The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-19
LARGEST OF VESSELS.
TREMENDOUS FLEET OF STEAMERS
NOW BEING QUILT.


Tho Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse VIII he
the Jumbo of the Lot-skyscrapers Not
In It With Them-Arrangement OF En-
gines and Their Carrying Capacity.
Eight gigantic steamships, Of which
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is the
biggest, and each capable of carrying
more passengers and cargo than the ia
nous Great Eastern, are now under con-
struotion in German shipyards for serv.
ice between New York and Europe. This
is startling statement, but one borne
out by figures and illustrations obtained
from the home offices of the North Ger
man Lloyd in Bremen and the Hamburg
American line in Hamburg.
Two Of these new steamers are con-
siderably longer than the great Penn
sylvania Of 30, 600 tons, recently launch
ed at Belfast OF course the monstrous
Great Eastern was longer, wider and
deeper than the new marine giants, but
external lengths do not represent the
size of a vessels capacity. Shipping
people the world over measure vessels
by their carrying capacity. The modern
shipbuilder is able to construct vessel
smaller than the Great Eastern, but one
that will be greater carrier.
The Great Eastern was built to carry
30, 900 tons of cargo and 900 passen-
gers, or 1000 passengers and no cargo
Some Of the new leviathans will not
only carry 10000 tons of cargo but
from 500 to 2, 800 passengers also.
When the length of these vessels is
stated in figures, they do not convey an
adequate idea of the monsters. II the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse could be
stood on end among the skyscrapers of
lower New York. it would tower $40
feet above the tallest building in the
metropolis.
The ST. Paul building could be stow
ed in her hold. and the vessel would be
q little more than half full. And this
building is 500 feet high and weighs
25, 200, 900 pounds.
The 80 story building going up in
Park row would fill two OF the steamers
and half fill third one.
To load the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse with full cargo of grain the
yield from wheatfield Of 100000 acres
would be consumed. This enormous
amount of grain would need 1, $50 rail
road freight cars, with $50 bushels to q
car, making over 60 trains Of 30 cars
each.
Give the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
q full cargo Of soft coal, and 1000 coal
hoppers laden with 90 tons each would
be necessary to fill her.
Were she loaded with water. she
would carry 5000. 600 gallons. This
would be enough 10 give almost two
gallons Of water to all the population Of
Greater New York. She 10 also capable
of carrying enough food 10 give q pound
package to over half the population Of
the United States or, to be exact, A.
500. 900 pounds Of -four, coffee or meat.
1t has been calculated that in these
ships a piece of coal the size of wal
mile. Each craft will consume from 900
to 800 tons of coal day and boil
down 100 tons Of water. Down in the
bowels of the ships will be found 100
stokers and trimmers-of course not all
working at one time, but in gangs Of 25
feeding two score of furnace mouths.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is the
longest of all. She is to have four fun
nels and 2S, 900 horsepower in her quad
ruple engines She will be $40 feet in
length
The Kaiser Frederick, Is feet longer
than the new Pennsylvania, but 40 feet
shorter than the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, will have three tunnels and "a, :
900 horsepower. The other four, known
as the Barbarossa class, will have two
tunnels and are to be IA knot boats,
with the exception of the Bremen, which
will be Is knot vessel.
The Pennsylvania and her sister ship
building for the Hamburg American
line, will have four masts and single
funnel each, the stack being broad
enough to drive an omniEds through it.
The steel structures will be divided by
a norcommunicating bulkhead running
from the keel.to the upper deck. To go
from one to the other side Of the hull ii
will be necessary for> the officers and
crew to ascend TO the deck.
This arrangement, in addition to a
number of bulkheads, makes the ships
almost unsinkable, were they to be
flooded with water.
The two engines, with quadruple CYL
inders. occupy separate compartments,
each worked independently of the other.
In addition to 30, 900 tons of cargo,
these ships will carry 800 passengers.
The first cabins have been arranged
above deck amidships, the second cabin
aft and the steersge passengers on the
main deck and the upper deck amid
ships. Above the saloon deck is an ex-
ira deck containing the dining and
smoking rooms.
The Pennsylvania and the Barbarossa
will be the first of the new steamers to
arrive here. They will reach New York
early in the spring. The Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse will not appear until some
time later. She is the longest ship ever