Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-08-22

Ifrom cold, exhaustion and hunger
stephan with twenty Of his sixty men
vas rescued. supplied with brandy and
beef. and carried dawn the mountains 10
ILos Andes. Dsliserance came TO them
when they were despairing in the awful
soli,udes described with splendid power
by he Qaineey In his spanish Nun. =
| oosaa Racing.
And now the Msjestic which only two
weeks since crossed the Atlantic In .
days, Is hours and 8 minutes, beating all
previous records by hour and 10 min
utes IL compelled TO acknowledge the
supremacy Of the Teutonie Of the same
line. The latter's achievement Is truly
wonderful In several respects. The
Teutonle came within mileof the short
est sailing distance between
The two por,s and second
the longest days run set down to the
credit Of any vessel since Noah was
sailor. No other craft that floats has
ever gathered in one effort such notable
bunch OF laurels, and astonishment at
| the result IA mingled with admiration OF
the skill and enterprise that made 1t pos
sible. The Teusonlc's exact running
time was days, 10 hours and 81 minutes
She thus beats the Maiestic's best
record by hour and 81 minutes,
or bv n minutes more than the Majes
tic beat the supreme endeavor Of
her nearest competitor the CITY OF Paris
This alone Ia remarkable when one con
,iders the tremendous speed involved in
rho lonyest of these record breaking
trips. The Teutonics log shows that
sbe sailed at an average hourly rate of
40 $40 miles. throughout the passage
which IL the highest average ever reached
and surpasses that Of the City OF Paris
nv n third OF a mile More than that
.he covered 5l7 miles on August Is. or
two miles more than the best previous
record made bv the City of Paris in
Jane. 1883. In three days she ran 1872
| ,njles an average Of 30 Sc; and this
again transcends. any former achieve
men,
The Teutonie therefore, enjoys the
,cioua distinction of beating all com
netitors. AZ all points, in one splendid
| effort Her last great run of ) days. -
bours and minutes was widely con-
,est.a. But she can afford Co concede
all lesser pretentions in the flush Of her
nresent victory.
Not the least noteworthy circumstance
f.. tho hrevitv of the course traversed,
which exc.eds by only mile the exact
measured distance between Roche's
| Point and SANDY Hook and the Majestic's
| ,,,siybt track of two weeks ago.
| rcn vaars 400 the Guion Line had the
fastest transatlantic steamer. She crossed
,he ocean in 7-days, hours and % min
r,a. The Onion Line held the record
rntu tss5 reducing 1t a full day, and
then the t'unard Line held it for three
years. getting the time OF passage down
to Il aavs. | hour and 80 minutes In
| Isso the Inman Line, with the City of
poris reduced the time below six days,
| and held the record until this year, when
the White Star Line reduced 1t with the
Majestic. and again with the Teutonic.
| IL is now believed that before the close
Of the present century the trip will be
made in five days: indeed 1t is generally
thought that this speed might be now
obtained provided the steamship com
NAMES are willing to pay therefor.
And now comes to the fore John Wilde
| M Providence, r. /, with steamer in
embrvo which. II his name be not equally
| snnlicable TO his invention as to himself,
threatens 10 revolutionize the whole
| ne,hod of ocean travel Mr.. Wilde
ra7uses tn exhibit his model or to go
minutelv into details, but he says
,hst his steamer will cut down the
t,me between New York and Liverpool
| - four days The bull of his vessel, he
savs does not differ In appearance from
tho ordinary hull now in use, but it is con.
structed in a peculiar manner that gives
/, .bopt tvice the ordinary strength
u,s sbin no goes on to saw. will neither
rou nor toss and she will have a
a..i moro room for Messengers and
,r.igh, than the present ocean steamers.
Or. T. 20 bave s;x nrone,lors. 80 ar
ran,sd that they can he used in pairs
ali ,o,stber and she will be fitted
.,,,, ,,oa,,r ,sor br, will he indepen-
aon,ost, ard,, .he shop,a lose her rudder
:, .,,,i naho M a;g.rerc. in handling
- ,a,,1a l., foot according IN Mr.
vi. ,e.o ,,r.a or to,r n, har nronel-
,ors and her rudder too, and still be in
ssayoing condition. He has arranged
for lifeboats in Difference to popular
nr,iudice. but claims that they never
viii he needed ipssmuch as she could
collide with an iceberg with impunlty
Indeed vou could not sink her unless
Won crushed her 80 hard that all on
hoard would be killed by the shock
'o"s o -, 49, ,h,u e
the absence of upper works to Tetard
.,,, oro ,b;,a
the suokes'aehs arc io's '"'"
| the customary size. There can be no