The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-09

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Copyright 1890
NEW YoRK, June 1, 1889
4 - AN the Atlantic be
crossed in five dayss
FL is the question which
II &pA 81 is now being eagerly
II NEfz @ y discussed in shipping
IT, q circles and among the
rs s, Nv :, - thousands of well-to-
lLSssis..sS7ctts do Americans who an
- ~ sszsls----nu ally visit the old
LeAs----z~- world on pleasure
bent.
The widespread interest in this problem
5nsto the recent remarkable performance
the new Inman racer, the City of Paris,
Mbicb on her second trip, with her machi-
80 stiIl in a ''crude' state, and in the face of
lr5ersa winds. succeeded in lowering the
orld's record so long held by the Etruria,
ueen of the ocean.
Had The latter's record been lowered by
Nv degree of time within an hour little inn
Drtance would probably have attached TO
fact. But a difference OF two hours
pd forty-eight minutes, under circum-
ances which were unfavorable, has caused
ansatlantic travellers and marine archi-
o+s to omen wide their eyes and adjust
sir thinking caps. The most important
Fstnre of this performance is the fact that
record now stands within six days-to be
r.nrate. five days, twenty-three hours and
ven minutes. With favoring wind and
achinerv smoothed by work, there seems
he no reason why the City of Paris should
IN lower her own record by half a dozen
ollrs at least.
EIn view of this, the shipping men ask,
ow long will 1t be before marine architec-
O%,O 70 inv cd
to accomplish the journey in five days.
such a thing is possib e?
while experts regard this possibility with
bore or less skepticism, it must be remem-
bred that few years ago they would have
&garded the present record in the same
kEbt: while @ former generations of ex-
&rts absolutely ridiculed the use of steam at
for transatlantic transit, and the use of
he cable for transatlantic communication.
The views of "those who know" are pc
tharly interesting at this time, when the
Orld is watching anxiously the return
ip Of the City of Paris, which left this
ut on Wednesday last.
THE ENGINEER OF THE PARIS.
'Cross the Atlantic in five days, did you
Kyl I hardly think the thing can be done,
is year at least. But there is 70 saying
hat few years more may bring forth in
way of reducing the time. Last year
had no vessel capable of making the
ssage from Queensto wn to Sandy Hook
u SIX days. Now we have. In that in
bnce alone see what short period has
oduced. But there is mighty difference
tween making the passage in six days
ID making it i'll i've. Every seafarer COM
Mehends What an extra day at sea means.
HRope who live on land cannot understand
q itmeans thousand things both for the
,.1ship people and passengers. 1t means a
50 increase in the cost of trip to the
n IS of the craft such as must necessarily
II n the additional consumption of coal
oil, additional labor, and additional
If and tear to hull and machinery. Then
do not figure on other very important
ms, such as the extra risks while at sea
ID the better comfort and satisfaction of
passengers through the saving of the ex-
day.
To cross the Atlantic in 100 hours, or less,
Steamship would have to average twenty
ur miles an hour during the entire trip.
average twenty-four miles an hour the
eamship would have to be fully 100 feet
hger than the City of Paris, or much Ion
than any pier or bulkhead in this har-
r. When built that steamship would
I've to carry engines of 3d. 900 horse power,
1900 in excess of the City of
lris. This immense driving power could
be concentrated anidship, as in the case
the present ocean racer, but would have
be scattered along her entire length, from
to end. The great space required for
IS machinery and boilers would, of neces-
~, eat up the room now given to freight,
d little or no merchandise could be car
To furnish steam for this motor power
Ward of 1000 tons of coal would have to
consumed. The City of Paris burns
no tons each trip. To handle this ma
Emery and aid in properly collecting and
strlbuting the steam force of 240 men
oud be needed. You could not get along
Hth less, On the Paris at the present time
ave 1874 men under me, divided as follows:
gdteen engineers for propelling machi-
Ffy, three electricians, two refrigerator
perts, three auxiliary boilermen, thirty
oilers, fifty-four firemen, fifty-seven
PAL passers, nine water-tenders, three store
epers and two hydraulic experts. This
rec Is employed night and day attending
Two great triple expansion engines of
wv horsepower, four feed-pumpe gines,
circulating engines for driving the
llugal pump, and four electric dyna-
nave inspected the plans for five day
snip, the model of which was on ex-
ON last year at the GLASGOW EXPOSE
The Fairfield company, which had
10 the model and drawings, said that a
amsnlp built on the furnished designs
ua be found capable of crossing and re-
slhg the Atlantic in five days. This
lel mad four tunnels and two masts.
uot place much reliance on the state
tut al the time, nor have l since changed
opinion. Every capable seagoing en-
LOCI Understands what an enormous
aiming power would be needed to accom-
81 Tue trip. 1t may be that it will come
pass IN time, but there will have to be
my changes and improvements in the
a ucuon OF both machinery and hull.
WIN system of screws will lie found
lual 70 the task. There will have to be
a. saS ~ IN the shape of other propellers,
TX construction, placed ON the ships
az OF amidships on shafts to project
a. angle from the side. These will have
W operated in conjunction with the
Of o. screws at the stern. do not think
p9QQle wheels will ever be called into
ave as an auxiliary TO the screws. That
uled once, in the case of the Great
A"a!l, and proved dismal failure.
l' 10 make the conditions still more
o Tor five day boat, some fuel
csr. 'na9 coal will have to be utilized,
- ,a OF the latter's great bulk If gas
No essence of coal could be used to
pressure, SO as to do away with the
ng Of the coal itself, then we could
'AO'e definitely of the five day boat.
OPPOSED TO CANVAS.
n0Vner necessary change would be the
s Gown Of the spars and canvas l
I'VE and my opinion is well sustained
V,syhal experience and the experience
1uuuredS OF sailor friends that canvas is