The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
~ ON PACIFC Wan LINER.
Remarkable Trip Of the Cty % New Nsrk
Prom This Pert to san Francisco.

From This Pert to san Francisco.
EdwFri 7. Plat cells tho after tion 81
THE SUN to a remIr krhe trip the
picturesque old Pacific Mail Lire steam
ship city of New York wrecked OF the
Golden Gs'e seventeen years ago. male
10y way " the StrPit ~ Magellan thirty
four yerrs 20. He vas the purser % the
ship. havi' Z temporarily taken "a tea
life To restore his rervous equilibrium.
add he il the Only SELDOM officer alive who
vert on wfr' was for many years tho
record run from this port TO San Frar
cisco.
The commander Of the ship. which hal
the aspect 81 the lir or Of romance. beirg
bark rigSei and carrying gil even TO
lofty royals. was the lF,e ReGr Admiral
John " Philip. Who hF lesve Of Ahserce
from the navy, in which he held the rank
Of commander The rFvy then hal
more Shippers then vessels ard could
spE-e officers much rct'cr thai ~ ca now
Mr. Plett until recently he 4 the impress
sion that the City Of New Works voyage
IT ~ dEys AID IL hours GctuAl runrirg
time hat never been excellei. II Wa
heTten. however. on JRruF " -. 1893. 10y
III" America" -Hawaiir~ lirer Texan. a
t~in screw frci Shtsr that completed at
days IL hours AID mil u,c~
The Texan - rot 20 ~ eet n ship to look
upon a. was the old Prolific Mail lrer
from the viewpoint Of the old timers.
She spreai Is 10 CO. vas whatever. GS sire
IRA rlri" pole mFsts. hu, The h a grcnt
soer for > ireigHter On her record trip
she r~ers gel II II krots She e1perdcd
2.Ss7 tot = " corl 10 do the Trick n-d hcr
,otS ster mirg diSts. 80 was is.is4 miIcs
WITH Der 60 SIZE lie, ls"e1 1918 tone.
SIZE hulis .csi ira the record TO Sn-
FIRE cisco the ,OrlI's record for OFT
"a u"Us ste. nj z. th.t is. without stors
Tor Ca:'I.g. which covers he It.Osa rr.u-
ticrl mile, let~eer TIC prnr I'D PhilA-
d"lpEi She is row a. oil burr er AID
Tli"| leiWS'r New York FTd Puerto
MeNlco. the 80 st~rr -rd ~ the Tehua-te-
pee Cr 81 route To- the r. ,ifC.
CDnrrr si.d with the performance ~
the TcNan thc voyage of the Cry ~ New
Work ~hich ~. unatlr to ,.se sails with
much eI',' lr.ya'.so ~ G, n'inuoTs head
vIhds w's -urG'; i-tng. was remarked
~ ,u" ofnC" Il p"a't'1rn \ i5pham. the
Texans agents. by skIpners Sho read
tle log 1t the City - New Work She
was -hIp - 3.p't ~ tons and had h"en
,nly . shout time from tho va'dS ~ h-i
hg,lde-S Roach : son Of Chester. Pa.
when she started Tor the Pacific
She won the distinction ~ being IN"
frs' steamship - me Ks the trip ~ San
Francisco ~ithout masking rtoT- at cual
puIt- IN the vay Navigating the StinIt
was something 81 - novelty then When
y d. sailed sh" had net hunk~iS damned
with a rput 80 tons ~ g al. she burned
o. - = ihIs and was then ~ hzht 'fH'
t.,r phi!tp and his U''icNrS fra-"i ="
4 80. "a IA
thor" ~e.,'n.d ~ ha a probability Il tn"
srir 'nrninK turtl" with less than thirty
~ 80 coal m her bLuNer~ lhOee Wer"
nj tho daVs ~ writer ballast. ~ Oh"
,-'u.d not - ANYTHING hut get - ancho'
- ~ hE"r..
The san FrIucisco vaucls did not MAX"
much I-S "."r n" ittY 81 New lorS
i-arforrnAnce but when sh" rnnI,leted
her irs' trIp 20 Panama from San Fan
cisco the sta ~ Panama S,l Irz~d about
II and among th'se who saved IN" ship's
log - u appeared m IN" So. was the
purs"r
Ie,s cpal than tho TeNrn, and coal Wss
somewhat cheaper then than " j. nov
, -" u will w. seen that IN" q ID liner got To-
windwTrd If the isSan IN the matter "f
cNu-ns. Nv several thousand dollars
me lux Il the famous trio re''oi de that
the tltv II New York left Sandy Hook.
New YorN DcCember 10 ISIS; anchored
- Tape Virgins. entr9nC" u strait ~
Magellan january ~ iEE. at y.
,assad Iap-- pillar Pacific entrance
January - and arrived Mt San Franctssn
IN February IN NJ v. " Icing the 1rsi
steamer that ever made thar voyage
The rest ~ IN. log. admirably eHphcii
a. transcribed bv capt Philip follows:
W..
i".tSnc- r,in through the strait Of Magellan 80
distance run from cape p'iAr To San ran AZ,