| Show r p t 4 GREYHOUNDS i I I She Built Nearly Thrice Who What time the h noo fleit of lh the tha World WoId Did Old Last Lut Year Yea I I 2 I i The Time acquisition by J the American of oC i the Leyland line hue II II I of It the I possibility that other may maMa I Into the time hands of o if milieu Hllen owners direct particular attention L to be the condition and amid strength nth of or carrier It must mut strike observers observer M U H a Hii ii jular coincidence that till this wholesale absorption of oC v vessels ecla uel with the launching of or Ue tUe sr fril Mt t vessels ever en afloat that the Ito t of oC time We While line bite thouM Hou bo Lie Inking the water Ju t UN as be ln the of or Time The majesty und mind omnipotence of lr our U Is times thus vinCi on oil u the one hand haunt while on the i national pride if It nut not commercial instill III t something ot of n a 1 ho k huIc hlll the mitt of oC a it f whole limit l III h by h an sit American un us pause the effect of oC tin tim timI I ts Is mutter lifter all nil but hut u a as a H flea 1111 i IH The Tiui salt nale of or if a R num lIum 11 Jl of ut h ships to America as unit unitt would huso h vo imad no sig IK The ilme l merchant m tier tierS er MCI S IH is still l of oC that of oC any Illy other powers In lii round figures we about I Mi HI out of oC a u total of uC ships Ir if f all mm Ii nation nationalities und and I of ur over tOO ton touts afloat America Is imi second on time the list JIlt with very H few tw more than 1000 daft craft and Norway third with about fewer Their built during durin UN In the United l King ICing Kingdom dom of or 1141 hlll 2 vessels ot of tons gross Of or these of o l Il 1771 tons vett Wert mourners and 12 32 of sailing The w launched turing during time the year nt lit both Joth gov government JO t and aiRl private yards yn nm numbered anti steu of or tons dIP dis displacement placement This ilmis made matle time tilt total output of o time till United Kingdom om for rOI one 1111 year ear to jOl IOl of ur tons In the time same period there were launched from nil alt tho the other oIlier shipbuilding ing imig yards or of the Ihl world steamers of oC 15 tons 21 vessels of ot tour and 56 80 war vessels ls of or touts tons Britain alone then pi t 16 I more vessels thun thull nil time till test rest of IC time th world put limit together The rime output for the lie world was tons toils steam smith and i tons toni vessels tH Allowing for tor e lout lost or broken up the soiling tonnage was wa on balance re Ill reduced by h tons ton figuring under this head IIII with lS tons en entered opposite her name In her imer palling percentage was 10 30 0 p per r lent cent H It dwindled to 04 In lS steam tonnage however had hiatt Increased IlIce IIII by IJ 4 s tons Thin hl steam tonnage of ot the tile worM storli was Increased by I England claimed 64 41 per cent of the tutu ad rid addition lilt Inn An n analysts analysis of oC the time of or time the built hullt by b during shows that steam tons and aniline selling tf us were fur for In I the tIme United Kingdom while siles to colonial smith and owners amounted to tong long more moore four to III time the time gross gros tile lute line linehon 44 Whon hon Queen Victoria ed the time throne a stell steamer mer was waR scarce scarcely ly I 1 reckoned us mis the time ties of o the 1111 ago ime When the slur died the em empire pire 1 lre of ot merchant and ger er steamers so many mushy that had the ex ox stock been turned out II cit it t the tho rate of ot half halt a score a n month during all time the years yeara ear of oC her reign the 1111 aggregate could not have been attained The rue develop ui wb men meat of o by drat Brit Britain ain s in Imas hilI w been one ne of the time most mOlt remark atilo a ble In III her enormous of m If 1 empire within the past hundred years America had tHor her PlYing 1 In Inland waters very Wry soon loon after he t steamship mantle made It its In Utah oya e oh on the Forth and clyde canal ranat ninety nine yean yeats ago a am Steamboat services service were w rl an established means mean of If conveyance on an the American Amerlan take lakes and rivers before bc tore a similar development benefited England 1 It t Is I Interesting to note that steamboats were l plying on in the tue Ma 1111 a far till buck bade as 1 14 The h TransAtlantic liner to tf steam Us Its Way War ta hElm America to t 0 l 1 l was the Savannah named after the th port from Crum which It K a 0 o Liverpool In Tho Thu voyage o n d t twentysix days J y Thc The md InI crew nf or the tho th Cavannah Savannah were Irl feted end and feasted like Uke any heroes berets und alit time the exploit wai WI deemed the very of If o hardihood and kill Rut nut the nw form of navigation did not m t the old for nr many years yearn paNl The Royal Roal WIN Vil items Ham did not nut make Its appearance until fourteen ln had d and It its performance In making the voyage from f to Orae In what shut wa wathen wathen Val then titer time did not disturb the of IC those who pinned their heir fulth to