Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-14
LUSITANIA
is TOO TIE
GREAT VESSEL JUST MISSES NEW
SEA RECORD
MAKES AVERAGE SPEED OF 2s.o1
KNOTS AN HOUR
Sets Mark for Time Passenger Is Ac.
tuaIIy on shlp-The Kaiser Will
helm and Deutschland Have
Sailed Faster
pv Associated Press.

Gy ABSOClateu IEeoo'
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-A new steam
ship record between q European port and
New York was made by the Cunard liner
new giant turbine ship, the Lusitania,
which arrived here today. The Lustania
left Queenstown, the nearest transatlantic
and arrived off the Sandy Hook lightshlp
at sos a. m. today, making the time for
the trip days and "a minutes. This Is
six hours and twenty-nine minutes better
than the previous Queenstown-New York
record of days, hours and % minutes
held by the Lucania Of the same line.
While the Lusitania has made a new
record for the time passenger is actually
on board ship. she has not beaten the
average speed per hour recorded by both
the Kaiser Wilhelm IL, which has made
1858 knots per hour from New York to
Plymouth, and the Deutschlanf, with
record of 23.15 knots per houn to Ply
mouth, having made the better time. The
Lusitania's speed per hour on her maiden
voyage is 23.01 knots per hour But for
fogs it is believed the Lusitania would
have won her race against time.
bunting when she made her appearance
off Sandy Hook this morning. her four
big red tunnels lending color to the pic
ture which was marred by the prevailing
haze - good sight of the beautiful YES
sci wphad from shore for only a short
while. Her passengers lined the ratings
and crowded the different decks of the
large vessel waving handkerchiefs and
American and British flags.
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shore dipped their flags in salute; other
vessels in the lower bay blew their
whistles in greeting and the Lusitania g
blue ensign was constantly lowered and
raised again in acknowledgment of the
reception given her. She steamed slowly
up the bay for the new Ambrose channel,
dug especially for vessels of great draft
and which she will be the first to use In
entering the port Of New York.
Welcome Great Vessel
When the giant Cunarder swept up the
bay she was given clamorous greeting
by an immense feet of steam craft which
had congregated off the quarantine station
to await her arrival. Nearly every one of
the yachts, tower boats and other steam
boats crowded with passengers well sup
piled with horns and other matchmaking
devices, and at times even the shriekinS
steam whistles were almost drowned by
the toots and cheers.
The Lusitania presented a magnificent
picture as she slowly drew up at quaran.
tine Her keen, high bow, beautiful
symmetrical lines and finely modelled sterr
marked her a true greyhound. The hrs'
sight of New York which the passengers
on the big steamer gained was one of wei
come.
From the highest point of the towerint
af the buildings in the world. there hat
#ten strung series of signal flags which
ia the marine code spelled welcome"
The fiuttering greetings were 600 fee
above Manhattan's great thoroughfare ant
could be seen far down the bay. Tit
Lusitanias passengers included Rober
Balfour, NJ. p; Mrs Potter Palmer
Robert Goelet, Mrs. Richard Croker ant
several officials of the Cunard line.
The log of the Lusitania gives her time
of passage as days and 81 minutes an6
her time of arrival off Sandy Hook light
ship as sos a. m. Her average speed was
2S.Ol knots per hour, and the days runs
were in miles-556, 575. $40, 593 and 4S3 to
the lightship, a total distance of us
miles.
The pilot who had the honor of bringing
the Lusltania through the Ambrose channe
today is Frank Kramer of the Sandy Hook
Pilots association. For years he has beer
plotting vessels of great draft in and out
of this port
List OF Records
Sixty-one years ago the little steam
shin Europa, a Cunard liner, with her
old-fashioned engines crossed the Attain
tic from Liverpool to New York in eleven
DAYS and thirteen hours This broke the
record of fourteen and one-half days
I.xy ia western
eight years before in 1888.
The Lucania's record of five days, seven
hours and twenty-three minutes, made
from Queenstown to New York in 1884
was not broken until the Lusitania ar
rived today. The Lucania on that trip
made an average speed of H.S1 knots
over a course of 2779 miles. While the
Lucania was holding the queenstown
record the North German Lloyd and
American lines began to battle TOT tne
western record from Southampton to New
York. which was held fon three years.
between 1898 and 1896, by the steamships
Paris, New York and st. Paul of the
American line.l
The ST. Paul in 1896 made the voyage
from Southampton to New York, dis
lance of 1850 miles, in six days and
thirty-one minutes. Then the North Ger
man Lloyd company produced the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, winch IN 1881 nune
I'M a record of five days, twenty-five
hours and thirty-five minutes from South
ampton to New York. The big Kaiser,
as she is Familiarity called In shipping
circles. created new record in 1899 when
she steamed from Cherbourg, France, to
New York, a distance of 1850 miles. in
five days, eighteen hours and fifteen
minutes. This record was lowered in
the same year by the Kaiser to five days,
seventeen hours and thirty-seven min
utes. hi.
The Hamburg-American line captured
the blue trophy of the sea from her rival
IN 1900 with the steamship Deutschland,
which made the distance from Cherbourg
to New York in five days, twelve hours
and twenty-nine minutes. The Deutsch-
land lowered her own record by six min
utes in 1901 The Kronprinz Wilhelm,
the new ship of the North German Lloyd
line slipped across the Atlantic in 1902
IN Ave days, eleven hours and fifty-seven
minutes. which was the banner record,
until the next year when the Deutsch-
land again wrested the honors as the
fastest ship afloat by clipping off three
minutes from the record time of the
Kronprinz Wilhelm. The Deutschland
made on this remarkable voyage an av-
erege speed of 23.15 knots.