New-York tribune., 1902-01-18
TO LONDON IN FIVE DAYS.
STEAMSHIP COMPANY, USING TURBINE
ENGINES. EXPECTS TO MAKE
THIS TIME.

To clip from twenty-four to thirty-six hours
from the record time for crossing the Atlantic is
the promise Of the New-York and European
Steamship Company, a transatlantic steam
ship line which offers assurance of q speedy
tulflment Of its pledge This company, which
has already applied for pier privileges in this
city and formulated the larger part of it's plans.
expects. by the substitution of the turbine en-
gine for that now in use. to secure a constant
speed Of thirty knots hour in its new boats.
Such a speed Will mean that passengers can be
carried from this country Europe in a little
more than four days
The success that has attended the of the
turbine engine in Europe. and especially the
remarkable speed that has been secured there
by, has naturally raised the question as TO its
adaptability for transatlantic steamers. In this
city a strong company has been organized. and
plans have been pretty well completed for this
line To off a day in the time of cross
ing the Atlantic will mean to bring enormous
profits TO the steamship company which sue
ceeds in doing It, Fast mails. not only of this
country. but those which beginning to pass
through from Australia and the Far East, will
naturally fall to the steamship company that
can handle them quickest. Delivered at Queens
town these mails could. according to the plans
Of the New-York and European company, be
carried in three days and seven hours. a reduc-
ton OF TWO DAYS from the present Time 10
leave New York on Saturday morning and ar
rive in London Wednesday night would be
inducement which would attract the larger
share of the transatlantic passengers.
OF the feasibility of the turbine engine for
Atlantic steamships the members Of the new
company have no doubt. 1t has already been
successfully used in England and has received
the Endorsement of the leading engineers. OF the
Importance and value OF the turbine engine
length before the Society Of Mechanical Engi-
eers. The advantage of the turbine engine over
the engines used at present for driving steam
ships, and the superiority of the American tur-
bine over the Parsons the English turbine, and
the Laval. the French engine. he summarized
follows:
The speed of the Wilson American turbine Is
capable OF much greater variation than any % 3nepi G
70 1000 revolutions per minute II possesses the me
be kept down low as 100 revolutions minute.
The latter speed enables IL 10 be applied adVan-
steam turbine is that the Greater its size and power
the more economical il Is in the consumption OF
steam; and its simplicity renders it much cheaper
to construct and maintain than the ordinary type
of engine The rotating motion Of turbines Icing
ORDINARY reclprocatlng engine MAKES mem esPecl-
ally suitable for the driving OF dynamos so as TO
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speed machinery while their general economy OF
steam consumption, moderate first cost and great
durability render them desirable engines for any
class of work and it may be broadly stated that
turbines in general simple in construction
the reciprocatng steam engine is complex. They
simple In principle. inexpensive in construction
Quiring little attention while work and
repairs renewals. These practical advantages
have greatly impressed British steamship owners
that the opinion has become general among them
that the next few years will the adoption of
turbines the usual means OF propulsion
for the largest ocean steamships. in connection
with this change of motive power. the substitution
of oil for coal fuel is coming into favor, owing 10
the greater calorifc power Of oil and consequently
less weight and space required aboard ship. Coal
is carried side midship bunlers occupying
adVantageously used for cargo, whereas oil fuel
be carried in the ballast tanks in the bottom of
the ship. The least coal consumption OF the best
uuadruple expansion engines, with their necessary
auxiliary power, is about and one-half pounds
Of coal a horsepower hour. whereas with oil fuel
and Wilson's steam turbines the consumption Of
one-third of that quantity, a little
half pound of oil a horsepower hour. The saving
Of wages of stokerS and coal trimmers Is very
great where oil fuel is employed, only three fire
by liquid fuel. whereas eighteen to twenty fremen
necessary when coal fuel used IN the
same vessel An equal economy in the wages Of
engineers results from the OF the turbine In
stead Of the reciprocating engine, and the
bined economies in fuel. wages and Of space saved
VIII greatly cheaper the cost of ocean transporta-
fion.
On December 10 Of last year the New-York
and European Steamship Company applied to
the Department of Docks for a pier for its
steamers. The company has its offices at No
50 Broadway. George Wilson is the president
OF the company.