The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-06
MAJESTIC, QUEEN OF THESEA.
r,r TErrONIC'S TTTN-sCREw TWIN
sviSHES THE ATLANTIC RECORD.

-snty
In crossing Time. aud n Minute rrac-
,,op Rettrr In Average Speed. Though
Scvrr Reaching Her Hiehcst Figures.
rhs big White Star line steamer MAJESTIC
a. nauiicaly speaking. dashed q new broom
~ bsr ,oro royal polo and hosted whip non.
non. o, wondrous length TO her main truck.
Sho has broken the record o! the Liverpool
,,ctcts. AMI will sweep the western ocean as
,ueen until another queen comes. Her time
tam Iaunt's Rock lightship. of Queens
lawn nafbor to Sandy Hook liehtshir.
N tho New York bar. on the trip that
.rdcl Yesterday. was s days IS hours
."i minutes. The best undisputsd
limo p,cv!ously made was that OF the City Of
r,,is which sailed from Roche's Point,
uu,,rstown harbor, TO tho Sandy Hook light.
,h min :, days 10 hour and Is minutes. ending
,nr y, lsSa. Tho friends OF the Tcutonio
latin Tor her \ record OF DAYS 10 hours and
6r,iuu,cs .or her passage west In August,
isoo b,, I! g nnutical sharps OF tho Maritime
r,charcu won't allow that she did any better
rnn :: days 20 hours. There is no disputing
,hn Nn,cs,ir', time, and 1t now behooves Capt.
vatpirs Of the City OF Paris to hang monkey
rr,r,h on tho safety valve and give nm extra
,,t, "a Al. rrc II is not 10 be supposed that
NJ. shin has as yet On run up 10 tho last
gasp Of speed.
T,s ,oc Of the Majestic, Cart. II. Pnrsell. r.
Y Il in Ter magnificent run. tells that Mt
u.sO O'clock +. NJ. Oh Wednesday, July 30. tho
ths last bag ot american mail was hustled on
hnorl n, LIVERPOOL, and that less than four
h,rr.f a,sr shc vas passing Rock Light bound
for pnoeus.own. Tho air was clear and
ir,sh breeze hclp,l tho GrauEht In tho engine
70 H. but there was no uso crowding the en-
olnes in the narrow waters thcreabouts. stu
.h. rpeoI OF $50 miles Uy $3.50 tho next morn.
ins and dropped anchor in Queenstown hnr.
Lor, There she waited for mails and helatei
rn.seprcts unit after noon. When the last line
Of The larbor boa: was cast loose and while
vat III, mon We . at work slowing the anchor
on tey bow, tie Majestic was ranging up
Llcp..,lv luunts hock iirh shin "ut-iie tho
harb0r. II was a precisely 9 clock on
Thurs lay July ~, that Capt. a. sell. Standing
um XVI HrdsS noei tic lish,shr inir abeani.
and the race with time una all previous rec
Oris was ON. ,
ard q smooth sea 10 make Ter pathway easy
whiio chef nGnser sewelu noted that the
hns. "a Gr Eass we1G S orHi ling
iiarnO Of a Ilowpip.. About the dee,s the
weather aud Inc letting lrrles OF water along.
si;e as the great shlr drove along and they
sF@s,Ey tho We o ere anne
ire and the $, In So lnrEe tina no racks were
needed to Keen the soup plates and the cham
sms, whirh eSeyL ody could relish, because
there was Nc II N Of seasick n 50.
They turned IL s, at night ard out
diii"ns unchanged. III" brisk breeze from
Tho rn9r'west but serve T. make the water
made note o, lie fact. VIII ;ch they ;onnd 20 t.
