The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-21
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ment ssIpulsisd that the now Awr' r,p
ships should be- ~ least 1850 tons VI 'H'.
hns went fee beyond thts Y" geHset .'
s,,ch eaine as tho world had nr,rt srlu
The Arctic, ,9,tse tons. agd ihe Ailnn,,1
s@gpsryIsicn 'SSfP' osprse steers OF Tie yactg
America fame The Baltic, 7,12a tons ,ati
re PsGlnG 4 'o1 tom, SsLe Sonoslr1c,T5 G,
and the klislrs Works a. New Yorh later
The hull Of this weasel Was built 10y Gonrss
Steers a. New York city.
over sn' AL The dimension" 81 the AdriStc
on load Inc, SIS Zee, 10 inches: breadth y
water when iaisnt' 81 feet ~, Inches mo
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lion Of coal was % 20 o5 tons every tSeqty..
four hours. The. other steamers ~ nc l!ns
four hours. The paddiewheels Of he Adr,.
attic were 90 feet In diameter. with, thirty,,tnHo
steamer had two smokestack-. set fore and
aft, 20 feet hlEh BY S.7 ! feet ss.S dia@ ,ssm.hio. 70.
packets but they had chaIacteris' ,cs OF uher
%. ...e hitch hs s'" GoIii no ' sSsS aSS sG' t PS'' clipper Upper
bow and gave his boats a straight stem,
The Collins ships had, plenty, OF ireeboard
and were therefore, dry ana coIhinttahle
" The machinery OF the Arctic and the other
that bore II. Their engines were supported
by solid cast iron beams and wrought IRON
sOllenddn1ds s% sn% Sesoc 81 marine and se ensin 'Sg go q
the period. Chief Engineers Sewell and
iTarSn. U. s. n; had as 2 great eas d deal d 70 90 E E,..
ships the Cunarders put out the ASA ana
Africa. but at no stage q Go, the g Tsn%sTs were
Lindsay, the British marine historian. had
this to say after examining the Arctic: -her
equipment was complete and OF the h.fnest
passed those Of any merchant vessel Great
Collins line conveyed 1900 passengers; the
Cnnard line. 1900. Even when Mr.. Cunard
P sbips sr ss he a dId With the Asia. which had
a horsepower Of $40. against 300 OF the Pacific
and Atlantic. the Americans kept agIiy
management to their effective boilers and
The Cunard line. was receiving ss5e,s7l
subsidy q year for ships that we're much less
S SssEsr ts ai1n e the ies co adapts stes so sat p smpllss.
and Sdffin INCAPABLE Of rendering a ,arst class ser
vice. The new poltcy. OF subsidy protection 10
Sessfnl in the uIn3}sed states, though Cong ess
Jagged ten years behind P%arliament in adopt
Ing l., sa In lst . before BE- psrt tse fGTS' s %l %f ind SSd.
before most OF them had been made; 'ne
steamships registered for deep sea. carrying,
These were chiefly steamers which touched
at Havana or other Nest in ndd Z P port pro MnCn
service our registered steam tonnage rose in
is4s to ie,Oes tons. and from that year to
I ~ is tSe We tnf Rsd e, s Tss to lSssf is5 sna $50. GH?'' 'Sns
tons toni; '- 1855. 1905 tons. Although Great
fostering Of her steamship interests, We had
gained so swiftly after 1sis that in 1881 or
steam fleet and Britain's were practically
SThe Adrlatic became a British troop ship
in the dark days Of The Giy Iid} var. can the
felt at home under the Union Jack Before
the Adriatic was accepted for the srjttth
1851, and made four runs on g measured mile
at an average mean speed Of 5.sos knots an
Even though the loss within two years OF
two Of its four, ships was a crushing mlsiori
time IN c to the Collins be ll hsid In eu ae.sbsr 'f sStS So the
what seemed ,unpreyentable causes Their
Of the most capable and experienced seamenI
on the north Atlantic. and never mnlil inc n
sinkins e OF the ss,,o Arst nSci ded 'hf Bur TG ihe Sro tDS
and Pacific were no more mourned IN America
than the President and City of Glasgow IN
Great Britain, and no United States steam;
ship enterprise had such a melancholy, record
of wreck aud death as the Royal Mail steam
Packet limo to the West Indies. Indeed, 50
hne was the reputation Of the Collins service
that not even those two catastrophes shook
the public confidence or broke the courage
of Mr.. Collins. although the loss OF the Arctic
meant to him a double afiiction, for his, vile.
a most beautiful gentlewoman,, and ,hs
children had persisted with his beloved shlp.
The result Of the Collins grit. was the con.
s~truction Of the 4,i44 ton Adriatio at a cost
offs ,io0, 900. 49,,
Then came the political .bushwhacktng
against our ocean mail fleet, destined TO eng
in It's destruction. 1T was as infamous. Cold
and heartless n freezeout as has ever humhled
a self-respecting Americans pride.
Here are the records of some OF the pas
saRes OF the Collins liners between New York
and Liverpool:
Pacific. May. 1851. eastward .,......e 30 -
Atlantic, July, 1862, eastward. ,.....1O 10
Baltic, August, 1858. westward. ......a u
Arctic, February. 1858, eastward .....a ~
Baltic. September. 1857, eastward. y
The writer recently met q citizen ofGerman
birth: It was at one Of the ferries in Hoboken.
4. ponderous German liner was docking
The German-American citizen turned 70 me
with fine scorn. saying: "Dass neqn ich en
! Schiff (pointing TO the vesseD. Was HABIT
Ihr? Paar alte Hasten init Englischer Be,