New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-28
ADMIRING THE GREAT SHIP.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VISIT THE
KAISER WILHELM DER CROSSE.
FEW PEOPLE. HOWEVER. ADMITTED on BOARD
REVISION OF THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE
SHOWS THAT SHE ALSO SMASHED THE
RECORD FOR AN HOURS TRAVEL.
ING TO BEAT HER.

RECORD FOR AN HOURS TRAVEL
ANOTHER VESSEL BUILD
ING TO BEAT HER.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse the greatest
achievement Of the modern shipbuder's art. which
arrived In this port on Sunday evening from her
maiden voyage the Atlantic. lay at the
North German Lloyds Hoboken pier yesterday. the
c.nosure Of thousands Of eyes Her 6fs feet OF
black hull stretched along the pier. with the
Ratchet edged bow TANNED close 10 the inside
bulkhead, the beautifully rounded stern sticking
we'll out into the North Piver beyond Hobokens
pier line Aoft her four yellow tunnels lowered as
high az the highest building Of the town. while up
and down their sides painters looking Ike so many
bees were retouching the coatings.
The news OF the Kaisers arrival and the wonoer-
full speed she had developed her first trip from
SOUTHAMPTON attracted great crowd Of curious
ones who throughout the day passed In STEADY
stream I'D and down the pier expressing admira-
ton OF the resourceful ingenuity OF German snip
builders The feature Of the vessel. outside OF ner
great size. which caught the attention OF all was
the remarkably sharp bow. which seemed TO run
aft for a full fifty feet and rise for another nfty
feet from the waters edge Another such DOW SO
apparently mpregnable TO the giant WIVES Vi
ocean gales. has never been seen
Few persons were allowed on board to view one
OF the roomlest and most sumptuous interiors pos
sessed by any Atlantis greyhound. The various
decks the almost endless rows OF staterooms' ca
pabie Of accommodating TO passengers the I'M
mense first and second cabin saloons. the leather-
finished smoking-rooms, with Dutch mural paint
ings: the library the lavatortes. bathrooms and all
the accessories which TO make the Kaiser the
finest passenger vessel afoat elected great praise
II was only. however after descending many
flights OF stairs down into the heart OF the nuli
that one came upon the real features OF the snip
There in It's centre separated b. a longitudinal
rfpfa orsOn
bic OF developing 5000 horsepower and sending the
vessel through the water AT rate OF twenty-three
knots an hour Besides these main engines there
were sxty-six others The coiled condensins pipes
alone measure thrty-hve miles There are "a
boilers lO firing holes. coal bunkers Win
capacity OF $50 tons and two crank shafts l9s teet
long and weighing lS tons. To run this ponderous
machine II engineers. IS oilers. 90 stokers and 40
coal passers are required The total crew num-
bers 45s
CAPTAIN II Engclhart and the navigation ofhcer.
F Weyer. neither OF whom has before been In this
port and Chief Engineer c. Baum. as well as all
the crew and the officials Of the North German
Lloyd Line jubilant yesterday over the splen-
did record the ship made In her westward run and
were the recipients OF many contributions. A
revision OF the figures for the voyage SHOWS three
ocean speed records broken-tha; for maiden trip.
that for a days run and that for an hours run.
She passed the Needles the point where the time OF
westward runs - taken, AZ 80 a. Hi' vi :"
week ago Up TO Y o'clock noon Of that day. she
made POS knots In the next twenty-four hours III
knots were LEFT behind. Then. In heavy heaa
sea the speed dropped tgj knots for the next
twenty-four hours Five hundred and twelve and
554 knots were the records for the two succeeding
ns5 IN nI Clear Sky and sea began the sWitest
twenty-fOur hours run ever made ny pirs'',ke,
steamer. Five hundred and sixty four KNOTS n ,
been reeled on by Sunday noon and the record ior
a days and hours run had been stolen rom ON
that day close rs knots. and the oihc"rs.
crew and seven hundred passengers on board were
only is knots remained 20 be cleared 10 the
Sandy Hook Llghtshp. where the time OF siam H
sos o'clock on Sunday evening. ana me queen OF
the seas dropped anchor on Quarantine Tor the
She bad the soahr I'm I;, s0ersS n q sS So
iss as srsasy 19a IN an aysrase hourly
speed Of 10 knots. The best previous record Ior
the S. Paul in August Of last year. To accom-
piish this feat the Kaiser developed =, ~ morse
gonges burned about Ave hundred tons OF mixed
westphala and Welsh coal day ana at tilHea
22-foot bronze propellers minute. In the run AT
several different times abe logged IN ,s
well l!mbered up she can easily average 80 no.
a day. and this would make me UP rom 7Sut w
Kriser ran over the Cunarder's shorter route from
queenstown at that rate she would make ne yoy,
being days. hours and . minute.
81 the Kaiser complirne ming the North German
Lloy,. Line on Its new steamer -.
stoermcr, formerly Of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. who
Kaiser F'riederich at Dantzc and who Wi. com
pa1d her The eomaS6 r.. kno, faster npn the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse ..ptsin slor!insr shld
Yesterday that ha ship would be launched N about
A month and would make her fire. Trip 70 ms port
in May next. He Is looking geeiully forward 10
;hsturther smashing Of re. .,. -. r,,..-
! jumped overheard on the first day out.