Telegram-herald., 1889-06-05

sts't the oid world on pleasure bent
The wftesrr-~a Interest ia this problem
l. Cue 10 tos recent remarkable perform
Ance of The ne~ fnmsn racer the cry OF
fars, which cn her second trip, With her
mac hinsry still IN 'cruce' state sud ia
the lace Sf adverse winds, succeeded la
lowering the world's record - loag held
oy TIE Esrurla, queen 81 the ocean.
Had the latter's record been lowered by
any deSree OF time within an hour little
importanee would p'cbs bly have attached
10 the Tact. Hut difference OF two hours
snd forty-essht minutes, uRder clrcurn-
stances which we're uufavbrable has
caused transatlantic travellers and marine
architects 10 open wide their eyes and a,l-
Just their thinking caps. The most im-
portaut feature OF this performance is the
fact that the record now stands within slx
dsy>-so be accurate, five days, twenty
three hours and seven minutes. With
fayoring winds and machinery smOothed
IS work, there seems TO be no reason why
the City OF Paris should not lower her
own record by half a dozen hours AZ least.
la view Of this. the shipping men ask,
how long will IL be before marine archi-
lecture and marine motors are 80 far inl-
proved As 10 accomplish tho Journey in
five days, II such thing is possihle'
While experts regard this possibility
with more or less skepticisru, IL must be
remembered that few years ago they
would have regarded the present record
In the same light; while former genera
tion OF experts absolutely ridieuled the use
Of steam at all for transatlantic transit.
and the use Of the cable for transatlantic
communication.
TIE ENGINEER OF THE PARIS
Gross the Atlantic in five days, did you
sayl hardly think the thing can be done,
this year az least. But there is no saving
what few years more may bring forth In
the way OF reducing the time Last year
we had no vessel capable OF making the
passage from Queenstown To Sandy Hook
in six days. Now we have. In that in
stance alone see what short period has
produced But there Ia mighty differ
ence between making the passage in six
days and making 1t in five. Every seafarer
compreh@nds what an extra day at sen
means. People who live on land cannot
understand that IL means "a thousand
things both for the steamship people and
passengers. II means "a great increase in
the cost of trip to the owners of the craft
such u must necessarily follow the addi-
tional consumption of coal and oil, addi-
tional labor. additional provisions TO pas
sengers and crew, and additional wear and
tear TO hull and machinery. Then we do
not figure on other very important items.
such rs the extra risk while mt sea and the
better comfort and satisfaction of the
passengers through the saving of the extra
day.
To cross the Atlantic in 100 hours, or
less, steamship would have to aver
aee 81 miles an hour during the entire
trip. To average "a miles an hour the
steamship would have TO be fully 100 feet
longer than the City of Paris. or much
longer than any pier or bulkhead in this
harbor. When built, that steamship would
have To carry engines OF 50 900 horsepower,
or II. 600 in excess OF the City of Paris This
immense driving power could not be CON
centrated amidships. as in the case of the
present ocean racer. but would have To be
scatter along her entire length, from end
to end. The great space required for his
machinery and boilers would of necessity.
eat up the room now given 10 freight and
little or no merchandise could be carried
"To furnish steam for this motor power
upward of 900 tons of coal would have to
be consume, The City OF Paris burns