The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-03
THE FOUR DAY SHIP.
NEW GERMAN VESSEL MAY CROSS
THE ATLANTIC w THAT TIME.

THE ATLANTIC w THAT TIME.
Record Rscpkcrs y per on the Stocks-Great IT
Enterprise oG TIE Hamburg American :
Line The Potn-i the Largest Sailing r
Ship Anost.
The boasr which the German emperor ,,
made the other day, when he said that
his new battleship Kaiser Friedrich LII
was superior to every other ship of the
kind, is not likely to be repeated In
substance after the trial OF new mer-
chant ship now building at Stettin for
the North German Lloyd line The new
ship was laid down for the express pur'
pose Of competing with the tliers OF the
Cunard and the American line She
will be 625 feet long between perpen'
diculars, and that means perhaps nearer
, 700 feet than 600 long over all. She
Z will be 66 feet wide and have depth
+ inside of 43 feet, while her engines are
TO develop not less than $4,000 horse
q power. The chances are that she VIII
, have more than 80, 600 horsepower bo
a hind her twin screws like the Cam
l. pania.
"a The building of this ship is attracting
ID great attention ia every shipyard of tho
IA kind in the world, for it Is the first reai
I'd effort the German builders have made
W 10 surpass their competitors III Great
%. Britain, and many engineers think the
ct effort will succeed They even look fo'
ey four day ship.
y The Germans have had to work at
Il. disadvantage in shipbuilding because ~
.ba fine higher prices of nearly all KINDS Oh
hia materials. Labor is somewhat cheape'
10 in Germany, but the distance OF TN
asa mines, and especially the coal mines
o,, from the shipyards more than makes a.
70, for the price Of labor. Moreover u,
1 vo builders are burdened by laws compel
WV ling contributions to old age penslo
fu,ds and accident insurance assoclf
clio. tons. .,,:
.nd stettin the North German LLOYD IN
rod another of the same dimensions ou'i
Woo inc in the Schichau yard at Dan'z'
ion. where some of Germany's swl1tes' "
rnr, nedo boats have been set ahoat.
.ho, The Hamburg American line '"
". verv soon have the largest cargo carr
I oh,a in the world in its employ, but u
vessel is building at Belfast L. Is
~, t,r;n screw ship $50 feet long, 81 II
man wide and Al feet deep. l1s oe''t "o, =
,,',rr canacity is $4,000 tons. AS the D
;4,. y American freight cars carry 81 tons o'
IVY weight it would require ~ 1re,'
trains Of 40 cars each loaded to III
:. full capacity to fill thus snip
In the matter of sailing ships,
and q tbopgb Germany's fleet is smaller u
tL.t If Great Britain. she has not
4 the the largest vessel of the kind III
,ieged WV Init also several of the swift
ut of mo Potosi is a five masted SHIP
refore feet long, inside measurement
ch in ,r;de and feet deep inside she
large n,aces $40 tons on draft ol
before feet and her capacity is q, Soo IONS
, felt ,ue;aht With all sail set, she spi
nswer, w ooo feet Of canvas to the bre'
lch in What is more she is swlft anu Iii
ity i'll shin turning in stays as easily
hungry , 600 ton bark. To give strength De
Or lack insurance requirements, the fo'osl
'ity eat a substantial bulkhead at each %
ldoubt' four full rugged masts, Wh,le d VI
Ways &c bonse was built amidships for one
two OF ~ her length. 1t is the German
day by .h,t the tosi is the largest g.
e until , ar;sst and swiftest sailing ship II
ei eolh' world. a., .,,or
ood sup Tn former years the American
ong the naper printed with pride the reeo
nix aud their swift ships. Here are some
f meat, records that German papers nav .,e
d fruits cd recently about German pun
, present w. Tso prenssen, steel ship, built by
supplies g. yoss, Iquique to Hamburg, 4
,ginning lima iron bark, built by the u "a
asily be yard Rangoon to Falmouth, W
,rk could placilla, steel four masted bark
at least nv Tecklenborg, channel to Vaip
My four IS days; selene, steel snip: p,na'
nd passed Rostook yard, channel to Aeioou
ad learn DAYS; Hebe, steel four mas'e'
is well built by Blohm q Voss' chahle. :,
st thrifty laide, 60 days. The ias' i %.
world. In covered 10, 486 nautical hiiie' ~
IN Of food erase speed Of 8. IA miles al ~
the Selene averaged Z Ano n,
Jew York course of 6, 4s5 miles berlin v
& as the York Sun.