The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-24
$4,000 TON SHIPS
FOR CUNARD line
HEAD OF COMPANY SAYS SEA
MONSTERS WILL BE
BUILT.

London, May PA significant pro-
nouncement is made by the chairman
OF the Cunard company 1t is that in
his judgment the future of the New
York trade lies with the 10000 or So
600 ton combined passenger and cargo
boat. In saying this, Mr.. Booth finds
himself in complete accord with Lord
P1rrie, whose complaint for a long time
past has been that it is not a question
whether shipbuilders will build very
big ships, but whether the ports of the
world Will be capable Of accommodate
ing the levianthans put af1oat in the
near future. The Cunard company,
with the Lusitania and the Muratania,
each In the near neighborhood of 49,
900 tons, has, of course, by this time
had pretty good experience of the
biggest mail steamers as yet in service
The Inference is that as these large
vessels have proved so successful still
larger steamers are likely in their view
to prove more so. The only question
left open is the question Of speed,
Mr.. Booth does not say in so MANY
words that the large steamer which is
to be built to take her place with the
Lusitania and the Mauretania in the
mail service will be of 10000 or $4,000
tons. The assumption, however, must
be that somewhere between those fig
ures her gross register will be found.
For the building of this big ship no
government loan is likely to be forth
coming. Indeed, any suggestion of
the kind is negatived by the statement
that government advances in respect
of the Lusitania and Mauretania nnust
be paid out of surplus funds and the
Cunard's depreciation fund utilized for
the building of new tonnage. The
government agreement, Mr.. Booth saws
put the Cunard in its present position
In the trade. Its business now is to
retain that position, and it is to that
end that the dividend has been passed.
IN the near future, then, shall be
seen four monster ships, eclipsing in
size the present Cunard leviathans
Two or them are well on the way.
lhese are the Olympic and the Titanic
each OF which is to be of about AZ. 900
tons. They are for the White Star
line, and are to run from Southampton
TO New York If the Southampton har-
Dor board can be induced to deepen
sufficiently the channel which they
control. The launching of the Olympic
at Messrs. Harland & Wolff's yards.
Belfast, was some time back definitely
1xed for October next and the Titanic
should not lag very far behind her.
A third vessel of the 40,00O-ton order
is that which the Hamburg American
line Is to building Germany Herr Bal
I'm mad this steamship in view two or
three years ago, but cancelled The or
der he had given to Messrs. Harland
q Wolff in view of the depressed out
look on the Atlantic.
Neither the White Star boats nor the
German mammoth are to have very
high speed Probably 90 knots will be
held to suffice. The Olympic and III
tanic will rely on combination of the
reclprocating engine and turbine. such
as is already exemplified in the Laur-
entic. The big Cunarder will presum-
ably be turbine boat like the Lusi-
tania and Mauretania But because
she will probably exceed them in d.
mensions it does not follow that she
viii excel them or even equal them in
speed On the other hand 1t is pretty
clear that she must be the fastest Of
the four mammoths now building or
projected. The Cunard service is es-
sentially an express service and the
new boat must steam at least as fast
as the Campania.