New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-18

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Vow compare the Acadia for a moment with the
now steamer. not the twin ship Of the same name
empIoyed in the English Channel service;
1sso calais Douvre. .395 o 300 1870 Iluo i'-0V
,rh. trs vessel 10 cross the Atlantic under Steam
WIS the savannah. sailing ship OF Only "oo 'oh''
eohpped with auxiliary steam power Hhc a''o"'
ihcd ,b. voysg, I'm twenty days. using her ell
Is d,,ri,, the whole or a part Of eighteen days
r,o sirius which LEFT London April 4. l-37. was
,c,..r tie first vessel 10 steam all the way across
the Atlantic. She made the trip 10 NeW-l orA ID -
DAYS II hours - minutes.
The Great Western the first steamer ever built Tor
tle ,lsde. l.f Avonmouh April ., l73o' ana aHNei
in New. York on the odd having made The passage iu
n DAYS 6 hours l. minutes. She found The SIRIUS
at her wharf just day ahead OF her. Nauoha'
salute was fired from BedlOw', Island. aud The whole
to,rp t,rued Qua, TO do honor 10 the new aud strange
visitors.
samuel Cunard, Of Halifax, aud his associates
having rsceivcJ a Subsidy from lie Brit
ish Government for carrying the mails
between Liverpool. Halifax aud Boston twenty
,oupd VOYAGES year for ten years, dispatched
the Unicorn from Liverpool May TO- le+o. She
arrived At Eos;on Oh June - a'er
,,,...0e nj eighteen DAYS. The Britannia.
he first regular steamer of the lne' iollp"@l
Iuly g. 1870 arriving On the l7ih amer run %
fourteen days ana eight hours. Boston went via WI"
delight Mr. Cmard. aiterwaM Sir samuel VINO "'>
one Of the few passengers. was sad To nave leceN''
200 Invitations 10 dinner during the first few hour'.
Small ard undsrpoN a. the britannia ana her CON
s,r.. Acadia. Caledonia Columbia aud ilioerMa'
womb now l. thought majestic was the "onl men
si.uI,4l 10 them. Indeed. CunaId had a. Fri meant
ia Use steamers Of only 800 tons ANA ~" h'N"
powcr On The first nine round voyages I'D lol"'
orly 80 through pas,cng gers were CARED ana a.
late N 1919 the whole number ca"Irl on IA" 'N'nN
round voyages hal only risen 10 2.70i: rather les
In 1-4s the Curari~ started second line. making
twenty VOYAGES a year between Liverpool and New
York alternating with the Bo-'On s"rNic' his made
a weekly service across tie Atlantic during eight
months ~ the wear. and a cm!mon'Ely service fur
the remaining four months November 20 February,
inclusive. The Cambria hegan the service Jania% l.
l-fs. arriving here on The 18Th. Time. seventeen
day, AMI four hours. The Niagara. America, Europa
and Canada soon added.
Edward Il. Collins and n associates. among whom
were the partners Of the great American baarr~ ana
merchants. Brown Brother, a CO., AM Brown. Ship
les d Co.. dispatched the Atlantic the iis' sclnrr III
tie famous Collins Line from NcV-Yorh April -.
l-5O. She arrived Liverpool May 10. AID strange
"a say va, unable to enter the docks. their gates
being just wide enough for The Cuuariers -urins
five feet les acio>. the padtleboN : similar iD-
dent but inverted lad attended The construction Of
the Britain. on the 1hamrS in l5i3. which after
being four years on The Stocks Na> for siN months
longer he'd prisoner ln her own dOch. because she
al.o wa. 700 wide To pa.S tie gales The Atlantic
-, $50. -, .,, . ,.-... . -
cAcIcI graz adhlNauOh IL WeH a. rull'>iN a INe-
poll Her passenger accommodation, cpn,d-
,..l ,,o,,.elI,u y, rrgiebpsp had evcr 4. ,,r.
' ~ w 80
seen steamer WIN P'"P'r PahI} ~ com o. 'dDIf
saloon statrlO0m dcccntl} ventilated ana ithed.
W. bell. o. barber shop. or smoIii s- Dom.
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-'''"'' '.'"' 1919 '''' no. "' ~" '' d" 81.
huhra''I accordingly ii' l"4N'il""' Ah'' -
described lcn -fh u the English ucw.pap.r, the
d. The Atlantic had All tDess ti,l,. and mani,
- ,.,.,,.',,'-..,s III r,,,ta'd -.
Vi'Di H"f' '''o''' III '"''''
years, the arrangements OF ne COLLINS steamer flr
tl con furt and com. lc,,t ~ ua.sengers w,r mayor