The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-12
Noted German Shlpbul|dsr Says
tho Kaiser wilhelm Il Marks Il
EuT OTHERS DOUBT IT
Inventive Genlus and Improvements 10
Harhos win Make Higher Speed Pos.
sIhle, II Is Claimed,

New York, May 1s.-Justus Flohr. d.
rector general OF the Vulcan ship-yards
az stettin. who built the Kaiser wilhelm
II predicts with the confidence OF an ex-
pert that the latest example OF German
marine science and art. now lying at Ho-
boken, can never be excelled In speed.
His reasons are based partly on ma
rine history and partly on experiments
The contract speed called for In the hal-
ser Wilhelm H. Is 1850 knots an hour.
This will soon make her hve-day BOAT
between New York and Southampton.
ON her first trip the notebook or Ch-el
Engineer Baum shows that I'm bursts OF
speed the new ship went an high az 25'o9
knots per hour. Her lowest speed was
2i.U knots. and her average 22l0 knots.
The Kaiser Wilhelm H. made the encr-
nous expenditure OF 4e,io2 horsepower
during her passage.
TWENTY-FIVE KNOTS IMPOSSIBLE.
"A twenty-five knot boat continues
Mr. Flohr, "to accommodate her machlh-
ery. would have TO be 100 feet longer thah
this craft which is 1O6 feet inches IN
length The additional machinery space
would bury her draught To more than 30
feet. which would bar her from New
York harbor. except on exceptionally
high tides.
"A ship OF sO6la feet in length would
be awkward TO manoeuvre. ] doubt II
the Cunard line will ever build twenty
fve-knot boats. They would be imprac-
ticable and too expensive to run the
Cunard people have made a series or ex-
tensive experiments with Ave shipbuild-
ers and with the British admlralty's mo-
del test tanks They find that TO get
Ace ONCr-SeA
route it would be necessary 10 have 14,oOO
horsepower
ITO get a 2e-knot boat for continuous
distance OF 1000 knots IL would be neces-
sary To develoy 10000 horsepower
So sure is Mr.. Flohr OF the soundness
of his reasoning that he says no Vessel
OF greater speed than the Kaiser Wilhelm
H.. will ever be built by his company.
"a a5-knot boat would mean the cutting
off of twelve hours from the ocean trip.
sad he. "and neither the North German
LLOYD line nor any other company would
gain much Our boats leave New YORK
at 10 a. m. on Tuesdays With "a 25-knot
boat we would land passengers from the
special train I'm London on Sunday after
noon. when everything there Is closed
tight as a drum.
s'The Kaiser Wilhelm IL, leaving here
on Tuesday. will land her travellers at
flymOutn ABOUT u. oh 'ho t'''N"'
following sending them to London in
time for late breakfast or early luncheon.
She will land them in Bremen at about
b. m. on the same day. This run may
be almost absolutely guaranteed
SPEED AND COAL.
The coal consumption per day for the
Kaiser Wilhelm H.. is given at 6e9 tons.
but 692 tons were burned OH one day and
69l on another. The fun time from Cher
bourg breakwater was 8 days and %
hours The highest days run was $50
knots, and on foggy days she did 547 and
g3l knots. Inc Deutschland OF the Ham
burg American line, on her maiden trip,
which was made from Plymouth. came
across I'm 5 days l6 hours and "a minutes,
trayersing 3,044 knots at an average OF
22 AZ knots an hour. That was the best
maiden trip ever made.
The Kaiser Wilhelm travelled 1l6 knots
more than the Deutschland.
Mr.. Fiohr's arguments make no allow
ance for new inventions or for Ambrose
channel in the lower bay. which will ul-
timately be forty feet deep
with an expenditure OF 36,9l3 horse
power the Deutschland has maintained
an average speed across the Atlantic OF
23SG knots On that trip she consumed
daily SIS tons of coal
On another occasion when the Deutsch.
land travelled 5s7 knets- itt-eHe- -aay-shs
maintained an average speed OF 2i5;
knots. while on the day that she made
the worlds record Of col knots she speed
ed at more than % knots an hour.