Connecticut western news., 1884-04-23

THE remarkable trip of the new ocean steamer, Oregon, of the Guion line, beating the record by over II hours, illustrates the rapid strides that have been made in the science of ship build ing and the application of steam power.
 The Oregon left Queenstown on April 13 at noon, and arrived off Sandy Hook at 6: 42 P. NJ, April 19, having made the trip of 2S61 miles, in $ days, 10 hours, and 10 minutes, an average of 1857 miles per hour. Her daily runs were 40, 46O, 455, 470, 479, and 472 miles re- spectively. The quickest average was made from Friday noon to Saturday noon, when she logged 1866 miles an hour. The following are the fastest records by the different lines between Queenstown and New York: Guion- Oregon, 6 days, 10 hours, 10 minutes :; Alaska, 6 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes 1; Arizona, days, hours 34 minutes. Cunard-Servia, days 55 minutes. White Britannic, days, hours, Il minutes. Inman-City of Berlin, s days. National Spain, days, % hours.
 The Oregon made her first trip in October This is her third trip. She attempted to cross Sandy Hook bar, but as she draws 27 feet of water and it was dead low water, she grounded on the soft bottom and was obliged to remain there for some time. Sue had 173 cabin passengers and they were SO pleased with the quick trip and the courtesey shown them by the captain, chief officer and chief engineer that they collected e200 and divided it equally between them. .TheCunarder, Aurauia, left Queens town at the same time as the Oregon and many bets were made as to which steamer would arrive in New York first. The Oregon has beaten her by several hours. This remarkably quick passage is the subject of various newspaper com ments, and 1t is feared that the rivalry existing between the different lines of ocean steamers will lead them to make the item of speed, ora swift pas sage, of more importance than the safety of the passengers. A quick passage may be desirable, but safety is vastly more important. The precious cargo of hu- man life should never be placed in jeop- ardy to gain few hours time no, not even if the passengers are willing to take the risk themselves.
 If the travelling public are so indiffer- ent of their own safety and demand only speed, we must expect that the steam ship companies will comply with that demand, but the strong arm of the law ought to prevent this tempting of Prov. idence. The Morning News in an edito. rial aptly presents the case as follows:-
 "The mammoth steamship Oregon, o1 the Guion line, has again lowered by seven hours the ocean passage from Queenstown to Sandy Hook She aver, aged almost 450 miles day and nearly 19 miles on hour. Of course, like all fast steamships, she took the !shortest course amid the Newfoundland fos banks, plunging with unslacked speed through the mists which so often at thi season hide the perilous iceberg. N, doubt, however, her gay passengers hat their usual fun betting on her rassag
 and entered harbor with unwonted gle over her performance. But by and b
 will come the time when one of thes
 swift and reckless greyhounds of tn
 sea won't come in at all and will lay he
 rotting bones on the deep ocean bottom
 off the Grand banks, where so many
 good ship has already found restin
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