The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-03
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Farewell 10 lreland'-'The Ocean YOy-
agO--The Great storm,


STEAMER CITY or NEW NoRK, sept
10, lhbD,-On tho morning OF my de-
paTtuTe for America, l looked from my
window, ~ "lhe priOry," near Queens
tOwn-Where ! spent q few denghtlul
days with The family OF the American
COnanl, Hon. !, j, Platt-and saw three
grand ocean steamers lying nv anchor
in the beautiful Bay Of Cork, These
we're tbs 'reutonic," Tho City Of New
York" and "lhe CITY of Rome The
second OF these, on which ] was TO take
passage for home, lay few hundred
yards from the shore, ns none or the
great vessels can make the landing, aud
are approached only by Lighters"
A beauty tho New York was 40 she
rested on tho waters gracefully sway
ing with the tide, like u splendid black
swan, Papers from Now YORK hAd
lust reached us reeOuntlng the race OF
The "reutonic" and "Ihe Clty OF New
York on their last trip W America,
when the Two vessels were In hlghl All
thu way, the Now York" making her
lahalng u lttle ahead, SO II was with
great expectancy ! waited the depart
uIe
AT Queenstown dock were assembled
about ono hundred persons, llral ana
second class passengers, with u hllll
larger complement OF tmigrants, Tor
thb hteerngt After the usual wiealle
with pOIttIB aud cabmen, paying Two
or three different sets of Carriers, aud
leeing IN many varieties of beggma, wo
were of aud down the flppllng shOle
waters 10 our vessel. Thb"New York,
Is i've hundred aud eighty feet long
with handsome and well equipped
library, pafllr, smoking room and u
dining hall Ra aumptuOuB aud ample as
that OF the best hotel, Az one end Of
tho dining room Is u line pipe, organ, IN
ubG when the Captain reads thbsuhday
service, ~ well as ~ concerts ana other
entertainments 30 frequently given on
board,
When the transfer was made from
the "Ilghter" 70 the "Clty OF New
York, IL was very affecting 10 SEQ the
sad far6wells OF the emiglants from
brothers aud sisters who had accom-
panied them down the bay, The Irish
arc very ailectonate people and strong
men were bowed In tears, as well 90 the
more Omotioned women, 10 see their
loved ones sailing away over the sunset
seas,
once aboard we were In q yeritable
city. 40 many ups and downs and ms
and outs there arc 10 one Of those vast
double screw iron steamboats,, The
upper deck has number OF llne state
rooms, with parl0r attachments and
private tables, where m0nied Amerl.
cans. like ChanCey Depew ana John
Sherman both OF whom were aboard
with their families may enjoy ease and
retirement, at one hundred dollars u
day. or thOfeabOuts One American !
capitalist, % whom money was no OBJ
iect and time the chief desderatum, |
paid twenty-five hundred dollars for a |
premium state room, rather than |
misa d New York business crisis, OF |
which ho had been inl0naed by wire.
On the Cliy of New York you pay,
not only tor the si2e and location Of
your room, but according 70 the quail
ty of air you breathe The ratio ~
something Ike this, since the lower /
floor of berths have no outside air, OK.
cept what is pumped In from above by
a SyBtem of fan yentilatOrs;
Upper deck, light air, room. Deck
below, light, air, q little room.
Second deck below, light u little air
less room
Third ddeck below,a little light, less air,
lesser room,
The ratio Of seasickness is largely in
proportion TO the light and air Dur.
chased with your ticket for instance:
Ifnpnr upel npuqlgk
Deck below, seasiCker,
Second deck below, seasiCRest,
Third deck below, seaSiCkerest
This refers 10 hrst class only, and has
no reference 10 second class, or steer.
age. The first class passengers had
quite enough 10 do 10 look out for
without pryiLg into the af.
fairs Of their poor relations, II their
lot was worse of than that Of their
long suffering brethren OF the second
and third decks below, II Is as well not
TO mention H.
In short, the City of New York has
style and speed, but for ven.
tilati0n she 10 u aglgantlc failure, Won
der why 10 Is that In this inventive age
no one has inaugurated u system OF
practicable for large BtruC.
lures land or sea- Whoever shall be
the successful man will be agreator
benefaCtOr 20 his race than an Edison
For the reason indicated, rs well as
from the storm, there was narrowing
on the New York from
Isochs Point, OF Ireland, to Sandy
Hook. Hundreds OF women, yes, and
men, too, who are supposed TO be above
30 small n misery ~ seasickness, were
m the entire trip Even the man who
was "neyer Beasiok n his life" did not
make his appearance IN the dining
room until the trip was half over
"Hello, Jones, been eeasick, oh " said
a friend Just recovering, 10 u veteran
sea.farer Just from below.
"No, wasn't seasiek; felt little
out of sorts and thought | would rest"
was the reply. /
AS for myself, 10y mere pluck and
In keeping on deck and
eating something frequently, whether
II was acceptable or not IL is the empty
stomach that Ia the sick stomach, 1
found myself y good sailor enough,
Those who expected n race with the
"Tentonic' soon discovered that tho
"New York" had other plans Of con.
quest. Leaving Queenstown, We soon
said good bye 10 both The "ruetonic"
and dCity OF Rome" The former
reached New York twelve hours after
us, and the latter not until the follow.
ing day. Itturned out that we had the
engineer Of the "Oity Of Paris" aboard
and had II not been for the storm
which we struck when within six hun.
dred miles of New York, wo would
have made the faBtest trip on record.
AS it was, we were but six days and
four hours from land TO land and fully
the possibility Of the
aNewY Y ork making as good time as her
twin sister, the "City Of Paris" whose
fnsloal rnrnrd Ia 1--WE dayg. nineteen