New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-27
Covar ov GENERAL sE'sIoNs.Bef
yEW LINE or OCEAN STEAMERS.
A VISIT TO THE "wHTTE STAR LINES SHIP
prtI nrNG YARDS AT BELFAST.

RrUDING YARDS AT BELFAST.
The construction OF hrst-ciass ocean Steaih-
ship is at any time work the Va'lhess Vi winch no ono
not eonyersant with shpbuding can nave any dea Oh
but when that steamship is only one OF sT ana those SIX
,h s Iaroost I'm the world the enterprise indeed be-
comes gigantic and moreover when TOT the hs' .'o IN
the history OF Belfast any other port the SIX
,o,r,ors over designed are at one and the same tme
beng built and pushed forward with all possible as
match some faint idea DO formed OF the inheSiy
., ,h material and stores required and Of the activity
and energy now displayed at the White Star DOCK In tha
NE Oceanic Companys "whte star feet consists Of
the following vessels The oceanic anu ~ Itioa
and The Arctic Pacific and Adriac, all In various stages
of completion. and now employing over @oVo h'n'' III
ter min of 600 tuns burden, and is fitted with en-
Ia gnrking m 10 5000 power, and It Ia expected
a af bs run to SewYoTS Their future Destination from
Liverpool will be made In less than yen a., uS h, q,
short description Of the Oceanic, the pioneer snip OF
the line will not be out of place, and Will equally DC
scribe her five sister ships all OF when are punt on Tue
same lines 1t must be promised that IN short descrlp
Hn lie ths il ia utterly impossible to even touch on
each ana all Of the various improvements and arrange
haye been introduced into these vessels IL needless
TO say that they are built OF IRON inc superoti %. d U
To wood for shpbuding purposes Delhg ong since Sti
onstrated Iron has been used IN the Oh te
Oceanic to perhaps an une xanpeq eAe IT., 10 sS an
six massive iron bulkheads reach from keel 10 the na
deck thus dividing the ship into seven perIecty Wa1e
tight and fire proof compartments besde ms tmT ~
the three decks of iron tof course neatly pahAcu
| over. . - -, -, .o,- ans, ono Cor abe
ANisi a
70 nerhaps the strongest aud sanchest well as the
| largest, steamship always excepting the nreat
IiGe under $40 feet, and before stated, she mas
capacity Of 1000 tuns burden, and engines OF JO
power Her hull is extremely elegant ana Deautiuidt
propOrtioned. but the most remarkable feature that
IRON distance strikes the observer Is her rlg-sne
which give her the power Of spreading an immense area
OF canyassufcient in fact to enable her 10 san her
engines become disabled and we are tod thai' SO
accurately the areas OF tho various sas p
faaiIa aIn
meeting heavy gale every yar can De arr fore and
aft only broken amidshps by range of saterooms lot
the use OF the captain and officers and the saloon pas
sengers' smokngroOm which Is sufficiently large 10
accomodate ali the passengers wet weather. 1t is well
warmed and luxurously furnished ana has LOOKOUT S
amidships or from the wheelhouse at the stern the
steering apparatus being worked by steam power 81,
Below and little forward OF the smoking room IS the
main saloon which is reached by broad hight OF Stairs
there not, by the way single Tsder IN 'ie , ii
in the steerage Department. me saloon Is lsh hy
spacious. well warmed and ventilated measures - ~
Al feet there tatcrOOms around or opening INTO
IL; thus those in their cabins are not annoyed p{ @
smell Of dinner rafting of plates, &c and as the usts
means Of an elevator each courss ~ serru ~ the
without DELAY. The furniture ana decorations OF inc
sal on are 5snd l9 The are fitted with card
tables and the piano Is hrsteass lnstrunleut. ~
In their luxurious smokiugroou, the ladies VIII nu d
bouoir "a in lis WY devoted TO ths s4 tbo uSs an
saloon the stateTOoms reached; these aford accom-,
mediation as ample as The necessarily confined spScs q.
iuch side-lghi, and fresh water is laid on .
throughout the ship. Electric bells VII az any
other aran gemens for the comfort Of the passengers
are smne aud complete, aud in case OF sickness
four -gIrsraie nos pitfalls completely isolated from me
| sfate.rooms) are provided. Passing ait beyond tle
ranges of siae-roOins, aud separated from mem ny one
of the iron buikheads before mentioned, the married
couples, (teerag) quarters are reached ana separated
again them the section set apart Tor me shss
women. The same conplet' ness OF arthg9hen, a.,
charactcrizrs the saloon and sate-rOOus l. mere AGAIN
manifest. The ventilation - Pepccf wIlti-tdh's dnu
attention paid 10 matters ooheerlns W. ttc,ned
cleanliness of the ship. Ihe hunks faiiVas-DOtomrul
roomy and comfortable, tabies ana DeneSs 0ioaI2
central space; the whole section Is wen warueu anu
lighted by 1+inch sidelghts, e&aeuy Tue, tno SAINT SAM
| as the saloon. Great attention has been pala
| to the cooking arrangements, the Shiey', g a.
ing IN fact, quite "a department" by ltsell: in
uolmited amount Of food tof the best qasai ny
only il 70 be served out and the conpetehes1 oi va.
galley" fittings nsures it's being Thoroughly rel cJ0FeP
For the saloon, also. 0Oth table and Attendance are 10
be % the beat aud tie cellar Q orc can '.h % veiI
| on board ship is special feature, the company
some time since having laid down vino Of
Proceeding the forward" divisions Of the ship aud
past the section forward O the saloon up ny
the barroom pantry, once, &c ana separated from TINS
section by another iron bulhhead, the single men quar-
tiers reached, the borhs clean ana mOrtdOie ana
on each side Of the ship, the center before occupied
with tables and benches; separate ranges ~ closets are
as before provided, through which jet o. water u
driven by each revolution ~ the engines fnr"ard Oi
! this section again. the crew are bcrthed The same
arrangements duplicated on the lower dcrk me ohJ
dilcrenes being that tue sidclghts arc II inches IA
diameter instead or II, and that instead OF the man
saloon, there u range OF stat"OOuls htted II every
respect the those OF OF the main SaOOh Dois
IN fact i1e more In the ceuter Of the SNIP and there
Fore feeling tess motion. No passengers ot ether class
arc carried below waerne ths 1pace being entirely
devoted tie cargo aud tOtho eneiues which are the
most powerful ever built for the mercantile marine Tue
stern post s believe the heaviest forging ever pro
Guccd and weighs no less than Is tuns! Tue screw IL OF
steel fourbaded Tie total number OF passengers The
Ocesnic Il built 20 carry IL 12-aoO saloon and Loco
stecTace. Many smaller vessels carry more Dut II mas
been decided that oyercrowdng shall never be charged
[ this line.