New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-20
Now IT'S THE TEUToNIC.
A NEW QUEEN OF THE ATLANTIC REIGNs.
THE RECORD. so OFTEN SMASHED, BUT RISING
STRONGER FROM THE RUINS. Is NOW

THE RECORD. so OFTEN SMASHED, BUT RISING
STRONGER FROM THE RUINS. Is NOW
5DAYs. 10 HOURS AND 81 MINUTES.
The White Star steamship Teutonic at 80 a.
m. Yesterday, had gained the blue ribbon of the
ocean racers by beating her sister ship. the Ma
,.stic. whe had held the record Of 5 days, is
beprs aud minutes for fortnight. The Teu-
tonic beat her by one hour and thirty-seven min
mes over a course just one knot longer than that
az the Majestic, whose log showed that she had
covered 2,7T7 knots. The Teutenic's time was
4 DAYS i6 hours and 81 minutes.
She began her voyage at 1 / a. m on August 2,
from Liverpool and on the following day left
Queenstown at / :As p. NJ passing Daunt's Rock
Iightship at :o5 p M. The beginning OF the
voyage gave little promise of a mountaineering
massage for the ship met with strong westerly
wind and her record for nearly twenty-five hours
was only 460 knots. The same breeze continued
far into the next day. but the log showed that 49e
Knots had been left behind since Friday at noon.
SATURDAY produced a record of sos knots ana on
Sunday the Teutonic had broken all previous
records of days run, having covered
slO knots one knot better than the City OF Parls
did on August 81. 1859.
Envious Of herself and in perfect weather WIN
a sea like glass, this Queen of the ocean ud
still better in the newt tweuty-four hours and
when the excited passengers who hao asSeHo1e''
in the saloon, heard that the previous dav 5
record had been beaten by seven knots there
was great cheering and jollifcaton.
On Tuesday night few of the passengers turned
in at any reasonable hour. At noon everybody
knew that they were only 2s0 knots from SANDY
Hook. and all were rewarded for sitting up, for
ut lust SO a. ID. yesterday morning the nash
Of the Sandy Hook liChtship was abeam, and the
Teutonic had crossed the Atlantic, an easy winner
from her sister-ship beating her great rival, the
City of Paris. by two hours forty-seven minutes,
The following is a copy Of the log:
August lzs s2s H. Rock iIeh5qusS 80,
August 1s-At 4.5e arrived QgeeinstT"h ia 80
oueenst0wn oo p n. Daunts ROCK Light
August ~ 80 SnoSs. Strong westerly breeze
Angus: Ia tss KNOTS KNOTS h Ffa no.Sy Winds
August IL 30 knots I4gst yeITs sbSis winSs
10 s mook, 800 Knots. 18th, st 80 m sandy Hook
From this log il will be seen that the Teutonic
averaged 2O35 knots or 234O miles an hour, that
is a Quarter of a knot faster than the Majestic
,nd "a Of a knot faster than the City of Paris.
Cantain P j. Irving, the commander of the YES
sci is exceedingly proud Of his victory, and said
ves-rrday: The voyage was a lucky one In
every respect We did not have an accident TO
mar the trip We had clear weather all across
and but for the first two days, favorable wines.
There was no attempt made 10 break the record,
hut Of course we tried TO make good time. My
friend Psrsell, of the Majestic, added the Cap
tain laughing was little slow on the last
trip. but he may be able to catch up next time
if he hurries little.
ChiefEngineer Hugh Curry said that the revo-
lutious of the screws varied from seventy-eight
10 eighty minute and the indicated horse-p power
was from $4,000 TO 10000. with an
average steam pressure of $50 pounds to the
square inch When asked If he thought That
the ship. could make letter record, he
answered that when her present record was
beaten be would see what extra work could he
gotten out of the engines, and thought that he
still had some speed in hand He declined to state
the daily consumption of coal, but il was learned
from another and trustworthy source that it was
not under 300 tons Gay.
Last year the captain and officers of the leu
tonic asserted that in August the vessel did the
trip in less time than the City of Paris, but this
record never recognized by the Maritime EX-
change or by the Inman Line. Nobody can dis
pute yesterdays record. The following IS list
Of recOrdbreakers since 1851, showing that In the
forty years the time in the passage has been
lessened nearly one-half: