Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-14
TNE OCEANIC IN PORT.
BIC New White Star Liner Reaches
Her Dock In New York.
GREATEST STEAMER AFL0AT
Did Not Attempt to Break Any Ocean
Records OF Her Maiden Trip, but
Made Good Time - Dimen-
sions of the Big Ship.

New York, Sept. 1.-THE new White
Star line steamer Oceanic has arrived
from Liverpool and Queenstown, but
failed to exhibit any great speed, no
DAYS run exceeded 800 knots. The
steamer is said to have made no attempt
at records or even great speed The
engines were run throughout without
hitch. neither stopping or slowing on the
way, and her builder, Right Hon. W. j.
Pirrie. the builder who was on board.
said that the steamer had come up to his
expectations in every particular and
steamed through with ,rge reserve of
power which was not brought into use;
also the tiremen were picked up on the
last moment owing to Il strike Mt Liver
pool. She left Queenstown at l2:4o p.
NJ last Thursday.
AS compared with ocean records, how
ever. there are half dozen steamers
ahead of her On the Queenstown route
westward, the best of which are the Lu-
CANA. ) DAYS. I hours and % minutes.
and Teutonc. days, 1G hours and 81
minutes. Next following are the Cam
pa1 Ia, MIRA, Majestic and Etruria.
The Oceanic is the largest vessel ever
built, and was launched at Belfast on
Jan. IA, from the yards of Iarand Il
Wolff. She is 7O4 feet long, Y feet
beam and g. feet deep. with draft, light,
of - feet and loaded 32l2 feet. She
registers 1900 tons. Her engines We're
designed to develop 10000 horsepower.
She is rugged with three masts and is
equipped with two tunnels, each of 20
feet diameter and so feet above the fire
CRATES. They are painted yellow, with
black top, the distinguishing colors of the
White Star line
Her passenger accommodation is for
t325 cabin and 1000 Storage passengers.
and she carries II crew of $50 men. 1t
was cablcd when she sailed from Queens
town on the present trip that she had on
board 2,044 persons.
Had to Build New Dock For Her.
So nurh larger is she than the other
White Star steamers that the company
built new dock on the North river to
accommodate her. 1t has been occupied
by tho line for about year.
Compared with the Great Eastern, the
greatest ship ever built before her, the
Oceanic is ~ feet longer and with a
horsepower over $1,000 greater. The
Great Eastern, which was built on the
Thames in $3.50. measured $50 feet long,
So feet beam and had draft of 80 feet.
She registered $4,000 tons. and her en-
gines developed 1850 horsepower
The North German Lloyd hier Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse. the next largest in
sizr. hlilt two years ago is 'i4S feet long,
GG feet beam and 26 feet draft. She reg
listers ll.0GO tons and has 10000 horse
power.
The Great Eastern had a steam pres
sure Of % pounds to the square inch.
while the Oceanic has 1872. The Great
Eastern had 10000 shell plates, mostly
10 feet long by feet inches wide
weighing 800 pounds. The plates Of the
Oceanic number 1900. the midshp por-
ton being % feet long by 4 feet inches
wide and from l to 1as inches thick and
from > tons to 81 in weight.
The Oceanic will he open to inspection
on Monday from 9 Il. m. to ; p m. at an
admission Of 80 cents. the proceeds Of
which will go to New York hospitals
Tickets may be obtained at the Office on
the wharf or at the general offices, 8
Broadway.
As a criterion of the interest attending
her arrival is the fact that upward If
. 0n masses were issued by the agents 10
witness her arrival from the company's
pier ut the foot OF West Eleventh street