New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-28
4 NEW OCEAN GREYHOUND.
LA ToURAINE MAKES A NAME FOR HER
SELF
SHE CANE WITHIN AN uoUR OF BREAKING
ALL PREVIOUS MAIDEN RECORDs-DE-


ALL PREVIOUS MAIDEN RECoRDs-DE
scRIPTIoN OF THE STEAMSHIP
Another record breaking steamship arrived in this
port yesterday Touraine the last addition TO the
French Transatlantic Company's line. arrived at Fire
Island at 40 a. m. yesterday. breaking all records
from Havre and was within an hour of breaking all
previous maiden records from Europe to America she
left Havre at O'Clock June 20, and her actual trip
across taking into consideration the time allowances
was days. hours. 80 minutes. This gives All aver
age speed Of 1888 miles hour. Her best daSs
work for the twenty four hours Friday, June
26, when she covered .4S1 miles, averaging 2O4O
miles an hour. La lorraine steamed course OF
3177 miles. The record course from Queenstown to
Fire Island is 27SS. SO that. allowing for the dit
ference in miles would have made the record course
In days, % hours and 81 minutes. The French
man, however, is behind the German, for the Fuerst
Bismarck in her maiden trip did the record trip in
s days, % hours and 81 seconds. beating her ad-
verssry by 81 seconds
The new steamer built in the Compagne Gen
eraIe TransatlantiQue yards at Penhouet, near St.
Nazaire, France. she is $40 feet in length 81 feet
In width and has a depth Of hold of IS feet. Her
burden is l 675 tons At the trial trip before the
French commissioners the minimum speed attained
was 10 IL knots. This rate was increased to 20 1-2
when the ventilaOrs Of the engines were In operation
During her passage from St. Nazaire to Iiavre the
steamer made the distance between the two ports in
20 hours and 80 minutes which gives a speed superior
10 81 knots.
Her engines are of 900 horse power, and can, it
Is said, easily be brought up to 10000 She has all
the latest improvements in marine construction and
is divided into fourteen watertgt bullheads which
form safeguard against sinking In of accident
collision Two Independent engines of triple
pansion operne upon and put in motion a separate
screw. These engines are separated by longitudinal
watertight bulkhead.
La Touraine is especially built for passenger traffic
and accommodate 1000 passengers.
lie vessel Itself is magnlcently gotten up both
for comfort and artistic effect The ceiling of the grand
saloon is designed in panels OF light blue and gold
with interesting beams of pink and gold, the pillars
being of huted mahogany aud gold. The fireplace
IS Of mahogany relieved with gold, and the
bullets topped with red and white marble
rounded with gold There is a cOsey Louis XVI
sitting room, in dark and light blue, white and gold,
FOR women The smokingroom has walls of satin
wood with panels of japanese inlad work, and a
ceiling OF blue aud gold. 1t is comfortably fitted up
with red leather lounges.
over the main staircase is a high dome Of ground
glass its supports of wood painted pink ard gold and
in front OF the staircase large mirror with frame Of
satinwood and mahogany. The wall behind the stairs
Is Ornamented With a painting by POipot in carved
mahogany frame, beneath which is magnificent clock.
The 0thcr walls are of embossed dark blue leather
relieved with dull gold and light blue flowers. The
ceiling around the dome is of light blue with patterns
of gold The Ieception-room. Just behind this stair
case. is handsomely furnished. At one end Of 1t is
library and at the other piano 1t is lighted by
the main saloon. Below the hatchway two fine
wall paintings, In white aud gold frames by Sabattier
The steamer is lighted throughout by electric lights
Captain Ffangeul. the commodore of the line is in
command and stated yesterday that he had experienced
foggy and heavy weather and expected on his next trip
10 beat his present record.
THE BENEFIT TO FRANCE FROM A SUBSIDY.
The General Transatlantic Company, which has al
been subsidized by the different French Gov
ernments which have succeeded each other since its
foundation, performs services upon four different lines
Of navigation First. the New-York and Ilavre line,
with six steamers; second the Antilles line, calling AZ
several ports in the West Indies, with eight large
steamships and nine smaller for the local trade
third the Algers line with five vessels fourth, several
lines on the Mediterranean with ten large and twelve
small Fifteen boats insure the coast service
The fleet, which the Government subsidy helps the
company in maintaining thus numbers sixty-six YES
sells, many Of the first class and all Of them liable
TO be pressed suddenly into the national service
through a simple order of the Government. In case
of war; they would form the auxiliary fleet" Of the
state. capable of transporting 10000 and 10000
horses with the necessary artillery provisions arma
ment and other impedimenta.' Everything is com
bined arranged and disposed to that effect, and the
Government has already found in the Mexican. Tunsan
and Tonquin expeditions that the service would be
prompt and satisfactory The steamers the New
York Iavre line would be used fast cruisers the
day OF the mobilization of the French naval forces.
Some Of thevessels Of the Mediterranean service are
ers and dispatch boats and meanwhile the Mediter-
rane1n boats Of the company performing a kind OF
military service. for they are used TO make now all
the military transports between IaVrc and AgierS.
II Is secn, therefore, that thanks TO relatively small
subsidy. the French Government has secured. for any
emergency, the Immediate support feet OF 177,OOO
horse power composed Of fast steamers and manned by
experienced seamen.