The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-07-20

THE OCEAN GRElHUt NDS.
Bic Steamships That Will Make Fast
Trins This summer.

The ocean ereyhounls, the big trans
n lntic steamships are called are now IN
training for the races across the pond that
begin with the clear weather and smooth seas
of June These monster vessels are put
| through Il course of training and WalminS-up
| runs, inst like race horses before they EFT n
race, and like the equine flyers, they are cN-
| pccted to do their hes: work i'll July and
| August, when the weather is hot.
This year there will lie some races across
| the Atlantic that will attract more attention
| than any horse race over run. Steamship
men on b, tn shes Of the Atlantic expect the
Great Cunalders, Iucania and Campania, TO
smash all previous reco rls with and there
will not be much surprise if the pond is
Is crossed III five and 4 Gliatrr days before Il e
end OF The summer.
| Ask any agent officer OF cap tain of one of
the fast ocean st 'anshps if the vessel he re
presents is going to race this year, and each
and every one Of them might deny it, but they
know that records are 10 be lowered this year
if possill'.
| When The big flyers come out of dry dock
sides scraped and newly painted, they are at
once pm in training for e bursts of speed
4 hey are expected TO make during the tire e
months of summer On tie first, second ard
third voyage after the spring cleaning every
t:okc of The giant engines, every move of the
pondrrous machinery is carefully watched by
practiced eyes Here a nut is tishtened, there
4 bolt is looscned bearings are oiled until t ey
are smoother than glass; and everything
possible is done that they may help The big
slip to clip few minutes of her record Tie
coal burnod in The boilers is watched To make
sure hat it is of The best quality. The oil is
carefully Inspect ID, for thee must be no
cumming Of the moving in the machinery.
There is no racing in April and May lee
beres ale sometimes met with during these
MOI tbs. Rough seas and It ong winds are
sure to be encountered, and fogs along the
Banks of Newfoundland, or off the Long
Island coast make it unsafe to 60 al more than
| three quarter speed. But the waves roll
SIN Doth and laziy under the scorchlng SINNER
sun, the fogs have lifted and the icebcrss
melted.
Then the races begin. The big engines are
working smoothly then, the sea is like a mill
pond, and fair weather is the rule. When an
ocean flyer passes Sandy Hook or Daunt's
Rock light ship in those days, every man from
cal lin to st,ker, well as all the passengers
knows that every effort is to be made t. beat
the yessels record. There is not an instant S
cessation Of the terrific throbting of the giant
engines. Every man and woman on board is
more or | ass excited, and before the end OF
the second day bets are being made on the
probable result of the race against time
This year there are several reasons for extra
cloIts to cress the Atlantic in less time than
It was ever crossed before The new Cunarders
have already shown their superiority over all
other passenge steamships all pat, bat two
other companies are bull ling ships to beat
them. So they are to be called on for greater
bursts of speed than they could devel ,p | .st
simmer, when than they were new.
The American Line, with the Paris and
New York, wants 10 prove, if possible, that
mail and passengers from New York can
reach London quicker Via Southampton than
by Liverpool although longer on the wat II.
The Cunard and Wilt. Star Lines have
millions at stake in their Efforts t, Prove the
contrary.
There are ROW only seven steamships en-
titled 10 DE classed, ocean flyers. -Four OF
them run to Liverpool and three TO Southamp-
ton. They are the great tunaders Lucania
| and Caup.ri.. The WEtIa liners N.i,S-
tie and Teulonic the American Line boats
Paris and Ne, York and the Furest Bis
marck Of the Hamburg Line. If any records
are broken this year it will be done by one OF
these seven ships. The two Cunartlers the
Paris and the Majestic, have all crossed from
hall days or very close To it, and the others
are only a litlle behind. During the winter
the Paris and the New York were b, tt in dry
dock, and the former underwent some repairs.
1t is claimed that she will be able to beat her
own record this year probably by sevel hours.
and her first ATTEMPT to perform that feat vii!
be watched with interest. If the weather
| conditions are favorable the attempt may be
made ON her next westward voyage. She
sailed from New ork on May lG and is due
on II r'ttnn tip, Jnne 6. If she does not
race on this trip, it will at least be her final
warning np for the summer events, aud a
good showing is expected by her owners and
agents.
1t is not expected that the Atlantic will he
crossed in five days this summer. That feat
viii be reserved for the st. Louis and the St
Paul. the American liners now building by
the Cramps, or the new White Star boats
baildng at Glasgow.-New York Cores
] pondcnce of the St. Louis Globe Democrat.