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Show - - , Maritime Day Recalls Ships That Pioneered in inTransAtlantic Trans-Atlantic Trans Atlantic - Traffic . . . .Bv Bv . By ELMO E LIMO SCOTT WAT WATSON SON i r . ; k ry ryk 1 lava \ f , r ra a 1 4 4a a f 4 + S " , , . o . . " + f p- p pe + . ' 4- 4 4r - r a - < 0 0S S Bb J a ' ry kti Sv Svo o SR SRAt At Sr a e fie fieR u fieu R } c , I 1 2 . y u0 3 3i 3e i e EIS + . /iS iS " - / ! 4wjfy4F 4wjfy4FiS r rb b s/ s sCitizens . / : CItizens of New York Gather at The Battery to Welcome the Great Western at the End of Her Record-Breaking Record Breaking - Trip TripAcross TripAcross Across the Atlantic in 1838 . ( From a Contemporary Prmt Print ) 1 " Public Resolu ResoIu Resolu- Resolution Resolution . "Whereas Whereas 1V'hereas V'hereas Vhereas ' in in - tion 7 , approved \ May l\ray l ray , 1933 , it itis itis itis is stated that on May : 22 , 1819 1819the , the steamship The Savannah Savannah.departed Savannahdeparted . , departed from Savannah , Ga Gaon , , on the first success successful ul trans trans- transoceanic transoceanic transoceanic - - oceanic voyage under steam steampropulsion steampropulsion steampropulsion propulsion , thus making a ma- ma material material ma material - terial contribution contnbution to the ad- ad advancement advancement ad advancement - vancement ofocean of ocean transpor transpor- transportation transportation transportation - tation ; and"Whereas and and"Whereas "Whereas Whereas 1\Vhereas 1 Vhereas " ' \ by said resolutionthe resolution resolutionthe resolutionthe the President of the UnIted UnItedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States is authorized and re- re requested re requested - . quested annually to issue a aproclamation aproclamation aproclamation proclamation , calling " upon the thepeople thepeople thepeople people of the United U1l1ted States to toobserve toobserve toobserve observe May 22 of each year as asNational asNational asNational National Maritime Dar Day ) ; "Now Now IINow " , therefore , I , Frankhn Franklin FranklinD FrankhnD D Roosevelt Rooscvelt , President of the theUnitcd theUnited theUnited Unitcd United States of America , by byvirtue byvirtue byvirtue virtue of the authority uthonty vested vestedin vestedin vestedin in me do hereby issue my proc proc- proclamation proclamation . - lamation tarnatIOn calling calhng upon the peo pco- pco peo- pcopIe people people - ple pIe of the United Unitcd States to ob- ob observe observe ob observe - - serve May 22 , 1933 , as Nation Nation- National National - al Maritime l\fantIme l fantIme \ Day by bj b ) dIsplaYing dIsplaYingthe displayingthe the flag at their thcIr homes or oth oth- other other oth- oth other - - er suitable sUltable places , and I here here- hereby hereby hereby - by direct that government of- of officials officials of officials - ficials display the flag on all allgovernment allgovernment allgovernment government buildings on that thatday thatday thatday day . "In In " witness \ thereof hereof I have havehereunto havehereunto havehereunto hereunto set my hand . "Done Done " in m the city ofVash of Wash \Vash- Vash Wash- Washington \ Washington Vashington - ington this tll1S t\\ t tw twentieth tentIeth \ \ entIeth day of ofMay ofMay ofMay May , in m the year ycar of Our Lord Lordnineteen Lordnineteen Lordnineteen nineteen hundred and thIrty- thIrty thIrtythree thirtythree thirty-three thirty three - - three , andof and of the mdependence independence independenceof mdependenceof of the United Umted States of Amer Amer- America America America - - ica the one hundred and fifty- fifty fiftyseventh fiftyseventh fifty-seventh fifty seventh - seventh " - CCH UCI-I UCI I UCH - " was "as as the documlnt document documentc documentwhich documentwhich which \ \ hlch added another anotherred anotherred anotherred red letter < diy hy day to our ourcalendar ourcalendar ourcalendar calendar till thiee three ee years yearsngo yearsago yearsago ngo ago and nnd ga\e ga