New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
IS NOT FORCING SPEED.

The new Cunard liner Lusitania, according TO
.--,..,o, ohrajned Yesterday at the conpany's
&c Will not arrive off Sandy Hook before
,,,ocl, on Friday morning. 1t was learned yes
sa,- for the first time on excellent authority
that the big liner is not to be pushen 10 hei
utmost on her maiden passage 10 TINS port ou'
< running under instructions from the HoiiV
office. and viii arrive at the Bar accordihs 10
schedule about SIS o'clock and proceed UP 10
Quarantine through the Ambrose Channel anu
ne ready for the examination Of the Health O1-
foer about $50.
The latest advices received from her reached
- ,,,,-erd line Office early yesterday morn
,rc The message was sent 20 Vernon H
Brown bv CAPTAIN Watt via Cape Race at o:-9
g ~ when the Lusitania was 225 miles south
east If that station and 1.1s5 miles east or Saroy
Hook Soon after Mr. Brown received Word
from the Lusitania's commander anotheT mes
sage came from Ernest Cunard. who is pas
senger Mr Cunard's, wireless dispatch was
the most significant Of any message received
here bv cable while the steamer was still IN
touch with the station at Poldhu. Cornwall Ing
land Mr. Cunards message read:
..F-xerxthing has worked most satisfactorily
Passengers all delighted with ship
Mr. Cunard who is one Of the directors ol
.he oo7npany. is travelling on the big liner 20
observe every detail Of her performance anu
his brief but optimistic message was regaroeu
IN maritime circles as significant that the Lusl-
tania was maintaining If not exceeding all that
was expected of her.
Il was said by a closely associated Win
-he line that It was absurd 10 think that the
bo,,e office Of the Cunard Line would insist
m -uzbinr the steamer 10 her utmost before her
engines had been properly tuned up b. usage
The I.usitania is equipped with 10000 in
dicated horsepower" he said, that drives four
three-bIaded propellers, and without any great
effort she should beat every ship afoat IN the
matter OF speed without being pushed at top
speed to do it. There are many things TO be
considered in taking a big liner Ike the Lusi-
tarfa on her maiden voyage The working OF
the turbines at various speeds under various
conditions Of wind and is Of as much If not
more Importance for future performances than
the making Of q phenomenal record across the
Atlantic: more especially SO when the Lusitania
can lower all records without any tremendous.
effort
Depend upon II. Notwithstanding all gossip
the contrary, the Lustsnia is coming here.
swiftly, 7 admit but absolutely according TO
schedule and the plans mapped out for her on
her first trip across the Atlantic will not be
altered unless conditions unforeseen arise.
There viii be and have been all sorts Of speed
maintained by the new steamer. If there was
any intention Of running her at her best speed
throughout the passage. merely Tor the sake or
making her best record on her first voyage, she
would be further along than she is now
The days run ending yesterday at noon was
go knots. maintaining an average speed OF
twenty-three and three-fOurths knots It is
generally believed that the Lustania's time Of
passage from Daunt Rock TO the Sandy Hook
Lightship will be close TO days u hours and
IS minutes beating the best Of the Luca-
MIA that started from Liverpool with her. by
9 hours SO minutes
The Lucania which l@olds the record for the
Cunard Line fleet reported TO Cape Race at
3 P VI. yesterday when ! ,133 miles east Of
Sandy Hook and. barring fog and westerly
gales, is expected TO come abeam Of the Sandy
Hook Lightship about Friday midnight. The
Lucania is thus far behind her record by
ten hours. It is thought she has met with
rough weather fog. and, while II is known
that weather runs in patches. and that the
Iusitania might have escaped what the Luca-
MA encountered, the belief is that the Lusitania
has outclassed the Lucania IN the matter OF
speed in all kinds Of weather.
Vernon II. Brown. of the Cunard Line and
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Marshall. the
army engineer in charge Of the dredging Of
Ambrose Channel, VIII go the channel to-
Gay in a tugboat, following the course to the
Hook that the Lusitania will take when she
comes Up to The city tomorrow.
TIE Ambrose Channel Will be declared open for
navigation on Friday for steamers Of GOO feet
In length or over and for steamers drawing not
less than % feet OF water The channel will he
buoyed to-day.
The Lrsitania will get great reception from
TIE time she steams into the channel until she
warps into her pier in the North River. Nearly
all Tie tughoats and smaller craft from Staple
ter 70 The Battery have been engaged 20 take
rrirate parties dCwn the bay 10 meet her
F-sd p ralzelI president Of the Association
&C. tie Protection Of Commerce. announced yes
te-day tla. WREN the big liner comes abeaTn or
ths Statue Of Liberty every craft in the harboc
VIII at a signal from the tower Of the Singer
r1.ile.rZ blast their sirens and unfuri thcir
fazs From the tower viii fly the word eI-
cor,e'- IN he international code Of hagS- MY
Da,zen said yesterday that IL was most ht'lhs
that the word cf welcome should De sent I'o'H
tee taDest building IN the world 20 the lafses-
Steamer anost.
The large steamboat Sirius has oeen chai'
ty the Ocean Society of New York. made up
mainly Of maritime men. to meet the Lusitania
at she Hook and follow her up to her pier The
society has limited the number of tickets 10
2,ioo as IL desires 10 avoid overcrowding. Ihe
sirsas Will leave the pier at 10th street, North
River. Friday at a m, West I'd street AT
$50 o'clock and start for the Lower Bay from
Per ]. North River and the Battery, AZ .
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