New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
WHITE UINGS NOT YET ABANDONED.
OCEAN GREYHOUNDs'' WHICH ARE NOT Run By
sTEAM-wHERE STEAM has GIVEN
PLACE To


The story OF the lnroals made by steam vessels
on the whte-winged fleets OF frc.ght-carriers on
the Atlantic has been told many times The con-
test between the iron propeller and the wooden
saller has brought out many champions for both
sides and the records OF ocean grcyhounds' have
not entirely wiped out the glory OF the days when
the Flying Cloud. DrcadnOught Red Jacket and
other famous clippers made passages which were
the envy OF British shipbuilders and the pride OF
the Yankee Nation But In the end the triumph
Of steam seemed absolute. and many OF the people
who remember the flyers OF the old French line OF
steamers have recently made visits TO m East
River pier to see II II were true that combination
Of circumstances had at last won a victory Tor
sails over boilers.
The victory had been won. and the under dog In
the contest had got al least two bites while his OPP
ponent had been having a full meal. Twenty years
ago the French line steamer VILE de Havre was
a record breaker. and the pride Of the feet.
She was built at Glasgow In 1866. and made some
remarkably fast voyages. Time passed on. and
other and neeter steamers were added 10 the line.
By-and-by the Vile de Havre was crowded out,
a shrewd German. with an eye which appreciated
her beautiful lines well as her cargo-carrying
capacity bought her.
No steam for him Out came her engines big
patch Of iron covered the propeller frame. tall.
stately masts, with wlde-spreading yards. replaced
the fore-and-aft rig. and with the German flag fly
ing at her stern the one-time crack steamer came
to New-York n week or so ago and entered at the
Custom House az the four-masted ship II. Blschon.
bearing her owners name Few recognized her
under the now rig name and flag. but those who
did remembered her well. Her old reputation for
speed is kept up. her original beauty OF outline In
enhanced by the changes made In her RIG ana thosc
who went to the pier heard the rattle OF the bamboo
and and shifted the pungcnt Odor OF the cam
phor she had brought from IIiogo. In far-on Japan.
and looked at the donkey engine on her main deck.
which is the sole reminder Of the time when ma
chinery drove her along instead OF doing the pull
ing and hauling"
Another Of the pioneer steamships OF the French
line the Perlere fell into III, hands Of a. T.. Kin
near & Co.. British shipowners, and they followed
the example OF the German who bought the VINE
de IIavre. Sails were good enough for them. ana
Captain Person. her commander says she can give
points TO good many steamers now IN active ser
vice She IS known as the Lancng, ana, Ike
her companion. is In the deep sea" trade being
now at Batavia, Java. loading for New York:
Both ships have clipper bows, and with the ex-
ception that their iron noses have been changed
into vertical line the vessels OF the present French
fleet built the same lines az the two old
timers, which, In their dress show that sails
useful well beautiful and the rushing
winds still counted powerful factor In the
problem OF transporting merchandise quickly ana
cheaply.