Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-08

Liverpool, Sept. with the wild
cheers of assembled thousands ring
ing out over the waters, what promis-
es to be the most exciting steamship
race ever held was commenced this
afternoon between the Lusitania. the
biggest ship in the world, which is
making its maiden voyage across the
Atlantic, and the Lucania, holder of
the record between Queenstown and
Sandy Hook.
Under command of Captain James
G. Barr, the Lucania sailed early this
afternoon. Shortly afterward the new
turbine giant, Lusitania, set forth I'M
der the command orr Captain J. B.
Watt.
The great leviathan of the sea, be-
side which the largest of other steam
ships in the transatlantic. trade seem
small carried the fullest possible
quota of passengers, and the Cunard
company refused hundreds of appli-
cations from. people who were anxious
to cross on the Lusitania's first voy-
age.
The Lusitania will proceed under
easy steam to Queenstown in order
to give the Lucania time to embark
her passengers and get away. The
Lusitania will leave Queenstown at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning Then
Will commence the great contest of
speed from Daunt's Rock to Sandy
Hook. The Lucania should be on the
broad expanse of the Atlantic, doing
Fl knots an hour when the new turbine
monster energies from Queenstown,
but travelling at the rate of "a knots,
the latter will probably overhaul the
Lucania long before the Statue of
Liberty is sighted.
The fact that the Lucitania is not
to be driven at her top speed on her
maiden voyage will give the Lucania
a sporting chance of arriving first at
New York. The Lucania will travel
at its topmost speed from the coast
of Ireland to Sandy Hook lightship,
distance of $500 miles. Each of
the ships will burn at least q, 900 tons
of coal day.
Among the passengers on the two
vessels are many American million
aires, and during the trip vast sums
will undoubtedly be wagered on the
result Both vessels are Cunard liners
and the race was arranged as a test
of the superiority of the new vessel.
On her trial trip the Lusitania, over
a 1000 mile course. did 25 IL knots
for an average hourly speed. The Lu,
! cania has made the fastest trip ever
recorded between Queenstown and
New York-5 days, hours and %
minutes-which record she accom-
plished in 1894, when Horatio Mckay
, commanded her. The vessels will moi
[ race back, it having beer arranged tc
keep the Lucania in New York but
/ three days, whereas the Lustania will
not sail from New York on the return
, voyage until September 81.
On her famous record trip the Lu
cania left Queenstown at 1852 a. m.
} October 81, 1894. Her daily runs were
500, 5s4, 53s, $40, 544, and 80 miles
TO Sandy Hook, VIII ere she arrived a
400 p. M, on October 26. Her tota
distance covered between Daunts
Rock, where time is taken at Ireland
and Sandy Hook where 1t is taken a
New York, is 2,779 knots. Whether
/, the Lusitania win break this record
and how much, Is the principal subjec,
Of conversation among Englishmen to
day.
The Lucania has only two screws
whereas the Lusitania has four. The
new giant Of the deep is 7s5 feet long
ss feet wide and so feet deep from tn,
I shelter deck, or Is feet from the boa
deck. ghich. however, is topped b
sti1l another deck, Her fioatin,
weight IS about $4,000 tons. and 1t i,
estimated that IN order to propel he,
4 the required aea speed Of "a i: