The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
BATTLE OF THE Big LINERS
THRTT EORNIRID IHHT tOR
" PRf uiti ~ 81.
The White star t.ianIs Ia sr IN"riled b.
the New Hamburg Liner rte tunart
tornpan, Proposes To Heat the Latte
Great size, Nat ~prr,i. Dr~irrt


LONDON Nov % The ngh' Tor Tia
supremacy II the sea between hr"d'
Britain and Germany - by u" means con
fined to the building II DrradnouEin :
and SUPER Dreadnoughi- Both cnHn'ri--
Are striving to excel ia the matter vi
mercantile fleets, and tue llsh' - t""''''
mainly upon the MESSENGER and freight
traffic of III. north Atlantic
The struggle has been going on for
many years and Vessel has followed uTon
vessel, each .clpsing ITS predecessors At
speed or siL. The i.uCania and 1 am
panit. built for the CunaTrl inc IN lNia
to ,t.an, 90 knot All hour. were r"aliT
IN. frs, 10 set the pace for speed Tn
Luc,ni. in 1894 reduced the passage from
Queenstown to New lurh - Il Ia days
her best DAYS run being 56l knots. ana
this record stood for lnanV months
The newt ocean greyhound Ia appear
was tn. Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse of I'M
North German I.loyd. built in 1897, with
+, su..,.d of ,2I knots In 1897 -he dad tn
na.sa,. from SOUTHAMPTON Ia New York
in A inv, her best days rim being -
.,o,s
TN. Hamburg American Line then
"A
Da,,schlaud built IN 1890, which easily
nrov.d herself thu. fa.t.st ocean steamer
,,,a, Al thar tune Ia 1903 81. did ia"
yoyas. from Ch.rbourg - New YORK III
:, day- and she mas also steamed from
New York To Plymouth ~ ) days h"Hr~
- minute.
Thu. North German Lloyd replied with
,h.. Eron,r,uz Wilhelm bulit ~ 1901. ana
,h.. KAISER Wilhelm II h'l.lt ia 1872. ul
40, - 40 - economically but the.
""" -, r..,,,,.,rod Tan.
I'"ut-'h'ahi "'""' Nv ''' -,
beaten until the apr"aiHh'" OF th' '''''' y"
rumpGny- l.u-itauIa and MaUr"'ahIu
both bult In I907 ui - FuotS speed an'.
49,, H.. ,,,,,,r Tn, North German
$1,000 go. ,t.. Er.n,ripza.siu
Lloyd launched IN lbs me N'""p' ~, So
collie. - la; boat oi ~ Fh"'H '''' M
covered jgn knots ia a day. h'n mas newer
,...r nil. IN l,w.r the MauTrtanIa's
,,-..,. , Is,-- ,r,,n Due,.ns.
Ieyo'" =, -,
town to New iork
And 50 for the present ia" !dnf"i7 Ior
- .,,.d res, " ,th thu. CtIusri Line. AMI IN"
>,,,,.,,,,.,. ,,cnri i. likely Vs. remain
VIC 49,. ,,,.it ma.
nnchalI-hH"u l"r ,'a"N ~
been found thai IN" ""''''''" ~ NV,
To the speed vi a ship - too costly III ''-hl
,o,sum,tion 10 b. r-mun"rat.ye. and
-.'..',... h.. ars, shown tina, TN.
"Niet'"'" ma n,t inc
averag. traveller - NOV y" ~''''' W. .'..,'i-'
record trips as ON having coihior'ao'
vovaR. Cump.-ltiun. therefore. ~ noN
L., ,h,. form If Increased tonnage and
NN'"N IS .r,,T..,,. g. ,,-..np,rs
b"''"r
Sp"-d ~ being sacri'ceu t' HNu's
III. lines which ar" pit'ng 'h"f y"
.o,,rc,.s against each other are the Whit"
g. 49,, ,inuard and ih., HAMBURG
A. ,,,,.s,,nt the. North German
Ii, T.. No, a,,r a, shir- of EreAt
10y ,,,, ind....I !, - doubtful Il il
80 ,,,,a,,,i,n 81 strengthening
t t,'S 81 - \, ma H.. -aI that the two
e - ,,,,,an,... mr.. n. active IN com
ths.sn - n,h.r aa they ar,
,'.,,'., a.. a,..ruan i'm.
W, ~, Wh,,. star Line ulacal ON
',',,L vs." ia, nI'.,,,,,,c r.c.ntly launched
va va, -. T,,.,ic =, ~. b.liey I'd that the
-, -, -, haa b.cn r,.aChed Roth Of
I'M, ~ a. 49,, ~ ana OYER ssn f..r
~ I..,t, ~, !, has sinr,. b..n learned
H., ,h. uamburp- American Line -
,".,,,.II,, hn,Lijny -. y,ss.l destined, II IT,
".a.,lv "a LispIn.. the OlvmplC