The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-20
LUSITANlA'S
SAILING RECORD
In Port at New York Only 81
Hours 10 Minutes.
RUSH TO SAVE SCHEDULE.

Liner Was Hurried Back Without Un-
loading Some of Her Cargo-Doek
Strike In England Had Delayed Her
Sailing.
On her last trip out from New York
the liner Lusitania broke the famous
record of her sister ship, the Maure-
tania, which in the rush last Decem-
Der to land her Christmas mails in
England in time was unloaded, loaded
and coaled and steamed away from
the New York port within thirty-eight
hours of her arrival The work Of get
ting the Lusitania into port and away
again was accomplished in thirty-two
hours and ten minutes.
The reason for all this haste is that
the Lusitania had been thrown off her
schedule by labor troubles on the other
side, and 1t was necessary for her to
catch up with her sailing dates to
bring home the host Of Americans
who had booked their return trip on
her.
L hC DiouSht lsolO pdoCSh
gers, and it took several hours before
the baggage Of the last of these had
been removed to the pier and her steer
age passengers transported to Ellis
island AS soon as this was done the
367 stewards fell to work putting
things shipshape. They had to clean
900 rooms and scrub several miles of
o1I nd Of Stoirs
In the engine room the force began at
once to tune up engines and get ready
for the run to Liverpool.
AS soon as possible the big Lusitania
was breasted of from her pier and the
coal barges sent alongside. They
worked four on each side.
Filling the larder was even more of
liner arrived here with supplies low,
for she had carried more than the or
dinary complement of passengers. 1t
was nearly sailing time when the re-
port was brought that the last Of the
provisions were in the cold storage
rooms. Some Of the big items on the
stewards list were 10000 pounds Of
beef, 1000 pounds Of lamb, 1000
pounds of mutton, 1000 pounds of fish,
1000 pounds Of corned beef, 21,000
eggs and four tons of vegetables.
Almost as soon as each arriving pas
senger left his or her stateroOm stew
ards were gathering up the linen, and
even while the passengers baggage
was coming ashore the bales of soiled
linen We're being tossed to the lower
pier. An hour after the liner had made
fast the wash started on the way to
! the laundry. Forty thousand pieces
went and were washed and back on
board the Lusitania within twenty
! five hours.
The Lusitania brought S43 tons of
cargo, and she took out almost the
same amount. Beyond the removal of
some express packages there was no
attempt to load or unload. 1t was said
that there was only small amount of
perishable stuff between decks. Part
Of this cargo, it is said, are lemons.
They are now ON their fourth trip
across the Atlantic, and their value
as commercial product is a question
which will be best determined when
they are unloaded. This consignment
of lemons, according to the story told
ON board, first crossed the Atlantic
from an italian port to New York
When they were landed it was found
there was better market for lemons
in England. So they made their sec
ond voyage, this time to Liverpool in
the Lusitania. When the vessel got
there labor agitation had destroyed the
market The lemons remained or
board.
On her record trip to carry the Christ
mas mails the Mauretania was in port
thirty-seven hours and twenty-One min
utes. She arrived at her pier at AL
a. m. Friday, Dec. 16. She sailed al
600 p. m. on Saturday, Dec. IT,