New-York tribune., 1907-09-14


clined yesterday TO give any figures on the daily
coal consumption of the Lusitanlas $ 'Vo"o
horsepower turbine engines.
The chief engineer and Vernon H Brown po'h
said that the amount of coal used each day was
between nine hundred and one thousand tons
The chief engineer said his force consisted OF
Is2 iremen. 12o trimmers and 81 engineers
VOYAGE COST f25,Ooo.
It was said unofficially yesterday that the cost
of the bringing of the Lusitania to New York.
including everything. was f25.000. A report from
the commissary department showed that on the
passage from Liverpool to Sandy Hook there
had been consumed aboard the Lusitanla 4o'oVo
eggs, 1000 pounds of fresh fish, two tons OF
bacon and ham. 1000 pounds of best coffee
. 600 pounds of coffee for crew. 500 pounds OF
best tea. $50 pounds of tea for crew, 500 pounds
of grapes. 100 pineapples, 1000 lemons. 20.ooe
pounds of fresh meat, 11,S10 quarts OF milk
2675 quarts of cream and 10000 loaVes OF bread
Robert Balfour NJ. P. of Scotland, who was d
passenger, said the Lusitania was the flnest
ship that human skill could build He said he
had crossed on the Russia in 1863, and was glad
TO have lived TO have travelled on the greatest
of them all. He was proud, he said, to say that
the captain and chief engineer were Scotchmen
The passengers showed unusual interest in bet
ting on the daily runs. On the first day out
every one thought the big ship would make
phenomenal run and the highest pool 645
It was decreased later to 620 and the total
amount for the pool, which was f210. was won
by Archibald S. White and Henry L. Doherty
Both men made syndicate on the last three
days 10 port and all the pools on their
last winnings they gave 10 per cent to charity
and 10 per cent of the remainder to the second
highest man in the betting on the days run.
Tv,n
Hook through the Ambrose Channel by Frank
Cramer. the pilot, who took the Caronia through
the same channel on her last eastward trip. It
took the big liner twenty-four minutes to cover
the seven miles Of channel She entered under
mere steerage way. and later developed speed
of about twelve knots She took soundings con-
tinuously through the channel and all the wav
up TO the Battery
CROWDS LINE SHORES.
a feet of small craft followed the Lusitania
as far as her pier. which is No "a. in the new
Chelsea district.
The Battery wall was lined with humanity
and great crowds covered the sterns of steam
ers in dock. The pier sheds on both sides OF the
river were black with people and all ships in
the harbor were dressed for the occasion
The Singer Building which had taken On
gigantic proportions since many Of the passen-
gers were last in New York was the centre #
attraction TO the crowd that lined all starboard
decks of the Lusitania
For fully four blocks on either side OF the,
Cunard Lines pier the streets were black
The belt line cars were blocked, and a SQUAD Of
mounted policemen had all they could do TO keep
the crowd from the pier Not since Dewey came
up the North River has there been such A dem
onstration. The new pier has no large fence
TO shut off the public view. and the monster
turbiner could be seen from almost anv part
Of West street within a radius Of four blocks
She made a remarkably quick docking About
half mile below her pier the Lusitania swung
closer TO the New Jersey shore and then
steaming at least quarter of mile above the
place she to berth in started her screws
racing and with the assistance Of few tug
boats came diagonaly down 10 her pier. Lines
were thrown out and the Lusitania was made
fast long before the passengers VINO had gone
below were aware Of IT.
The bridge of the Lusitania is eouipped with
a remarkably fine electrical telegraph svsten,
To one not familiar with II it appears 10 be a
complicated mass of electrical machinery. b,,t
it is necessary TO the handling Of a steamer Of
the tonnage, depth and length Of the Lusitania
Throughout the passage from Liverpool there
We're four men constantly on the bridge, besides
the captain
Coming up the channel yesterday CAPTAIN
Watt stood beside the pilot and gave the orders
as the pilot called for change of speed and
course. powerful telephone equipment runs
from the bridge to the officers stationed in the
bow and in the stern The captain can also
talk TO the man in the crows nest
The second, junior. third and fourth officers
ana chief quartermaster were on the bridge
yesterday besides the captain and pilot
Colonel William L. Marshall OF the corps of
engineers in charge Of the dredging of Ambrose
channel, announced yesterday that while the
channel was open for navigation, Il was re-
strfcted TO the use of vessels having a draft of
more than % feet or length of GOO feet or more
The latter class are not permitted however to
use the channel at night This provision is
made so that the dredges will not be bothered
by a congestion OF vessels Of light draft that
could easily take the other channels
LUSITANIAS MEASUREMENTS
The Lusitania is 100 feet long has an IS foot
beam a depth of 81 feet inches and gross