Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-09-14

New York-Wireless reports from
the Lusitania have made 1t so certain
that the turbine Cunarder is to break
all previous transatlantic records,
| that steamship men are now only Hn""-
| uIatinS ~ 10 the number OF hours
| and minutes below fiye days the time
win be reduced. unless some un-
| toward circumstance interyenes, the
new steamship should cut the time to
| less than four days and 20 hours, and
shipping men, believing the Lusitania
can increase her speed from Sable
Island were of the opinion that she
ought to reach Sandy Hook with a
passage of four days and approximate
| ly 1S hours out of Queenstown.
The last report from the Lusitania
was received from the associated press
correspondent aboard the ship, by way
of Cape Race wireless station. 1t
showed that for the "a hours, ending
at noon, the run of the ship was $40
knots, an average of % ga knots an
hour. The dispatch read:
"On board steamship Lusitania, via
Cape Race, NJ F., Sept. 11-At midday
today it was announced that the ships
run for the preceding "a hours had
been $40 miles, the posting of the
announcement being received with
cheers. We have just passed within
signaling distance of the mammoth
HamburgAmerican liner Amerika.
The ships lounge is proving one OF
the most popular features, and to-
night, crowded with the beautifully
gowned women parading, it reminds
one of the foyer of New York hotel.
A concert was held in the music room
which was presided over by U. S. Sen
ator George Sutherland of Utah. The
weather is beautiful and the ship Is
travelling evenly and smoothly"
The unpleasant weather did not
reach so far to sea as to interfere with
the progress of the Lusitania, and the
indications are that ships leaving
port will have fair weather as far as
the grand banks.
The last official report of the ship
was when she picked up the Cape
Race, N. F., wireless station. At that
time the ship had covered 1855 miles
of the voyage in 70 hours. A mainte'
nance of this same speed would bring
the great liner abeam of Sandy Hook
Iightshin at 44h o'clock tomorrow
morning, with a record of days 2l
hours and 35 minutes for the trip
This would beat the time of the Lu-
cania. the record-holder of the Gu
nard line, by 8 hours and so minutes
Lieut.. Col. William Marshal, the
army engineer who is in charge OF
the work on the Ambrose channel,
saws that the channel will be ready for
use in time, and the Lusitania Will
come into New York bay through this
channel.
Ocean records are not smashed with
great frequency since every additional
knot means an expenditure Of hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars for
greater bulk, more power and cor
responding increase in consumption
of coal. The spirit of competition be-
tween the representatives OF the ma
tions engaged in transatlantic trans
portation was never so keen as 1t, is
today, and with the speed craze ex'
cited by this new product Of the Gu
nard line, rival steamship companies
are anxiously watching the Lusitania
with the question of how they may ex'
Gel her In their minds. In speed espe'
cially the Cunard management issued
the challenge when it was announced
that on the maiden voyage the Lusi
tania would go after the record OF the
Deutschland of the Hamburg-Ameri
can line as we'll as attempt to exceed
that of the Lucania, which made the
quickest trip between Liverpool and
| New York.