apart and all
carried to Upper Deck, double from Bilge to Bilge in way of
Engines.--Frames in Tank on Lattice and Solid Floors, 5 x 31/2 x 8/16,
Intermediate Frames, 8 x 4 x 9/16--Rev: Frames, 41/2 x 31/2 x 8/16,
carried to Upper and Main Deck alternately double, 41/2 x 41/2 x 8/16 from
Bilge to Bilge in E and B space._
Fig. 2--SERVIA.]
Since the completion of the Etruria, for various reasons there has
been a pause in the tremendous strides made since 1879, and we may
briefly review the results. Taking the Britannic as a standard with
her ten years' average of 81/4 days across, and her quickest passage of
7 days 10 hours 53 seconds, we have now the following steamers of
higher speeds. Taking them in the order of their absolutely fastest
passage out or home, they stand thus:
TABLE I.
---+-------------------------+------+-------+------
| | Days.| Hours.| Mins.
| +------+-------+------
1 | Etruria. | 6 | 5 | 31
2 | Umbria (sister ship). | slightly longer.
3 | Oregon. | 6 | 10 | 35
4 | America. | 6 | 13 | 44
5 | City of Rome. | 6 | 18 | 0
6 | Alaska. | 6 | 18 | 37
7 | Servia. | 6 | 23 | 55
8 | Aurania.
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