The sun., 1907-11-23

snip by Fog Builder Feels Confident.
salt accumulated in her tussIe with the
biggest November seas that ever have
vexed a liner ambitious 20 do a startling
stunt. the Cunarder Mauretania finished
at il:l3 O'Clock yesterday morning in a
dense fog on Sandy Hook lishtship her
maiden trip from Daunts Rock. outside
Of Queenstown. Her time was Ave days,
Ave hours and ten minutes and her average
hourly speed was 22.2I knots
She broke only one record. that for the
best days run, covering on the nautical
day ended at noon on Thursday 62i miles.
thus eclpsing by six knots the best single
day run OF her sister, the Lusitania. She
also broke the record as a carrier Of gold,
inging si2 95s li5. chiefly in the form OF
American eagles and double eagles. II
was brought down to the steamship at
Liverpool in six specially guarded cars A
part of the consignment is in gold bars from
South Africa
No liner ever had worse luck on a first
"trip. The tempests began buffeting her
when she was half day out from Queens
town. On Monday she pitched and rolled
enough to make many Of her 5s7 first and
second cabin passengers decide not to
report for dinner. A showcase in the
lounge was thrown down and smashed
while the seas we're in their ugliest mood.
An extra anchor lashed forward got loose
on Monday afternoon and the ship pro-
ceeded merely under steerage way while
seamen under the personal direction OF
Capt Pritchard made il secure
As the hours went on and the enthusiasts
on the ship began TO suspect that she would
not break any records at all a feeling OF
gloom took the place OF the hope, that had
been high on the first day OF the trip. IL
was not until the splendid performance OF
Thursday was posted that cheerfulness
came back to the cabin sports again. They
knew then that the ships ability had not
been overestimated. IL was explained
10 seekers after knoWledge that the fierce
head winds and seas and the inexperienoe
~ the stokers with the boilers that feed
turbines were among the chief causes OF
the Mauritania . inability to break records.
10 was impossible to keep up steam suffi-
cient TO send the big ship through the smash
ing seas. On her trial trips her propellers
avera Red about 100 revolutions. On this
trip the average was below 100. Her big
days run demonstrated that she has the
power to go and can go Then the obstruct-
ing seas are not too violent. THAT she
ia going to break a few records when her
engine force gets more familiar with her
peculia rites is the impression Of her build
era, Swan, Hunter 4 Co. G. B. Hunter,
Who was q passenger aboard her. said
as much; also that he naturally did not
like 10 compare the English built boat with
the Scotch one, and intimated that for some
time perhaps IL would be a case Of nip and
tuck between the Lusitania and the Maui
retaniR.
He did not expect the new ship to do
twenty-seven knots. intimating that he
would feel satisfied il she averaged twenty
Ave from port to port. He declared that
he believed the Lusitania also would do
as well as this. The tonnage Of the Maure-
taria, according to Mr. Hunter. is about
1000 greater than that OF the Lusitania.
This was due chiefly to the newer ships
greater beam and not to any appreciable
difference in length.
On the day that she made her record
run the Mauretania had strong following
sea. which helped her along some She
covered 2. 7sO miles in runs Of 30. 57l. 49,
Se3. s2a and 52s to Sandy Hook lghtship.
She lay on the lightship in thick fog,
with a feet Of big and little craft to keep
her company. including the Baltic OF the
White Star Line. until late in the afternoon.
There was an impression aboard her that
she would not come up until this morning,
and passengers who had packed up their
hand baggage were preparing TO open it
20 warrant Capt Pritchard making the
venture.
SIZE was brought up through the Ambrose
Channel by Pilot Eugene McCarty. arriving
at Quarantine at 35i o clock. She did not
reach her dock until after dark. She talked
by wireless with the other fogbound craft
and sent messages to her agent. Vernon H.
Brown. There were some close shaves
between the vessels cropping in the gloom
and it was said that the Baltic put her
nose pretty close to the Jersey beach while
feeling her way up to the lightship. This
was denied by the officers OF the White
Star ship. The steamer General Meigs
went aground on the Hook in the morning
and stayed till high water.
The gold aboard the Mauretania will be
unloaded this morning IL IL in 3l8 boxes
and the chief part Of it is consigned to the
following banks and firms: Fourth National.
si 900 900: Heidelbach. Ickelheimer 4 Co.
o., $50, 900; LAzsrd Freres. s2.5OO. 900; Kuhn.
Loeb a Co. sI.5OO.OOOi Hanover National
IBank. sl.O00.OOO; Barring a Co. s5I5.OOO;
Rank Of Nova Scotia. $500, 600; National
City Bank 100000; Balfour. Williamson
Co. s76s.O 900; American Express Company
S2oo, 900; Guaranty Trust. s47O OOO Bank oi
Nev York. s25S. 900. and Singer Manufactur.
ing Company, 100000
Among the Mauretania's passengers were
William ]. White Of this city. who was 90
pleased with the work OF the engine fore,
thae he gave Capt. Pritchard 500 TO give Il
them % Christmas presents on their return
70 Liverpool; c. 8. Swan Of Swan. Hunter
4 Co., W. II. BsrtIett. Hassin Ben Ali. W. p
Clyde, James A. Douglas. s. s. Mcclure
Clarence Phelps Dodge. Edward Kessler
8. z. GuEgsnhefmer. A. J. Drexe. Prince
Andre Poniatowski, Sir Clifton Robinson
william J. White. J. n. Rhoades. jose Tero
de Palma. r. N. Doubleday. Tirso Mesa anc
J. J. Ashley.