e gave \ us anoth another another another c er occasion occnsIon for an annual an annual annual nual nation wide ctle ccle ctlebratfoD cclebratlon diebration bratfoD bratlon Since thattime thattime that _ time the tIle observance oCM ofMaritime of oC ofMaritime M Maritime a I ' I t I m e day has hashelped hashelped hashelped helped make mahe Americans Increasingly IncreasIDgIy IncreasIDg increasing Iy ly conscious of their heritage hefJtage as a astafal'l ascafaHdg aseafaring stafal'l stafall scafaHdg ' g people and of the status statusof statusof statusof of the United Umted States as one of the tl'le tlle theprInclpa tl'leprincipal theprincipal ' prInclpa principal ] maritime nations of the theworld theworld theworld theworldAlthough world worldAlthough Although the recent liunching hUDchlng launching of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Queen Mary has pliced phced placed Glent Great GreatBritain GlentBritain GicatBritain Britain , the traditional tral1it1onnl Mistress Istress of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Seas , " ahead in the rice r'1.ce r1.ce r1ce race ' . nmong among nmongthe amongthe amongthe the mtlons n'1.tlons n1.tlons n1tlons nttlons ' . to have hn\"e hn "e e \ " the "Iar Iar "largest largest " est , fin finest finest finest est and aDd fastest ' ocean ] liners lners , . 5 y ct et the thefact thefact thefact fact remains that tbat all a11 of these fiJD.t fiJDt Rant fiJD.tJng Rantlag fljatIng . Jng lag palices pal1ces palaces trace back to the prod produets products products uets ucts of ot American Ingenuity IDgenuity and andAmerlcm andAmerican andAmerican Amerlcm American : daring darlDg more thin th'1.n th1.n th1n than ' . a cen century century century tury ngo ago For ror I'or Ior ' the He lie de e Francethe I"rance Irance Prance " , , the Itc\ Itc Itcthe Jt Rr i \ , , the Kuropa europa , the LevlaPl'1D LevlaPl1D Leviathan Leviathanand Levlafiinand ' nnd and tne toe the Queen Marv-nll Marv nll Mary--all Mary all Marv - - - all of ot them themare themare themare are lineal nnenl descendants of those rlrst tlrst rlrstcrude tlrstcrude rirsicrude crude little httle steamboats which wbicli v . blcb Johr John JohnI I Itch , Robert Fulton , Samuel Morey . , William WnUam Longl Long&treet Longtreet Longatreet & : > treet , . Elijah LlIjab Orms Ormsbee Ormsbee Ormsbe be-e be e bee - < , . Oliver Erans LvaDs Evans , Robert nobert R ll . _ Liv Livingston Livingston LITIngston ingston , , John Stevens and Jame- Jame James JameRumsey JamesItumsey JamesKumsey - ; Rumsey Itumsey built aryl arjl arylopernted and operated opernted In the thestreams thestreams thestreams streams of the cistern e'1stern e1stern eastern ' United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States An And the captain of a mod modern modern modern ern ' luxury liner ' who guides gUll1es Its ItsGOOOO Its60,000 Its60000 GOOOO 60,000 60000 , tons of steel across the At- At AtlanUc Atlantle At Atlantic - lantic lanUc lantle ocean oceaD In less than a . week v.ceh vceh I is isbut Isbut but following fol1owlng the trail blazed by a aYankee aYankee aYankee Yankee fcklpper I"pper Ipper skipper " with his S50 350 tonboat ton tonboat tonboat boat boat'r \'r 'r r \ ' when ben he made his epochal voy coy coyage voynge voyage nge age 117 iears years ears ago and nnd took tool " three threeweeks threeweeks weeks \ \ eehs to do it it . , 'that that 'hint hint ' hat man was Capt Moses Rog flog flogers Rogers ers of ot New London , Conn , and we wecelebrate wecelebrate wecelebrate celebrate Maritime MarItlme day on OD May 22 22of 22of 22of of each year now because on May May22 22 , . 