The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-14

The science Of navigation h&s been Re-
tsarea 20 such accuracy and the consfruc-
tisa Of the great mail and passenger
steamships has been perfected to cover 80
closely ard completely ali ordinary con-
tsnrencses. that the day ard hour Of the
arrival Of an ocean farer can he predicted
almost AZ certainly ~ the arrival Of q
railroad train Although at most fnfre-
auens Intervals. as with the French ship
Ia Gascoxnc recently. accidents occur TO
interrupt the scheduled movements OF
these huge ferrybosfs. the regularity OF
their arrival at the tisae designated fully
equals. n not exceeds. that OF railway
trains on lines Of corresponding distance.
II IL not anusuai for overland trains 10
b. several hours late between ST. Paul
and Seattle. NOT more 20 than for any OF
the FIRST class steamships OF the several
Atlantic lines to fall TO reach their desti-
natsons either on this or the other side.
about on schsdsss time The records OF
the Foreign Mai, Bureau attest this fact
and show that ordinarily The ocean
packets are as regular In arrival and de-
parture an the trains. A correspondent of
the New York Tribune has collected some
facts upon this subject which are OF In
ferest as well 20 those intending TO take
trip to Europe AZ 10 those who travel
mostly through the aid Of descriptive
writer's
The Campania OF the cunard line. for
example. In 1850 made eight trips and her
average voyage was 8 days % hours and
II minutes. In 1894 she made ten trips
and her average was days 20 hours and
II minutes. only minutes difference In
q voyage of s,7.o miles In all winds and
weather. The Tsutonic OF the White Star
line In 1888 made twelve trips on an aver
age time. of 6 days hours and minutes.
In 1894 she made eleven trips on an aver
age OF days hours ard ~ minutes.
The average OF the Etruria In 1883 was
days hours and a minutes: I'm 1884 II was
days hours and q minutes
The Hayei of the North German Lloyd
line made ten trips In 1855 OF over 3,0o0
miles OIL an average of days hours and
IS minutes. and nine trips In 1894 ayerag-
ing days hours and "a minutes. The
Fuerst Bismarck of the Hamburg line
averaged for nine trips In 1853 seven days
and Is minutes. and for six trips In 1894
seven days and 81 minutes. The Columbia
In nine trips in 1893 averaged 6 days q
hours and ~ minutes, and In 1894 made six
trips upon an average OF 6 days 2 hours
and minutes. But the New York of the
American line Is shown TO be. although
not the swfftest. the most regular of any
OF the Atlantic fleet. Her average time
has not varied for years and she can be
expected almost on the minute every yoy-
age She has crossed the Atlantic more
times. and carried more passengers than
any other steamer Of her age and with
greater regularity.
The figures given by the Tribune In
respect to this steamer are certainly re-
markable ard challenge comparison In
regularity with any railrosd train NOV
ing even one-third the distance. THE
New York." says the Tribune, .'made
fourteen trips west bound In 1893 with an
average time of 6 days 81 hours and 81
minutes. In 1894 she made fifteen trips
west bound with an average of 6 days Il
hours and Is minutes. Her sailing dis
lance was 2.7To miles. In 1893 she made
thirteen trips east bound with an average
OF 6 days % hours and % minutes. In
1894 she made fifteen trips with an aver
age time of days 20 hours and "a min
utes. Therefore In crossing the ocean 81
times I'm both directions. at all seasons of
the year. her widest variation was only
an hour and twenty-one minutes" No
overland train can rival this record for
regularity. nor. 1t may be added, for
safety as well.