The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-18
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Steamship Facts.

1. 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..
2. What is the largest passenger steam.
ship in commission?-City OF Paris, 10, 499
tons displacement.
3. What is the cost of steamship like
the Majestic? Nearly 1000, 600.
4. What steamship carries the largest
number of cabin passengers?- Etruria,
$50.
5. What has been the greatest days run
of any ocean SteamShip?-Five hundred and
fifteen miles.
6. Is speed materially increased by twin
screws?-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 trans atlantic
fleet of first class passenger steamships.
and how many?-NOrth German Lloyd.
Twelve vessels.
s. How many steamships are there en-.
gagged in the transatlantic passenger trade?
About 80.
9. What is the longest steamship now in
service in the world?-The 1eutonic, 565. OS
feet long.
10. What captain has been the longest in
the trans atlantic service?-Capt. Brooks
of the Arizona, Guion Line.
IL. How many cabin passengers were
landed in New York during 1S90?-Ninety-
one thousand one hundred and eighty-nine.
10. How much coal is consumed by one
of the great liners in twenty four hours?-
About 800 tons, or 466 pounds minute.
13. What is the average expense of a
single voyage. New York to Liverpool and
return?-Seventy-fiv thousand dollars.
IA. What were the dimensions of the
Great Eastern when she was 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. 5000. She had
both side wheels and screw.
Is. What is the length of 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
pool? (b) from Liverpool to New York;
(a) New York to Sandy Hook. sixteen
miles: Sandy Hook to ROches Point, north
ern track, 2S05 miles, southern track, $3.50
miles; from Roches Point to Mersey Bar,
229 miles; and from the bar to stage landing
III AINC pOOls AOul tCCu LullCO. lOtdlS. uOI III.
ern track. 1904 miles; southern 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: northern track, 1886 miles; south
ern track, 3109 miles.
II. (a) Between what points are records
estimated? (b) What is the first light
sighted OH the British Coast? The Amer
ican?-(al Sandy Hook and Daunt's rock.
Queenstown harbor near Roches Point. (b)
Bull. Cow and Calf, south coast OF Ire.
land; Nantucket or Fire Island.
49, What is the greatest number of immi-
grants ever landed in New York in year?
In day?-455, $50. in 1883. Nearly 10, 900,
May II. 1887.
10. What was the first trans atlantic line,
and when established?-The British and
American Royal Mail and Steam Packet
company. Founded in 1S4O 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; Bre.
men for the North German Lloyd; Antwerp
for the Red Star; Rotterdam and Amster,
dam for the Netherlands; Glasgow for the
Anchor and State; Hamburg for the Ham
burg American; Copenhagen for the Thing.
valla.-Scribner's Magazine.