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Show l A WONDERFUL VESSEL. "The Armis" Suit I like i It will surprint1 not u fmv to lonrti, perhajm, that the new Cunard tut Mm stcHmei l.URttnnln which run claim the distinction or being the largest nnd fBBiest liner In tho world, represent repre-sent nn outlo of over $7,000,000. She Is tlie most expensive stnnmor cor built Indeed, were It not for tho financial assistance of tho Urltlsh Government Gov-ernment and the engineering anil sclentlllc skill which was placed nt tin disposal of both owners und builders, the I UHllnnlu, which will bring back to the Hrltlsh nation the "blue riband of the Atlantic." would never hnvo been nn accomplished fact It wns as far hack as 1003 that the lngllsh Government entered en-tered Into negotiations with the Cunard company and ngrecd to supply a sum of $13,000,000, with which they wero to build two largo vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 24 4 knots In September of that year n committee, composed of experienced exper-ienced and prominent englneere, was formed to consider tho kind of machinery ma-chinery that should be employed, nnd thoy voted for turbines In September, Septem-ber, moi, tho keel wns laid In Messrs. John Urown ami Co.'h yards on the Clyde, Kng. The launching took plnco on Juno 7th, 1000, nnd on September 7th Inst tho grent liner mado her maiden mai-den trip to Now York. The estimated cost or ffi.GOO.OOO hnB been exceeded by, It Is believed, nbout $900,000. Tho fact Is the erectlonof tho boat represents more or lean nn experiment, nnd In tho earlier part of the undertaking numerous nnd costly experiments had to bo made with models mo-dels to ascertain tho correct and best positions for placing the huge machinery machin-ery propellers, etc. Tho expenso of running tho new liner will bo enormous. enor-mous. The cost of making a round trip from Liverpool to Now York nnd back, Including victualling the ship, wages of the crew. Insurance, and depreciation, deprecia-tion, cannot bo less thnu $150,000. Hut tho Lusltnnlu will bring Liverpool a day nearer to New York. Hy agreement with tho Government, three-fourtliB of the crew must bo flrltlsh BUbJectR. Indeed, tho Cunard Company has now become a deflnlto Hrltlsh Institution. On no nccount must It ullow a foreigner to hold tho post of director on the company or nny, Importnnt oftlce, or any one, not being be-ing n Hrltlsh subject, any of Ub shares. The Cunard Company hnd to niter Its articles of association to meet these' "tuwlltlnna Hut from the GoNernment I t reclps a fat plum In the shnpe ot I $3ti.noo a M-t for carrying the malls 1 between LKi'ipnol nnd New York It'll time of ii nf romso the Uoveili I ment wmi'il nt nine convert ibe I ti-dt nnlu In t ' whihIiIp |