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THE FUTURE OF LINERS.

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COST AND COMFORT.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1928.

A PROHIBITION FARCE.

EXAMINATION TESTS FOR THE AGENTS.

ALMOST ILLITERATE.

We have been regated lately.

Washington, Jan. 15. with a series of Wellsian pro-

When the Volstead Law was phecies; they came from all paris passed the appointment of agents of the world, now from Italy, now to enforce Prohibition was left to from Germany, and, most recent- the Secretary of the Treasury (and ly of all, from U.S.A., and they the Director of Prohibition, the promised a more complete subjec-consequence being that agents lon of the Atlantic. The an were appointed on the recommen- nouncement of the formation of dation of members of Congress the new Transoceanic Cornorn- and other politicians solely as a tion in New York was followed in reward for political services. due course by more fairy-tales of. selence-liners which will cross the Atlantic in four days and carry aeroplates for people who are really in a hurry and want to cross in a short week-end. There has been talk of ambitious planning in Germany, and it is not long since high officials in Italy per- It was the agents that dis- mitted themselves to forecast credited the service and aroused liners which would exalt the sentiment against Prohibition, prestige of Italy and do thirty for among them were men who Ave or forty knots-which pro- used their pistols freely, made mises, however, were there and false arrests, and raided premises then declared to be without rea- in revenge or because, they had sonable foundation; and an emin-not been squared."..

Many of the men selected were quite unfit for their places; they were without character, almost illiterate, some were former cri- minals, others saw opportunitica for unlimited graft and became: rich by bribery and protecting bootleggers,

AP-

ent British naval architect, who With the growing revolt against was in Italy at the time, had Prohibition, Congress last year much to tell of the stern official provided in future that all Pro- reproof which fell upon the henda filbition agent. should be of those orators whose eloquence pointed subject to civil service ex- umination and after investigation bad carried them away.

sa to their normal standing. Men already in the service were also required to take the test.

Speed Possibilities.

"Uneducated."

Within a few days the first examination was held, resulting in three-quarters of the candidates being plucked by the examiners, their percentage being disorace- fully low, and revealing that the men were unintelligent, Ignorant of their duties, and practically un- educated..

In their defence the men assért that the examination was Imprac tical and scholastic, but the Civil Service Commission has made public the questions, which show they were practical, and dealt solely with the duties required of a Prohibition agent. The Pro- hibition units has come to the de- fence of its mon, and *' "Dry" Senator has introduced a Bill to retain in service all agents who have been employed for more than year and whose work has been satisfactory to their superior.

from Tricate to Buenos Aires last September.

At least the subject is in the air. The question is whether it is any where else. It is perhaps signi- feant that in the last fifteen (or even twenty years the spoed of. Atlantic linera has remained far ly constant. It has been suggest ed that the economic limit of speed. (or, using the chemist's metaphor, one might say the saturation point") was reached before the war. It is true that in the meantime marine engineering has been making extraordinary advances. When, sixteen year ago, IL.M.S. Swift was launched, she was probably the fastest ship afloat. She was almost Ilterally built round her engines; she was a sort of personification of speed. It wne and that there was never a ship built like that before and that there will probably never be another. She had a horse-power of ubout 36,000-twelve tube boilers generating about 3,000 horse-power, apiece. But by 1917 destroyers were being built with a horse-power of 40,000 and with only four such boilers, generating 10,000 horse-power uniece, That

On February 1 she sailed for jump from 3,000 to 10,000 shows something of what can be done tBoston, and it is said that she will marine engineers when they set be the biggest liner that has evor their minds on the problems of taken on passengers at that port. abstract speed without too much The builders of the Saturnia have reference to more mundane ques-not hesitated to put comfort and first. Quite fabulous tlora of economy. II.M.S. Swift luxury could do her 35 knots and more; sums are quoted as having been the Inter destroyers could de un to spent on the swimming bath and 40 knots--ie., 46.06 miles an hour. Kuch fitments. Each frat clase Many marine engineers seem to cabin-and this is a.great novelty hold that 40 knots is very nearly has ita private verandah over- But the liner is. the maximum possible speed, and looking the sen. represents the displacement limit.nost interesting as the laresl ever fitted with Dicael motors, In short she is the largest and the fastest of motor shina, Her the The virtues of a destroyer and only transatlantic rival, those of a liner are, however, not Swedish Gripsholm (which was, quite the same. The builder of a incidently, built as well as de Huer has to consider comfort, signed in this country), is nefther economy, and speed-in that or-20 large nor я0 speedy. The der. And it is believed that the career of the Saturnia is being. English Hiners of the present dewatched with considerable interest with a speed of from 20 to 25 by shipowners on both sides of knois, have attained something the Atlantic, and she will doubt- ke the ideal combination of less have an influence on the those three qualities. Some. of future of Atlantic liners. the necounts of the linera which

The Three Factors,

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Fuel Economy.

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the new American Company may

"A shipowner who is replenish- or may not-build describe a boat such as has never been seen ing his fleet- to-day," Mr. Dewar afloat. It is aparently to be for says, "is faced with an embarrass- The Role Re of millionaires. Iling choice of economics in fuel will carry only 800 passengers and new methods of propulsion.. fall first class) and make 33 knots. It was only after careful consi- But if this speed is to be attain-deration of all such methods that ed it will only be at the expense the owners of the Consulich Line of comfort. "Whereas the exist decided to use Diesel motora for ing ideal seems to be the complete the Saturnia. The advantages of floating hotel with a bedroom for the Diesel system are for the most every cabin," Sir John Thorny-part in fuel economy. That, as 1 croft said "this new ideal seems have said, is far more important to be a sort of Pullman car! And than speed. (The fact that on surely experience would suggest very recently an International con that the richest people-and it is ference decided that it was de- they who are In-question-prefer airable to Increase all rates by the first ideal the second-com-something like 15 per cent an fort before speed?" As for cost gests that the shipping lines are

it must be remembered that for finding that

the present overy knot of increased speed speeds are expensive enough.) after twenty-three or four the With Diesel motorsa ship such increnacu consumption of fuel is as the Saturnin, naking twenty- out of all proportion. The law of one knots, will consume only nine- decreasing returns begins to onerty tons of fuel in a day; a similar ate in an alarming fashion, and ship burning ordinary of will cost increases in almost a geome-consume 137 tons, and a ship" trical progression.

The Saturnin.

even

burning coal 200 tons in a day. The Saturnia has a maximum spoed of about twenty-one knots." "But will not this saving in fuel make it economically possible to increase the power of liners, so that the twenty-five knot limit will be surpassed?

"It seems to me," said Mr. J. M. Dowar, "that the whole develop ment of modern maring engineer ing is not-whatever the prophets may shyin the direction of in-

"No, because twenty-fivo knota creased speeds: the whale problem represents the "mit of the Diesel nowadays is to increase the comtype of motor." fort and cut the cost." It WAH

So it seems, wherever we turn, Mr. Dewar, in conjunction with the fixed maximum of twenty-five Mr. A. T. Wall, the naval archi nota, and an Atlantic passage of tect, who designed the latest trans-just over five days remain im atlantle Hnor. This Is tho

mutablo. Whoover wants to go Saturnia, which was built in Italy to America and back in a week and sailed on her maiden voyage will still have to go by air.

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