New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-04
NEW CUNARD STEAMERS.
THEIR PROBABLE SPEED. LENGTH AND
COST
CANADIANS CONFIDENT or SUBSIDIZED
LINE-AMERICAN GENERALS
N LONDON

especial 10 Ire NeV-Yorz Tribune hy French Cable)
Copyright. 1872. By TIE Tribune As-ocationD
London. oct. +. a n.-The designs for the
tNo Ne" Cunarders which will BE- built on the
oiSue nave not been completed but the tenta-
i've plans and drawings have been Inspected by
lhe Admiralty officials and directors Of the com
pahy- The tonnage. length and engine power
uepehd upon the speed which will he attempted.
ana until this is determined neither OF these de-
signs can he prepared nor tenders offered. The
sair IN speed since 1910 has been about two and
ohe-hah knots each decade. but every addi-
uonal knot represents an enormous increase in
me cost of construction and the consumption Of
coal Engineers estimate that the new steam
e'S' II designed for a speed Of twenty-four knots.
"II need 10 he iJn feet long. and will cost about
io'"An each The fast German liners now
aHoat have averaged about f60o.Ooo, but the
Kaiser Wilhelm H. now under construction. will
he still faster, and viii cost considerably more
IMAM t'~.OW. If the designers are required to
produce twenty knot ships they will be
forced TO increase the length Of the vessels and
run up the cost above f900.WO.
md no reason for modifying the opinion
mat the next development Of the subsidy policy
SIN involve the establishment Of fast steam
/ snip service between Canada and Liverpool All
me prominent Canadians here consider this re-
sun as an inevitable sequel TO the Morgan COM
'lhaton The question is complex one since
me Dominion does not and can not own or con-
troll absolutely a railway service by which
last steamship line will be enabled To compete
with the Morgan fleet Canadians here agree
mat n subsidized line is Indispensable TO
control OF immigration and to active COM
petition i'm freight traffic. and that the imperial
government Will not refuse its cooperation
soon as The colonial officials prepared 70
settle the question. Sir Wufrid L-urier had
ousy DAY Yesterday at the Windsor Hotel. with
50 much work in arrears that his departure f6r
scotland Has deferred twenty four hours His
health has greatly improved during his journey
on the Continent he is reticent respecting the
commercial relations Of France and Canada, but
/ Is intensely interested in Rumanian. shipping
/ and trust questions. although he is unwilling TO
1 allow me 20 quote what he says
The American generals Corbin and Young.
/ Who made the cavalry charge with the German
/ Emperor. are now shivering in the east wind OF
/ London. and are wondering where the Gulf
/ Stream is. Their social engagements are ten
| days ahead. when prominent Englishmen viii
/ be- here 70 entertain them.
/ The rumor that canon Anger will succeed
| Dean Bradley AZ Westminster is not Yet con-
/ hrm~f. 70 would be popular appointment. and
4 would delight both the literary class and the
! lawyers two sections which aye seldom con-
/ ~iierei I'm eeclesiasticaI appointments Mr. Bal
! f"ur and Canon Anger are friends and I'm close
{ sympathy on religious questions Bishop
/ Weldon has been candidate FOR the office on
/ me strength q his record as a schoolmaster
Ihr Daily Express gives a summary ~ the
principal Conclusions % be set forth in the re-
/ ports about % Do presented 20 their government
I hy American experts who have been studying
/ th" working ~ British Industries In the recent
| summer. These experts ind that this country Is
| unnecessarily handicapped I'm comparison with
I the United States 10y the fact that Americans
/ get much they possibly can consistently
with profit out ~ the machinery and human
| labor employed. and that Englishmen DO not.
aid they blame the British worker and British
employer alike for this state Of affairs. Even II
British methods are changed they believe that
the United states viii Inevitably become the
dominant Industrial power - the world with a
fight between England and Germany for second
place
Mrs Douglas Robinson. a sister ~ President
Ros-. laft. has arrived I'm London T. y. +.