Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-14
MAKES A new RECORD.
The Great Steamer Deutschland
Makes Remarkable Trip Across
the Atlantic.
An Average Speed of More Than
Twenty. three Knots Maintained
on the Voyage.
Maratime Men Astonished at the
Performance Wilhelm der
Crosses Good Time

Plymouth, Aug. IA, 8 p. n.The Ham
burg American steamer Deutschland,
which started from New York on the
Sth for Hamburg arrived here at $50
this morning, making a new record for
the eastward passage, and the fastest
time ever attained by an ocean steamer,
of five days, eleven hours and five min
utss. The highest days run was $50
knots. The average speed was 1882
knets during the passage
New York, Aug. 1.-THE splendid
German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm
adeistirosse has finished her race across
the ocean and has once more estab-
alished a new record for the trip between
Sandy Hook and Cherburg.
This splendid greyhound made the
distance in 5sdays II hours and A min
utes. She has made one other record
trip eastward. This was in May 1898,
when she ran from Sandy Hook TO
Plymouth in days 10 hours and 10
minutes. On that day she made the
fastest single days run that had ever
been piled up, when she reeled out $50.
knots, All an average speed of 2S:43
knots an hour.
The news of the arrival of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Gross reached New York
Monday when Oelrichs 4 Co.. the North
German Lloyd agents, received this
scablesram:
sCherburg, Aug. 1ss.-The steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. Sandy
Hook, light vessel. l22::eeS p. M, Tuesday,
Aug. 4; arrived cherburg 1851 p. nj.
Monday, Aug. 10; time, days 10 hours
Al minutes: distan9e S,1S4 miles, aver
age, 2e.''e knots per hour. Daily runs,
400, 52i, So $50; l,3s2 5il. and % knots.
This Establishes new record from
New York to Cherburg. breaking the
previous best record eastward OF 29.6l
knots per hour.
"Engiebart, Captain.
Maratime men are i,stonished at the
liner. They had in view, however. her
famous run TO Plymouth, and her al
.nirars say that th.y knew that she
Mould equal. IL not excel, that perform-
ance She really bettered ii when the
difference in distance is compared
Plymouth being 1852 knots and Cher
Duig ,lalll < ., iSt.
But the Deutschland. Oceanic and
New York Will BE- heard from tonight,
unless something has gone wrong.
The admirers of the Hamburg Amer
Jean racer We're betting all afternoonson8
the maritime exchange that the
Deutschland would SHOW up With fig
5urss that viii once more tear the
iatfels from tsie PROV of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der G;.ass.s.
The Oceanic Is really the dark horse
in the race ana her friends insist that
She, too, will have something to say
about eastward time records when She
reaches the oths. side while The New
York admirers expect great things
from the greyhound. whose sped in
comparison u her capacity has more
than once as,anished everybody.
The four boats in this wonderful race
across the seas left this port last week
Ishe Kaiser Wilhelm started first, clear
Ing from sandy Hook at Y eeSS4#on The
Iaftt moon Of Aug. Twentg-four
Ihours later the mammoth Deutschland
got away from her dock on time, but
Was delayed IN the lower bay until
evening because Of low water on he
bar.
l'lia time, however, was counted from
sandy Hook 50 that the delay Of the
Hamburg boat at this end will not
lcount against i9er III making up the
IsIe0ard.
! The Oceanic and New York cleared
| the Hook about the same time as thu
| 1Deutschiand, and for several days ship
/ ping men on both sides of the ocean
4 iiaye been waiting With interest the
|neWs of the arrival of the racers.
| The Oceanic d the White Star line is
IN point 81 Sis the monster Of the
! 4cean. She Was built to land her pas
sengsrs from Liverpool TO New York,
ar VICE versa Id seven days, and Il
lilak, her trips with the regularity Of a
hallway train. Exceeding the Deutsch-
Hand in tonnage She has 5000 less horse
i5oWer. So, say her managers, she is
not expected 10 race With ships de-
lsigned for record breaking speed.
However, tasN admit, she vii lay he.
1maiis down III Queenstown in her usual
time, and theS contend that mails
taken To queenstown and transported
4 tcross ireland 10 Holyhead Wales
reach London sooner than those landed
lat PlymnGth q, those in ships which
iit4t5li 'stlti ~
\ Southampton.
A But that Is the old fight between TIL,
Irish sea ard ina English channel. TIL,
i Spceanic represents in his race the lrisf
Issa; the other taree the English chan
mel.
Z. The Deutschland, the Hamburg
4 American champion. is the present cocl
d of the walk n the Atlantic circuit. Sh
Il smashed all records on her maiden voy.
Slage. Her bound record from Ply
mouth 10 SANDY Hook is five days, fif
4 teen hours and forty-six minutes. he
east bound time from Sandy Hook t,
plymouth, five days, fourteen hours ant
Elsix minutes. Her tonnage is less thai
lthe5Oceanicis, and she possesses engine
4 to drive her Of $4,000 horse power
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
named for tine first great German en-
IperT. Is a marvel of shipbuilding an
engineering skill. 1t has often beel
( |stated that she had never, up to tn
time of the present contest, been let gu
q ito her full capacity.
The New Yolsr of the American line
the smallest Of the great four. She i
1000 less in tonnage, 1000 less in hors
power than the smallest Of the othe
three. She is only $50 feet long, Will
her rivals are all in the 6OO-foot class.
SUCCESSFUL IOWA ASSEMBLY.
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