Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-03
Tho AGlanals's slsasr shlps.
A 1R1EF DESCRIPTION oR THE WHITE STAR
LINE VESSELS,

BRIEF DESCRIPTION oE THE WHITE STAR
LINE VEssELs.
A little over year ago the Oceanic Steam
Navieatlon Company (Britiah) established
the White Star Line Of eight full powered iron
steamers. each Ae0 feet long. and about 6,0O0
TONS burden plying between Liverpool and
New York, touching at Cork harbor each
way. The Liverpool agents are Ismay, lmre
q Co., and at New York, j. II. Sparks. The
agency here is held by Hugh Cassidy and J.
Y. Taylor, trading as Robert Taylor Il Co., at
the southeast corner Of Second and Walnut
streets. Almost Immediately the United
states Government made q contract with the
company for the carrying Of our foreign mails.
Inc superior character Of the steamers for
safety, speed, and comfort made them fOrmid-
aDle rivals for the other foreign lines, and
tnslr caDln accommodations have made the
lnnux OF passengers so great that already all
tne state-roomS have been engaged nearly to
the lst Of July. A great many Phlladelphians
nave chosen this line for their conveyance
across the water. As evidencing the speed of
the vessels, the trip Of the steamship Adriatlc,
on May 16 Of last year, Is stated to be the fast
est passage ON record, being made between
Queenstown and New York In days and 10
hours. All the vessels were built at Belfast,
Ireland, and are claimed to be the finest YES
Sels anoat' remarkable for immense strength
in construction, size, and power. They carry
iO0 caDin and about 900 steerage passengers,
being fully equipped with boats and other
life-saVlng agents. The ships were described
In the daily journals at the time Of the estab-
lishment OF the line as splendid specimens of
naval architecture. The saloons are elegant
ly and luxuriOusly fitted up, and contain many
improvements heretofore unknown. The
space amidship is allotted to the frst-class cab
ms: Ihe state-rooms are on the main deck,
and the grand saloon has no sleeping berths
las ls customary around it, but extends from
Slde 70 side, and Is an apartment well ventila-
TED, lighted, and warmed, 70 by Al. The
state-rooms have unusual comfort, light, and
ventilation. The ladies' saloon, piano, libra
ry' smoking-rOOm, bathrooms, barber's shop,
&cy with promenade of one hundred and fif-
W 1eet, Is kept exclusively for saloon passen-
gers. Ihe steerage accommodations are as
complete and as well adapted for the comfort
OF the passengers as can well be imagined.
senator Sumner says Of the Baltic, the sister
ship Of the lost steamer, that he came in her
from Liverpool to New York amidst the re-
markable storms Of November las:, and he
bears testimony to the splendid qualities of
this packet both for safety and comfort.
In referring to all of these vessels on this
line we have described the Inflated Atlantic,
Capt Gleadell, for they are all precisely alike
In model, dimensions, and furniture As the
Atlantic sailed on the Goth ult, she was over
due at New York when lost, and was adyes-
tlsed to reeail from New York on SATURDAY
next. Eight days after she left Liverpool her
Slster ship, the Republic, left Queenstown fol
New York, but returned to the former port
on the SOth ult., with machinery disabled.