The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-05-19
THE BATTLE OF OCEAN
RACERS.
Five-Day Trip Is Proposed by
the Cunard Line.

The story from England that the Gu.
nard Steamship Company is about to
contract with British shipyard for two
new vessels to cross the ocean in FIVE
days sounds like note OF war-the war,
always growing hotter and hercer, be-
tween the Atlantic's ocean racers that
bind two continents together. Promi-
nent shipping men rather doubted yes
terday the truth of the story. but II II
should prove well founded il would mean
new competitor for the Imam and
White Star Lines, which iatterly have
set the pace for ocean travel.
The greyhounds will before long cross
the waters in five days, 1t 10 generally
thought. The feats Of the City Of Paris,
of the Inman line, in making the pas
sage in 1890 in five days, nineteen hours
and eighteen minutes, and that Of the
Teutonic, of the White Star line, In five
days, nineteen hours and five minutes.
were remarkable, though they may be
excelled. The log of the latter vessel is
disputed, 30 that IL is doubtful ii IL will
be allowed to 20 upon permanent record.
FROM TWENTY-FIVE TO FIVE DAYS.
From the time OF the establishment Of
the first lines of ocean steamships. In
1899, there has existed rivalry for the
supremacy in ocean travel, which has
been fostered and encouraged until the
time in crossing the Atlantic has been
reduced from twenty-five days to almost
five. On April %, 1889, the Sirius, owned
by the British-American Steam Naviga-
ton Company. and the Great Western.
owned by the Great Western Railway
Company, steamed into New York har-
Dor but few hours apart, the former
having sailed from Cork on April A and
the latter on April 8, involving q pas
sage of about two weeks. These two
vessels were the first Of any regular line
to cross the Atlantic, though they bad
been preceded by the Savannah. which
sailed from New York for Liverpool on
May &c, 1919, arriving there in twenty
two days.
The decrease in the time consumed in
crossing the Atlantic from that time
until the present has been very marked,
as the following will show, and suggests
even greater achievements for the future
Year. Vessel. d. H. NJ
1878 Savannah, New York to
Liverpool. ~ =.
1889. Great Western, Liverpool
1916. Britannia, Liverpool to New
1851. Persia, Liverpool to New
York. ................... 0 20 -.
1852. Baltic, Liverpool to New
York Az -.
1866. Scotia. Liverpool to New =.
York;. 10
1869. City of Brussels, New York
to Queenstown .......-.. ls z
1878. Baltic, New York to Liver ~ a
pool ~ o
1875. City of Berlin, New York
to Liverpool ............- 10 AZ
1876. .Germanic, Liverpool to
New York ..............7 IL "a
1877 Britannia, Liverpool to
New York. ........... q ~ %
1879. Arizona, Liverpool to New
YORK ......,--. %
1882 Alaska, Liverpool TO New 80 :.
1888. Oregon, Liverpool to New - -
1884. America, Liverpool to New
York .,......,... ~ :.
1886 Etruria, Liverpool to New -
York :......... ~
1887. Umbria, Liverpool to New :,
1885, Etruria, Liverpool to New :,
York. .......--:-- -. %
1888. .Umbria, Liverpool to New =,
YORK. .................. %
1889. City of Paris, Liverpool to
New York............... S
New York. .............. 10 1s
1890. Teutonic, Liverpool to New
YORK ...........-........ 40
-Philadelphia Record.