Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-30

Managed.
Editor Tho Gazette. Having made
the eastern passage across the Atlantic
in June of the present summer on tho
steamship Lucania, and the western
passage on the steamship Campania,
which arrived in New York last Friday
night after having made the fastest
passage on record by three hours and Is
minutes, will you kindly permit me,
through the columns of your valuable
paper, to say a few words about these
magnificent steamships of the Cunard
Line which now hold the record on the
great Atlantic ferry from Sandy Hook
to Queenstown and vice versa?
The Campania and Lucania are sister
ships, being in all respects identical.
They were built and fitted up by the
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering
Go. of Glasgow, Scotland. The dimen-
sions of each vessel are as follows:
Length, $40 feet; breadth, So feet; depth,
43 feet; tonnage, 1880; horsepower,
10000; average speed, about 21t knots;
accommodation for 1,400 passengers.
The crew, all told, numbers 424 men, as
| follows:
Sailing Department-Captain, 6 Off
GERS, purser, surgeon, carpenter and
| Joiner, boatswain and 2 mates, .
unartcrmasters, SO abled bodied seamen.
Engineers Department-One chief
| engineer, II engineers, 2 refrigerating
| engineers, boilermaker, 2 electricians,
. storeaeepers, 2 donkey" men, 20
greasers, ~ fircmen, go trimmers.
Stewards Department-One chief
steward, 129 stewards, Al cooks, bakers,
| &C., stewardesses.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
the captain, chief engineer and leading
members Of tile staff are picked men,
who have had Il large experience in
their special line
These vessels arc splendidly fitted up
ana the appointments are all first-class,
the management evidently aiming at
the comfort of the passengers as we'll as
their safe and speedy transit across the
Atlantic. The dining room, drawing
room, smoking room and library are
not only spacious apartments, but are
elegantly furnished. The dining saloon
is an immense room, being about l00x62
feet, and is capable of seating all OF the
tirst.class passengers at one time. These
vessels have five decks, viz: The lower
deck, saloon deck, upper deck, prone
made deck and shade deck. On all OF
these decks except the shade deck are
located staterooms, the best and most
desirable rooms being on the upper and
promenade decks. These rooms are all
well furnished and as u general rule are
well ventilated, which is very import
/, ant consideration at sea.
When carrying complete number
of passengers it is necessary before
starting to stock these vessels with Q
very abundant table supply. This com
prises 10000 pounds Of fresh beef, 1000
pounds Of corned beef, 10000 pounds o.
mutton, 1,400 pounds of lamb, 50C
pounds of veal, 500 pounds OF pork
$500 pounds Of fresh fish, 1000 fowls
800 chickens, $50 ducks, so geese, 10l
! turkeys, 30 tons of potatoes, 80 hamper
of vegetables, 300 quarts of ice cream
1000 quarts of milk, $4,000 eggs, &c
AS for groceries, something like 20l
different articles will be carried, in
GLIDING 900 pounds of tea, 1900 pound
of coffee, $500 pounds of white sugar
4,5O0 pounds Of brown sugar, 2,40C
pounds OF cheese, 5000 pounds of but
ter, 5000 pounds of ham and 1880
pounds Of bacon. And as for the wines
spirits and beer consumed-that i
purely case of local option.
As these vessels are quite new, / an
/, satisfied they have not yet reached thei
highest speed. will be disappointed
during the next II months the Lucani
or Campania does not reduce the tim
to five days, five hours from QueenJ
:, town to Sandy Hook.
Any person interested in marin
architecture should visit New York an
) inspect either OF these noble steamship!
When in port they are usually open fo
public inspection on Fridays. l al
very sure that the intelligent and appr(
ciative visitor will be amazed at til
= amount of brains and skill which hay
been exercised in the construction {
these immense and splendidly equippe
= steamships.
| have crossed the Atlantic 81 time
= But the swiftcst, most comfortable an
i most enjoyable trips were those mad
ON the immense steam yachts Campani
:. and Lucania. w. X. Crosby.
" WILMINGTON, August 25th, 1894.