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Twenty Questions and Answers About
Steamships.

1. What was the name of the first
steamship that crossed the Atlantic, and
how long did it take her9 The Savannah
in 1919. twenty-five days. (The usual
time for one of the fast clipper ships was
from sixteen to twenty-one days.
2. What is the largest passenger steam
ship in commission7 City Of Paris,
10, 499 tons displacement.
8. What is the cost of a steamship
like the Majestic9 Nearly two million
of dollars.
4. What steamship carries the largest
number of cabin ~passengers7 The
Etruria. $50.
5. What has been the greatest days
run of any ocean Steamship els
miles.
6. Is speed materially increased by
twin screws7 No; but the vessel can
turn quicker, and if one shaft breaks,
the other will carry her into port.
Z. What line has the largest trans
Atlantic fleet of first class passenger
steamships, and how many3 North
German Lloyd. Twelve vessels.
8. How many steamships are there en-
gagged in the transatlantic passenger
trade2 About ninety.
9. What is the longest steamship now
in service in the world7 The Teutonic;
$3.50 feet long.
10. What captain has been the longest
in the transatlantic s~ervice2 Captain
Brooks, of the Arizona, Guion line.
II. How many cabiE passengers were
landed in New York during 1902
Ninety-niue thousand one hundred and
eighty-nine.
10. How much coal is consumed by
one of the great liners in twenty-four
hours2 About three hundred tons, or
466 pounds a minute.
13. What is the average expense of a
single voyage-New York to Liverpool
and return2 seventy-fve thousand dol.
lars.
II. What were the dimensions of the
Great Eastern3 When was she launched,
and what was her horsepower Six
hundred and eighty.feet long, eighty
three feet . broad, twenty-five feet
draught. Launched January 10, 1856.
Horsepower, $500. She had both side
wheels and screw.
Is. What is the length of o nautical
knot in land measure? Six thousand
and eighty feet. A land mile is $3.50
feet.
16. (a) What is the distance sailed, in
nautical miles, from New York to Liver.
poole (b) From Liverpool to New
York; (a) New York to Sandy Hook,
sixteen miles; Sandy Hook to Roches
Point, northern track, 2s05 miles;
southern track, 1880 miles; from Roches
Point to Mersey Bar, 229 miles; and
from the Bar to stage landing in Liver
pool, fourteen miles. Totals, north track,
1904 miles; south track, 3139 miles.
(b) From Liverpool landing to Roches
Point, 243 miles; from Roches Point to
Sandy Hook light, northern track, 27s0
miles; southern track, 1850 miles; Sandy
Hook to New York, sixteen miles.
Totals, north track, 3039 miles; south
track, 31O9 miles.
II. (a) Between what points are rec
ords estimated2 (b) What is the first
light sighted on the British coast2 The
Americana (a) Sandy Hook and Daunt's
Rock, Queenstown Harbor, near Roches
Point. (b) Bull, COW and calf, South
coast of Ireland; Nantucket or Fire
Island.
Is. What is the greatest number of
immigrants ever landed in New York in
O year2 In a day9 Four hundred and
ffty-fve thousand four hundred and
fifty in 1883. Nearly 10000, May II,
1887.
10. What was the first regular trans
Atlantic line, and when established
The British and American Royal Mail
and Steam Packet Co., founded in 1910,
BY Samuel Cunard.
20. What are the chief landing ports
on the European side9 Liverpool, for
the Cunard, Inman, White Star, Guion
and Anchor Lines; Havre for the French;
Bremen for the North German Lloyd;
Antwerp for the Red Star; Rotterdam
and Amsterdam for the Netherlands;
Glasgow for the Anchor and State; Ham
burg for the Hamburg-Amcrican; Copen-
hagen for the Thingvalla.-Scri6ner