Wo mentioned on Tuesday that the P.M. S.S. Co.'s steamer City of Peking which arrived at Woosung on Saturday, is on her 100th trip to the Orient, a feat never accomplished by any other ship across the Pacific, She and her sister ship the City of Tokio (lost in a fog in 1885 near Yokohama) were built at Chester. Pennsylvania, in 1873 by John Roach "& Sons, the pioneers of iron shipbuilding in the States. At the time of their launching they were, with the one exception of the Great Eastern the Inrgest ships afloat.. Their appearance marked wu era of large ships, as since then steamers have gradually' increased in size until now the Peking is comparatively a small vessel.
"The Peking after making one voyazo to Hongkong was on her return to San Francisco strengthened considerably by the addition of two new steel decks, and today is one of the strongest ships afloat notwithstanding her age. She has been in no less than 25 typhoons in the China and Tapan Seas and has come out of them scatheless, the last heavy one being the one in which the Bokhara was lost.
The following record of her performances: may be interesting Miles travelled up to arrival in Shanghii_. 1,312,000 Coal expended si ing, tons... 279,000 Revolutions of engines.....307,100,000 Steerage passengers carried... "119,000 Saloon), "ly 5,000
Diving all the years of her service she has only had one serious accident, namely when in 1892 she broke her tail-shaft 1,300 miles feom San Francisco,, and got into port under call in 11 days, "We venture to commanders, al! of the captains at present on the China Line having. had com: of her. Her present cap! has been in her for the \d_the chief engineer Mr. Win. has been in her for no less than 79 voyages, and to him is duo a great deal of the credit for her present efficiency in the e room. The present steerage steward. Christian came round from New York in hor and has been in her ever since. The Chinese porter also has never missed a voyage.
The good old 100 voy we think showing. ship_is good for another she is day as sound in wgo—her record On her last voyage to San Franci ea from Yokohama she made the run in 13 days 20 hours, and had it nod been for 5 day strong easterly winds would have in 12 hours less.
Voynge 93 she made the trip from lulu to San Francisco (2,083. miles) in 5 days, 2f hours, 37 "minutes, an ave of 13 knots, Wen was the pioneer Co.'s steamers to arrive in Shas the Intter place became a.port of call' little over a year ago, We venture 10 that there are none of the ships across the Pacific, wh have completed thei will be in such an efficient state either in hull or machinery.
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