The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-28
WORTHY TO FLY THE FLAG.
IHE CITY OF Paris sMAsHEs n FEW
RECORDS


Cbeered ss shs rioishe, OF sandy Hook
Timei 8 Days 1S Hours and IS Minutes
Tier Hest Days Run, SEQ Nno,s-uouriy
Average Tor Hest Day, clos Knots.
The Inmnn line steamship City OF Paris may
soon fulnl tho prophecy OF hor commander
Cant Frederick Watkins. that she will make
tho run from Queenstown In 5k days. The
log OF the remarkable trip she completed of
Sandy Hook ut two minutes past one o'clock
yesterday morning shows that Cant. Watkins
rather underestmated the great ships posi-
biiitles. She created the new record Of days
IS hours and SO minutes from Queenstown.
and also bent the best single days run Of tho
Tcutonic. SIT knots. by three knots.
On every one OF tho four full nautical days
from noon to noon-she wns at sea she made
over 500 knots Her average daily run for
the four days was Oil knots. and her best
hourly average for one day was 21.O2 knots.
which has never been equalled by any other
steamship. Maintaining her speed Of $40
knots n day. she would be able to cover the
course 81 =. 778 knots. over which tho Teutonic
made her record of days IL hours and 81
minutes. in less than days and o hours.
The average hourly speed Of the City Of
Paris was 2O.4S knots. Tho best average
hourly performances OF tho other 2O-knot
greyhounds are appended:
Majestic. White 2O4l
Fu.rst Esmarcx Hamburg Anne .........,.2 0o7
city OF New YORK. lnman
The course covered by the City OF Paris this
trip was knots Tor about 20 minutes) longer
than TINT covered by the TeutQnic on her fast
est voyage. Thus the City OF Paris has prac.
tt,icnlly beaten the Teutonic by So. instead OF
33 minutes.
There was much jubilati9n on the City OF
Paris , when she came within sight 81 the
Ii o'clock on Tuesday night. Capt. Watkins
,,an in close and burned signals to announce
20 the universal Yankee nation that the peer.
s!SSin:ssrss Net leayyins Queenstown on
seyera S So 1f Al Tsy passsnsers In
GLIDING Nat Goodwin and De Wolf Hopper:
nrSs SGFaH thu S Rs
II his tower On Irs Island was u9ahs to see
mt until Yesterday morning that several records
hn h see @nsanHsr a. tho Hook d,mv light,
burned and rockets shot tut. w from ths City Of
Paris, but, as he could not distinguish her out.
Sf and ,oSs Pt ST her two he dan
past clock then. but tho. patriots to the mum.
Der o. about leo were on deck. and they yelled
lad haprensd. They we're told BY the patriots
that I'll. theC CITY OF Paris had won glory for the
There was an impression among the paesen-
gers IS, on the big ship when she left Queenstown
do some hnsting. The sea was smooth and
the skies pleasant md veteran ,voyag"rs IRE
shp fDSGn S o sa %api
at .::95 I. N. 1t noon the. next day. Friday.
S sia ss t at tn9 F9e I
knots day. and the men in the, smoking
room got, up pool on the shin's daily runs.
s AppSr All the otsr
he.tors guessed below that figure; The pas;
st fhs aI q Erstn sSfP@
Ind accompliShel. The reticent messenger
# was dis appoirtins to The suesssrs who had
put up money on high figures.
Everybody felt next morning that the ship
was %!oavn.: the seas at an unusual speed;
ant there If the iva and
senGer came down with, the chart; A whistle
Of sunrise and chneIls Of 10y followed the
No. 5sfn and S@ each other
"a Thor S, ware 4. hours fog on Mon'lay on the
Banks. and the engines were slowed down
np says FH Of th hs rs
80 knots. She made 504.. The iul etin board
The ' shr lad Logged $50 knots IRON noon non on
Monday until noon on Tuesday. There were
resstlsss PROV ana Sandy Hook Iigh,shir
This Knowledge hanished sleep from the eyes
Of the patriots. and that is tn" reason why the
keeper " the lightship heard IA roar OF exult-
ant voices AS the record breaker dashed past.
Among the passengers who were delighted
3hram Stevens Hewitt. Mrs. Hewitt. and 4. 4.
Zimmerman. the American bicycle rider.
Two records have been broken sin 70 August,
thc end ot next August The Teutonic leaves
Queenstown to-day. and her commander
10y the City Of Paris. The weather Is favorable
for swift sailing. and he will Doubtless come
pretty near doing a. well as Gait. Watkins.
The record Of IN" CIV - Paris. with the best
performances OF tn" Ieutonic and Majestic.
Is II pended: