The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-05
A SAIL OYER THE BRINY.
4 VOYAGE TO HAVANA, THE BER-
 MUDAS AND POTO RICO.

A Delightful Outing of Sixteen Days l and q Brief Record of the Journey on
 the Fine Steamer Kronprincessen Ce-
 ceIie of the Hamburg-American Line. ''Yes, indeed, we have just had a de- llightful trip" said Bridgeport finan- cier to a Courier representative of his acquaintance at New Haven postoffice yesterday afternoon. T have just run over to the Elm City on a business trip and am feeling fine and thoroughly re- freshed Our party just enjoyed every minute of the trip. We went on the staunch, fine steamer Kronprincessin Cecilie, of the Hamburg American line, and if you really want my story I will mention just here that good Captain Rusch, of the steamer, is one of the best captains that ever trod a quarter deck-I believe that's the right nautical expression. He was unsparing and untiring in his efforts to make his pas sengers comfortable, and did everything in his power in caring for their welfare and safety. So also as regards his officers.
 Well, if you want a word or two about the trip in detail, here goes. We Iwere away sixteen days in all, and aft Ter touciling at Nassau for a few hours we arrived at Havana. There we were confronted by dilemma in the shape of red tape. We were to go to Porto Rico and there was a quarantine snag for passengers bound there. The Unit ed States official at Havana had his or ders, but we telegraphed to the author ities at Washington and the reply came, All right; go ahead But an- other difficulty arose. The Hamburg American line had contracted to take l thirteen passengers then at Havana in waiting, to Porto Rico. So on that ac- count we were held up about half day longer than we expected, at Havana. i Well, we started at last for Porto Rico via the Old Bahama channel. Owing to the delay we had met with we should, had we kept right on, have had to pass through that difficult chan nel at night; but our sagacious captain said mol he would take no risks; the safety of all on board was his first thought So we did not enter the risky Bahama channel at night, but went through 1t at daybreak. After we had cleared the Banana channel and pass ed across the Windward channel we hauled in close to the coast of Hayti and took in the great beauty of the scenery, with Hayti on the starboard and the little island, Little Tortugas, on the port. Tn going this way the lcaptain gave his passengers a two or three hours extra sail at the expense of his coal. Next, we arrived at Porto Rico, where we had six hours stay, l Then we were off for Bermuda. There | the British government, out of respect | to the steamship line and the Ameri- | can tourists, gave us permission to dock at the great naval dock there at Island Island. The dock is one of the finest in the world We had forty-eight hours at Bermuda. Our stay was pro- longed owing to delay before the big ! steamer could be turned at the dock, a | isouthWest gale setting us heavily against the stone abutment.
 1 At last we were off for home, and all returned with hearty satisfaction over the trip and the splendid courte- sies of Captain Rusch, his four officers, also the purser, the engineer and the ships surgeon, not forgetting also the stewards. There you have just the bald, plain facts of our outing, which was in all respects immensely en- joyed,'