A Liner's Record.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2282, 29 January 1912, Page 6

A Liner's Record.

Records are undo to be broken, and no doubt before the world is many years older the record just created by the Gunard liner Lusitania will seem quite a commonplace performance. But to-day it looks and is a most remarkable achievement in ocean transport work. When the Lusi tania arrived at Fi.sbguard on the night of December 3 she had accom* plished a world's record in the history of shipping. Within the 12 mouths commencing December 17 last year she had crossed the Atlantic no fewer than 32 times ; in other words, h:d completed 16 " round i.rips" between England and Mich a run of continuous voyages has never been accomplished before. In the 12 months the Lusifcania has steamed'nver 100,000 miles, and the fact that this mileage has been piled up without having the slightest breakdown speaks volumes tor the character of the work of linii.di shipbuilders ' and engineers, and especially for ihe work of those who were responsible for supplying the great ship's driving power. For . the Lusitania docs n<U " amide along " ! .it the leisurely gait of • Antipodean mail steamers. Fach voyage she has I been "driven through it," winter and iiimmtr, from DHint's Rock to Amb rose Channel, at a pice that gives an average ocean speed of 2U- knots an hour for ail her journeys, eastward ind westward.. The maintenance o! the speed requires the assistance of 192 fires. The highest day's run during the year was 051 miles westward and GOb on the oastbound trip, while the fastest voyage was Id I3h ! 35min westward, at an average speed of 25 87, and 11 15h 50min easts ward, at an average of 25.10. Probably the most notable achieve' ment of her whole career was the j Lusitania's " quick turn round " trip at the end of the summer, to make up the time lost through the labor troubles. On this occasion the veesel made two complete round voyages to New York and back in 28 days. _ During her record year the Lusitania has carried over f-0.000 passengers, or an, average of 2,500 per trip, over 78,000 bags of mails, and specie to the value | of £1,250,000. Her passenger pro- I vision statistics for the 12 months in- j c'ude little items like the following : 18,000 chickens, -1,000 ducks and geese, over half a million of eggs, 12 0001b of j un, I,ooolb of marmalade, come 0,0201b, tea 0,1531b, cheese 10,3281b, butter 43,6711b ; fruit, to mention two items only, apples 800 barrels, oranges 022 barrels ; fresh fish, 113,1381b.