THINGS IN GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10441, 15 June 1908, Page 1

THINGS IN GENERAL.

MAIMiMiarH STEiAiMiBRS

Eixiperiemcte ihais 1 piwied' tblat there ia no\sulcih''tlhriiig as nnalKty in the size of sihlisps. Ctodisequeinifcly wlien people talk about sfaeainett's one fchooisflnd feat lomg" tihiey are speaikcag of sometlhlinig qrudifce wiitihin jthe iraage of possibliiiliy... Ib waa^tiartieid ai few weeksiago. tlhlait ithe Whfile &twr Urn .were' about to build a mons'tei* v«issel for their Atlaimtib tirade, 1000 feet being given as ffche lengitih; c& the levliaittoan, cont'emp'raitied. The fiaran, hiowemeir, demy tiiat 'tliey (have ait presenifc any ani-b:iit>-.on Ito Ibuiild 1 ishiipel of amch dimensions, thWgih itßiey hiavei lunder 1 oonsiiidbraltibni <&.<& conHtrudtiioia of a very .lalrge vessel for tineir Stoiuthaimipton;New Toink seirvifcie. TihSisJ eliivp' ait. seems pirobaible, ■•wdM b© fiionnieiwihaifc la.rger thiani even 'the 'gigantic Cunardieir, the M'aiuneitlainii'ai,. TvliiJcih ii.s 'Just under 800 feet long. 'Bet^weien that' |Len;gtih a.nd 1000 feelb theme is a 'consi<lera;biLei gap, hjaweyier, and *t is liiigihly probable i tlhalt iseverlail' yeairei will elaipse ere thati gap fe bridi«©d',, aUthoulgh. Lord : (Psim© is quiite meady to pnodluce a 1000 foot -liner iiif any firm .mil give Kwa. the ta v<3ie'i J. MfesFlrtei Harlandj amd Wiailff, tih© faimoiuis BeOladt firm, have indleed beeni ippetpamnig ibetitih's for the con-_ elbrucibiion off vessels very mvtxh bigger than any ithjat : hatvie yab been launtohedi, and* ■ctertauin works niow proceeding im oonnecftion •w'L'tili the new dotelc at Sodtliiamplton cleiaii-ly antioiipaite tlhie flidiv'enjti of vestsefls of tfole s'ae ruimour altlfoilHuitieid to tlbe new "White Star lii;nen*. M?iaiDiwihiill)e i!it ii's said! tii© Hambui^Atmiericiaiii) line have planned to iproSulciei a yfitssel wMdh wM puit the Mianirietania ooanpielttely in the shade as riegairds bbttli slize and atpeed), but. 'the preaemt ,'stialte of the lAitlamtio passen- | ger *raffib isiuiggestlg 'tliatt tlhe company 'wtili noiti be in a burriy to pl&ee the ordea' Ifor this slholp.