New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-22
BIGGEST SHIP ARRIVES
OLYMPIC Welcomed by Crowds
Along River Front.
TRIP WITHOUT ACCIDENT
Ten Tugs Help Haul Largest YES
sci to Her Pier-One Slightly
Damaged.

The largest ship in the world came TO
these waters yesterday on her first run
across the Atlantic from Southampton. she
is called the Olympic. and was built AZ
Belfast for the White Star Line al a cost
coming close to the $4,000 mark.
Trio OLYMPIC is biz and broad and rides
high out OF the water. but she does not
ALWAYS show her greatness 10 us tul'eS'
extent. The observer must see the vessel
,,nder favorable circumstances. with ample
objects i'm view with which TO compare her.
before no can get an idea of her real
Granite dimensions There were plenty
O. these about yesterday when the o'y NM
came into the harbor, and some or the
crowds that lined the waterfront a"'
the rails o. ferrvboats We're able 10 Sc
the great vessel AT her hest
A feet % fair sized merchantmen Jay
p anchor i'm Quarantine whom the Olympic
v-eicned anchor. and they looked Ike mite
coasters by comparison Two smaH p'dcH
objects standing upright appeared on the
last OF her four tunnels. They aroused
some curiosity on board the revenue cut
ter when some three hundred yards aWaF.
buf "a the cutter came closer the tiny black
ob4ecte moved and Il was seen that thef
wore rnen. The liner could have carried
p small army on her funnel tons.
The Olvn1pic arrived of Sandy Hook ~
n was released from Quarantine ar
$50 m and started M the BAY ar
+riae more than har speed. The ferry
boat Bronx. black with folk from staten
leland ove-hauled her and saluted. and
Vne0 the whistle ~ the liner responded
,bA crowd on the Bronx cheered LOUDLY.
Passing craft saluted. bur Captain smith
US 700 busy on tho bridge 20 anS"e'
.va~v sslutation The Rsttery ha0 a lalr
crowd and the piers along 0ofh Sloes "i
enc North River were fr'nged Win slsh'-
Foe~S
C,an+air smith came M slowly IN me
ess. side 81 the river against stir ehn
80. and stoned when HIS how was oppo-
60. ,ar n The began me great TASK ~
-..-,,-,e A. m tons II stee' So feet long
,rto 9 conparative'v narrow dock. the
Olv--uic vibrsted as hey pro7~Iers ra''.'
s.+s-r and fo~ some 7ffv minutes. WINE
the --a0opuvriuE continued. great ou''3n'S
~ mud we're sent ouf in I'll directions
A tur was caught IN NE rowerfu vo'-
,ev and carried under The great overhane
The smaller crafts pole was snapped on
end she careened Her rudder was MI
NV o. commission and tho crew prepared
=, t1-7n overheard. climbed ashore when
tho damaged craft was pulled or ~
harms wav
inst as -He O'vm0ics stern cleared We
cr-ra-d pier rho T.usi-au'a hacked ou' '"''
tho stream and headed fo~ Iivernool
r-ve- after tho OLYMPIC was I'm the do'K
with her stern some twelve feet Inside me
,ief extension her how was some s'NlN
f4er away from thA side of the pier. cav
fDr % --dce the monster an inon further
t--o -re mud toward the hulkheed lest
s.0,err.rr give way ashore. CAPTAIN Smith
srert half hour coax'ng his hig charge
80 move In nronerrv. II was a splendid
niece or diHcult iockeyins. and tho skip
re- was atulafed On MS me WORN ny
the officials NJ rho line.
The rem tugs used I'm docking the 0'r7mi'
were kent busy for almost two hours.
csn-air Smith said he could nor hestov
TOO much praise on the vessel be had Just
brought over
she IS splendid splendid" he declared
"sbe could not have behaved better"
He had been ur al night bringing the
Olympic ro port and after oock'Hg her NJ
tooi rre7 kfast and went 70 he'd
The big vessel brought over 1916 pas
eenee-s $50 ~ whom were In the first
cabin Among these were four japanese
engineers VINO had come over 70 observe
rhe behavior % the vessel Also on board
We're representatives of many steamship
lines who travelled in similar canacity.
As soon as the OLYMPIC docked Captain
Ruse-. of Tho Neutrality-suspicious. liner
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. went s5oarC
emo spent the dav looking into every
GRANNY of the biggest ship ahoat The inei
even tempted Commissioner Waldo from
Police headquarters. and be spent almos
ar hour inspecting the vessel.
THE ships officers who We're enthusiastic
over the voyage. were willing 10 SHOW
eterv courtesy to visitors. but preserved
sphinxUke silence on the subject Of Goa