Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-10

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH.I
NEW YORK, October 9.-For the third
time on their westward trips the big steam
ships, City of New York and Teutonic, have
tried conclusions, and for the first time the
Teutonic has won, and won with four hours
to spare She was being docked
at her new pier in the North
river Just as the telegraph operator at Fire
Island caught sight of the lights of the City
of New York. The Teutonic arrived at
Sandy Hook at 4:22 this afternoon, after
battling against strong head winds almost
all the way across.
The time from Roche's Point was 6 days,
hours and 20 minutes, which is As minutes
ahead of her last and best record, but 2
hours and II minutes behind the
time made by the City of New
York on her last westward passage.
The Teutonic left Queenstown on Thursday,
October 3. and passed Roche's Point at 2:15
o'clock in the afternoon. The City of New
York left Queenstown a half hour before
her rival started out to test the merits ofthe
smaller screws with which she had been
fitted.
AN EXCITING CONTEST.
The big Inman boat hugged the shore
while the Teutonic stood off behind her,
with her screws whipping around at 79
revolutions a minute. Slowly the Teutonic
gained, and when Fastnet light was reached
she was nearly abreast of her rival.
The New York's lights shone out
bright all night long to the passengers who
watched her eagerly from the Teutonic's
decks. When morning came the Inman
liner was three miles to the south OF the
Teutonic, with the black smoke pouring in
f. fun lie ofa ooh
Soon the City of Rome loomed into sight
and at o'clock she was midway between
the two racers, who didn't take long to leave
her ignominiously behind. At noon the
passengers who lined the port side of the
Teutonic rejoiced to see that they
were drawing away from their rival.
The City of New York was veering to the
south and dropping behind. At o'clock
the Teutonic lost sight of her entirely, away
to the southeast. Then the Teutonic settled
down to steady work. The record of each
days travelling was:
NEARLY 500 MILES PER DAY.
Friday noon, 407 miles; Saturday noon, 456;
Sunday noon, 43l; Monday noon, Al; Tuesday
noon 469; Wednesday noon 460. To Sandy
Hook, 4:22 SS miles.
Head winds were encountered much of the
trip, and on Saturday strong westerly gale
with heavy head SEAS The new screws
worked beautifully Captain Parsell declared
and the chief engineer agreed with him.
One foot was cut off from each blade of
the screws, reducing their diameter from
21T to 1917 feet. Their average revolu-
tions are now 70 to the minute, instead
of 20 revolutions before the changes
were made. The average speed,
according to the engineer, was 1917
knots as against 17k, although to accom-
plish this the furnaces burned % more tons
of coal on an average each day. The vessel |
runs more smoothly under the alterations
and with less strain, and the engineer thinks |
the greater consumption of coal is |
offset by the advantages gained. He was |
confident that with q smooth sea on last |
Monday, the day OF the best run, the en-
gines would have driven the big boat over
500 miles. He expects to see the next trip |
this way, with everything favorable, some |
thing more than hollow victory over the |
Inman liner.
THE TEUToNIc's PASSENGERS.
The Teutonic brought over AS cabin and |
701 steerage passengers. Two of the second |
cabin passengers were taken ill on Sunday
night, and both died before the trip
was finished. Michael Ahearn, of |
Brooklyn, who was on his way home, died
at s o'clock on Tuesday night, and his
mother, who was at the dock eagerly ex-
pecting him, was frantic with grief when
she heard that her sons body had been
buried at sea at o'clock this morning.
Rear Admiral R. Molvneaux, Admiral
Baron Spaun, Captain Kendall, and Lieu
tenant Vignoles, of the British Navy, who
are on their way to Washington to attend
the International Marine Conference, were
IN board.
The City of New York was sighted out
side the bar at 7:40 o'clock. She was ex-
pected to reach quarantine by $50, as it
was then high tide at the Hook. The next
heard of the steamer was that she had
grounded in Gedney's channel and would
not come off until high tide this NOR ming.