New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-15
Passaee-e days 81 minutes Average speed. 81 os.


AS can be seen by a glance at the St Pauls
log she covered 304G.1 knots in crossing the At
Iantic in six days and thirty-one minutes, and
thus made an average of 21OS knots hour.
When Il Is remembered that the ST. Paul has lit
tie more than 90 600 horsepower, and that her
famous rivals of the Cunard Line, the Campania
and the Lucania have 80 000 some idea Of her
performance can be gained Not only did the
feet American-b built boat make phenomenal
average. but she covered on her last days run.
630S knots.
During the latter part Of the trip the big boat
was delayed somewhat by fog. and II that had
not been the case she might have placed the
southampton record some hours below six days.
Shipping men believe that the Cramp-built boat
will make six days from Southampton thing Of
the past in the near future.
MR. CARNEGIES STORY OF THE TRIP.
The man Of the hour when the st. Paul arrived
was Chief Engineer Carnegie. He said, as he
proudly looked over the complicated machinery
Of the modern ship: THE highest horsepower
that was developed during the trip was 20,SOO.
which IS over 5000 horse power less than that Of
either Of the two Cunard cracks. No vessel OF
the horse power Of the st. Paul has ever made an
average Of 21.0S knots an hour for trip OF more
than 1900 miles. and we didn't get any OF your
hot wave, which, hear, has been making things
disagreeabe in this neighborhood. The average
revolutions per minute" continued the chief en-
gineer were 00l1, and the highest o. The
highest pressure per square inch for the voyage
just ended was 1913 pounds"
Mr.. Carnegie thought that had It not been for
the fog he could have Knocked three hours or
more from the record held by the sister ship, the
st. Louis.
Mo CO Do, n &c hiatt
trip shows" said the chief engineer with pride,
and 1t is unnecessary to state that the st. Pauls
commander, Captain JamisOn, shares MS opln-
ion Captain Jamison. Chief officer Roberts,
Purser Jones and Chief Engineer Carnegie were
tickled to death the performance Of the
St Paul and they mOdestly expressed them
selves, but they all united in declaring that to
Mr. Carnegie belonged all the credit
SHIPPING MEN HAD LOOKED FOR IT.
II was not considered so marvellous by local
shipping men that the St Paul had made
thing Of the past the record Of her twin ship,
the ST. Louis. The knowing ones had said:
Look out for the st. Paul"
The St Louis will soon start westward Tor
New-York. and as Captain Randle has declared
that Captain JarnisOns boat IS no better than
his people may be on the lookout for another
broken record. 1t must be remembered mat
these boats which are knocking down records
like nine-pins are auxiliary cruisers or the
United States Navy, and every new acneNe-
ment made by them reflects so much moro
glory on the American tars, who have defed the
navies Of the world .
she done it and I'm glad she done it, said
one Of the many deep-Water shippers who
crowded into the Ship News office to hear the
news. and the sentiment was re-echoed on all
sides
The ST. Paul brought 43S cabin and 2ll steer
age passengers. She is just off the drydock In
SOUTHAMPTON. and, by the way, If some enter
prsing capitalists would build a suitable dry
dock in their neighborhood IT would not be nee
essar1, TO dock an American vessel English
drydOcks. ~ ,,
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