Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-19
Lusitania Did All That Was Elk
pected without Being Push
ed for Record.
FASTEST VOYAGE LATER
Tint VIII Come when Engines Are
over Their Ncwncss and Danger
In Thus Lcsscned--Trip Wns
Mnde in Five Days, 81
Minutes.

New York, Sept. IA few days ago
was celebrate locally the Tooth annivcr-
sary of that proud occasion when Robert
futons l30-foot steamer. Clcrmont, went
putting up the Hudson river at five-mlc
an hour clip To-day New Workers. turned
out to welcome a steaming craft whose
passengers breakfasted in Queenstown
Sunday and lunchcd in Nov. York to-day
Both experiments, equally successful.
were epoch making in the matter of pro-
puLsive power-thc Clcrmont with her
side paddles and the new Cuuarder with
her quadruple turbines.
The voyage Of the Lusitania so happily
completed was chiefly important in that
II was the great speed test of the most
modern propulslvo power. This is the
view taken by her owners. who are salts
fled that the practcability Of the turbine
has been demonstrated and this new dc
parture In English shpbulding justified
The fact that the L,,sItania was able to
cross tho Atlantic in FIVE days and "a min
utes. and on her maiden trip nearly equal
to the trans tlantic record. Is held to be
Of secondary importance. Oricials of the
line said tonight that the Lusitania had
done all that was expected of her with
out having been pushed for a speed rec
ord and they were confident that she
would be able when called upon TO add
to her achievements the fastest voyage
across the Atlantic
Heretofore. II was pointed out. tur-
bincs have been constructed for mod
crate speed hut in tho Lusitania and
her sister ship, the Mnuretania. built
with the greatest government subsidy
ever paid, was staked the British hope
that turbine driven vessels would
prove not only the most comfortable
for passengers but the swiftest lines
afioat.
LUCANIA 13 HOURS BEHIND.
The Lucania OF the Cunard line,
which started TO pace the Lusitania
with Is minutes advantage at Queens
town. reached Sandy Hook Bar at nine
o'clock tonight, 13 hours behind the
new ship.
Ernest Cunard, director of the
line, who was passenger on the
Lusitania. said:
IL came over to watch the working OF
the ship in order to see II we could i'm
prove the Mauritania now nearing com
pletion find that shall have no sug.
gestions TO make"
From the time that me Lusitania sail.
ed from Queenstown at noon Sunday un-
| til, snurning the old fairwav. she found
n path for herself through the new Am
brose channel and reached her new pier
at the foot of West 18th street. Nortr
river, at noon to-day, the steamer be-
havcd splendidly ;nI, according to the
/ II.
| Chief Engineer Dunbar said:
THE engines did beautifully. making
the trip without a hitch We will surely
make IN average Of q knots soon. Hell
coal consumption was not excessive"
The proudcst man aboard, of course
was the man on til, bridge, Captain j
! b. Watt. who said:
She is the fastest ship yet built We
| did not try to press her on this trip be-
! cause hcr machinery Is new and It might
| endanger her. We passed through enough
| rough weather 70 prove that she Is a
good sea boat. She did well, better than
we expected I understand that there
was disappointment on the part OF some
| of the passengers because We did no,
| make a record. We don't want to be
| laKgards but on the other hand. we did
not wish 10 endanger our ship and her
| passengers by attempting sensational
! speed"
The IIusitania IS the largest liner ever
| built. being 100 feet long. Some one has
estimated that II stood on end the
| steamer would overtop by 100 feet tho
| St. Paul building set on the rof Of the
| Park Row building. Her breadth Is IS
feet. depth 60 feet, (mouldedD and gross
| tonnage ~ 500