tria fron, l.strntd llu could
ret unly two observations, u1I1 yGt lie fund his
ship Just wlrexe 11 1,ati calculated by s'Geah
rrckonit,c.tss by taking goundGe, u,r'l sighted
ii pi!ot In, milcs from New York directly In hs