Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-13
LUS|ThNIA BEATS
LUCEN|A'S RECORD
Also Makes the Fastest Modern
Transatlantic Trip.
TIME, 5 DAYS 81 MINUTES
Germans Still Retain the Deep-Sea
Pennant.
DEUTsCHLAND's RECORD STANDS
Giant Turbine Given Great Recep-
tion-Her Performance Con-
sidered Excellent



Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK, September 13-The giant
new Cunard steamship Lusitania arrived at
the Sandy Hook Iightshp at just five min
utes after o'clock this morning making
the run from Queenstown IN five days and
ffty-four minutes. which is the fastest time
over made by a liner between a European
port and New York. Altogether the big
turbine flyer steamed 27s2 miles. and in
doing maintained an average speed of
23.ol knots an hour. This does not equal
the average held by the Deutschland, nor
that OF the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
However, the trip was huge success.
and engineers generally are prone to re-
gard the vessel as a "four-day boat" 1t
was said that the engines which drive the
huge quadruple screws ran without a hitch
and considering that the vessel was on her
maiden trip. her performance was looked
upon as remarkable
Officers of the vessel and the 800 cabin
passe ngers all seem to be of one mind-that
was pretty free from vibration, and that if
II had not been for fog and some raw
stokers who were shipped at Liverpool the
vessel would have arrived several hours
within the five-day limit
Capt. Watt was completely satisfied with
the vessels performance a bearded stock
ily built man, Capt. Watt is very business
like and displayed no hnery of uniform
this morning. He was found on the bridge
deck shortly after the vessel left quaran-
tine and declared that his vessels showing
was more than satisfactory.
''tEe speed she made" said Capt Watt
was Just what We tried to get out of her,
Her WORK was most excellent. She handles
easily, and is a good boat in sea. On
Tuesday forenoon the sea was rough
enough to show US what she could do i'll a
sea. The engines ran well all through the
trip.
Officers Are Pleased.
Chief Engineer Duncan a Scotchman
was lying on a lounge in his room on
the main deck when seen by some news
paper men. HIS collar was off and he
looked very tired
she did we'll he said, speaking of the
Lusitania's capability. THE engines ran
without hitch, and 1 might say that she
IS the finest ship afoat."
Chief Engineer Duncan also remarked
that there were 1872 fires TO be tended in
the liners stokehole, and that, of course
with stOkerS that were not efficient meant
good deal.
As far as the seawOrthiness of the ship
was concerned a remark by State Senator
Ackerman Of New Jersey, who a pas
seHger. might be quoted as showing the
general feeling. Senator ACkerman
marked that there reported some
rough weather on Tuesday morning, but
that the only way the passengers knew of
IL was by reading the log
Record by Leg.
The Lusitanlas daily runs were 556 30
$40, 593 and 4s3 10 the Sandy Hook light
ship She smashed the record from Queens
town to New York by hours and - min
Utes. The previous record, held by the
Lucau.a o: the same linz" was j days
hours and % minutes.
The hourly record of an ocean voyage
stu belongs to the Kaiser Wilhelm H.
which averaged 235s nautical miles on the
trip from Sandy Hook to Eddystone light
house, Plymouth. in 1894. ON this trip the
blk Kaiser sailed RIP miles in days IL
hours aHG - minutes. When the Deutsch-
land made record TIP from Sandy Hook
10 Plymouth in IN" she covered 2.9S2 nau-
teal miles at an average speed of 23.5l
knots. Her time for the distance was )
G@ys : hours - minutes.
The record for the best daily run is still
nod by the Deutschland. which made col
miles on trip IN August. 1901. The best
daily run of the LuSitania was J93 miles for
tie twenty-four hoIrs ending at noon yes
terday, She was then off the Nova Scotia
coast. and II was the opinion of those on
board that she would have uoue better than
tie G'J-mIls mark had she not run in;o a
fog bank, which did not life for over an
hour.
Given Great Reception.
J; was Aazy at Sandy Hook this morning
gImIse OF the Big turb mr. as she eros sed
the bar at 9:o5, and made for the entrance
TO Ambrose channel. So thick was the
mist that the observers could see little
bIt her four red smokestacks. 1t was 9:1O
clock when the liner entered the chann |
and proceeded slowly up the lower bay
to quarantine, where she arrived at 9:45
oc.o,k.
Resplendtnt in her new fixtures and fly
Ing flags. the Lus!tania presented a mag
I4h,rut picture she slowed up at quar-
antine. The government boats there shrill-
ed welcome to the liner and flags were
dipped on all sides. The news of her COM
inS had been flashed up the harbor and
I seIned as though general rush had
been made down the bay TO see the new
conner.
As the Lusitania stopped for the medical
Inspection the waiting craft clustered about
her massive sides. There a mighty
chorus OF whistles. All kinds OF craft
wrrc about, from the battered old harior
boats 10 private steam yachts. The wealth
er was crisp and sunshiny, with a brisk
refreshing wind from the north that stiff
feued the briGht-colorcd flags OF the great
tGrblner
The Lusitan:a was nearly an hour in
quarantine and then steamed slowly up
the bay to her dock. accompanied by the
river craft. She saluted all along the
line by an unending screeCh OF whistles.
a crowd OF fully loooo people assembled
IL Battery Park To watch the huge liner as
sh" swept by.
Battery Park was not the only point from
which people were watching the arrival OF