Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-08-05
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makes nearly 5000 peonle. There
were about 1000 people aboard on
this trip. nearly twice as many as we
have II Warren and yet there was
apparently plenty Of room. Ard
these peonle had not only to be hous-
ed. but also fed during an entire
week. It certainly is no small item
to provision a big ocean E1er for a
voyage.
When We consider that it is less
than 100 years since steam was APP
piled to the first ocean going ship,
the progress that has been made in
steam navigation is phenomenal.
Now thousands of steam propelled
ships cross and re-cross the great
oceans. The first steamer that ven
tured out upon the boisterous waves
Of the Atlantic ocean was the Savan-
nah. a paddle wheeler, that left
Savannah, Ga, for England, loaded
with cotton. It made the trip in 26
days, a record then thought marvel
lous. The propeller had not yet been
invented by John Erickson. Although
the voyage was made, it was not al
together a success and besides, ow-
+ ing to the rudely constructed ma
chinery, was frought with great dam
ger. On the way home later in the
summer the vessel was wrecked on
+ba oooct of T ono. Tc1oY,J oxl ,,o+ -,
til nineteen years afterward did a
steam vessel venture out upon the
ocean. But in April 1888 something
happened that seemed to show that
steam would eventually supersede
sail. Two steam ships started from
Europe almost simoustaneously the
Sirius and the Great Western. They
mace the trip in II DAYS. Sirius an
choring in New York harbor a few
hours before the Great Western It
is worthy of mention that when Siri-
us returned to Europe James Gordon
Bennett, the great American newspa-
ner man and founder of the New
York Herald. was one of the passe-
gers. His object was to secure cor
RESPONDENTS for his naner in all the
capitals and PRINCIPAL cities of Eur
ope. thereby establishing a closer
mental and intellectual communica-
ton between America and Europe.
In july the same year the steamer
Royal William crossed the ocean In
10 DAYS. The question Of steam ma
vigation was solved. the English get
ting both the honors and the enaol',-
ments. The idea of establishipo
regular traffic between the old and
new world first entered the head of
an emigrated English thin huildo~.
Samuel Cunard. in Nova Scotia In
1888 he went to Glasgow and order
ed four ships of. 400 horse power and
1900 tons capacity each. AS his mon
ey was not sufficient for such an UNI
dertaking he associated withfhiH two
other fortunate gentlemen, Burns
and McVicker. Their first triumnh
came when the English government
agreed to pay them 10000 pounds
yearly for CARRYING the mail between
Europe and America. Two years
later. in 1910. the first ship, Britain
MIA, was ready for business and made
the voyage to Boston in IA days. Mr..
Cunard was himself passenger
and the trim nearly cost him his life.
He had over 100 invitations to din
ners before he set foot on American
soil. But Mr.. Cunard was anxiou.
about his future and therefore inn
plored his admirers to change the
hundred dinners to one, a big one,
which was DONE America could we'll
afford to give him one big dinner as
the way he had shown would soon
double emigration many times over,
promote development of the country
and increase the productive value of
American soil a hundred fold. In
1852 the Cunard company owned 13
ships and in 1862 the paddle wheels
were superseded by the propeller and
iron took the place of wood. Now the
Cunard line has large fleet of great
ships, the climax being reached in
the Acquitania.
A big ocean liner is a little world
in itself. Here people meet, form
acquaintance and visit back and
forth, just as they do on land. Time
passes quickly, with music, concerts,
reading, writing letters, games and
of various kinds. From
a large, we'll selected library books
are loaned free to passengers. One
evening charity concerts were given
in the first, second and third class
cabins for the benefit Of the Sea-
mems Charities of Liverpool and
New York. which organization cares
for many. of the Titanic disaster.
Olga Nethersole, the famous actress,
sang at one Of these concerts. On
Sunday divine services We're held by
the captain and by clergymen on
board There is a printing Office in
the ship and every morning a news
paper is published containing mar