Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-23
PEEpING INTO THE FUTURE.
What Aluminium steams ships of the Next
Century May he.

What Aluminium Steams ships of the Next
Century May Be.
st. James Budget.l
The pleasure steamship OF the. future" is
a vast structure built OF q metal combining
almost unlimited strength with undreamt of
lightness. Her dimensions will approx.
mately be three times greater than the
steamship Campania-namely, 1900 feet by
l90 feet, and she will be so constructed that,
like the well-known polype Hydra of our
ponds, should she by any possibility be dam
aged by collision or stranding each part Of
her would live and maintain Q separate ex-
istencs-the outcome OF the cellular" sys-
tenn OF which we now sec but the initial ap-
plication.
Save for four towering, but slender poles
doing duty for signalling and effect, the
Aluminfa will be mastless; but her gigantic
oval-shaped "smokestacks" will break the
monotcny Of m outline which otherwise
will roughly resemble the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham, as it was originally built minus
its transepts and water towers. Steam and
electricity combined will be utilized to drive
this mighty mass at great speed shrough the
waters: three, II not six, propellers being
called into requisition for the purpose. A
perfect system Of ventilation, sanitation,
water supply, lighting. heating and cooking
will reign rhroughout the noble vessel:
illumination ana the preparing Of food being
effected entirely by the aid of the goddess
An hotel like the Metrorole will be the
model upon which the domestic arrange
ments OF this singular steamship will be
based. There will be public dining and
drawing rooms, accommodations for private
parties, ladies' boudoirs, snuRgeries for
smoking, billiard rooms (practicable in fine
weather), a library affiliated with Nudes, q
duly licensed place OF worship, concert
a q a rif
lery, gymnasium and every possible and
imaginable facility for athletic exercise and
recreation. But tho main feature will be the
general division Of this floating palace into
and consisting OF, say.two good sized sitting
rooms and four or five bed rooms, with do
mestic offices attached,
These will be taken by the year, leased or
sold in perpetuity TO families DESTROYS Of the
advantages but not possessing tho means of
keeping up q yacht, but VINO will readily
ing home for ali the year round whioh
they can join at any port, subles II they
choose, and where they can always enjoy
congenfal society amid varied scenes in Z
genial climate. The route Of the Alumfnia
will be determined by ballot; the general
service will be as at any large hotel ashore.
A round OF amusements will be provided,
and families be able to preserve strict
privacy or Join the general throng. as they
desire.
The one thing strictly prohibited on board
will be private pianos and the Introduction
Of domestic pets, such as cats and dogsi No
postman or telegraph boy will ever interrupt
the ropose OF these marine domiciles. Sea-
sickness will practically be banished, and
ships" and "do business in great waters"
~ill, in passing the "steamship OF the
future" /" salute with mingled astonishment
md reverence the ideal Of Thomas Moore's
riding in silent and resistless mai
,sty over the conquered waves Of the once
ocean.