The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-11-19
PATHS OF THE OCEAH
ORIGIN OF THE LANES TRAVERSE
9Y ATLANTIC LINERS.

by Lieutenant Mnury y-aIiniuIt. 80
the Danger OF Collisions.
In reports OF the arrival of an occa
liner the statement sometimes appear
that she came by the Southcru rou.r
TO avoid ice or that she made hrr ur,
trip of ;hc season by the uor,hcI
lane. To the ordinary reader tbp iG,
OF lanes or pathways on what We ha.
been taught to think OF as the tru,b
les, sea seems somewhat paruoAi.u
but if you consult the charts in the %.
hcc of steamship manager OF 100 'u
UnitcdStatcshydru-rauncollic office instead
OF the ordinary mag lou will uuH ;a.
there are tour we'll defined highway
across the north Atlantic as j'ur1
marked to tine u..-Uor.s prrHp.D.
ms is u tim, worn turnpike ON land u
the eye 90 tur p.urrriHu
II Is over rno.U .Ji ocean thorough
fares ,ha1 ,u. Fu.u. uirrs. with thou
tens of l.au l.l. 90 passengers .ud
their huru. u. col thousands Of tou ut
freight o. 100 .lr voyages bcNrrpu
Amcrica aa i.ru.. they are clos ,y
adhered To- ny 100 fast steam vessels
and Just as Dr'ully avoided 10y sail
inp ships a1l O., .rr n-n'rmou who pl5
their trHd" oa 'r" Grand banks The
situation 't .w.I craft ON the liners
route would uc comparable 10 that of
man dr,,.u, ul.i rlaDout along a
T..
tied, for those mau tUNrlyd lines have
been set aside ht custcuf and agree.
mcnt Tor ihc Aiiautic'S lightning OK
presses Nobody is Delayed at sidmps
or confined to special tracks. however.
for the rest Of the ocean is left 10 the
ordinary mariner
II IL only few years since the tracks
upon which the great liners shall run
have been so clearly defined. Ever since
the commerce Of the north Atlantic as
Smcd important proportions smiling
nrstcIN have followed In general
way the great circle that curves north
ward from the west coast Of England
aud ireland until 1t reaches about III
degrees north latitude In mldoccau.
then bears southwcstward past the
coast of Newfoundland and Cape Race.
Early experience proved that this was
the shortest and 80, Of course. the
quickest route between Europe and
such ports as Boston, New York ami
Philadelphia
While steam navigators kept fairly
near this course II was natural
enough that thcy should vary from it
somewhat according to the theories Of
individual captains with the mltipli.
cation Of steamships and the rapid In
crease in speed the very fact that an
the larger and sWiftcr vessels kept to
one particular part of the ocean greatly
increased the danger of collision bc.
tween them WHOM forty or fifty swift
steamers were crossing the Atlantic ut
the same time In one direction or the
other, all keeping 10 the same general
course irrespective OF the direction in
which they were travelling il was oh
vious that thc possibility of two uf
them coming together in thick weather
was too great to hc contemplated pleas
antly.
;" Lieutenant MauIl oI the 'ullr"
states navy Intu' the suggestion CHAT
''I i'+l steamships should l'"''... ''i
'"'u uN.H routes, N'I'h "' 'nu''a''"
pains '''.'N I'- 'N' great ''''' p''.IN
closely .nr 70 WAS natural chat the
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