New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-07
|MPERATOR BR|NCS3,642
WHO GET MANY THRILLS
Third WeStbOund Trip Made
Two Hours and Twenty Min
uteS Faster than Others.

With two hours and twenty minutes
clipped from the record Of her previous
westbound run. the lmperator made her
imperial way into port yesterday after
noon. ~ on the occasion OF her hrst
aud second appearances Ia New York
harbor the whistles ~ every steam craft
within haiIing distance sounded greet
ings AS the big vessel made her way 10
the dock at Hoboken.
Down IN the Narrows the biggest mer-
chant ship. the Imperator exchanged sig
mails with. the new Argentine battlesnlp.
Rivadavia. the biggest war craft afoat
The Rivadavia recently was completed
al Quincy. Mass. for the South Ameri-
can government and was on her way TO
the New York Navy Yard for final
coat OF paint.
on the trip across the Atlantic the I'm
perator maintained an average speed OF
p 81 knots an hour, and the whole time
required for the passage was 1--WE days.
ninteen hours and eFht minutes. On no
single day. Compodtre tusrr said. was
he able TO push his boat along AT itS
best speed for the whole twenty-four
hours.
At midnight Saturday. II was reported.
n slight accident 10 her steering gear
caused the imperator TO run In great
circle The trouble wac rcmedied In n
few minutes and the ship continued on
her way with the loss Of only a few min
AprLa1
terday, not many OF the passengers knew
OF the mishap
A new mark for Transatlantic travel
was established with the arrival Of the
Imperator. The largest number or pas
sengers who ever crossed the ocean on
a single vessel were on and below her
decks In the FIRST cabin there were SOB
passengers. SIG in the second cabin. and
2.32O In the third cabin and steerage,
3.6A2 I'm all 1t was not until the dock
at Hoboken was reached and the big
pier turned into veritable babel that
an accurate idea Of the ships accommo-
dations could be gathered IT. was like
a worlds series ball game crowd at the
Polo Grounds-and the steersge passen-
gers were sun on the boat
The most thrilling moment OF the
voyage. according TO the passengers.
came when the Imperator ran parallel
with the range OF an English battleship
at target practice In the Solent The
battleship was scarcely a mile away
when passengers heard dull boom
from the direction OF the warship. and
at the same time "A shell from a large
bore gun struck the water within n few
hundred yards of the Imperator and
went richochetting over the waves. Sew
eral other shots were fred at intervals
OF few minutes. all striking the water
within sight Of the Imperator's passen-
gers. The bombardment kept many OF
the travellers I'm IA highly nervous frame
OF mind.
Among the social events Of the trip
was dinner given Tuesday night by
Arthur Williams. president OF the Edl-
son Electric Company for Eugene Hig-
gins. The guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
August Belmont. who returned after sew
eral weeks In Europe. and Mrs. Frances
NJ. Wolcott
other passengers were Robert y.
Wrenn. president OF the United States
Lawn Tennis Association. Mr.. and Mrs.
j Harvey Ladew, whose yacht. Colum-
bia, was seized last spring by the Japa-
nese government, Alexander NJ Carlisle,
designer of the Olympic; Robert b.
Crawford. General Russell Frost, Robert
=. Porter. H. de Lima v Silva, Brazil
Ian Minister 10 Ecuador. and Mrs Mar
tin w. Littleton.