New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-11
]. E. WEST, Secretary
PRAISE FOR TIE GALLANT SHIP.
upr SAILING RECORD PLEASANT INCIDENTS OF
THE VOYAGE.

rho rnman limo pIer at Barrow-st., North KlVer'
was well filed and Wcstst. was crowueu Ses'oru"S
morniug with people anXiously LOOKING gov" '"o wy
for the levlatEan steamship city OF Ne"-iorh N'o'
t,irg natentlv until 10 a. m, tho magnificent snip
was seen slowly s;eamlng up tho Nor'h fN'or
dccora ed from stem TO stern with hags enc s'oppc"
ho ., zines when opposite the pier and turned SLOWLY
NJ ,.,,b rho assstancc of four tugboats, present
,na snlcrdld view Of her graceful model to those
sbore when hroadslde on TO the shore her great
,orgth showed plainly and gave the spectators soou
tIea Of her immense slZc which was Det'cr ap9ic-
rla,rd when she came alongside ana was "a"o l''',
Then her saloon deck was high ABOVE tfo r"oi Vi
,,c pler and her three tall smokestacS to"eieu a'
Itch A. the roof Of an uptown apartment house her
decks wero crowded with passengers VINO shou''"
rsoct,ngs 10 their friends ashore long before they
I'D meet them on the pier and exchange warmer
| welcomes and compliments
| CANAAN watkins, who looked happy az the sac
termination Of his voyage and prond Oh inc hiaF'i
ao, vessel he commands was by Tribune re-
,orter I'm his room on the uppar deck, ava gave t"c
| oniclal record OF the voyage as fonoWs' We iei'
| Queenstown at Al p No. irish ume Oh Aus"'' -
and anchored off Sandy Hook at AS a. m this morn
,nr t,us making the passage from Rochc's Point
| % sandy Hook in days, II hours and 20 minutes
r,cccd time The actual time the vessel was steam
Ing was only days 81 hours, as we "cfe a'l"yco
! an August O. on that day the stafOoard engine
! WIS STONED at D :23 p. IN. ana The port ehH'Ho d.
e.11 D. m, owing to the circulating pumps sct'ii
o,,t of order and having to be repaired VIC cou''
lave proceeded with only one engine, but doomed 1
d,sable to hcave to altogether until the pump wa
ad,rstcd We started ahead again at 3 43 a. m. oil
August 4. so that one engine lost 10 hours 30 min
,tcS and the other, 8 hours 80 minutes
During the fourth and hith days OF the voyage w
had head winds and heavy foGs on the Banks @
WOW foundland. Tho hrasscs and Journals OF IN
engines were not heated during The run an unusua
circumstance on O new 81 p, and everything worhc
we'll throughout. The highest days record was a
pno,s recorded at noon tho 9th instant Til
showed an average speed OF IS IL knots an hour' b'
the shin will do better than that, and am conildeI
yc,ll prove to be the fastest steamer In the tran
atlantic feet The ships log shows the follow n2 run
IN knots: August ,, OIL; !, lG5 uho day the pun
broke down.: ., sac q, 420 :, AL 9, 40 D. AN
TO- 24f.'
> ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE PLEASED
/, Canta!n ". II. Thompson, formerly commodore
. the White star Line, a passenger on the steam
= and sad regarding her voyage: sho Is splendid 81
:, boat and is very steady. think she Will prove to
:, the fastest ship anoa Snd considering that her eng
4 arc new she did wonderfully well. OF course I
d accident to the pump might have occurred to Al
W steamer and was unavoidable although tho delay