The Washington herald., 1907-10-11

New York, Oct. H. The turbine steam
ship Lusitania is queen Of the seas. She
finished her second run to this port at4 II
o'clock this morning, and anchored near
the Sandy Hook Lghtship, waiting until
sunrise before entering the harbor
through the new Ambrose channel
She made the voyage from Daunts
Rock across the Atlantic in foar days
nineteen hours forty minutes. She is the
first four-day boat to cross from land to
land. and she now holds all the records
Of the Western Ocean.
All lights were shining. and it was
evident that interest in the passage was
great among the passengers. and they
We're keeping up just when the voyage
had ended and by how much the record
had been beaten.
The steamer slowed down as soon as
she had ended her voyage. and soon after
ward anchored and waited until the sun
should show the way through the new
channel to the harbor and on to her pier
The Lusitania left DJunt's Rock, where
the western voyage begins at 10 O'Clock
last Sunday morning. That is 5:37 a. N.
New York time. as the difference between
Daunt's Rock and New York is four
hours twenty-three minutes. Finishing at
115 a. m. to-day friday makes her
voyage from land 10 land four days nine
teen hours thirty-eight minutes.
This is five hours sixteen minutes faster
than her first trip. II she has come the
same course as she did on her first trip
27S0 nautical miles, she has averaged 2LO3
knots, and so has made several new rec
ords on the voyage
Makes 6I7 Miles In One Day.
She made a run of Cos miles one day
and 6l7 the next day. and averaged for
the best days run 2l16 knots These two
runs wipe out the record held by the
1 Deutschland OF 601 miles and an average
of 2A19 For the entire voyage she has
settled the question Of supreInacy that
has troubled the supporters OF the
Deutschland and Kaiser Wilhelm II. The
Deutschland ran from New York to Ply
mouth in FIVE days seven hours thirty
eight minutes. averaging Dol knots. but
/ the Kaiser Wilhelm II. on a voyage to
/ Cherbourg. averaged. it is said. 23.5S.
/ The Lusitania. up TO noon on Wednes-
/ day. promised 90 beat the record even
more severely. She was then So miles
/ from Sandy Hook. and if she kept up the
rate Of speed at which she had been
/ steaming she would have ended her voy-
age at II O'Clock Thursday night and
/ made a record TWO hours faster. But
! Capt. Watt was satisfied with what his
vessel had shown and slowed her down
/ somewhat
Not Anxious to show speed.
1t was stated at the Cunard Line Office
that it was nct the policy of those in
charge Of the ship to knock the record
all to pieces at one effort. as by so doing
they might injure the engines, but that a
little would be cut off on each voyage un-
til by next summer, when the evenings
are LoAEr II VIII be PeSStbtt W Nbfh tuH
steamer on Thursday night. thus making
the voyage in about four and half days
To do this she will average twenty-five
knots all the way across.
A wireless message from the steamship
was received at the company's office
Thursday morning. which said that at Il
O'Clock she was 331 miles east Of Sandy
Hook. This shows that she had gone So
miles since noon on Wednesday, and was
consequently not going within a knot OF
her speed on her great days run
She passed Nantucket Llghtship at SO
in the afternoon and then had 1873 mile,
more before the end of the voyage wa.
reached.