The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-23
DESCRIPTION OF THE s.
 "KRONPRINZ WILHELM.

built by the Vulcan Sh1pDu1ldlng coll- pany of Stettin, Germany. Her dimen- sions are 663 feet length, 66 feet beam and 43 feet depth; her gross register tonnage is 15,O00 and her displacement 21, 300 tons. The Kronprinz Wilhelm is of the same type as the well-knoWn eX- press steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse of the same line, but Is fifteen feet longer than the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. The new steamship has been built of the best German steel as four deck vessel, with numerous eX- tras and has received the highest class of the Germanic Lloyd register. The exterior appearance of the steamer is the same as that of the express steam- ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, and she is distinguished in the same way by four large smokestacks.
 The accommodations for the first cab in passengers are placed amidships, on the main, upper and promenade decks ard are provided with every possible comfort for the travelling public. Four cabines de luxe, composed of sitting- | room, bedroom and bathroom, and eight apartments consisting of bed- room and bathroom, have been fur nished for the accommodation of those who wish to travel luxuriously. | number of staterooms have been pro- vided on the awning or bridge deck, which is the deck above the promenade deck. The passengers in these rooms receive the full benefit of light and air on the topmost deck of the steamer. The second cabin also shows that the | Ia ,1n 1,o1 htyt pQ n been neglected.
 Particular attention has been paid in the construction of this vessel to the adoption of the most advanced and per feet arrangements for safety. A dou-
 ble bottom that extends nearly the en- | tire length of the steamer Is divided | into twenty-four water-tight compart-
 ments; besides which the entire hull is separated into seventeen water-tigh
 compartments by fifteen transverse bulkheads that extend to the upper deck, and by longitudinal bulkhead in the engine room. To these safety ar-
 engagements should he odded a large
 and extensive pumping plant of the most varied description, fire extinguish-
 ing apparatus of every kind and full
 equipment of boats, of which the steamer carries twenty-four The we'll
 known Schlick system by which vibra-
 ton is reduced to a minimum has been
 adopted on this steamer, as on all the
 new vessels of the North German
 Lloyd. also bilge keels, to prevent ex-
 cessiye rolling All compartments are electrically illuminated nineteen hun
 dred electric lamps being provided for
 this purpose, which are fed by four dy-
 namos of S25 Amperes and 100 volts
 The motive power consists of two six
 cylinder quadruple expansion engines,
 indicating 33O0O horsepower. The ne-
 cessary steam is furnished by sixteen
 large boilers, of which twelve are dou-
 ble boilers and four single boilers. The
 coal consumption is about five hundred
 tons per day. The bunkers hold 4,45O
 tons of coal and the crew consists of
 about five hundred persons.
 The arrangement of the first cabin
 dining-ronm is masterpiece of interior
 architecture. The dining-room con-
 tains 414 seats. The prevailing tone Of
 the panel work of the dining room Is
 green, charmngly relieved by bronze
 panelling on the walls. The ceiling Is
 decorated with allegorical paintings
 representing the seasons, day and night. etc The subjects of the paint
 ines on the walls are the house in which the Crown Prince lives, the for
 mer palace and the cadet-school in Pion. where the Crown-Prince received
 his education. Adjoining the main din-
 ing-room there are forward and aft or
 each side extensions of this dining ', room, forming, as it were, small dining !, rooms. The. walls in these smaller rooms contain landscape views of Pots , dam, Sans souci Pion, Bonn and neigh. borhood. The large skylight, crowned , with an arched cupola. is plasticallS , decorated. A gallery surrounds the , skylight through the arches of whicf a view can be had from above into tho . dining-room.
 A large vestibule on the promenade deck opens into the social hall above , the dining-room which shows at ont l end the life size portrait of the German f Crown Prince Wilhelm. The walls O $ this social hall are covered with fins , silk brocade and with pictures of Prus {; sian cities, as Berlin, Breslau, Konigs I berg, Magdeburg, Hanover, Cologne s Frankfort and Stettin. The social hal
 Is provided with comfortable sofas ant , tempting easy chairs A large Stein q way Grand ministers to the musica l wants of the passengers.
 /; The library is decorated in Renais e sance style. A number of writing $ desks, containing all necessary writing 0 materials, are placed in this room. Tn l seats are upholstered with mignonett s colored velour de Genes. The tabl l, covers are decorated with embroider. l and the curtains consist of gold silk. { = soft smyrna carpet covers the floor o e both social hall and library. Larg = bookcases contain the best works o '. literature of all nations. The ceilin y and the walls are decorated with paint t ings representing the muses.
 O The smoking room shows in it's styl
 an adhesion to the Renaissance. Tn s ceiling Is carried by oak beams sta1ne
 with blue, with panels in white relic t The walls show a white stucco fr1ez
 under the ceiling, below which they ar
 decorated with paintings and gilt boi l. dering. The woodwork as well as tn l. tables the sideboards and the great CT 5. trance, which reaches to the cupolt r consist of oakwood stained blue. Tn II table covers are of old gold cloth, tn V curtains of the windows of old blue sil q and the seats of the chairs are in plu