1819 1810 , his ship , . the tbe Savannah , de departed departed departed parted from Savannah Savannab , Ga , "on on " the thefirst thefirst thefirst first &ucce ucce uccessrul successful & sful transoceanic transoceaDlc voyageunder voyage voyageunder voyageunder under steam propulsion , thus mak mal- mal maling mak- mak making making , - - ing a material contribution cODtribution to the theadvancement theadvancement theadvancement advancement of ocean OCUlD transporta transporta- - transportation transportation transportation - tion " tion " Although Maritime1 Mar1tlme Marltlmet Marltlmetday ( ' day honorsprimarily honors honorsprlmarlly honorsprimarily prlmarlly primarily the achievement nchlevemeDt of ot the thebavannah thesavannah thSavannah ( bavannah savannah , Its celebration celebratioD each year yearserves yearserves yeaserves ) serves to recall the names of other otherships otherships othciships ships which have played a It part In Inthe Inthe Irthe the development developmeDt of trans Atlantl Atlantic Atlantictraffic Atlantictraffic Atlantltrifflc < trifflc traffic . Despite the ( fact act that Capt Cnpt , Moses Rogers had thown sbown shown the pos pos- posslbllltles pos- pos posslbillties possibilities - - sibilities slbllltles slbillties of ot steam transportation transportationncross transportationacross transportationacross ncross across the ocean , . other othcr Amerlc'lDs AmerlclDs Americans Amerlc'lDswere Americanswere Americmswere ' were slow to follow foUow his bis exampleDarinc example exampleDarIng exampleDaring DarIng seamen though they were werethey , they cluoe clung to their fast sailing salling clip clip- clippers clippers . - pers pel'S pelS ' and packets because they ar argued argued rgued gued tint th'1t th1t that ' such ships were cheaper cheaperto to operate , since the steamship's steamships steamship'sfuel steamship'sfuel steamship'sfuel steamshipsfuel ' fuel and nnd machinery machlDery took up too toomuch toomuch toomuch much precious cargo space , . and andthat andthat andthat that they were safer because of ot less lessdanger lessdanger lessdanger danger of fire and explosions e'tplosions etplosions ecplosions ' as was wasI wasthe wasthe I the case cnse on " whit "h\t "h h t ' \ the Indians bad had hadcalled hadcilled . c'1ed c1ed called ' ] the 'big big ' big fire canoes . " The British , however , saw great greatpossJbHlUes greatpossibilities greatpossibilities possJbHlUes possibilities in trans Atlantic steam steamnalgatIon steamnavigation steamnavigation na\lgatIon na lgatIon navigation \ and since SLDce they the ; ) did so somuch somuch somuch much to develop it . , It Is only oDly fair fairon , on Maritime diy d'1.Y d1.Y d1Y day ' . , , to take note oftheir of oftheIr oftheir theIr ships which pioneered ploDeered In link hnk- hnk link- linklag hnkIng linking - ing lag America and Europe Burope more close closely closely closely ly together . . I ? here Is a special reason rea reason reason son for doing this In the case of one onewhich onewhich onewhich which can be regal regarded ded somewhat asan as as3n asan 3n an "American American "Amerlcan Amerlcan " ship ShlP " since SIDce she slle was wasbuUt wasbuilt wasbuilt buUt built and operated by our Can'ldlaD CanldlaD Canadian Can'ldlaDcousIns Canadiancousins Canidlancousins ' cousIns That " was as the tbe wooden p1.d p1d pad paddie p1.ddie piddie . die steimer ste'1.mer ste1.mer ste1mer steamer ' . , the Royil ROY'll ROYll Royal ' William Williamwhich . , , which made the first crossing crosslDg of the theAtlantic theAtlantic theAtlantic Atlantic using usmg steam all al1 the the-was the was . - wa way . . The Royal Willlim WJllhm William , , built at Que Quebec Quebee Quobee bec bee bec'r , \'r 'r r \ ' was as i'1 i1 ' liunched launched unched In April , 1831 1831and , aDd and towed to Montreal to be fitted fittedwith fittedwith fittedwith with engines engmes developing 200 hOlse horse hOlsepower horsepower hoisepower power Her cost when ready for se\ se sea sewas seawas seiwas ' \ was $75,000 75000 $ , Her dimensions were werelength were'length werelength ' ' length ] en th over all 17G 176 feet ; depth of ofhold ofhold ofhold hold 18 feet ; bieidth ble'1dth ble1dth breadth ' over paddle- paddle paddleboxes paddleboxes paddle-boxes paddle boxes - - boxes 44 feet She was orlglD\lly orlglD lly originally orlglDllyiDteDded