| Show ANOTHER OCEAN STEAMER achievement ANOTHER great achievement in point of speed made by an ocean steamer is recorded this aimel it to whom the appellation of ocean greyhound is probably more ble than any other vessel she is the embodiment of a new idea in shipbuilding heretofore the advance in int speed has bas been achieved by increasing the size of the vossel vessel and piling on the furnace capacity more grates more boilers larger and higher funnels and vaster storehouses for coal and of course steadily increasing ranks of engine men have been the order and the result has been an enormous increase of expense for the securing of a small ini crease in speed inthe in the america this order ordel has been reversed A considerable portion of space reserved in other vessels vies sels seis for freight has been cut away awa admitting of her getting the speed aa advantage by reason ot of her shape the reduction tion of freight room is lar largely aly 00 pe sat ed for orb by an annual 4 ciol tion of f expend expenditure itu r 0 of f loo OW by the eu curtailment int jat of the consumption of coal and labor ani for the frequent tightening of plates etc the america sails under the flao fiao flag of the national line arid made the trip from new york to queenstown Queens town in six days fourteen hours and eighteen minutes 4 this beats the otea Orea ons 3 eastward ra record which was six days fifteen hours and fifty seven minutes the gulon guion company are the gators of the era of the introduction of stean steamers lers kens of extraordinary speed they take great pride in not being outdone in that direction by any rival line it will be remarkable it if we do not learn before long of a movement on their part toward having a vessel constructed on the clyde that will eclipse the america or any other afloat in point of speed 0 I 1 |
