Show I 1 I 1 J I 1 I 1 I 1 the great ocean alya A recent numb number er of the scientific american h has a s an interest interesting im article on oil the regularity of ocean ocean liners in the course of indich it is shown from postoffice post pest office records that these great carriers are considering 9 the distance they even more reliable and regular in their departure and arrival than railroad navigation has been reduced to such euch accuracy accuracy that a steamer may be expected almost on 11 the tall hour in the cam paula niina of the cunail line made eight bips and her average are riga voyage was 5 3 days 20 hours and 18 minutes last year she made ten trips and lier ter ave average e was 5 I 1 days 20 hours and 17 minutes mi iralu t only cm 1 Y one g minute less thin than in 1893 in a voyage of 2770 miles in all sorts of wind ind and weather it ise is hovin n that even this astounding reau regularity ar is not exceptional for the teu teti tonic of the white baar line made twelve trips in 1892 on an average time of 6 days 4 hours arid and 8 minutes in 10 1894 she made eleven trips and her average was just a trine trifle blobel 6 days 4 hours a 17 minutes arid and looking now dow to the american line it is found that the new york though not the fastest lias las the best I 1 ecord for regularity of tiny ciny of the atlantic fleet iler her avera average e time has not varied for years year and she can be expected illi ali 1213 most st 0 on 1 the minute ebery voyage she h e h has a s crossed the atlantic more time and has carried more passengers than any other steamer of her age and has been more regular I 1 about it the new york made I 1 fourteen trips west bound bo in i NN alith ith an average time of 6 days 21 I 1 I 1 hour and 3 31 minutes in I 1 she made fifteen trips with an I 1 average of 6 days 21 hours and 14 45 minutes iler her bailit sailing 2 distance 1 i was 2770 70 miles in 1893 she made 1 chii teen trips eastbound with an average re 0 of li 6 days 21 hours and 30 minutes which was just one minute faster than her west westbound b bound oun I 1 i time that year year in 1891 1 she made fifteen trip mith n ith an average time oft days 20 hours and 24 minutes thus in crossinn crossing the ocean fifty seven times in boch both directions at all seasons of the year her widest aria tion for amo years was only 1 hour and 21 minutes |