Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-13
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Big CuUarder Arrived in Port To-Day-Given Big Ovation
 in New York Harbor
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steamship record between Europe
 an port and New York was made by
 the Cunard lines new giant turbine ship, the Lusitania, which arrived
 here to-day. The Lusitania left
 Queenstown, the nearest trans-At-
 lantic port to New York at 12:10
 p. m., Sunday and arrived off the
 Sandy Hook lightship at S:05 a. m.
 (estimated) to-day, making the
 time for the trip 5 days, 54 minutes.
 This is six hours and fifty minutes
 better than the previous Queenstown
 New York record of five days, seven
 hours and 23 minutes, held by the Lucania of the same line
 While. the Lusitania has made a | new record for the time a passenger l is actually on board ship, she has not | beaten the average speed per hour record, both the Kaiser Wilhelm II | which has made 23.5S knots per hour from New York to Plymouth and the
 Deutschland with record of 2351
 knots per hour to Plymouth having
 made better time. The Lusitania' S speed per hour on her maiden voyage
 is estimated at 23.01 knots per hour
 The new ship was decked with flags
 and bunting when she made her ap- pearance off Sandy Hook to-day,
 her four big red tunnels lending color
 to the picture which was marred by
 the prevailing haze. A good sight of
 the beautiful vessel was had from
 shore for only a short while. Her
 passengers lined the railings and crowded the different decks of the
 large vessel waving handkerchiefs and American and British flags The
 marine observatory stations on shore
 dipped their flags in salute, other
 vessels in the lower bay blew their
 whistles in greeting and the Lusitan-
 ia's blue ensign was constantly low cred and raised again in acknowledg- ment 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 enter ing the port of New York.
 The log of the Lusitania gives her time of passage as five days and 54 minutes, and her time of arrival off the Sandy Hook lightship at SOS a. m. Her average speed was 23.01 knots per hour, and the days runs by miles; 556; 575; 570; 593 and 4O3 to the lightship- total distance of 2,7S2 miles.
 New York, Sept. 13.-Sixty-one years ago the little steamship Flu ropa, of the Cunard line, with her old fashioned engines, crossed the Allan tic from Liverpool to New York in II days and hours. Her performance was heralded to the four compass corners for the Europa had broken the record of 14h days made by the steamer Great Western eight years before in 1888. With the Europa's voyage began the lasting contest for the supremacy of the sea which has led to the building of the fleet Lusi- tania.
 The Lucania's record of five days. seven hours and 23 minutes, made from Queenstown to New York in 1894, was not broken until the Lusi- tania arrived to-day. The Lucania, the flagship of the Cunard line fleet, on that trip made an average speed Of 21.S1 knots over a course of 2,779 miles. While the Lucania was hold ing the Queenstown record the North German Lloyd and American lines be- gan to battle for the western record from Southampton to New York, which was held for three years be- tween 1893 and 1896, by the steam ships Paris, New York and St Paul of the American line. The St Paul in 1896 made the voyage from South ampton to New York, distance of 3, ,050 miles, in 6 days and 31 minutes. Then the North German Lloyd com pany put overheard the Kaiser Will helm der Crosse, the first of the greater ocean steamships now traveTs- ing the Atlantic and the new vessel in 1897 became the marine wonder of the world when she hung up a record of five days. 22 hours and 35 minutes from Southampton to New York. The big Kaiser, as sheis familiarly called in shipping circles. created a new re- cord in 1899 when she steamed from to New York, distance Of 3 .O50 miles, in five days, IS hours and Is minutes. This record was lowered in the same year by the Kais- CT to five days, 17 hours and 37 min utes. The Hamburg American line the blue trophy of the sea from her rival in 1900 with the tseamship Deutschland which made the distance from CherbouTg to New York in five days 12 hours and 29 minutes. The Deutschland lowered her own record by six minutes in 1901. The Kronprinz Wilhelm. the new ship of the North German Lloyd line. slipped across the Atlantic in 1 s0z in five days. II hours and 57 minutes which was the banner record | until the next year when the Deutsch- land again wrestsd the honors as the l fastest ship a1oat by clipping of three minutes from the record time of I the Kronprinz Wilhelm The madeo this remarkable l voyage an average of 23-15 knots