New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22
largest Ship Has to Make
Way for an Outgoing
Lighter.
95C-FOOT BOAT IN
WITHOUT A SCRATCH
Experts Call Her Most Wonderful
Vessel Ever Brilt-NOted
Travellers Pleased.

Hamburg American line. put his oi,OS-
ton charge into her dock IN Iloboken yes
terday without a scratch.
This docking OF the worlds biggest
steamship is an event That will long he
remembered along the waterfront. for 1t
consumed the better part Of four hours,
disorganized traffic generally and went on
record as the longest bit OF manpuvring
the port has known.
The Vaterland left Quarantine at $50
a. m and AZ moderate speed came up
through the morning mist amid the
salutes OF all craft that passed her.
When abeam the Battery. where large
crowd had assembled to see the biggest
ever" go by. Captain Ruser reduced his
speed 10 mere steeraGeway and rugged
close to the Manhattan side Of the fair-
WAY The band on the President Lincoln,
outbound for Hamburg, in gala dress
PLAYED Die Wacht Am Rhein," which
was echoed by the passengers on the
Naterland with fervor.
NJ $50 o'clock. when abeam her dock
the Vatorland's engines stopped. Iheh as
She started to drift astern, the screws
were slowly started. and mannuvring for
the pier head began. However. a steam
lighter. with a barge in tow, picked the
right moment 10 come out from the Ham
burg-American Lines northermost dock
and put an end to Captain kuser pi'hs
Backs TO Avert Crash.
The lighter tried 10 cross the big YES
soils bow. but the ebb tide swept her
astern and. 20 avert a crash, Captain
Ruser vas forced to let the Vaterland
dron downstream. He lost the position ne
had rursed so. skilfully. Meanwhile, the
tide had increased in velocity. The Dig
gest ship i'm the world, her whistle souilu-
ing a warning backed diagonaily down
the river a thousand yards or more untii
her $50 feet swung almost at right angles
with the pier line.
She was off Barclay St at u:0 o'clock,
and al l2l5 p. m. was again In position
10 warn in She dropped down gently
AGAINST the bulkhead Of Pier 2, neverthe-
less crushing into fragments the cane
feuders that had been lowered 70 receive
her impact. With six tugs pushing on
her uort quarter. four pulling tandem
from her starboard bow. but chiefly with
the aid Of her own screws and Tudder'
tho 100000 beauty finally warped In and
made fast at 1:20 o'clock p. m.
When the skipper started to leave the
bridge he announced that the Vaterland
had behaved splendidly. THE tide was
rather bad to-day" he said, land II IL
had not been for that steam lighter we
would have been made fast two hours
ago But have no fault TO find.
Il have had three trials in docking the
vaterland before. and found that she is
as easily handled as a yacht. l locked
her in Cuxhaven with the aid Of only
one tug
When Captain Ruser had finished his
talk with the reporters the Mutual
Girl" who is depicting the reception OF
the vaterland for the films. rushed up
shook his hand and talked to him in play
actress fashion. Tho skipper was amused
later to find that he had been forced TO
play part himself for the man with the
moving picrIrc machine.
The new liner, which is 906 feet long be-
tween pcrpondiculars with beam of 100
feet, was praised highly by the passen-
gers she naG brought over SO pleased
were they With tae behavior OF the big
flyer thct ID wireless message Of congratu-
lation signed by many OF the prominent
travellers was forwarded to the director
general Of the company.
She averaged go knots for the run OF
,E-days and Il hours. Her best days run
made from noon Tuesday to moor
Wednesday was 59i miles.
Finer Than imperator.
The Naterland while much like the I'm
pcrator is Of slightly greater tonnage
More ornate. more beautifully furnished
she is to the Law mind. as well as to tn
eyes OF the builders and designer. tn
finer vessel of the two. Alexander "
Carlisle builder of the Olympic and IN
Titanic who came over as a passenger
said: The Nateriand is the most won
derful vessel ever built"
Conspicuous among the innovations o
the Natcrand's construction is the ar
rangement Of her tunnels BY buiidin
up the fues with conveyance 10 tn
funnel besc on the boat deck, the build
ers were able to construct central allie.
through al decks some 300 feet in length
The Vaterland's total complement o
Iifeboats, incudins collapsibles, is SIXTY
fNe. WIN capacity 10 save an oli pOdi
Herman Frahm. "A director Of the firm
that built the Vaterland. said. she be
haved splendidly throughout the entir
trip and within short time will max
an average speed of twenty-four knot
from port to por; She has 9a00-horse
power engines, which will eventually tun
up to 5000.
Paul Rainey, the hunter returned oil
the Vaterland. after a trip of sixteel
months I'm Central Africa. He brough
over 7,0oO feet Of film. which he will us'
in his lectures. on one occasion, he said
he photographed a herd OF wild buffalo
startled by his machine and the screeI
that protected it, the herd as one crea
ture came 10 a sudden halt, wheeled
about and ran. Mr. Rainey said lie go
the buffalo coming and going.
lie was interested in the Lander criti
cism OF Colonel Roosevelts discovery OF
the Rio Tcodoro in Brazil
IT Mr. Roosevelt said he found tina
river" said Mr.. kainey. its a safe be-
that he found it and can prove it.
Ex-senator Nelson w Aldrich re
turned. after a trip of several months
abroad. and embarked on his scean
Yacht Nirvana, being met by his daugh
ter Mrs. John -. Rockefeller. jr., and
her husband.
Mr.. Aldrich shook his fist good-natured
ia when asked about his connection with
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