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Show giueors, moro stokers, etc.. would be needed. But if we went to an unlimited expense for the most powerful engines in tho world the gain of time in crossing the ocean would not bo inure than eight or ten hours, so long as coal is used. 'I have great faith, however, in electricity elec-tricity some day or other taking the place of corI for the propulsion of ocean steamers, and when that is brought about they will bo run much cheaper. Tho weight of the coal does not make the sre.'i.mcr slower: that has nothing to lo wiia it. Sometimes a weighted steamer goes faster than ono that is not weighted, all depending upon tho wind and weather. "Steamers can never go as quick as locomotives, because they have to contend con-tend ag.un.'it water and air, whereas the railroad cars have only air as a resist-ance. resist-ance. Assuming tho maximum speed of n locomotive to be about sixty miles an hour over short distances, it may bo said that it goes three times as rapidly as a steamer, although the average time made by the fastest limited express train is only twice the average time made by a fust steamer." Kpoch. Fpoed in Ocean Trawl. i "Tbe groat dmwbaek," said Mr. EicU- I ard, one of the agents of tho Hamburg- ; American Packet company, "to crossing ; the ocean quicker than we do at present , is the expense of coal. More powerful engines could be built which would increase in-crease the speed, but these engines would require so much more coal. The steamers steam-ers of the Hamburg-American Packet company now concume about 210 to 250 tons of coal aday; if 300 tons were needed daily, these steamers would be run at a Ides, for, besides tho cost of and . the valuable space required for the addi- : tonal 100 or so tons of coal, more en- j |