New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-08
A NEW OCEAN STEAMSHIP.

The new North German Lloyd steamship Elbe ar
rived IN port yesterday on her first trip across the
passengers She Is fine iron screw steamship
OF ZOO tons register, 40 feet long, 45 feet beam
highest grade of the Bureau Veri,as With several ,
extras over their requirements such ms lower and
al the decks and deck work are cols rnct"d either
OF teak or from and with view of protection from
heavy seas strongly constructed "tnrtle-backs"
bmt over both ends of the ship. The complement
OF oihcers ana crew numbers 49, besides which
there are accommodations for 100 irst-cabin, I2O
sccond-cabln and 1000 steerage passengers. The
statcrooms for first and second cabin passengers are
situated fore and aft of the saloon, which is placed
deck Oh the engines and boilers on the main
:, The main saloon is about 40 feet square, and is
lighted by cupola from he promenade deck. Which
lis 80 feet long and extends the entire beam of the
vessel. The saloon is handsomely finished Panels
ground of gold, adorn the sides and between The
slde-pors are carved pilastcrs The aft bnlkhcad of
the saloon Is decorated with richly carved aegori-
cal hgurcS anu s further cmbcllished by two paint
ings-one OF Odysseus longing to escape from the
arms OF the nymph Calypso and the other of Pencil
with REVOLVING chairs, and along the sides of the
saigon fhe dyans are Upholstered in dark red plush.
htted Up in luxurious style in cbonized wood and
gold. The walls are elaborately carved, paneied
and around the mast are handsome mirrors The
smoking-room for rst-cabin passengers forward OF
passengers, situated aft and is decorated with TASTE
iml pnneliine yaregated with red and gold tapestry
a., fhc
beneath is provided with an elevator ''
ne line Is riggcd with four iron masts, the fore
AL the modern appliances for preventing danger Mt
sea, whether from fire damage to the hnll and
to facilitate the working of the cargo The engines
vessel has four boilers Most of the machinery il of
steel, and the propeller blades are of lnaneanesc
for the purpose. Being new vessel she was '1 T,n
at slower speed than is intended.
THE STRENGTHENING INVESTIGATION
At the investigation before the Mayor vesterd,v
OF the charges against the Police CommssionersS
captain Williams testified that there we're ass
iies OF paved streets and avenues in the CITY and
4l6 miles of paved and unpavcd streets and ayenucs
Mas Of 6e m 1 city kept clean the
PIE on the block where live kept tho street there
80. Whati - Did they do this while you were Super
inte n ~ asked Mr. Andrews.
Hey was thati Couldn't you have kept it
ION the people thought it was not clean enough
employed to clean il ourselves pa biw we to
sweep 1t, and the dirt was taken away by the Dc
bcrhoods who did the same tngS III o'''r neigh
, The actual appointments Of men in the emplOv of
the Bureau, the witness said, were ma de by the Po-
nee Comnissioners but generally on his recommends
alton. He cndea to keep within the Iimjts of
the appropriation. Some months, however, he ex-
chases Tor the Bureau, and bought where he could
purchase cheapest: He had various conversations
The persons who had the crcmating a6paratns
wanted it delivered to them, and then would charge
10 cents load for burning it. He could .akeit sx1y
miles to for less money ''
Captain Williams said that he had listened To all
the testimony introduced since the Investigation
began; Mr.. Andrews asked whether the testimony
given by Messrs. Moody. Whitehead and Others en-
ployed by the Mayor 70 report on the condition of
the streets was not in the main correct He replicd
tnat their statements were greatly exaggerated. In
to deliberate falsehood. Mr. Andrews wished 70
know what case this was. Captain Williams replied
that Mr. Moody had said that Fourteenth-st, from
and garbage The fact was that in q space of three
blocks there were no dwellings. The gas house oc
with factories. ~0' ny