Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-03
pHIHEAs Foaa's TIME BEATEN.
A Trip .Areund the world. Exceps
for One Misc Days veysxss Aeee
In sixty.six Days.
N.,e York World, June ~.

Nstc York World, June A.
Mr.. Ismay. the head Of the firm Of
Ismsy, Imris & Co., Of Liverpool. the
agents Of the White Star line OF ocean
steamers, arrived in this city on Satur.
day last from San Francisco and Ii stop.
ping ut the Windsor Hotel. he was in
time to have taken passage in the White
Star steamship Germanio last Saturday
had he 30 chosen, and allowing nine
days for her passage he could have
landed in Liverpool after Q sevsnty.hvs
days absence, having In the meantime
travelled completely around the world,
thus beating by nearly I've days Mr.
Phineas Foeg. who made the journey
inside Of eighty days. according to
the ~vsrscious Jules Verae. Mr..
Ismay, accompanied BY bis wife and
sons, and by Mr.. and Mrs. Barrow
Of Liverpool, isi. that port on March 10
In tho steamship Oceanic. we'll known
here as the pioneer ship OF the White
Star line between this port and Liver
pool, but which has for some time past
been chartered by the Occidental and
Oriental Steamship Company to run be.
tween San Francisco. Yokohama and
HonskonR. She had been sent homo to
receive new boilers, and, having had .
thorough o~verhauling, wa on her return
to take her place in the Pacific line when
Mr.. Ismay's party embarked. Besides
Mr.. Barrow and his wife. there wsrs
about twenty friends Of Mr.. Ismsy, who
BY his invitation accompanied him on
the Oceanic 40 far as susx. The Oceanic
arrived at that port on March 70. when
all Of the party except Mr.. and Mrs.
Ismay and Mr.. and Mrs. Barrow, re-
turned to England through Egypt and
the south OF Europe. Among them were
Admiral Cough. O. B.; T. D. Horn
BY, Chairman OF the Liverpool Dock
Board; John Williamson, Diree.
tor Of the Cunard Company; Mr..
Nelson, Director Of the Pacific Steam
Navigation Company; B. n. Dale. OF
the British and Foreign Insurance Com
psny; G. Il. Rusksll, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jardine, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson. OF
the Manor House, B~irkenhead. The
Oceanic passed through the SueE Canal,
leaving Point de Gale ON the 7th OF
April, arriving ct Penang on the 18th Of
April, at Singapore on the 18th. and at
Hongkons on the 27th. making the pas.
sage under steam to that port In thirty
six and o half days, which 10 the fastest
on record. Here Mr.. Ismay and his
remaining party left the Oceanic and
took passage In . steamer Of the French
line to Shanghai. and on the let OF May
left that port in Q Japanese steamer
through the famed inland Sea OF Japan
to Nagasaki and 10 Robe, and from there
by another japanese steamer to Yoke.
hama, where they rejoined the Oceanic,
sailing in her on the 23d Of May for Ban
Francisco. They arrived ct Ban Fran.
cisco on June o. The passage
across the Pacific was notable from
the fact that from the time OF
leaving Yokohama until the arrival at
San Francisco they never saw q vessel,
showing that on this route there 10 at
present no danger OF collisions. From
San Francisco Mr.. Ismay and his friends
came by rail to this city. The distance
travelled from Liverpool 10 "a. $50 miles
aud the time occupied has been sixty.
six days exclusive Of stoppages at the
various points visited. The weather for
the whole trip has been hne. cool for
the season in the Red Sea and excep-
tionally cold ON the Pacific ocean. the
track OF the steamer reaching the forty.
eighth parallel Of latitude. The Oceanic
carried TO San Francisco over 1900 tons
OF tea, including among II the first OF
the seasons crop from China. Mr..
Ismsy crossed the continent in 1875,
and be expresses himself as struck with
the grsa. increase OF land brought under
cultivation on the route since that time.
He expects to stay in this country about
Q fortnight.