The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1889-07-04

City of Paris in beating the record of
all other steamers, which serve as
bridges to unite the Old with the
New World causes us to give a dis
cription of this floating palace and
Ocean greyhound:
She is Of 10000 tons burden, $50
feet long, 631 feet beam and 80 feet
depth from top of upper cabins to
keel. The distance from keel to
bridge, 20 feet, gives one some idea
of the immensity of this vessel, as it is
the height of seven story building
with ceilings ten feet apart. Another
feature which shows her immense
length is that the promenade deck.
open from stem to stern, gives a
walking circuit of 1120 feet, or. a
distance of nearly three blocks, each
of 400 feet in length. The vessel can
carry 1871 passengers.
The amount of fuel that is shoveled
into the NAV Of this ship when in
motion is something enormous. She
consumes ton of coal-which would
last some families a month-every five
minutes, or twelve tons an hour, or
253 tons day, and in six days and
fifteen hours, the time of her first
trip acroos, she would burn about
1000 tons.
A side of the rudder contains $50
square feeet, which is, of course, un.
der water. The steering gear is moved
by hydraulic machinery, and is con.
trolied from the bridge. The turning
of the twin screws in opposite direct
ions also forms powerful auxiliary to
the rudder
The interior arrangements and
fitting are ON a scale equal to that on
which the ship is built. The main
saloon is covered by an iron lrched
double roof fifty-three feet long and
twenty. five feet wide. the inside being
of stained glass. Between the two
are myriads Of incandescent lights. At
night the outer roof is closed by iron
shutters. aud tho saloon Illuminated.
The pantry adjoins the saloon, and in
the bulkhead between the two are
sliding doors. The kitchen is below
the pantry, and away down i'll the
hold is the icehouse
The ladies dra wing room is above the
main saloon and opens Into tt. The
port holes in this drawing room are
closed by two slides. The one used at
night exposes mirror; the one in the
day time stained glass. Then there is
a library, and on the spark deck is the
smoking room, where nearly 200 per.
sons can be accommodated 1t is
finished with a tile floor. and its seats
are covered with red leather Indeed
it forms rather a coffee room such as
would be found in a club house than
smoking room on ship.
The state rooms are in sections of
twenty-four each, the finest having a
b,throom attached, while there are
bathrooms for general use. Some of
the rooms are in suites. In all of
them there are patent ventilators, the
air being forced down from above.
There is a second cabin, where there
are no suites, but the rooms are quite
as handsome as those in the first
cabin. There is "rooling chamber
for any who cannot stand the motion
of the ship. 1t is shaped something
like the figure s. 1t holds 200 tons of
water, and is half filed. When the
ship rolls the water runs to the down
ward side, but when the steamer has
rooled as far as it will go in one
direction, the water does not cease
running at once, but resists the roll in
the other direction. The City of
New York and the City of Paris are
much alike in construction. and are
ths only two vessels afioat having the
special Improvements for which they
are distinguished.