New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-10-26
NUMBER 1913.
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London Eng md Sept. 3otb. 1881
during the nsx thres months three
magnificent steamers Of the LARGEST
size and ofhitherto unparalleledp power
will have been added to the mercan-
tile navy Of England.
1t will be observed with amazement
that : the Alaska, the greatest Of the
three rivals. is not less than FIVE hun.
dred feet in length, while he Serviat
Is go feet long, and the City Of Rome
extends to the unparalleled length
of $50 feet. Unparalleled. indeed
this length may be called, seeing
that it has never been exceeded ex.
cePt IN the case Of the Great Eastern.
which may be regarded as a vessel
'hors ligne" and hardly to be reck.
oned among passenger steamers. It
will be remembered that in the Great
Eastern, Of %, 500 tons, the conconi-
tant horsepower was in the rats of
one horse to fourteen tons. The en-.
glnes were Of = double description.
being divided between her paddle.
wheels and her screw. In the CITY
of Rome, the Alaska aud the Seryia,
the screw which has long since driven
the paddle-wheels off the ocean. has
power which is in the rats Of more
than one horse to each ton, of burden
Thus the Servia has gross tonnage
OF eight thousand and FIVE hundred
tons, and an indicated horsepower of
about 10, 500 horses.
The city of Rome, with burden
OF rather more than eight thousand
eight hundred TONS: has an indicated
power of ten thousand horses. The
Alaska, lastly, with an indicated
power of q little less than 10000
horses, stands IN about the same "a.
ito to her total bulk as the Servia.
The percentory necessity, which is
imposed upon them all Of attaining
and maintaining for eight or nine
days and nights In succession and
unintermitted and prodigious rate Of
speed is clearly manifested by- the
enormous magnitude Of the horse
power which is brought to bear up
on each. As regards the comfort
or indeed l might say the luxury. of
their accommodation and the splen
dor Of their equipment there is little
to chocsesbetween the three rivals.
In each the staterooms are spacious
and airy. presenting 8 strong con-
trast to that narrow and sitting
cabin In which Charles Dickens. first
crossed the Atlantic upon ! cunar.
der OF fifteer hundred tons in 1919.
An agreeable temperature is secured
in every.part- of each vessel by the
adoption IF all the latest improve
ments IN ventilation, nor is there
any lack Of gorgeous upholster, Of
grand pianos, Of large and we'll Sc
lected Libraries, Of pneumatic and
electric bells, and Of admirably ar.
ranged icehouses. In moderate
weather splendid stretch Of deck
will afford opportunities for prone.
ns'ues WHICH y supply passengers with
means for willing away many a te.
dious hour, and filing their lungs
to repletion with the ozone exhaled
by the breaking and tumbling
waves: In fact a voyage across the
Atlantic in one of these floating
palaces in these days often recon-
mended BY medical men to delicate
or overworked patients, who find
that the broad breast Of ocean sup
plies q more exhilaratiDg and re-
storative tonic even than mountain
breezes of Switzerland, Scotland, or
the Pyrenees can furnish. For
these reasons the performances at
sea OF the three new vessels will be
watched by thousands upon either
side of the Atlantic with keen and
interested observations