THE ALL RED ROUTE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 7

THE ALL RED ROUTE

V VIA BLACKSOD BAY. ACROSS ATLANTIC IN FOUR DAYS. A' REPORT SHORTLY'. 8T TELEGRAPH—rnESS ASSOCIATION —COPYHTOHI ■ London, May 22. Tho Board of Trade's ."All-Rod" routo coramittco will report at. an early date. Evi- ' denco has been submitted to'tho effect that tho journey from, London to Halifax, via Blacksod Bay, is possible in four days. TWENTY-FIVE knot boats. HOW THE POUR DAYS IS CALCULATED. Halifax, in Nova Scotia, is the nearest Canadian port to Britain, and Blacksod Bay, on tho west coast of Ireland, is described as the'nearost harbour, to Canada in tho United Kingdom. Blacksod Bay is said to be a magnificent natural harbour; Tho passenger will, according to the Blacksod Bay scheme,. leave London, by railway, cross tho . Irish Channel, and, travel bv . tho existing railways •to : Collooney_ Junction, whence, it -is proposed, he will proceed by : rail to Blacksod 'Bay oyer a connecting line, powor to conwhich has been obtained from Pari ia•!iu;nt. An embellishment of tire' scheme is that its promoters, besides'extending the railway from Collooney to Blacksod Bay, would establish ,a train-ferry service across the Irish Channel. On this basis-it. has been estimated that - s the distance between -Blacksod Bay and ■London is G6-1 milos, and would bo covered in about- -fourteen hours, triivolling via liarnc and making jisa of a train ferry, at that point." Prom Blacksod Bay , it is proposed to run 25knot.boats to Halifax, which is expected to be .reached in less than 3',- days, the distance being 2100 miles (as compared with '3025 miles between Lfverpool : and New York). These times, -if realised, would givo a four-days'-run from Londoil to Halifax, the feat referred to in the cablegram.' "./''. •_Th° latest timetable issued by the Blacksod Bay advocates—a "guaranteed"/ timetable, according, to the'"Daily Uail"-ris as follows Atlantic Ocean ...' 25 knots. Pacific Ocean ... ... 18 and 21 knots. : Leave London (say) June 1, Friday, 7 p.m. Arrive Blacksod, June' 2, 9 a.m., leave 10 a.m. .Halifax,JuneS, 6t09 p.m., leave. 10pim. a, Vancouver, June9,'.lop.m.,leave midn't '. '■' ■ ' IS Knots. , . ' ■ Arrive Honolulu, June 15, 10 a.m., leave i p.m. .'~ Suva, Juno-21,<niidn't, leave Ga.m., 22nd . „ Auckland, Juno 24, 10 p.m., leave 2 a.m. -„ - - - - 25th • Sydney, Juno, 27, midnight. 1 , London to Sydney, 2G days 5 hours. ' » /,, Auckland,' 23' days 8 hours. • , ' ■■ 21 Knots. Arrive Honolulu, June 11, 4 p.m.; leavo 10 p.m. ■ „ Suva, June 20, 9 a.m., leave 3 p.m. .Auckland, Juno 22, 10 p.m., leave 2 a.m. „ ,"-'I : ' 23rd a Sydney, Juno .25, 2 p.m. i - . . London to Sydney,' -23 days 19 hours. .» >. Auckland, 21 days 3 hours. .'' powers," says tho • Daily .Mail," "necessary for tho railway and harbour development in Ireland havo' already becii- obtained from tho House of Commons, and inquiries show that tho British authorities are most favourably/ impressed with the pro-, posal. .Tho pooclwill and co-operation of tho chiof:"Australasian steamship corapariics—tho Australian-Canadian and the Union Steam Ship Line—have been already secured. It may also .hero..bo stated, in view of tho offer of tho organisers to. place 25-knot steamers on tho Atlantic, route, . that, three shipbuilding/firms of the very highest standing in this country have, already guaranteed that they will, if called on, deliver isuoh boats, ; and have even drafted 'rough specifications to that end."