The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06
ABOUT STEAMERS.
Questions and Answers Concerning the
Great Steamboats,.
lScribner's Monthly

IScribner's Monthly
!. What was the name of the first steam
ship that crossed the Atlantic, and how
long did it take her?
The Savannah in 1919. Twenty-Five
days. (The usual time for one of the fast
clipper ships was from sixteen to twenty
one days.
.. What is the largest passenger steam
ship in commission?
City of Paris, l0,499 tons displacement
8. What is the cost OF steamship like
the Majestic?
Nearly 100000.
4. What steamship carries the largest
number Of cabin passengers?
The Etruria, 500.
3. What has been the greatest days
run of any ocean steamship?
Five hundred and fifteen miles
6. Is speed materially increased by twin
screws2
No, but the vessel can turn quicker, and
If one shaft breaks the other will carry her
into port.
7. What line has the largest transat-
lantic feet OF tirst-class passenger steam
ships, and how many?
North German Lloyd. Twelve vessels
s. How many steamships are there en-
gagged in the transatlantic passenger
trade?
About ninety.
9. What is the longest steamship now
in service in the world?
The Teutonic, 565.0S feet long
10. What captain has been the longest
in the transatlantic service?
Capt. Brooks OF the Arizona, Guion line.
II. How many cabin passengers were
landed in New York during 1890?
Forty-nine thousand one hundred and
eighty-nine.
u How much coal is consumed by one
of the great liners in twenty-four hours?
About 800 tons, or 466 pounds a minute.
Is. What is the average expense Of a
single vovage-New York TO Liverpool and
return?
Seventy-five thousand dollars.
ii. What were the dimensions of the
Great Eastern? When was she launched?
And what was her horse power?
Six hundred and eighty feet long.
eighty.three feet broad, twenty-five feet
draught Launched Jan. 10, 1856. Horse
power, $500. She had both side wheels
and screw.
10. What is the length OF a nautical
knot in land measure?
Six thousand and eighty feet land
mile is ) .2S0 feet.
TO- Cal What is the distance sailed, in
nautical mics, from New York to Liver
pool? (bl From Liverpool to New York?
(d) New York to Sandy Hook, 10
miles; Sandy Hook TO Roches Point, north
ern track, 2,S05 miles; southern track,
$3.50 miles; from Roches Point 10 Mersey
Bar, 229 miles; and from the Bar to Stage
Landing in Liverpool, IA miles. Totals:
Northern track, 1904 miles; southern
track, 3,l39 miles. (b) From Liverpool
Landing to Roches Point, 243 miles; from
Roches Point to Sandy Hook light, north
ern track, $3.50 miles; southern track,
1850 miles Sandy Hook to New York, Ii
miles. Totals: Northern track, 3,O39
miles; southern track, 3, 100 miles.
II. (d) Between what pointsa records
estimated? (b) What is the first light
sighted on the British coast? The Amer
lean?
(a) Sandy Hook and Daunt's Rock,
Queenstown harbor, near Roche's Point.
(b) Bull, Cow and Calf, south coast of Ire
land; Nantucket or Fire Island.
Is. What was the greatest number OF
immigrants ever landed in New York in
year? In a day?
Four hundred and fifty-fve thousand
four hundred and fifty in 1888. 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 company, founded In
1910 by Samuel Cunard.
20. What are the chief landing ports on
the European side?
Liverpool for the Cunard, Inman, White
Star, Guion and Anchor lines; Havre for
the French; Bremen for the North Ger
man Lloyd; Antwerp for the Red Star;
Rotterdam and Amsterdam for the Meth
erlands: Glasgow for the Anchor and
State; Hamburg for the Hamburger Amer
ican Copenhagen for the Thingvalls.