The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-04
THE DEUTSCHLAND HAMBURG
AMERICAN LINER, NOW
ON THE WAYS.
Soon Will Be Completed - viii Garry
More Than Fifteen Hundred Persons
Builders Expect Her to Make
Twenty-Threc Knots.

Teutschland. now bpi'aing a. wy
ward OF the Vulcau COMPANY ~
stettin. is considered 20 man a.
o,och "a German shiphulidlng, as ihe HeN
vessel VIII rank next 20 tAe octau., -
MONT OF size. aud " me expeett'i."S ~
designers and builders aye realized, VII
cxcet that vessel IN speed. Tire DfntH'i
land IL designed 20 steam on the A.." 49,,
AZ a speed u twenty-thfee KNOTS. -,
IS half knot faster than any Siiip -,
aeoat In comparison with the Ote1'i,e,
'n' - Deutschland oceanic.
,.,,t, G829 feet 1H6 feet
Beam ..s...,.......-..s'- % 49, IN cot
l leps,' ,naec 5000 tons 1874 tons
49,, ,,,'a,,.. es.,.,,, e 40 tons 2s.s tons
The Deutschland Il entirely bulil o. -
man steot material, with double stse,
bo,,nn1. oyer the whole length uiFlu,"
into twenty four compartments
yided by fifteen transverse paIuu,ona 80
one longitudinal partition NJ ule -,
partments are OF course watertleht' Fen
n the water should ill tive ADJOINING con-
nartneuts the vessel would not ne IN
danger Of sinking An water penetrauns
into the ship can easily be pumped wv "
twelve heavy pumps. OF which ioul a.
az tic centrifugal type, while lle tT''' 90,
ing eight are duplex pumps, when eau
COPE with 1909 tons Of water per houl.
The rigging Is that Of a schooner, Win
,.sn steet tube masts The steamer mas
sin decks extending right FORE hha si1
ard the engines viii be OF the Ha@vr ~ ~.
expanslon type With six cylinders.
ara two high-prcssure cylinders OF th'its
six and nve-eglIths inches diameter, u"e
Intermediate OF seyenty-three ana one
half inches diameter, a second inlermed-
ate OF l0i inches diameter, ana TWO 70"
pressure Of i06as incher In diameter, WIN
stroke Of seyenty-three and thfoe-iouf ,uS
IL tvs
tlons per minute. 5000 Indicated morse
nover will be developed which II ~ cal.
etilated will give the ship a speed OF
tventy-tbree knots Tine boilers are slN-
Teen III number with ll2 furnaces
Whese the Oceanic has but one indicated
horse power for each ton OF ulsp'slN ,,i,
me Deutschland viii have a Indicated
horse power. and while the Increase OF
sneed is not proportional, yet the IN
creased power should have an appreclAp'e
effect.
The vessel affords accommodations Tor
4a7 first -class passengers. In 2s3 cabins ana
900 intermediates passengers IN nnelS-nine
cabins as well as POO steetage passengers
The crew consists Of 525 men There are
also large suites for first-class passengers
nxuftonslv equipped with all modern I'M
nroyementa Tho arst-caes dining room
accommodates seats for SO passengers ana
a. situated on the main deck. FurtAer-
more there is magnificent library
spacious smoking room. a lunch coun e.
and a parior Tor children. The cahihs
Of tho second-class intermediate passan-
gers are In the stern. partly on the upper
ana partly on the maln and middle deck
The dining room for these passengers ees
1856 seats paridr and smoking room Tor
the second-class passengers are on the
uprer deck An the rooms situated on the
uppcr dect between the watertlght part-
tinns are provided with separate gang
ways
An rooms and cabins are lighted hy
electricity So are the engine and boiler
rooms. STORAGE rooms. kitchens etc. Al
together. there are about oo1 electric tights
on the ship The eieetrlu current u gen
Grated hN nva dyuamus three of Ih am
peres ard two Of 80 amperes.
Tho coal bUnkerH have q capacity OF 1850
tons For the handling % merchandise.
haEgage and stores, there arc six steam
eapztans Txcnty iifehoats all Of steel. are
also provided In order 20 quickly tower
the boats 81 case ~ ueod. four steam
hoisss have been Installed on the ppper
deck II may also be mentioned that the
steamer hes bern constructed 10 accord
ance with The requirements ~ the tmper-
TAI German navy 80 tht io cns" % war
ehe can easily BE- converted into a fast
auxiliary cruiser The vessel has four tup-
neis.
rhe cap.tat of the characterization
line. al To- formation amounted Go ti0.No
0afks white she prtssnt capital % Tho
eonpapy g. 81 e0No marks 80 lNa more
tAsn tNaOao sen miies were covered hy the
Aeet 81 she lino. ana TODAY the llant-
burg. American Company has tHo lsrgest
reet IA fhe world THE irsi vcssc' 90 lhe
HAMBURG American uDe wMaH ief NaH-
burg for New Yerk on tire l5tA ~ 0etoh,r
ISIS with 10 passenger Sad ghs aartc
uanr as zee hts new steamer viz.
deutschland