For the first time in the history of transatlantic travel,
people were able to leave London on Saturday and Queenstown on
Sunday, and eat dinner in New York on Thursday night (September
2, 1909). The six-day boat set the early records more than
twenty-five years ago. The five-day boat came along ten years
later. Friday landings in New York have been common ever since
the christening days of _Lucania_ and _Campania_,
fifteen years ago. Now the four-day boat is a fact.
The remarkable speed made by the _Lusitania_ was attributed
to the effect of the new propellers, which were fitted to the
four turbine shafts in July.
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