Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-04
KNOW OLD OCEAN WELL
Tho Length Of Voyage Foretoid Al
most 10 the Hour.


most 10 the Hour.
Although at rare intervals a steam.
ship Is delayed for days and weeks by
some accident. like that which occurred
to the Gascogne, says the Chicago Rec.
ord. the records Of the foreign mail
bureau OF the pOstoffice department
show that as an ordinary thing the
ocean packets are almost as regular In
their departures and arrivals as rail.
road trains. and, considering the dis
lance they travel, even more so. The
science Of navigation has been reduced
to such accuracy that they may be OK.
pected almost upon the hour.
Take for example the Campania of
the Cunard line. In 1893 she made
eight trips. and her average voyage
was 5 days 20 hours and 1s minutes.
In 1904 she made ten trips, and her nv.
erage was days ~ hours and IL min.
utes-only one minute less In 1894 than
In 1903 In voyage of 2,77O miles In oil
sorts Of wind and weather.
Nor Is this exceptional. The Teutonic
81 the White star line made twelve trips
1903 on an average time Of days 4
hours and 8 minutes. In 1894 she made
eleven trips and her average was Just
q trifie slower. 0 days 4 hours and II
minutes. The Etruria was a little more
irregular. Her average In 1893 was
days 8 hours and Al minutes. In 1904
It was days hours and . minutes.
The Havel Of the North German Lloyd
Company made ten trips In 1903 with
an average Of Z days : hours and 81
minutes for distance Of 1850 miles
from the Needles to Fire Island. In
1904 she made nine trips with an aver.
age Of Z days hours and "a minutes.
The Fuerst Bismarck Of the Ham.
burg line made nine trips in 1903, her
average for the year for q voyage of
1850 miles, being days no hours and
Is minutes. In 1904 she made six trips
and her average was days no hours
and "a minutes.
The Columbia made nine trips In 1879,
with an average time of O days 2? hours
and IL minutes. In 1904 she made six
trips, with an average time of q days
% hours and 8 minutes.
The New York Of the American line,
though not the fastest. has the best rec.
ord for regularity Of any Of the Atlantic
fleet. Her average time has not varied
for years and she can be expected nj.
most on the minute every voyage. She
has crossed the Atlantic more times
and has carried more passengers than
any other steamer Of her age and has
been more regular about II. The New
York made fourteen trips west bound
In 1903, with an average time Of O days
q hours and 81 minutes. In 1904 she
made fifteen trips west bound, with an
average Of days 81 hours and 45 min.
utes. Her smiling distance was 2,77C
miles. In 1903 she made thirteen trips
east bound. with an average OF days
20 hours and 30 minutes. which wa
just ono minute faster than her ives,
bound time that year. In 1904 she
made fifteen trips, with an average OF
O days 20 hours and "a minutes. There
fore, In crossing the ocean fifty.sever
times, In both directions, all seasons Of
the year, her widest variation for two
years was only hour and 81 minutes
Tho old City Of Chester. also of tn.
American line. Il another steady boat
her average being 0 days Is hours ant
IL minutes In 1903 and 0 days u hour
and % minutes In 1904.