The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-09-17


NEW YORK. september 1s.-Ths
steamship Lusitania arrived here To-
day winning the race from I.iv.rp,o.-
She made the trip in Ave days ant
ifty-four minutes. making an avera--
Of 2S-01 knots for the entire trip.
The great Cunard liner. which has
thus broken the Transatlantic recors
on her maiden trip and fulfilled In
nearly every particular the expec-a-
tions OF her builders. is one OF two ths.
Cunard line will have. A sister saf7-
the SIauretania, is now buIdinE IN
the Clyde OF them the Szieaua-
American says:
1t is no exaggeratiOn 70 state thas
the new liners mara the most import
ant advance in size and speed wh.ch
has ever been made in the history oe
steam navigatiOn-alWays excepting
OF course, BruneTs giant ship. ths
Great Eastern. With al due defer
ence 10 the Lucania and Camnani1-
and the splendid ships uf the German
companies, the Lusiianla and Naura-
tania may De said 70 be In a class ~
themselves With an indicated horse
power which viii probably work out
al $4,000, with displacement oe G5.cos5
tons. and q probable speed. ultimate
", OF p l-2 knots. these vessels. IA
comparison with the finess OF the ex-
press steamers, are found 10 Be about
90 per cent larger. knots faster, and
Of double the horsepower Of ths.r
nearest competitor The great breadth
az ne - :.
abled the company to provide state
rooms OF 80 per cent more capacity
than those found on existing steam
ships The promenzdes. also. are wid-
er and longer. and these facts. coupled
with the absence OF vibration. win d.
much 10 increase the comfort of trans
atlantic travel
As these ships have been built wlth
government assistance, they have been
so designed that they may Be quickly
converted into fast cruisers. ca-able
OF overtaking any merchant or VA
snip afioat- Each vessel viii be armed
with twelve high-velOcity s-Inch guns
and will be considerably protected by
the great depth OF her coal bunker.
Hence they would be caDab.s q 11I-
ting up a stIn fight against any pro-
tected cruiser which they ruiEhc en-
counter The constructive feature ~
the ship are novel, and becaGse % her
mammoth proportions are % unusual
interest The keel plate Is feet wids
and "a inches thick The do1sle
bottom. covering the whole % ne
ships length. Is ; feet IN depth Ths-s
are nine decks In al. and the huU q
divided into 10 separate wafe--tls1-
compartments. which. surely. estab-
fishes the claim that she IS unsiuzzhle
by any ordinary disaster. Into he
construction OF the hull entered zs-
900 steel plates. the largest of Thlcz
are .S feet in length and weigh 4f-e
tons apiece The rlain francs ar1
beams which form the skeleton % the
snip would. II placed end 70 end. ez-
tend for distance OF - miles. T7
riyet the plating upon the beams -
quired 40O0.0O0 rivets. whose arx-exata
weight Is 300 tons The rudder weizas
% tons, and the castings FOR the stem.
stern-post. shat; bracket. and rudder.
together weigh $50 tons The snip
carries three lotion anchors. and Isoe
feet OF cable. the links OF which meas
ure "a inches and are forged = s5-s-
Inch IRON From the keel 10 the roor
OF the pilot house. the Lgslfania meas
ures 100 feet. and al her fun arast e
feet inches. she viii dlsolace ss. co
tons. Each or the four funnel. L =
feet In diameter and extends fs5 seet
above the grate-ba-s os the furns~ew.
Inc extreme length OF the ship over
an u go feet; the breadth. s. feet aaH
me plated depth. 50 feet The Lusi-
tania wiz accommodate 228s passen-
gers and as she win carry a crew q
go her total complement Is 100 souls-