Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-08-26
THE FOUR DAY SHIP.
NEW GERMAN VESSEL MAY CROSS
THE ATLANTIC IN THAT TIME.

Record Breakers Now on the stocks-oFeAs
Enterprise of the Hamburg-American
Line The Poaosi the Largest Sailing
Ship Aaeat.
The boast which the German emperor
made the other day, when he said that
his new battleship Kaiser Friedrich III
was superior to every other ship Of the
kind, is not likely to be repeated u
substance after the trial Of il $ user.
chant ship now building at Stettin lor
the North German Lloyd line. The new
ship was laid down for the express pur-
pose Of competing with the fiers Of ths
Cunard and the American line. She
will be $40 feet long between perpen.
dieulars, and that means perhaps nearer
700 feet than 600 long over all. She
will be &C feet wide and have a depth
inside Of 43 feet, while her engines are
to develop not less than 28, 600 horse
power. The chances are that she will
have more than 80, 900 horsepower be-
hind her twin screws, like the Cam
pania.
The building Of this ship is attracting
great attention in every shipyard of the
kind in the world, for it is the first real
effort the German builders have made
to surpass their competitors in Great
Britain, and many engineers think the
effort will succeed. They even look foH
four day SHIP.
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disadvantage in shipbuilding because OF
the higher prices Of nearly all kinds OF
materials. Labor is somewhat cheaper
in Germany, but the distance of the
mines, and especially the coal mines,
from the shipyards more than makes up
for the price of labor. Moreover, the
builders are burdened by laws compel
ling contributions to old age pension
funds and accident insurance associa
tons
In addition to the shipbuilding at
Stettin the North German Lloyd has
another Of the same dimensions build
ing III the Sehichau yard at nantzic,
where some of Germany's swiftest tor
pedo boats have been set afoat.
The Hamburg Ameriean line will
very soon have the largest cargo carrier
in the world in its employ, but this
vessel is building at Belfast 1t is a
twin screw SHIP 500 feet long, SO feet
wide and Al feet deep. Its dead weight
capacity is ~, 00n tons. As the bes
American freight cars carry 30 tons deaf
weight it would require 10 freight
trains of 40 cars each loaded to their
full capacity to fill this ship.
In the matter Of sailing ships, al
though Germany's feet is smaller than
that of Great Britain, she has not only
the largest vessel of the kind in the
world, but also several of the swiftest.
The Potosi is five masted ship, $50
feet long, inside measurement, 49,
wide and 81 feet deep inside. She dis
places $40 tons en- a draft of 25
feet, and her capacity is 6, 400 tons dead
weight. With all sail set, she spreads
so, 020 feet of canvas to the breezes.
What Is more, she is swift aud handy
ship, turning in stays as easily as a
1000 ton bark. To give strength beyond
insurance requirements, the Potosi has
BuDslduIldI DulkueaO at edCn OF nef
four full rugged masts, while bridge
house was built amidships for one-sixth
Of her length 1t is the German boast
that the Potosi is the largest, safest,
driest and swiftest sailing ship in the
world
In former years the American news
paper printed with pride the records of
their swift ships. Here are some of the
records that German papers have print
ed recently about German built ships:
The Preussen. steel ship, built by Blohm
& Yoss, Iquique to Hamburg, II days;
Luna, iron bark, built by the Germania
yard, Rangoon to Falmouth, 90 days
Placilla, steel four masted bark, built
by Tecklenborg, channel to Valparaiso,
So days; Selene, steel ship, built by the
Rostook yard, channel TO Melbourne, II
days; Hobe, steel four masted bark,
built by Blohm q Voss, channel to Ade-
laide. so days. The last named vessel
covered IS, 485 nautical miles at an av-
erage speed Of s. Il miles an hour, and
the Selene averaged ga knots over a
course of 6, 425 miles Berlin Cor. New
York Sun,