The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-22
KAISER WILHELM II. IN PORT.
MAIDEN TRIP LONGER THAN THE
DEUTSCHLANDs.
Time. Days N Hours-weather. April
Against July-Aycrage Speed. 1910
Knots Asainst Deutschiand's 17.A4
Not Pushed for . Record This Trip


Not Pushed for . Record This Trip
The Kaiser Wilhelm H.. the new four
funnelled, seven-storied flyer Of the North
German Lloyd Line. completed her maiden
and Cherbourg, and dropped anchor at
Quarantine az 1918 O'Clock.
The Kaiser was brought into port by
Pilot j j Russell. who said she handled
as nicely as a pilot boat. As she steamed
up the bay she looked like floating city,
so brilliantly was she Illuminated.
Her commander, Capt, Hogemann, made
no effort 10 break records. She had two
days Of fog, on Sunday and Monday, when
she ran at reduced speed.
She took the long southerly route OF 3.i0C
miles to steer clear Of ice. but even at that
passed three large beTgs and one small
one in low latitude.
The time OF her passage from Cherbours
TO the finish line OF Atlantic racers at Sandy
Hook hghtship was days and % hours
Her daily runs were 257. 500, $40, SAT, Ss+, 5a2
and $50 miles. and her average hourly
speed was 20 10 knots.
Her mighty furnaces consumed 900 tons
Of coal a day. an unprecedented quantity
for liner. Her propellers averaged eighty
two revolutions a minute when she was
Some Of the records that her builders
the Vulcan Company Of Stettin, expect
her to break are that OF the Hamburg
American liner Deutschland, for speed
23.5i knots, over a course OF S,0s2 miles;
that OF the Kronprinz Wilhelm. also Of the
North German Lloyd feet, s days ii hours
and 81 minutes, from Cherbourg to Sandy
Hook; and that OF the Deutschland. days
hours and 81 minutes, from Sandy Hook
to Plymouth.
The best maiden record was that Of the
Deutschland, which covered Gin Juiy)
a course OF 3.044 miles. from Plymouth to
Sandy Hook. in days is hours and 4e
minutes. at an average hourly speed OF
22.A knots.
The big ship brought AS cabin and e37
steerage passengers.
Among the former were the president OF
the North German Lloyd Line. the president
and directors Of the Vulcan Company.
Baron de Fontenilliat. Henry Cochard,
president Of the American Chamber Of Com
merce in Paris; Mr.. Sewald, Col. and Mrs.
Edward Jay Allen; Mr. and Mrs, ManniS'
Gen. and Mrs. Edward Kirkpatrick, the Rev,
DIR. and Mrs. Renouf. william Woodward,
Mr.. and Mrs. !. G. Woodhouse and George
A. Zabriskie.
The Kaiser will dock this morning at the
fine new pier OF the North German Lloyd
Line in Hoboken.
The Kaiser wilhelm II. measures 20. 900
tons gross. is 1881 feet long, u feet
beam and 52X feet moulded depth. and
draws, when laden. 29H feet. Her twin
propellers. 20 feet 10 inches In diameter,
are driven by four sets OF quadruple ex-
pansion engines. two sets working on each
shaft OF 600 aggregate horse power. There
are 10 boilers. With heating surface Of
io7 ,sse feet. or about az acres. The steam
pressure H. 7is pounds TO the square inch.
Tho Kaiser's coal bunker. carrying
500 tons. are equal In capacity TO those
OF the four biggest battleships ahoat. The
anchors weigh 23h tons. There are ISL
person In the engine room star alone. more
than a third Of the entire crew.
The first cabin saloon Ia i0s feet long
and 90 feet wide and has accommodation
for 554 passengers. Besides her large first
class cabins the Kaiser has two 'imperial
suites" containing dining, drawing, bed
and bath rooms. and costing the voyager
who occupies one 81, 900 There are a chill
dren's saloon, a smoking room, typewriting
room. a drawing room and two Vienna
cafes.