Mohave County miner., 1890-03-22
sew OCEAN RACERS.

SEW OCEAN kACEkS.
rhe Fast ships which VIII Tfy ~
Break the Record Nsxt sufhmef:
The North Atlantic will be churned
by twin propellers this year as 1t never
has been before. The City of Paris Of
the Inman line will have to defend the
ocean crossing fetofd Of 4 days 10
hours and IS minutes against three
brand new competitors of the first class,
built expressly for speed. They sre
the NormAnnia Of the Hamburg
American line, .,ts Majestic Of the
". !" a..s Is. Star line and La Toura,i.s VI the
French line. The threatened advent
Of these ships does not disturb the
confident serenity 0f the officials Of the
Inntan ! ne, however. They believe
theft splend d boat h eolns 10 cut
down her record by couple Of hours
at least before the end OF the Sumner.
She has made d very treditsble winter
voyage over long, southefly course
from Queenstown Of days hours
and 23 minutes. This, her admirers
say, indicates that she Is going to do
wonders when the ocean race track Is
clear Of Ice and the stormy winds let
up bit.
Just after she established the record
In August last, she made q run of 5l5
knots in one day, Now that her en-
gineers have caught on to her mschani-
cal peculiarities and have presumably
mastered the science Of getting out of
her tremendous engines all ths power
tfes ne capable Of developing. It Is
not extravagant ~ eypecf her to aver
age nearly 6l5 knots & 6dy from
Queenstown to Sandy Hook. II sic
can do this she may pull the record
down to 8 days aud IA hours. But
I at IL the conjecture Of only her en-
thusiastic hackers. Conservative folk
Of . nautical turn think she will never
do better than days and 10 hours. II
she does this the new seekers sfter
glory on the long sapphire course will
have to be wonderful craft 10 keep up.
Nothing very definite IL known about
the dimensions Of the Noruisfinia and
La Touraine. The agents Of both lines
say that the boats were designed for
record smashing. They are constructed
on the plan of the Herreshoff maryels
that IL, they have lots Of horse power
In proportionately small hulls. La
Tonraine will be launched In March
and viii be running In the autumn.
She is built on the symmetrical, cutter
suggestive lines Of the single-screw
French ships. such as La Champagne
and La Bourgogne. She measures
5000 tons, and will have triple expsn-
sion engines Of $4,000 horse power;
that Is, she will be only 1000. tons
larger than La Bourgogne, and viii
have 1000 more horse power for that
extra 1000 tons.
The French line built La Touraine
at It's own yards at Penhoet, near st.
Nazaire. on the Loire. She will be
splendidly decorated and will cost over
81 800, 600. La Bourgogne and La
Champagne have. made tie run Of over
5000 miles from Havre to New York
in what would be about six and one
half days from Queenstown, and the
officials Of the French line expect La
Touraine to reduce that by more than
q half day, At least.
The Hamburg-American line has
great expectations about the Norman
mia. She will leave Hamburg on her
maiden trip on May 22.
A gentleman connected with the
company's Office says that the Nor
will beat the City Of Paris, If
any credence may be placed In the
letter of an engineer concerned in the
Of the Normannia. The
letter writer says he believes the ship
will make run from Southampton
equal to about five and half days
from Queenstown. He bases his pre-
diction on the fact that she has greater
horse power in proportion TO her ton
mage than any ship afloat. Her agents
have not received a detailed description
Of her. They say she will be little
more than 500 feet long, and will have
engines of 10000 horse power. The
Columbia is q faster ship-or was a
faster ship last season-than either the
City of New York or the Teutonic.
The untried Majestic is sister ship of
The Teutonic, the leviathan of ocean
crossers. She IL 5S2 feet long, 81 1-2
feet beam, and 80 1-3 feet deep.
The White Star folks are somewhat
,hy about expressing an opinion in re-
gard to her probable speed. Her puild-
srs, no doubt, have not duplicated in
her the d fleets which helped to make
he Teutonic somewhat disappointing
Is racer. II Is said that the Majestic
will have as much more horse power
(about 2000) than the Teutonic as the
City Of Paris has more than the City of
New York. The Teutonic and the
City of New York make about the
,ame time, and If the Majestic Is ss
much superior 10 the Teutonic az the
record holder is to the City Of New
York, lovers Of transatlantic racing
will see some fine sport this summer.