The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-09-14
Three Ocean s.eam.A,u,.


Cnnard, the lnman, and the Gnion Lines run
ming between Liverpool and New York II
degree the type Of ocean passenger ship ha
expanded until the dimensions and speed Of m
champion vessels Of few years ago are left "a
behind, and the idea that il s inludicious :
carry too much on one keel has been satisfae
tory disPelled. SO distinctly has size bee
accepted as one of the conditions of speed tha
u is not impossible that the dimensions !
Mt Scott Russe,l's Great Eastern NAV w
be approached BY vessels built for the convey
snee OF hrst-elass passengers as we'll as cargo
It's interesting to observe that this fact ap,,esr
to be equally recognised by the three great com,
panies already mentioned. The first is hi,
competition Of leviathans to make its Made,
tsip viii be the Servia. belonging to the Cunarr
Line. This magnificent ship will sail frpu
Liverpool for New York for the first time on
the 18th August, and despite her vast size will
no doubt carry full complement of mas
senSers. The Servia was launched on the Isl
March, at Clydebank. by MesSrs. ]. and q
Thomson, who have built. and are building for
the Cunari Company alone more than III. 600
tons Of shipping. The dimensions the Seryia
are: length, $50 feet: breadth, 50 feet; deptb.
~ ieet inches: gross tonnage, $500 tons
10 make heravailablrspa more clearly intel
hcible, il may he added that her cargo cap,citv
will be equal to $500 tons, with 500 IONS of
coal and 1000 tons Of ballast, the vessel having
donble bottom on the longitudinal bracket
system. The indicated horsepower of the
engines will be about 10000. She has in mi
seven hoicrs, all made Of steel with corrugated
furnaces. Of which there arc thirtv'n;no
The Servia is not ouly the vast rnaebins
thus rapidly described, but structure admi-
rably calculated to minister to the necessitv
and luxury Of passengers She may be described
"a hve-dccker, or more strictly M having
four decks and promenade reserved for mas
senGers. On the most forward part OF the
promenade are tho steam steering rear and
house, the captains room, and a flying bridcc
Next to the engine skylight is large smokin, ]
nom, which can be entered either from the I
deck or from the cabins below. Farther nm |
is the ladies dnwing-rOom, aud abaft If this I
again the music room, so a. long, and h,tel
up very handsomely. The main saloon i very
large, bcing II feet long BY 80 feet wide with +
sitting accommodation tor 3sO persons. AMI n
clear height under the beams OF eight foe, si
inches. The sides are all Of fancy woods with
polished inlaid panels When ailoat with nor
full complement the Servia will carry \ li,tla
army, having accommodation for $50 6rst-elass
and 600 stcerdge passengers, besides a crew
Of 200 officers and men. She il divided into
nine watertisht bulk-heads, and has 10 b,,ts
all equipped as liloblats A largo quantity oC
steel has been used in the construction nj Tho
Servia. Not only has she steel boilers. but
her upper deck is nfsteel covered with yellow /,
pine, the main deck of steel with teak cover-
ing, and the lower deck Of steel with a cover
ing OF teak above the engine anl boiler su,,ss '
All the deck honses and deck fittings which I
are liable TO be carried away with heavy 40, I
are made Of iron and steel and are riyeted IN !
the steel decks underneath. The safety nj The
Servia - aided TO by her inner skin, as were s
she TO ground on rocks she would 10 sernre C
enough so long as the inner skin remained in h
tact. She carries three maSts, the special ri,r q
of the Cunard Company, and is ifted win I
every necessary appliance for ensurinr nm 4
agreeable temperature aud efficient ventilation n
Exactly two months after the maiden trim of (
the Servi, the City Of Rome, the new Ip'n,n :.
steamship. will cross the Atlantic for the first u
time. leaving Liverpool for New York ON ,l,s !!
18th October. This great ship, launched !
about a month ago, differs from the Cnn,rJsr p
IN not being Clyde-hnill. The CITY Of Rome Il
has been hnilt at Barrow-n- Furness bv the 70
Barrow Ship-building Company, of which the J'
Duke Of Devonshire is the head This acces-
,inu tn the feet Of the Inuan Steamship Com
,any will be in every way worthy to compete in
with her rival inst now described. The Civ A.
t Rome is $50 feet long. She has an extreme n,
lTelfltu OF d lttL INCHES ana 81 ieet UPDfn fh
f hold. Her tonnage is S.s26 aud her indi- of
ited horsepower 10000. The cubicaI il
ontsnts Of her holds will give her measure ~
nent capacity of 1920 tons at so cubic feet to of
he ton. To assist comparison of the Civ OF -
Tome with the Great Eastern il may be we'll IN -
Iention that the latter is 500 feet long, SO feet
road, and has paddles aud screw. The new 70
nman steamer will show no departure from u %
le handsome profile to which the COMPANY IN
As ali along adhered. Her clipper bow will an
e adorned with igure-head and bowsprit. and
sr lines display that elegant sheer for which
ie City Of Berlin is remarkable. She will iai
airy four masts and three tunnels. The stern an
anne or post is said to be the largest single va
rgins ever made for such purpose and "a
eiglis 30 TINS. Two of the decks are com b..
etely Of iron, and the lower deck is complete A.,
T half the length and las wide plating ON .-.s
ich side fnr the remainder. The shell plat .ea
< is arranged on the principle which has W
,en applied with great success to all the lsrve va
ransatantic steamers built at Barrow. Tie EN-
side plates form complete skin, fitted see
cnraiely edge to edge and butt to butt, with wa
verins plates. half the width Of the inside dol
r.kes, fitted outside. A high rate ef speed- up
knots per hOur-is, combined with comfort b
ID safety. the object of building this enor- haC
nusly long ship. She will he driven tIirouyb his
e water by propeller "a #. in diameter kni
nrked by three sets Of inverted "tandem y the
gines- The crank shaft il built shaft. and To
Eether with the screw shaftins has been his
ide by Sir Joseph Whitworih & Co. nf the kni
nd compressed steel. Steam is snpuIied bv boI
,ht cylindrical tubular boilers, constructed IN,
: i working pressure of 30 H. per s1uare tba
III: bHt the engines, although canada of ~,
vel"ping 10000 indicated hursepower are M
ended to work constantly at m more than III =,
100. The appointments Of the City of Rfane ~
il be OF the most lixurions kind She has - ~
n large smoking saloons, and ladies' deck sui
n"n OF drawing room, 70 get rid Of the pc, PIC;
cestiiy for going below IN wet weather nan
How is the large dining-rooni, fitted with MAJ
rec large and fourteen small dining tablas sett
arrangement which will enable the atte,,' plea
n;s 10 wait more readily apon the diners that
viii also break the rnonotony flong tables A Ii
ed with r0ws of people Each diner will -
We his own revolving armchair. and a Iargs
nericsn organ will be fixed at one end ft6a rT,r
'm. On each side Of the shin. from tle /
oon 10 the after end Of the engine-roou. are kER
ICED state rooms providing for about three Nd
niired Passengers. In the outer rooms th.. all &C
yer berth is made to slide in and out. willie 70,
berth above Is arranged on the Pullman
principle, 50 that il can be folded M ont ~.
he way when not required. Special ar =
geDeHts are made for emigrants, the Inman
npany prding itself on having been the y
I 70 carry an ernigrant acruss the Atlantic | e
steam, and on having carried since its for Conn
ton abort one million passengers between III In
-srp0Ol and the United States. On the CITY
Rome the main deck abaft the cabin bulk
d Is 6iied fo- about $50 emigrauts, and A
&c is accommodation for about $50 rno-a 80.