Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-30
Fourscore Years Of Development in
Transatlantic Steamers.
The Savannah. the First to Cross: the Great
Britain, The Pioneer Iron Steamship. and
Their Successors.

Thomas II. Ismay founder Of the w hite
Star Line crossed in me hrSt ooe'''t IN
ISL His advent as Il steamship owner
| marked changes almost feEoiutlphaty
| and the breaking down OF TRADITIONS, tne
| iirsr vessels Of The line being noted lOf
| their Injurious appointments ANA the
| comforts they afforded in ocean travel
| Mr.. Isnlay locke forward to making the
| initial trp i'm he new Oceanic, but when
| snp s;Ii.tt from Liverpool for New York
| hi I'M critic.Mt i'll I'll that city, ana the
| founder of tu, White Star Line was
| obliged ID far,4n tlu realization Of hopes
| which he hpl ,i..ri he'd as the cuimina :
lion Of a Tong rattt r. Since he came on
| I he scene t, I4itiH i've taken in the first
oceanic has b"'H followed in measure
| By other lines. until the comforts of ocean
| travel are scarcely second to those 10 be
| found in the best hotels.
The enormous dimensions of thu
Oceanic appeal to the imagination. Sha
is an Unprecedented feat in engineering
hut aside from This her appointments arr
on a scale OF ma-niiicencr made posshl"
only IN her Stzc. This il concealed large
III uy hcr graceful lines. The Grept
Eastern. with her great height above tho
water line. ana her enormous paddl"
boxes. looked more imam her size. while
IN the Oceanic the long. trim forccastla
deck ana poop ulrticback deck. and the
central arrauICmgui of the deck houses
al tend to relieve her of the appearance
If mere bulk. Tn" Great Eas;ern's length
was 69l fec. The Occanic'S is 1Ol fec
The formers hight drauGht was = feet:
he latter'S is - feet. The rrSprctiNg dis.
placements are u.N41 tons and l2.5.u IONS.
and when laden il is estimated that iho
Oceanic Will weigh y cen tons. as agaiis.
tho Great EaStern'S 5000 tons Tho
Oceanic is well able 10 steam - 10 knots
tt cruising speed twelve knots an hour
without cOaling, or about the earth's Gir-
ile- Her saloon Is ~ feet IN a feet. InI
feet nigh. with a dome in the centre of
great beauty Some Of The staterooms
are II feet inches by feet. and the YES
SCI surpasscS the widest conceptions of
jules Verne : FLOATING city Her speed
or her ulai trip was twenty three knots.
~ IN; tnt IrN worm belongs tAe honor 81
,,iS,'77 NJ i!'S. Ntt. ii.sIi;p across me
-. I.,'i Iii. ~, a. III ,'NaHiIh' 9ht
~ Jun a. ntL'fIS liioh. on me East
v-a.. irtTl,.I ~ M 80. - iie. ~ ~
Nickel L,ty,rrn MN MIN, NH i,',,,,,n,
but was purchased before being tinishrI
IN William SrlrhornIIyh 4. I'M of li,-ar
nah. ana titted with machinery The
nTiIln rbi., lrr'. III rr,..t,ii9 IL
WIN IN Kim MI r,aI ,"ii,v i ~ III " IL Il.
weather: The, wheel was incIosed in can
vas held IN place ~ IRON rims. Her mod
el was considered tine and her passenger
accpmmodations Were thought elegant.
she went 10 savannah in 1919 and left
nat port Tor Liverpool May -. 1919. She
LfFlNed IN twenty Two days. having used
ittI tH9illT l1i GllteH GAYS. SHe then
M"ut ~ o. FtlerSotLiS; SturhlhS 70 "a
4 ~ r IN eiiI''e. So Iitt H5cAlh
tH NINA ri ''i 49, t'thfh nuI' itIlu s.lc
r,u 4.,r,,a time h.-uraan Nh w MIN
-a,..t,tnIh tiraI,t- rtTrnino !, h,,,., N ,ttts
| Island KIM y,nl WI Hill t1rI. i,,,i, 1T Ao''7
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nrnnciiod III IL 80, ~ ,, ' ny 49, 20, =
;I is +" ~ 80 ~ - "iii' NM WI
| i,,,,,,boa j., ts,,.,.-,,l -, 81 mn W a.
| mi stinuius T., nca,tn i,.,,.ii,y,,i,, 20 RI
| v-3s The Gr,af Erir.iin ~. o. 80
| Transatlantic steamShin Sbc w. TO-
signed nv ErIln,I mo a,ioin,n- WI, Ia.
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| H., - w. "''' uip'l H''H '1ItiI7
| P''N iUuHi? dl'V'ip'cu' bLuIicl ulSCdTutu
| phniuLe MhceIs dnu dInpteu the screw pro
| 'rI!tr- HEy rIrht 'Illdln crossed the
ot''ir ~ III .ttH ,'dS !, III ~ average speed
n r..i'o .>iio'1 i" !ioHi
| a n' '7ctehtlIlc american published 4
| uetatl.d 'tco4ht OF the snip in its first
| number. az ted August 2N 1913. as follows
| This nla nmuth Of the ocean. which has
| recently arrived from Liverpool, has ere
! atcd much excitement here as well as in
| Eurolt, being. IN TACT. me greatest mari
tlille cu4lH SHY eyer Sen IN our harbor.
! g. - t '. pN 'iie 'tittI " Tier1
H. ~ v, III IN M ~, Us an
| v-,s Iaun,b"d Il" mn M ~ ~
| rfn..s .rJ m.,chioDr+ III, in,,,i " T.
| l,,. ,rf' o,i n .tGi, 49, ltl''t' !
| h''. tHu even dn explosion 81 hcr steam
| h.ai'lS could nor SINK her. aS hr is diVld
ri mo fiVe different compartments. each
| helilS thoroughly water tight. that in
| cas-" Of accident even one perfect division:
| Would float the vessel and cargo. The