spara und ant stoUt can canvas vas Viti tIme The fla ancient mariner ap imp applied I plied to the teaching nf or till DIP OM Old Testament Ie amid putting not hl his hili trust i In lii princes declined to bo be 1 any more confiding In adventurer who imo put to towa tolOfa tose wa lOfa se In III M a ten lIn k ko Mo ll Th steam ship occupied a R Rood good Roo deal dal more attention In imm the time workshop of ot the time experimenting engineer baum upon the Ihl Improvement wr Were brought to tn light unit and time the Archimedes tho lb III first t Practical screw steamer was built in ISiS A happy combination of oC bra brains Inn la lye and amid ant mooney about the I service of oC Atlantic steamers teamer Mr 11 r Sam II uel tush Cunard hat had such a mm service am as he ime turned over oser In lit Imla Nuva Norm Scotia home mind and he be ram cam to England to 10 seek and WR was fortunato enough lIou h to find lind the necessary complement nt of him himself himself self In George leor Hums Burns and amid l avld Mclver Melver two prominent timid and Mr Ir hubert rt Napier aller an all expert ship builder on omi the Clyde In isIS we tuil uld build rapidly and a nil well Indeed even II then our merchant marine was W greater than la is that nf of tiny any an other oilier country countr of oC the present day da Hy ht B time till following Mr Napier hal hail four steamships ready and the time BritIsh and North American Mall Steam Packet company was an accomplished fact with It II a contract for or the conveyance of oC the government malls Nt st a year ear TIme The WOK Was time tile first of oc tIme HIP th line to tl make makl lit 1111 voyage and amid covered the dl 1 b tween Liverpool and Bo t to n at ut th Ih nt tit titor of or right eight and amid a half knots nn Oil h m reaching that tort port eight hours hourI r HI ti It expiration of or n II fortnight to hin Mr M I r time the he head d of oC th 1 UI w i 11 iu to dinner In eight II ht antI and a nil t t 1 lit III I hours The Plus vessel was wag fc f t jn t length 34 M feet eel In width carried 2 5 I ins in n no of o cargo 1110 an smith l ninety pa Passengers iBen gers Irs and f was WAR the th wonder of lit time the age So SI commenced the time regular service nf itt Atlantic liners In which the Cunard boats haw have always ala len been I o u prominent Charles harl Dickens I was wan among lunon the many man distinguished pR enser i of ot th time lit early luly lays layn smut and his imia lively description of or the embarkation scene makes make ui us u wonder what t iii hI would have luave could he hI have had a of or time the mighty craft riCtor of or today toll 11 with everything he lie depicted Save ave the tue bustle and ant confusion lied fled a hundredfold the stores Ito out of 1 which thi tb ln I timid ald tIld keep his hIli boat wi Ina round rotund the world In or 0 M so without in halting halUn to or fir moke in la an ounce nt ot u sIo fur tor to the 2000 M nr whom b he fluid Buld camri pus th the lie across the Britannia made marll lt its nut first trip t Atlantic over OVIr forty furty t linen of oC steamships have hay for Int ml sprung Into In In and mul all a mm di n of nf th these e are nrc 1 In which close clow III upon sons crow the per hem c Ty week k and arg beyond bt PMt t Tip rh fh mire mure I limit CD ro n 11 dint It i f ri nf of H a mil Inn milis nit tu y ar nr it r a nd arry well w titer lIr a hll l each c n II i not the Ihl if all must m earn carmi J r t hi fora the he t owners owner cl liar dr ar a f cad Im of Jt f a n profit The great reat lines linen empl rn mn n to t o form not hol cities iti The hun hp White Whit Star Itar line lint with ith lt it Ita Jd ii l aces ace of itt unparalleled size d splendor lur liars have n mm hn array nf ot f men In a and one ofle a Th Tb growl h tf if the th line Ii is I f Sn n i I me of fr c the deri ment m lIf it f our nur The Him finn v ilI found d in n us v very ry modest w Wa 1 h y ly th I h laie lale ale Thomas Willi who v imo 1 he h hi m II of nt a 8 of DH as 11 clerks clerk quit nt rr fr the of or the Ihl th clerical duties of tf the Ih firm Ni J w I Ih the hi business demands th mh iX nf ot a staff Ita of if f f itei ko ka v while nil nit I the Ih rt turn nm Mi tim h linn ft t cm total The Ihl vennel of it f ihk titI Ihl ln lin have the original little with which the Inn started become beom tine one cf ut If the t If of our fIur nit chant fleets nearly a hundred In noun num ber bm anti and are to 1 It be found In aim t every ry sea sra The Tue cj invested t Iti in lint tab h pis 11 and und cargo aTI now non an enormous figure Jure as may bf ht p 1 f t mated It I is l 1111 tic tm th latest thing thin In liner lIners ruin an 1405 1111 ay with wt practically a million sterling With vs r sila el III of such suh lr anti and In num her bers II c I nt at II I eta 11 Ii im spite of tf the he rivalry of ot nth oth other i and anti th tb of f f lUt tir u can in in ls 11 likely t tr to remain nn an O cc tahl hd fact act fur for many ti II day tIny to t come London Jondon Black and end White Whitt |
