It may be possible to fill a ship with boilers, and to save a few hours in the passage from Liverpool to New York by a tremendous expenditure of coal; but whether that will answer the purpose of any body of shareholders must be left for the future to determine.
"Brute force" may be still further employed.

It is quite possible that recent "large strides" towards a more speedy transit across the Atlantic may have been made "in the dark." The last ships we have constructed for Ismay, Imrie and Co.

have been of comparatively moderate dimensions and power--the Arabic and Coptic, 430 feet long; and the Ionic and Boric, 440 feet long, all of 2700 indicated horse-power.

These are large cargo steamers, with a moderate amount of saloon accommodation, and a large space for emigrants.

Some of these are now engaged in crossing the Pacific, whilst others are engaged in the line from London to New Zealand; the latter being specially fitted up for carrying frozen meat.
To return to the operations of the Belfast shipbuilding yard.