St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20

deck. The comforts and convenience
of passengers have been arranged
on a scale reaching magnificence.
The first or shade deck will extend
from the bridge back to point half
way between the mainmast and the
stern out to the rails on each side.
Here it is intended to give shelter
to the promenade deck. At the for
ward part Of the deck are to he the
chart house, pilot house and the
quarters for the captain and deck
officers. Directly beneath the shade
deck is to be the promenade deck.
This is
A FLUSH DECK
extending the whole length Of the
ship. At the forward end of the
deck are to be state rooms so ar
ranged that they can be used singly
or as suites, consisting of parlor,
bed room and bath room. Next to
these state rooms will be the ladies'
deck room or drawing room, and
then comes the main companionway
leading below. Other splendid state
abaft the dome of the main saloon,
which rises through this and the
shade deck. AStern of these state
rooms is to be another companions
way leading to the saloon. Between
the engine room skylights, which
are to rise from the engine rooms
through all the upper decks, is a
a nj frIy hi &c,
saloon pantry on the main deck
The barber shop is to be abaft the
pantry, as are also a number of
lavatories. Still further astern on
the promenade deck is to be the
hrst-class smoking room, having a
seating capacity for about one
hundred persons. The second cabin
ladies room, a companionway and
the second cabin smoking room COM
prise the remaining features of this
deck, which, at it's forward end. is
to have a double breakWater to keen
the waves from washing aft in
heavy weather. The first-class smok-
ing room, which is 32x3S feet. is to
have large dome in the center.
and is fitted up
WITH EVERY LUXURY
and convenience. The second cabin
smoking room is 32x24 feet. The first
class drawing room is 3Ox34 feet and
VIII be decorated and upholstered re-
gardless Of what it costs. Part of tho
crew Will have their quarters at the
forward end of the saloon deck. In the
forward end of the part allotted TO
passengers is the first-class library.
Whlch is to be separated from the first
class saloon or dining room by the main
companionway. Next to this comes
the flrst-class saloon, a splendidIv dec
Grated and fitted up room, 11Ox5O feat
over the center of this saloon will rise
dome 32 feet long by 16 feet wide
having a height of 25 feet. The dining
room tables are set fore and aft. If is
IN this saloon where a grand organ will
be placed, with an electrical attach
ment which will enable the performer
10 play upon the instrument from the
ladies' deck room. This organ is ah-
soluteiy unique in construction. 1t
Will have fourteen stops. To provide
against dampness brass will be substi-
tuted Tor iron, and the wood work will
nave coating of shellac. Abaft the
saloon the pantries will be located. a
most happy arrangement as compared
with their location in many ocean
steamships. Who that has just .recov-.
cred from seasickness has not
LOATHED THE IDEA
of taking food for some time after the
effect of the seas motion has passed
away, all owing to the fact that in
many steamships it has been neces-
sary for the unfortunate victim to
pass the pantry every time he went on
deck or down below? In the st. Louis
there will be no need of passing the
pantry doors in going from the deck
down the main companionway. On
the deck adjoining the engine room
skyl1ght are to be the engineers state
rooms and mess rooms. Further aft
IS to be the second cabin saloon, which
Is to be 56x41 feet, and which is to
nave a seating capacity for 228 persons.
Next abaft the saloon is to be the sec
ond companionway forward of the doc
tors room and dispensary. Far aft on
this deck is to be the mail clerks room.
connecting with the mail-sorting room.
which communicates with the main
mail room below. These will all be fit
ted up to suit the convenience and
taste of the postoffice officials of the
United States. The forward and after
ends of the deck next below the saloon
deck will be occupied by steerage pas
SengerS.
AMIDSHIP ARE STATE ROOMS
for first-class passengers, and astern
of these are the second cabin state
rooms. Beneath the after end of the
first-class saloon is the galley" or
kitchen, as it would be called on
shore, for the first-class cabin pas
sengers, and the second cabin galley
is beneath the forward end of the sec
ond cabin saloon. On this deck there
are lavatories and bath rooms. On
the next lower deck the firemen, sea-
men and steerage passengers are quar-
tered forward, and then come, in sue
cession, toward the stern, stall rooms
for firSt-claSS and second cabin pas
sengers, and more quarters for i'm
migrants. There are four powerful
dynamos for the electrical lighting of
the ship located on this deck, lust be-
low the galleys. On the lowest hab-
tied deck are many store rooms, the
refrigerating plant and the quarters
for the crew, stewards and cooks The
total number of persons in each class
has been limited to such figures as
will leave their respective quarters
free from crowding.
THE STEERAGE ACCOMMODA-
TIONS
are equal to those aboard any other
ship af1oat and superior to most In
all the steerage quarters except one
the space is divided into stall rooms,
insuring greater privacy and comfort
for the passengers. Throughout the
ship there will be nothing but incan-
descent lighting, and especial pains
have been taken with the ventilation.
Powerful fans force the foul air out
of the vessel, every compartment and
every state room being connected with
this exhaust. Pure air is drawn from
tunnels above the shade deck and is