:: on the I"'n s"ar. tina. II her rst
miles. IL was great speed, very good In
decd. but they did rot realize then that it was
hel nlineer Seweil did. With an eve on
the steam gauge and hand on the bearings.
to Ps" he saw h has the engines were IL
wheels We're turning oyer then at more than
eighty revolutions to the minute and there
The Majestic was driving ahead with croWing
o. sed and 1t was with II" little intsr est that
the result OF the observations OF the navi-
eating ol!cerS were await Il on Saturday after
non When an ounced tho figures showed a
run ihat made the passengers enthusiastic.
heh& run 5hl miles,
nor was tho run in he next dav much less.
sunday: Avg: % it was found that she had Gov
llnow IeSan to look to.every one-to the
passengers asa we'll rs to the Captain ami The
man viii say shas suah ssp. as ths are aWaye
. run win Win the Srsn est care possible: tuta
giues are IN perfect order the chief eneinee |
becomes SO interested that he doesn't caro- q |
cent about seep-he must needs Keep an eye |
Infection and work like an expert t. aner rub
Dig down sal,ato: for an extra spurt.
IN. Majestic took a n extrs squirt on Monday. |
whether from extra caie or not; for at he end |
o. her ,wenty.four hours she han once more
Kicked ~ nautical miles or knots OF sea |
" was % this afternoon TINT she sighted the
Nh s' steamer ean seen on the run. ship OF the
had now covered 3G9 miles, and but q little |
more than 800 miles Of the road stretched away
,brs "hGs sr n9 Sad Somehow the .purts OF the
20. be eIn"lted again. Very likely the vigi-
, lance OF engineers apd Goa passers had worn
nr~ was nt!i.e under that Of The days before.
smu one engine hnt 10 be stopped or al hour
u nna , M s 70 that but 40, knots were logged.
sizing down through t. water OH Nantuckat.
AM she WAS on the homestret. h with no need
t. t,o MrG. l,.r As the passengers came on deck
IRON lNelt Tuesday mornings break ia t they
nav Ssrn steamer ahead IT them running as they
the racer swept q wn upon her ike grey rev.
fn ,,,hn after WOO lchuck. 1t was tn. Neither.
E i1ta se bn, nj line steamer Workenlsm
-a Wn Tuesday nigh, manT q tho Messengers
h srI n,as on dr,E d vsy late Long IsIanI VAS
1'iles from Sandy l;o,k ciuddrneI mnny
komeslck eye long before miinieht. some.
n nUw when home.ard bound. one is never
the Iasi MIN nhf'ous Tor word from friends as on
h LEI re o'clock Yesterday morning tho red
oeains OF the sandy Hook Light ship were seen.
t suu a. nre,isey 30 on Yesterday morning
a an rang d up abeam. The race was donr
u, aSs Az ING ieeor, irokr:. Capt. Psrsell WAS free
s shinely senklng. though a. mat or OF fact The
sha sr WIS brought right ny TO where
s"e vailed lortbe Surgeon t. come OF, and at !
ui "! OK sho was ut her p.er in tho Norfi,
; r;meF IL Wa InssaEe in Which fruits a; fnst
ii as were hot dissiuatcd In T. gs or othar ia
ihaS5 , on N" bur. she got many saIutps rom
A' ~ hoI vessels Cunning NJ the hny.
~, iLrro gre some very interesting figures CON.
Ci,v, 'u WIN ths plssage. Tho InIpan liner
ny ny o. iaris, IN her August voyage iss,t
Masss,sic' ,r 1,si miles ia s.339 minutes. The
IN IN sn.e u. MaJesic is seventy minutes shssi
isss' hleoi tue difference between the shiDs ia
mss oesause Of the distance trGvsiis1 linn.
ttrnws,U IA. on tue average the City OF Paris
WIN. iait'cHl mile in 2.g93 mjnufea
mUnn,a.ne .iHesiir covered her mile In q al
MasMun"s. nEo was y of n second faster. The
t"; M, nH"raged !Oi knots nm hour
lar" ' isatnie OF the aassaK" OF In. Citv NJ
co'or '; SUI Hnoruailv,!. On Aug Is tlgS,,l she
snI 'n w. knos; OH the 10Th COG knots
III Ttih me 2ith oOJ knnts " ~AN'"
Wtan'l1S ne Mai"stc's seventeenth passaye
Civ oXYe " 81 came out she WAS beaten Ly Ina
on ,N ", SeW lnik. II WAS Il very cheerful crsw
Rns ssu Yesterday. Tho Captuin and chi.f an.
Nr Sows,e overwh"lprl with conCratulntiona
tha, ,ttmei ~ speaking OF his enpInes saii