originallyintended originillyIntended ' \ iDteDded intended to ply between Montiealand Monheal Montreal Monhealand Montrealand and Quebec and 1\ova 1 ova nova \ I ova Scotia , and andtbe andthe andthe tbe the enterprise of building bundlng her was wasc31rled wascairied wascairled c31rled cairied out by a group of Quebec and Halifax llnUfax merchints merch'1.nts merch1.nts merch1nts merchants ' . , assisted by bya bya bya a giant gtaDt of $15000 15000 $ OOO from the govern government governmeat government ment meat of Lower Canadi Canad'1 Canad1 Canada ' . . Among the theshaleholders theshareholders theshaicholders shaleholders shareholders appear the tbe names of ofthree ofthree ofthree three Cunard brothers , , one of whom whomlater whomlater whomlater later founded fOuDded the present Cunard CunardUDe Cunardline Cunardline CunardlineAfter UDe line UDeAfter lineAfter After three moderately successful successfulvo successfulvoyages successfulvoyages vo voyages nges In 1831 to Halifax IIaUfnx Ilaltfax and In Intcrmediate intermediate intcrmedlate tcrmediate termediate ports she laid up for thewinter the thewinter thewinter winter In 1832 , 0\\ 0 owing 0Ing \ \ Ing to a n cbolera cholera cboleraepidemic choleraepidemic choleraepidemic epidemic , she made only oDly one oyage voyage \ voyageand , aDd and her owners o\vners o vners \ became bankrupt bnnkrupt . . In the spring of 1833 183J a new com corn company cornparry cornpany pany parry was formed formecI , which \ \ blch purchaseithe purchased purchasedthe purchasedthe the vessel and , tor for a time , used her herfor herfor hcifor for towing tov.lng tovlng . and local excursioDs excursions excursioDsTl1en excursionsThen excursionsThen Tl1en Then In June , 1833 , . she sailed satted on a atrip atrip itrip trip to Boston , . where she was wns en enthuslastlcany enthuslastlcally enthuslistlcaily thuslastlcany thuslastlcally receh received ed as being the thefirst thefirst thifirst first steamship fli Ry . } Ing the Union UDlon Jaci Jach Jack Jachto Jackto to enter a UDitcd United On her return to Quebec her ber own owners ownera owners ers era decided to send her to LnglaDd Lngland LnglaDdfor Lnglandfor Lngiandfor for sale It was on this voyage vovage th\t th t that thtshe thatshe tintshe ' \ she made history , demonstrating demoDstrating tothe to tothe tothe the world the feasibility feaslbl1lty of naIat navirat naviratlag na\ na navlgatIng \ Iat IatIn ; In lag the oceans by means of steampropeed steampropelled steam ; propelled propeed ] ) vessels vcssels , notwtthbtan notwithstanding notwithstandingthe llng llngthe < the declaration of critics that * they theymight theymight thesmight might aseU as well \\eU eU hell \ \ talk of mdkln making a voy- voy voyage voyage voy.see voysee - - . age from Quebec QUE'he QUEhe ' < , to the thp nioon moon ninon " Early In August , , 1833 , she left leftQuebec leftQuebec leftQuebec Quebec for Pictou Plctou , In the Northum Northum- Northumberland Northumberland Northumberland - - berland strait straitwhere , , , -where where - she remaIned remaineda a few days coaling coaUDg , storing , repair repalr- repalr repair- repalriDg repairlag repairing - ing iDg lag engines , and awaiting passen passen- passengers passengers - . gers Dventuall Eventually Dventuallr r , on August 17 , she shesteamed shesteamed shesteamed steamed out of Pictou Plctou harbor for forIJnghnd forEngland forI Englind IJnghnd England . . Her ma master : > ter w ' " was as John Mc McDougall McDougall MeDougall MeDougallDuring Dougall DougallDurIng During the voyage the starboard starboardengine starboardengine starboardengine engine wis was 'lS lS ' disibled dls\bled dls bled disabled ' \ and the vescel vessel vescelsprang vesselsprang vesselsprang ; sprang a leik le'lk lelk leak ' After Aftcr 25 even eventful eventfuldays eventfuldavs tCul tCuldas das days ) and aDd nights Dlghts the Roal 110351 Ro . } al WUUam William WUUamI WUUamarrived Williamarrived Williamarrived I arrived at Gravesend Ten |