New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
HERE FOR CHRISTMAS.
afony Passengers on Mauretonia an
Stormy Westsoard Trip.

q series OF hdrd gales. he3fy seas and
orally adverse Atlantic weather including the tail
Tuesday the biggest ocean liner afoat, the Cunard
steamship Mauretania, swept majestically past
sandy Hook Lightship-the finish of her second
eastward race against tine-at Gas o'clock yester-
i. day morning, just dawn breaking.
Hy the time the pilot had climbed board It
rss announced that the big ship had covered the
80 miles from Daunt's Lightship, off Queenstown
q, days and So minutes, which exactly a min
,e longer than the Lusitania took to complete the
distance on her first westward passage. The Lus-
,,,is holds the westward record of days 19 hours
Il minutes. her sister ship being hours minute
ten,od that time this trip.
The Mauretania's daily December L.
Al miles from Daunt's Rock Lghtship; December
"a se miles; December IL, 5Ss miles; December IS
s.5 miles; December 10, S4 miles and 4I6 miles to
sandy Hook Lghtship.
Her average speed for the entire distance %
pnots but from OF Thursday the finish she
travelled at the rate of 2i.S knots. From of
"Wednesday until Thursday the only
smooth day she had In that period she made COS
miles and had it not been that some of the stokers
usre III during the passage the officers confidently
expected that the ship would have beaten her high
st r,u OF miles, made her last westward trip
Tn. Mauritania came straight up the Ambrose
channel to Quarantine, where she was detained for
,u-o hours on account Of the transfer of phenom-
rreuv large Christmas mail. Arriving off West
,rb street, at II o'clock. she was moored TO her
,ser in twenty-five minutes. and by 1876 all her
saloon passengers were ashore. The Mauretania
brought 4s saloon. 2f7 second and 5s6 third class
,assengers-a total Of 1.2i2- She also brought
s1ss 200 in goid 31i7 sacks CT Christmas mail and
Iss packages OF parcels post
All the passengers united in praising the behavior
of she Nauretania in Tuesdays hurricane. when
.h. wind blew from the northeast for nearly three
hours at a rate varying from sixty TO eighty miles
m hour raising a tremendous sea, which did some
,r;6,ng damage to her boats. but through which
she rode with only slightly diminished speed 1t
yas with general satisfaction that no fog was en-
countered on the Newfoundland Banks, on account
q. the northwest wind and cold weather which
followed the storm.
Among those on board were whitelaw Reid,
american Ambassador to the Court of St Jamess;
Mrs Reid. Ogden Mills Reid and Miss Jean Relo'
Captains E. Ferretti and Guidoni, OF the ltanan
navy: Sir E5sar Vincent. NJ. P, and Edmund
Bristol, NJ P; Mr. and Mrs. j. Sergeant Crarl'
Johu McFadden. Mrs. a. J. Drexel Miss Drexel
/ A Drexel and L. c. NJ. Drexel. AT concert helo
in the lounge Thursday night $50 was
raised for the Seanens Charities at Liverpool ana
New York Mr.. Reid was chairman, and Sir Edgar
Vincent who is a brother OF Sir Howard Vincent.
os the Westminster Rifles, IN his address spoke OF
.he wonderful progress made in shipbuAdins' as
.xemplihed in the Mauretania and Lusitania-
/ " De Kay of No. iI5 West Sth street, this city.
rresident and chairman of the board OF directors
of the Mexican National Packing Company,
brought with him from England a group Of hnan-
ciers shareholders in the company, VINO are 10
dedicate the plant the City Of Mexico They VIII
leave New York on a special car on December 70
for the City of Mexico where the first great MOD
ern packing house in that country is to be opened
bv the Mexican Vice-Presi6ent acting for Presi-
dent Daz. The plant is to be operated uioef d
special concession from the Mexican government
nd hacking houses all over that republic are 10 De
ouened under strict government supervisor
simon Lake, the inventor of the Lake submarine
who was q passenger. said he was constructing
four of his boats for the Russian government at
81 PETERSBURG They of five hundred IONS
each and are to travel fifteen miles an hour on the
surface and eight miles submerged Two more
he;ng built in Austria, are 10 go twelve ana hiie
miles an hour respectively on the surface anu
submerged He declares that they VIII o1scharse
torredoes like a rapid fire gun
Eugene Iittauer brother OF ex-Congressran Lit
,st;er is returning from an eighteen naoheis Hip
90 Japan the Philippines and Ceylon. ouerS oi
hoard were yce-Presdent Hackstan OF the 1ilflols
Central Railroad. Frederick Parry MOTHS presi-
dent Of the Long Island News Company LaoS
Dur Gordon. a sister Of Mrs Ehnor Sisn' MSS
no-othv BlIIman and Mr.. and Mrs FRED L
Nhttnev.