FAST ALL-RED ROUTE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 12

FAST ALL-RED ROUTE.

NEW WARSHIP-LINERS FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. j LONDON, August 20. A new era m round-the-world travel will be inaugurated by the Empress of Asia, which is to be launched at Gova-n on •• August 28. Tho globe-trotter who travels m this vessel during her maiden voyage next MarchAvill.be .able 'for the. first time: m history to travel all round the workC including an ocean-to-ooean journey across Canada by a single British railway and steamship company. j The outward journey will be eastward, ] and passengers will debark at Vancouver, and utilise the C.P.R. railway! fcr transfer across Canada, and thence! by C.P.R. Atlantic liner home. j The old Empress boats resembled yachts more than anytliing else. j The Empress of Asia, however, resembles rather a man-of-war, and, indeed, has been specially designed by her constructors, the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company, for conversion into an auxiliary cruiser m time of war. One of hor most noticeable external features will bo her cruiser-stem. j The following figures about the new boat show her principal features : — Cost £500,000 Tonnage 16,000 ' Horse-power 16,000-17,000 Passenger accommodation ... 1,300. Averago -speed 18 knots Length about 600 feet She is destined ultimately for thei C.P.R.'s Pacific service, and the company confidently expect that as soon as ! their new fast Atlantic boats are m com-" mission passengers will be able to reach '< } okohama by the C.P.R. westward AllRed Route several days m advance of! auy journey by the Trans-Siberian (eastward) route.