New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-15

But In order to compare the passage OF the CoIn''
with the Others, the time occupied in making I"u
equal TO the difference of distance about 26o miles, d.
about 1876 knots an hour, must be considered ms
reduces her time 10 Queenstown, 10 about slA way
six hours fory-nine minutes. and remembering tha Ter
speed is that of first voyage and this TOO OF the pc'
first voyage on record. this entities her TO ram aos
the aspirants for place al all events.
All details of the Teutonic's performances on her
trial trp or on her run 10 splthead and back have
been Withheld from the public, but there can 10 ii'o
doubt that she is meant by her owners and has oeeh
carefully designed by her constructors Messrs hafland
d Wolf of Belfast, 10 SurpaSs all her compeers III
speed and comfort as we'll in economy and earning
capacity. This Is the general belief and expectation
and the history of the line under the management
Of MessrS Ismay, Imrie Co., combines with the
reputation OF Sir Edward Harland, as the foremost
marine modeller of his generation, TO Justify the I'M
preston.
When the line was started In 1870 It showed the
way TO the greatest alterations made at single
stroke in the whole history of steamShpplng on the
Atlantic. The average time was lowered nearly two
days with a vast increase of comfort 10 the paSsen
gers in almost every detail of the equipment and
service and with a corresponding increase of earn
ing power. The other lines had 10 follow suit. The
White Star model, first deridcd, first copied, then
enlarged and improved upon. Duh times fell uIon
the Atlantic trade; carly as 1850 the White Stars
ceased 10 hold the champion record, but it IS no Sc
financial results have amply justified the tentative
and conservative policy of waiting for better times
and more experience, especially the costly expert
of Others, before entering upon the experiment
Of competing for the ownership of the finest, larg
est and fastest I'm the wOfldn But the rapid and
steGl. made of late years have put
TINS ICY out Of date, and the Tcu,onIc with her
sister ship, the Majestic 10 follow her, the
first signs Of the new change
These ships are also the first ones specially
strGcte1 10 meet the requirements of the policy
of the British Government of securing by moderate
compensation for carrying the mails large auxiliary
naval force composed of steamers of great speed and
carrying capacity, available at hours notice as
cruisers transports.
The Teutonic Is fitted for twelve 5inch guns, carry
ing a 4j-pOund SHE'LL with range Of five miles
She has accommodations for 800 first class, $50
ond class and 80 Storage passengers or 1900 I'm
all. with crew Of 800 The dining saloon aud the
firstclass sateroOms placed exactly amidships
Having twin screws each propelled by separate
md distinct engine she IS divided fore and aft for
aeany the whole length of the ship by solid iron
bulkhead, extending from the keel TO the deck The
two screws which are Of manganese bronze, twenty
feet six inches in diameter with pitch of twenty
eight feet six inches placed that thier centres
apart while tue port IS six feet
mrihor forward than the starbOaId. Each engine of
the pair is constructed on the triple expansion prnc
pie that Is the steam from the boilers passes hst
INTO a medium pressure cylinder and thence, twice
expanded, into the lowplessure cylinder before being
exhausted into the condenser. These cylinders are
respectively forty three sixty eight and ITO inches
diameter with stroke Of sixty inches. They are
expected to indicate Il 900 horsepower with
pressure of $50 pounds OF steam.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable changes IS
the substitution of three tail maSts, rgged for fore and
aft sail only, for the four masts, three Of them
square rigged together Spreading an acre OF canvas
with which the earlier White star steamers have
familiarzed the public. The great resistance pre-,
scented by the yards and rigging mas long Deen ielt
and it seems not unlikely that longer experience
with twin screws and independent engines may lead
owners as well as the Board Of Trade to conclude
that the day of sails on steamships has passed