New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
PROUD OF HER RECORD.
THE ST. LoUrs's CAPTAIN SAYS SHE WILL
BE A sIX-DAY SHIP.
urp EXCELLENT BEHAVIOR ON HER LATEST
voYAGE-HER SPEED TRIAL IN THE ENG
1IsH CHANNEL. TALK WITH CONT

IIsH CHANNEL TALK WITH CON-
WANDER BRADFORD OF THE NAVY.
The patriotic American cries "All hail. ST.
Lousw for right we'll has the noble vessel SHOWN
the excellence OF American workmanship anu
when she has fulfilled her captains prophecy anu
lowered the record to six days or less the whole
world will have to acknowledge the supre"'"''
q, Yankee progress and ingenuity. The Amer
lean Line people say that the stars ana 'u'pes
will vet snap defanty f;om the hectesf liners
ahoat and they will be the st. LOUIS ana TIE o.
Paul. That this IL not mere Dragging may De
eas,lv shown by the steadily decreasing time
,oada nv the ST Louis since she was broush'
into service last June and shipping men VINO
know what they are talking about say that 'he
had weather which the ship encouAtereo u" "ei
VOYAGE which ended Friday nigh; eHt'N Neo
hoIf a dav off the time that the g. Lor might
have made had the weather been modera'e'
On her first westward trip the ship crossed in
= DAYS hours and minutes; on ner second III
DAYS IL hours and AZ minutes: on her thlrd IN
davs II hours and 20 minutes all done al CONF
narat,vely good weather, and now In the '"rst
sort Of weather she still further reduces her rec
ord 10 days Is hours and 81 minutes reduc-
ton OF one hour and Twenty-Five minutes. re
,,r,a "a calculated from The Needles TO the Sandy
Hook Lightship. and everybody connected VII"
the American Line Is well pleased at the per-
formance Of the latest, American-ouilt auoi'io"
10 their fleet
The ST Iouis was sighted at 11:15 p. m. Friday,
and upon coming up to Quarantine dropped
anchor proceeding to her pier early yesterday
morning She brought over one OF the largest
lists of passengers that have ever crossed the
Atlantic and among them were many prominent
people The fastest days run was mace on
August 29 the distance covered being 5ls KNOTS
and the average for the day being 2o.so KNOTS an
hour: this was made in moderate sea ana
fopgv and rainy weather. The $40 knots day
&c the best run made by any OF the American
Line vessels this year
The daily runs were 4sS. 400. 447. 1873, 5l9. 4s3
md 27O knots. The average hourly run was
1911 knots Notwithstanding the bad weather
+he Messengers passed the time most pleasantly
crossing and looked forward hopefully to dining
in New-York on Friday afternoon
A CONCERT ON BOARD.
On Thursday evening a concert was gwen
aboard the big vessel in aid Of the American sea-
mans Friend Society. New-York; Newly 'ort
cociatv Soclety for the Relief Of the Destitute
Children of Seamen. Staten Island; New-York
Mariners Family Asylum. Blue Anchor society
and the Seaman's Orphanage, Southampton
England Senator George Gray presided. The COM
nttee consisted Of DR.. Forbes Winslow. W. 5.
Chester George u. McCreary and v l. Hill.
Among those who took part were Mrs W. .
Hunt w Mortimer w S. Chester, John L. Por-
ter Pardoe Yates. Mrs. l. F. Page. Mrs. Mary
H. Flint. r. A. Studd. Miss F. 5. Tufts. W. W.
Lowe and the whole company in God save the
Queen" and The Star spangled Banner" The
sunnliants wer. Mrs George Gray, Mrs. f. II.
Niidd
Kerr. Mss Rhoda F. Morris. Miss Eleanor d.
Morris and Miss Kate Mudd. A handsome sum
was made.
Although Il was nearly o'clock when the ship
came I'D to her pier there was large number
Of neople there L greet her and her numerous
passengers.
Her commander. Captain William G. Randle'
was enthusiastic over his vessels showing and
foretold broken records in the near future. and
+. even asserted that the American built boat
would do the trick in six days or less.
1--WE were delayed by heavy weather" said
Captain Randle TO The Tribune reporter yester-
day morning aftei the ST. Louis had been Sc
cured to her pier; the weather became nasty
on the 26th, the second day out, and continued
through the 9th and 2Sth. reaching climax on
the 2sth. when 1t began gradually to moderate
For the three DAYS we had heavy Western gales
and head seas. almost reaching to the violence OF
q hurricane on the 2sth think We struck through
the southern semi-circle Of the storm, whlch
seemed TO be a regular West Indian hurricane
but is not unusual in the North Atlantic IN
August.
HER SPLENDID BEHAVIOR.
"The ST. Louis proved herself to be perfect
sea boat. She behaved noby throughout tht
trip. 1t was admirable to witness the way she
took the seas: of course she was wet forward
but she didn't ship any heavy The fact
IS her behavior the greatest surprise u
old transatlantic passengers who have Sailed OF
nearly every ship of any line.
There is no question" the veteran continued
that If We had had good weather we would
have landed our passengers in New-York yes
terday afternoon between l and o'clock. II We
can have good weather the St Louis will ye
make six-day record from the Needles
During the test in the English Channel
said Captain Randle. "the machinery behaved
perfectly, there no heating whatever OF IN
journals and she behaved like an cid ship Thu
ST. Louis has. without exception the finest pal
Of marine engines that ever crossed the ocean
so perfectly balanced that you cannot count th
revolutions in any part Of the ship. There wa
absolutely no tremor. Old travellers tried u
count the revolutions from the tremor Of tn
vessel. but could not"
About 100 miles out the st. Louis c'erhaule'
the Augusta Victoria. and the passengers sa'
there was lively to the Bar. and when IN
race ended at Quarantine the American boa
was some distance ahead. the passengers o
the St Louis were indignant at the action o
the health officials in boarding the August
Victoria first. and thus allowing her to get L
her pier nearly an hour ahead OF the latter YES
sell The health officials gay 1t was an unin
territorial mistake
Your great steamships arrived here yes'erda'
from European ports-the st. Louis, the August
Victoria the City Of Rome and the Umbria, AM
they brought more than 1000 passengers, the 81
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