The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-08
$12,56l,l5O
IN GOLD ON
LUSITANIA
Big Turbine Steamship Ar
riveS With Record
Money Cargo.
FASTEST TRIP ACROSS
FASTEST TRIP ACROSS
Welcomed by Noisy Demonstra.
ton in HarbOr and by Crowds
at Piers, to Which Adn1is.
sion Fee of HaIf.a.dOIIar
Was Charged.

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-With over $12,-
100000 of gold slowed away in her
hold, the richest cargo of money that
has ever crossed the Atlantic on cne
ship. and a new transatlantic record
written in her log, the big Cunard tur-
biner Lusitanla steamed from Quaran
tine this morning and pushed up the
bay to her pier.
The money on the ship had come in
time to be distributed today among the
banks in need of cash. When the YES
sci nosed her way into her pier wagons
were there for the yellow metal. and
there were men to unload it and others
to guard it as it was sent away for dis
tributIon.
Along the river front crowds were
gathered, and as the vessel came close
she was greeted with cheers. An ad
mission of fifty GENTS was charged by
the company to prevent overcrowding,
but this had no effect.
In the Lusitania's big vaults was
stored nearly quarter of the immense
total of gold which has been engaged
abroad by American bankers since the
present movement of the precious
metal from abroad began.
As soon as the big ship was warped
into her dock preparations were made
for discharging the twenty-four tons of
golden treasure in her specie room. The
work was under the personal supervi-
sion of Vernon ii. Brown. general agent
of the Cunard Line. The Lusitania' s
specie room is located aft near the wa
ter line. and longshoremen were soon
at work carrying the small, but heavy
steel bound wooden cases, of which
there were 1874, ashore.
Purser Lancaster checked each box
as it was brought down the gang
plank. Plainclothes men and policemen
were on guard, and a portable wooden
fence placed across the end of the dock
where the gold was being handled
served to keep back the curious.
Five double and two single trucks
were drawn up in the street near the
pier, where a line of police kept back
the crowd, which had gathered to
watch the ship dock. The gold was
hauled on hand trucks to the wagons.
where it was loaded and started on it's
way across town to it's destination.
The 334 cases which the Lusitania
brought contained gold coin and bar
gold amounting to f2,472, ,2sO, equivalent
to $f2,361. $50. This makes the total
gold arrivals to date s21 81, $50.
The marvellous record established
less than month ago by the Lusitania
when she out several hours from the
passage time across the Atlantic already
has been broken. The vessel still re-
tains the title Of Queen of the Sea, as
1t was she herself that established the
new low mark, and incidentally she
added several new records to her credit.
These include the best single days run
-61S knots. made November 6-an aver
age of more than 800 knots for every
full day and an average hourly speed
of 24.25 knots for the full 2,7S1 miles.
On her last voyage the Lusitania covered
the distance In days, 10 hours and 50 min
utes. The voyage ended today, over the
same course' was completed in 4 days, Is
hours and N minutes. thus clipping one
hour and twelve minutes from the previous
low mark. And this was done in the face
OF conditions none too favorable. From the
start the weather was stormy and on the
last two days, when the big steamer was
ON the home stretch, where the greatest
burst of speed might have been expected,
she drove straight into the teeth OF
strong wind, high confused seas and occa-
sional sharp squalls. The days runs for
the voyage were: q, Cos, SIG, SIS, $40 and
$40 knots.