New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21
BIGGEST SHIP ARRIVES.
CEDRIC PLEASES ALL.
Passengers Say She U,as almost rs
Steady As a Hotel on Land.

ACItUtLN rs u fEDIEf on llLfk(I.
'The ship was as steady as a floating island"
You would never know that YOU on a
ship" "It was like a seaside hotel. even when
there was a gale blowing outside These were
some of the expressions Of the officers and pas
sengers of the steamship Cedric. Of the White
Star Line, after she locked here last night The
Cedric is the largest ship in the world and this
was the completion Of her maiden voyage. It
was a voyage to test the seagoing qualities OF
the ship. All agreed that she met the test weH.
There were gales nearly every day, and seas
which boarded the ship from time TO time over
the bow. Notwithstanding this. it was possible
go deck every day. The ship pitched to
some degree, but did not roll. Rolling is the
motion most disconcerting. AS an evidence Of
the steadiness Of the vessel the purser, H. Me-
EIroy said that the racks were out only once,
and then only on one Of the side tables. You
would never know you were on a ship. ne de-
clared, with pride.
The North Atlantic has been lashed by gale
after gale this winter There has been one contin-
uous storm since winter set in. The storm con-
fronted the Cedric when she pOked her nose
beyond Daunt's Rock. headed toward the west.
The first two days out were not remarkable in
the way of weather. On the third day. however.
the wind set in stronger. Fcom that day to
port the log records gales of greater or less
intensity. They came from the west, and re-
tarded the ship so much that she was able TO
average only 1443 knots hour. The time OF
the voyage was days. 8 hours and 16 minutes.
and the distance covered from Daunt's Rock TO
Sandy Hook Lightship. 2.SS9 miles. There were
unpleasant incidents to mar the pleasure OF
the voyage, and few were seriously seasick
The days runs were 365. 800, 3s3, 333. 351,
331, 303. 35S and 75.
The docking Of the big vessel proved 70 be a
difficult operation. owing to the ice in the river.
The steamer got into her slip promptly. but
then unable to get alongside the pier be-
cause of the ice between her massive hull and
the piles of the pier. Push as the putting tugs
might. and pull the donkey engines would
on the lines the big hulk was not to be got
close enough to put the large gangways aboard.
AT last the narrow bridge used for the second
ca bin passengers was thrown across the chasm
and found to be sufficiently long. The steamer
then thirty feet from the side of the pier
More than half an hour was consumed in get
ting her near enough TO accomplish this. and
in taking the passengers ashore.
Among the passengers were Sir Cavendish
Boyle. K. c. NJ G.. Governor Of Newfoundland.
and H. Montague Allan of the Allan State Lire
Sir Cavendish Boyle said that he had been away
from Newfoundland for four months, and there
fore could say nothing of conditions there. He
said he had just received kilograms informing
him that IL was impossible to reach the island.
owing to the ice. It was his intention to go to
Montreal to-day. and. If he found it i1npossible
to go to Newfoundland from that point he would
go 20 Halifax Mr.. Allan expected to go -
Canada. The Cedric brought 742 passengers-
160 first, 152 second and 430 third class. Sho
also brought about two thousand tons of freight
While the Cedric is a sister ship of the Celtic
which came out last year, she is 120 tons larger
than her sister. Their exterior dimensions
the same-7OO feet long. % feet beam and 10 Is
feet deep The Cedric's gross tonnage is 2f.0 600.
The difference between the two vessels is in
the wells. In the Celtic these are open In the
Cedric they have been decxed over.
The dimensions of the Cedric are so well bal
anced that one does not gain an adequate idea
of her size from looking at her. Tt is only when
a person climbs down to the dining saloon and
then climbs back again that he begins to realize
her great size One looks around fnstinctfvely
for an elevator
Within the hull itself are six decks Then rise
three more decks, the upper promenade, the
beat and the sun When one has reached the
last mentioned he is almost as high above the
keel as he would be above the ground If be
were in the editorial rooms of The Tribune. nine
stories above the pavement. All of the windows
on these decks are rectangular and large enough
for the passage of a mans boiy. The vessel
has capacity for $50 first class. 250 second
and 1000 third class passengers. a crew of 335
men and 10000 tons of freight, besides 2400 tons
of coal Her displacement is $500 tons. She
is equipped with twin screws and engines and
eight double ended boilers She is intended to
Ike seventeen knots hour. In TIE spring
she will be put the weekly Friday service
with the Celtic the Cymric and the new Arabic
The commander of the Cedric is Captain Had
dock. c. B. r. n. r. He has been connected
with the White Star Line since 1SSS, when he
entered it's service as junior officer on the
Adriatic He served on the Runic- the Britain
mic the Cfernanic and the Celtic. Last October
he was invested with the Order Of tie Bath by
King Edward