The Washington herald., 1907-09-13


liEhtsbip little after 1 O'Clock this
morning. The new liner viii reach
sandy Hook about O'Clock.
New York, Sept. IA wireless mes
sage Received early this friday morn
ing from the Cunarder Lusitania an
nounced that she had in the nautical day
ending at noon made 5g3 miles, an aver
age Of 25.S6 knots per hour.
This days run is within eight miles Of
the best days record, made by the
Deutschland. coming west For an uu-
limbered ship on her inaugural trip this
Is marvellous going.
The Lusitania had expected 20 reach
Sandy Hook at a. H.. Friday. When IL
is taken into consideration that the ORR
ginaI schedule of the Cuuard Line pro
vided that the new ship should get TO
the harbor at o'clock, and that she lost
two hours at the start her trip may be
regarded as little less than phenomenal.
She would have reached the end OF the
course at 8 o'clock, as was contemplated.
if she had noJ lost the two hours.
Makes Record Speed.
New York. Sept IA noisy welcome
awaits the mammoth turbine Cunarder
LusitanIa, now making breakneck speed
for Sandy Hook in an EFFORT 10 vanquish
the jubilant German rivals who wrcstcd
from the line the glory Of swift ocean
sailing, and the new vessel VIII come
pretty near getting there on the schedule
set for her by the experts Of the Cunard
company
Many patches Of dense fog have inter
fered with her progress, so that il is
unlikely that she viii reach the entrance
20 the new Ambrose Channel at 8 O'Clock
tomorrow morning. as was expected
She may be a few hours late. Il looked
tonight as If she would. metaphorlcsHv
speaking, pass under the wire marking
the end OF the ocean race track at about
o'clock.
The wireless from Nantucket Iightsrfp
flashed by the way Of the United States
government station at Newport. r I.
said that she was 1Sjs miles east Of the
ightship at 1 p. M. to-day. This means
that she was then about 3,5 miles from
the finish line. There is little doubt that
she is making at least twenty-five knots
on occasions when tho weather is per-
fectly clear and the seas quiesceut. Main
tanning speed of twenty-five knots. she
should have been abeam of Nantucket
and within $50 miles Of Sandy Hook
about midnight.
Must Wait for Tide.
Even if she gets to the entrance of
Ambrose Channel. where there iy no
longer any bar, at o'clock this morning
she will wait until the tide has risen al
most TO its height before she attempts to
negotiate the new fairway. II was orig
inaIly intended that she should come lp ar
half tide. Later the Cunard Line decided
20 take no risks. whatever. and 10 wait
till the tide was almost flood. This means
that she may not reach her dock until
II o O'Clock. and perhaps later
She may not beat the hourly speed
records OF the North German Ilovd liner
Kaiser Wilhelm IT. of 235s knots. but
she will easily eclipse all maiden Allan
tic voyages. and will beat by several hours
the best run Of the steamship Lucania
from Queenstown. which is days. :
hours, and o minutes.
The Sandy Hook pilot who will bring the
great ship through the new Ambrose
Channel is Frank Cramer. one OF the
cleverest sea guides I'm the business. Mr
Vernon Fl. Brown had some discussion
with pilots about the assignment Of Cant
Cramer to the job. The pilots wanted the
glory Of bringing the big turbine in TO
go to the man who happened 20 be on
duty and whose turn 1t might be 20 take
the Lusitania
Knows More of Channel.
Mr. Brown insisted on having Cant
Cramer. because he was certain that he
knew more about the channel than any
other pilot in the port. Mr.. Browns CON
fdence IN the pilot was partly due 10 the
fact that Cramer had taken out the Ca
ronia On Tuesday. August p. and that
Ee had made 4 study of the channel i'm
tug chartered by the Cunard company.
1t was apparent to-day that the pilots
were somewhat sore on the subject. Most
Of them refused to talk about il, and some
said that the matter had been amicablv
adjusted.
II was said that the man who might be
i'm the regular order Of business. entitled
10 bring the Lusitania in would receive
proper compensation for his dfsappoint-
ment- Naturally the line did not want to
take chances with pilots that were not 50
familiar with the channel as Cant Cra-
mcr. This is not a reelection ,lpon tb,
pilots. who arc among the best Of any
port I'm the world
la Provence Coming Fast.
It is probable that the crack shin of tbo
French Line, La Provence. NAV dfsnuta
with the Lusitania the honor of being tb,
first big liner 70 come through the pev,
channel She apparently is piIing on the
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