New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-08

to which the ship signalled the response:
Thanks for the compliment" This was at ll;28
a. M and as the ship majestically sailed up the
Harbor she received many salutes from passing
vessels. The St Louis had not been expected
to arrive until evening but when she was sighted
off Fire Island Light at 10 a. m, the officers
of the line were agreeably surprised. as the dock
ing OF the ship early in the afternoon was as
sured On the way up the Harbor 500 was COL
lected among the passengers and presented TO
the fremen, whose hard work had done much
toward the breaking Of the record.
Among the passengers were W. II. Joyce. Miss
Annie Leighton, J. Mackay, C. w Noyes, How
land Smith. Charles f. Smith. Mrs Henry
Sloane Miss Jessie Sloane Miss Emily Sloane
Mrs. J. NJ. sellgman, Mrs. A. L. Seligman. E.
Howard Wright, d. c. Bushnell, Commander
Bronson. Mrs j. Giles Eaton. II. ]. Fisk, j. W.
Bates. Dr. w. s. Halstead, William HILL the Rev
Charles D. Cooper. Lieutenant Henry h.
Rhoades ]. T. Marsh. George f. Tucker. Max
we'll Norman c. A. Mills and T. a. Moore
SAILING on JULY 10
The St Louis sailed hence for southampton
o.. July H. and while on the way meeting or
her passengers appointed committee of nine
to draft a series of resolutions setting forth the
opinions Of the passengers regarding the St
Iouis her officers and the American Line. The
committee consisted OF Colonel Edwin Il. Hay,
chairman: James r. Davies, J. y. Beckley, NJ
G. Danenbaum Allison Naylor, II. A. Alger W.
A simmons James Smith. jr., John u. john
son and F. A. Watson Highly complimentary
resolutions were adopted and the splendid per-
Torrance of the ship has fully justified all that
they contained Before leaving southampton
on her record breaking trip. the st. Louis was
nlaced in drydock and thoroughly overhauled
so that she was in good condition to prove her-
self IN he one Of the fastest transatlantic steam
ships ahoat.
The Augusta Victoria, of the Hamburg
American Line also distinguished herself. she
steamed out of Hamburg on July 30 ana me
next day was taking on passengers al SOUTH
ampton Before 4 O'Clock the same DAY sile hdu
slln,ed her cables and shaped her course from
Cherbourg for this port. Then, AFTER SIX udys
eighteen hours and seventeen mlhutrS VI m,sn1y
churning, she got the SANDY HOOK mgnt "oea' q
IN the gray dawn of yesterday morning Al
o'clock she landed her 800 cabin passengers al
her Hobokon pier
HER FASTEST TRIP
1,h,s ia the fastest trip ever made by the Ham,
burg, American liner her best previous record
being more than hour behind yesterday
record on board her were many weil-Kho"h
Americans Among them were: professor w. pet
teridge J. Conrad. chief OF the German system
Of high schools; Or. Emmett Delisi'Iylc, ~" D.
Grau. Miss Maria Foster, A. W. horton tr ,
faeeor + G. Peabody, Fred w. OphaH' me
Augusta Victoria brought the largest numper
Of returning tourists coming in any one snip thls
season. She also took the short ocean iaIle' IN
Tho way I'D the Bay she had an eNcl'ihb laCc
Win the fast Long Branch steamer SANDY HOOK.
Tho vessels kept abreast and neither gained any
noticeable advantage -, o,a
Tbe Cunard steamship Camparia also MADE
o fast trip She sailed from Queenstown on
August . and had Daunt's Rock abeam az N'd3
q, - ,'c,ock yesterday in order 10 equal the
Queenstown record. held by her sister snip, Lu-
CANA Of five days seven hours and twenty th rec
minutes She did not do IT, buI S!s i"u ' ~ s"o
i,ht at ocIoc< u m She made the trip IN I'VE
DAYS nine hours and thrty-hve minutes thereby
coming within twenty-eight minutes OF her own
best westward record. Captain Waiker SUI ~" a., a.,
,r ,ba Cor1nania was locked that save FOR the
fact that ne had TO slow down for TWO anu p pn
half hours for fog, he would have beaten M oe'
record that the Lucania's sister ever '""ue'