The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-11
Great Lusltania Broke the
T, Ocean Record This Time
FOUR DAYS AND 20 HOURS
Navy Designers Consider That She Rep,
resents the Highest Speed Possi-
bic Under the Present Means
Of Propulsion.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE general i'm.
precision among navy designers Is that
the steamship Lnsisania marks the max
imum Of development that can be at.
talncd by ocean liners until some other
means OF propulsion Is devised. The big
Cunarder reached quarantine at 7.03 this
morning, and dockei shortly after tea.
having wrested the title Of mistress 81
the sea from the Germans. Though she
did not pass Sandy Hook until ls25
o'clock, many passengers remained on
deck TO see the close OF the worlds re-.
ord run. Officials Of the Cimard com.
pany insist that no effort was made to
break records, and that The ship can DO
etter II pushed.
The time for the trip from Daunt's
Rock TO the Sandy Hook light, the on
cial course over which speed trials are
made, was four days, % hours.
The last days run was apparently the
fastest Of the trip, the giant liner hitting
up her speed to 25 knots an hour over a
smooth sea, with little wind 10 interfere
with her.
The Lusitania beats her time for her
maiden trip by approximately Eve hours.
her time on the trip being five days. 81
minutes.
With the Lusitania's trip. the Cunard
line and England capture from Germany
the eagerly sought honor Of possessing
the heetest ship on the Atlantic. The
Hamburg. American liner Deutschland
has held the record for a number Of
years.
Gets Practically All Records.
The Lsuitania on this trip captures
practically all transatlantic records. Her
best days run, 6i0 knots is nine knots
better than the former record held By
the Deutschland. Her average speed ex-
ceeds the former rcord OF 235s knot
held by the Kaiser Wilhelm II OF tho
North German Lloyd line, and her record
for the trip across the ocean beats that
of the Hamburg American liner Deutsch.
land. which has held the record for five
years, having crossed from Cherhoure. a
much longer course. in 5 days, II hours,
81 minutes, her average speed being
2sl5 knots an hour, while The average
Of the Lusitania's first trip, which ended !
At Sandy Hook, September l3, was 23.0I /
knots an hoar.
There was great enthusiasm among
the 5000 passengers aboard the great
structure. They crowded the decks last /
evening at 5:25 TO watch her steam past /
Nantucket lightship, while the ship en-
gineers made every effort to push the
vessel to her limit. AT the concert on
board last night there were various con
gratulatory speeches. One Of the speak
ers, Capt. James WI Miller. gave the /
epitome OF the spirit when he said:
When one remembers that barely one
hundred years have elapsed since the /
first steamboat parted the waters Of the
hudson river, the wonder grows that |
man, in a century, has achieved this /
most noble craft. which in design, per-
'fection and speed is unequalled. and /
which is annihilating time and space |
and bringing into close touch the land /
Of Fulton and the land Of Cunard."
Lusitania's Three Trips.
The Lusitania's first run, from Queens |
town to New York, Sept. 3 TO 10. was
made in 5 days and 54 minutes. with an |
average hourly speed Of 23.0l knots She |
got one record, that Of making the fast
est passage from Queenstown, formerly |
held by the Lucania.
Up to that time the Lucania had been
the fastest boat on the Cunard line. She
started to pace the Lusitania, with Is /
minutes start at Queenstown, on Sun
day, Sept. 5, but reached Sandy Hook I
bar at . p. M, Sept. 10, l3 hours behind
the new ship.
The eastward passage across the At /
lantic was made in 5 days 4 hours 10 Z
minutes, at an average speed Of 22.5S
knots Sandy Hook lightship was passed
at 6;37 p. m. Sept. "a, and the Lusitania
had covered 800 miles up to noon, Sun
day, Sept. ~. On Monday at noon the
steamship had added 425 miles to her
previous run. AT noon Tuesday she had
covered sos miles more, at noon We'd
nesday $50 miles more, at noon Thursday f
she had 523 miles more to her credit.
and at 1850 a. m. on Friday, Sept n,
she had run 1886 miles from noon Of the
day before, to Daunt's Rock, making the
total distance, 2,s07 nautical miles, at
an average speed Of 225s knots per hour.