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Message: [QUOTE="Mark Baber, post: 46817, member: 79063"] [i]The New York Times, 15 September 1907[/i] [b]GERMANS ARE DISAPPOINTED[/b] --- Expected That the Lusitania Would Break All Records --- HAMBURG, Sept. 14---The first voyage of the Cunard Line steamship Lusitania to New York is regarded in German shipping circles as a disappointment. It had been expected that she would break all records. The Lusitania's average rate of speed, 23.01 knots, has been exceeded by two German vessels. The Kaiser Wilhelm II made an average of 23.58 knots on an eastward trip, and the Deutschland's record is an average of 23.51 for an eastward passage. The Deutschland has the best record for a westward trip, having made 23.15 knots. The better time is usually made on the eastward voyage. Although it is said that this was only the Lusitania's maiden voyage, and that it was not intended to drive her, it is felt here that the great hopes placed upon her performance were not realized. The German critics add that this was not the Lusitania's maiden voyage, in the usual sense of the term, because she had been on trial trips for more than a month, had made a voyage to Gibraltar and return, and had sailed approximately 3,000 miles before she started for New York. Another disappointment, it is further asserted here, was that there was excessive vibration on the Lusitania, although it had been expected that the high speed turbine engines would insure freedom from this annoyance. --- BREMEN, Sept. 14---At a banquet given to-night aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, Herr Heineken, a Director of the company, declared in a speech that the Cunarder Lusitania had not broken the record held by the North German Lloyd Company, but that the first trip of such a ship should not be considered decisive. "If the blue ribbon of the Atlantic goes to England," said Herr Heineken, "it must be remembered that the reason is to be found in the bounty paid, and that the competition is not equal. Even if the Lusitania does win the blue ribbon, the practical value of the victory is very slight." ---------- LUSITANIA CLOSED TO VISITORS TO-DAY --- Big Liner Won't Be Ready for Her Public Reception Until Wednesday --- CROWDS HANG ABOUT PIER --- All Anxious to Inspect the Record Breaker---Lucania Arrives 13 Hours After New Sister --- Stewards were busy on the big turbine steamer Lusitania yesterday getting things shipshape after her voyage. She is to present her best appearance when the public gets a chance to look over her on Wednesday: On that day admission will be by card only. In the meantime no one will be allowed to inspect her. All day yesterday there was a crowd viewing her from every point of vantage and clamoring for admission on the pier. The watchmen at the pier were hard at it until dark answering questions and trying to explain something of the Lusitania to sightseers. The police, who had so much trouble with the crowd on the day she arrived, sent out this notice through Police Headquarters yesterday: "No visitors will be allowed an the Lusitania to-morrow, (Sunday.) There will be a day set this week when visitors will be allowed to go on board." --- To the Editor of The New York Times: In this morning's issue of THE TIMES Mr. J. P. Meyer, assistant general manager of the Hamburg-American Line, was quoted as having questioned official figures of the Cunard Line on the Lusitania's average speed. Mr. Meyer, by dividing the mileage, 2,780, by 120.9 hours, figured that the Lusitania made an average speed of 22.994 knots. The official figures of the Cunard Line differed from Mr. Meyer in that they give the actual distance logged as 2,782 miles. which, if divided by 120.9 hours, will give the speed 23.01 knots, as announced officially. L. H. STONE New York, Sept. 14, 1907 [An article about Lucania's arrival has not been transcribed.] -30- [/QUOTE]

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