The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-28
SOMk1nING ABOUT THE KAISER
WILHELM DER CROSSE.
Details of the Mechanism of the Fa
nous Vessel-Floating Palace That
Will Carry an Army of Passengers.

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II. Hackfeld g. Co. have recently re-
ceived circulars and letters picturing
and describing the North German
Lloyd new twin screw express steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, the
largest and finest vessel afloat. Many
paragraphs concerning this magnifi-
cent steamship have appeared in the
public prints from time to time, but
only enough to give a faint idea of
its accommodations. A fuller descrip-
ton will prove interesting to the peo-
pie of Hawaii, because they travel so
much by sea.
The dimensions of the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse are: Length over all,
CAS- feet; beam, 60 feet; depth, 43 feet;
tonnage, $4,000, and displacement, 90
600 tons She has three decks. and
accommodations for $50 first class pas
sengers; $40 second class and 500
steerage passengers, in addition to Il
crew of $50 men necessary to operate
her at sea. 1t is expected that she
will prove a very comfortable sea
boat, as her great length will, to GER
tain extent, counteract the pitching
motion. Bilge keels have been attach
ed to her hull on both sides, by
which the rolling motion will be re-
duced to minimum. The violent vi
brations so often created by great en-
gine power on ocean steamers will
not be felt, as the engines will be bal
e. anced by the Schlicll system.
Everything has been done accord
ing to all human calculation to insure
the safety of the giant vessel. The
vessel is divided by sixteen strong
. transverse bulkheads, all extending
5 to the uppe$ deck. and by one longi-
| tudinal bulkhead in the engine room
. into eighteen watertight compart-
g ments, so that should even three com
partments fill the vessel could not
!, sink. 1t is especially noteworthy that
the four groups of boilers are each
placed in a separate watertight COM
partments entirely divided from the
the vessel would never be without
steam to work her main engines and
, her pumps. The vessel possesses a
: double bottom that is divided into
Nv ,l-1 -1iyicinnc nN1tnnli M a
= over the entire length of the ship, and
providing a great protection from in
jury to the ships bottom.
1t is expected that the new steam.
ship will develop a very high rate OF
speed. The full lines of her hull, with
her four enormous smokestacks, point
S in that direction. The motive power
# consists of two triple-eXpansion en-
d gines, each working on four crank:
=. with four steam cylinders. The two
e three-bladed propellors each measure
II 22 feet 3A inches, with pitch Of 81
l. feet 10 inches. They are constructed
|, of bronze and each weighs twenty-si'
tons. The crank shafts and screw
shafts, which measure twenty-foul
inches in diameter, are made by KrupI
of the best nickel steel. The length
of shafting is 19S feet.
For the various purposes needed OF
the vessel the engine and boiler rooms
: contain number of pumps and auXil
iary engines, forty-seven in all, among
them four large dynamos, two all
=. pumps, four large centrifugal pumps
> and refrigerator pump. The tota
number of engines is siXty-eight, will
:, 1874 steam cylinders. The pumps avail
able for ridding the ship of wate
can throw 5000 tons of water pc
hour
. The attention of the observer is frs
caught by the arrangement of tn,
deck structure. Instead of open gang
m ways on both sides of the upper deck
le such as are found in all other twil
e. screw steamers. on the Kaiser viii
helm the rooms are placed on the up
tS per deck Immediately at the side o
= the vessel the gangway running ol
the inner side. The amidships por
ton Of the vessel instead of beini
% takerup by the engine room and off
u GERS quarters, is taken up by cabin
le for the first class passengers, tn
g, steerage being forward. and the sec
"a ond class cabins aft. The first cab
n rooms are nearly all on the upper an
ed promenade decks-a departure fror
II. the general rule. The magnficen
dining room, in which $50 persons ca
. dine comfortably at one time, is sitr
IS. ated amidships on the main deck, an
=, on the upper decks are magnificer
~ drawing rooms, library and smokin