Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
new YORK GREETs new CRAFT
Big Turbine Vessel Lowers One Re-
cord, But Has Yet to Beat Average
Speed Per Hour-Enoush Rough
Weather to Prove That She is
Good Sea Boat.
nm Associntel pressl

NEW OllN, sept. l3.-A low days
ago there was local celebration OF
the hundredth anniversary of thatI
proud occasion when Robert Fulton's
$50 foot steamer Clcrmont went puff
ing up the Hudson river ut five miles
an hour Today New York turned out
to welcome steam craft, the passen-
gers of which brcakfastcd in Queens
town, ireland, Sunday and lunched in!
New York today.
The voyage of the LusitaniH so,
happily completed. was most import
ant in that it was Il test of the mosc
modern propulsivc power. This is the
view taken by her owners, who are
satisfied shat the practicability OF
the turbine for fast vessels has been
demonstrated and that this new de-
parture in English shipbuildlng has
been jnstlflcd.s The fact that the
Lusitania was able to cross the at
lantic in five days and 81 minutes and
was able, on her maiden trip, nearly
to equal the best transatlantic re-
cord, is held to be of secondary i'm
portance.
Officials Much Pleased.
Officials of the line said tonight
that the Lusitania had done all that
was expected of her without her hav-
Ing been pushed to make n recorc:
and they were confident .hat she
would be able, when called upon, to-
add to her achievements the fastest
voyage across the Atlantic. Hereto
fore ii was pointed out turbines have
been constructed for moderate speed,
but on the Lusitania was stalicd the
British hope the turbine driven
vessels would prove not only the most
comfortable but the swiftest liners
ailoat. From the time that the Lus,-
tania sailed from Queenstown at noC<n
Sunday until she came through the
New Ambrose channel and reached
her pier at the foot of West Thlr-
teenth street. North river. at noon to-
day, the steamer behaved excellentiy
and according to the agents showed
no defects.
The proudcst man aboard, OF
course. was the man on the bridge,
Captain j. b. Watt, who said: one
is the fastest ship yet built. We did
not try to press her on this trip be-
cause her machinery is new and 1t
might cndanger her. We passed
through enough rough weather 20
prove that she is n good sea boat.
She did we'll; better than we expect
ed"
The Lucania. also of the Cunard
line, and the previous record holder
which was started to pace the l.usit-
ania with 10 minutes advantage at
Queenstown, reached Sandy HOOK
bar at . o'clock tonight, thirteen
hours behind the new ship.
Not a Record Breaking Trip.
The Lusitania left Queenstown. the
nearest transatlantic port to New
Lork. at 1910 p. NJ. Sunday and ar
rived off Sandy Hook lghtshp at
sos Il. m. (estimated) today, making
the time of the trip days. and fifty.
four minutes. This is G hours and
20 minutes better than the previous
Quccnstown-Ncw York record OF 3
days, z hours and % minutes, held by
the Lucania. OF the same line. While
the Iusitana has made new record
for the time n passenger is actuaIfy
on board ship. she has not beaten the
the average speed per hour record,
hut the Kaiser Wilhelm H., which has
made 23.5S knots per hour from New
York to Plymouth. tho Deutschland.
with record of 2351 knots per hour
TO Plymouth. having made better
time. The Lusitanias speed per hour
on her maidon voyage IS estimated
at 23.01 knots or hour
The new ship was decked with
with flags and bunting when she
made her appearance or Sandy HOOK
this morning. her four big red fun.
ncls lending color to the picture,
which was haired by the prevailing
haze.
A good sight of the beautiful YES
sci was had from shore for only a
short while Her passengers liner the
ratings and crowded the different
decks of the large vessel, waving
handlScrchiefs and American and
British flags.