The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-21
THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP.
THE CEDRIC HERE on HER
FIRST TRIP

of This Monarch of tho Ocean-If
Laid Down in Chapel Street wou'd
Reach From State to Church.
The external dimensions of the "Ced-
ric" are identical with those of the
"Celtic," but by reason of structural
differences to provide increased passen-
ger accommodation, the gross tonnage
of the former vessel has been slightly
increased. The Cedric" is seven hun
dred feet in extreme length, seventy
five feet in breadth, forty-nine and one
third feet deep with gross tonnage
twenty-one thousand tons, and dis
placement $4,000 tons. The propelling
machinery consists of two sets of quad
ripple expansion engines driving twin
propellers. There are eight double end
ed steel boilers capable of working to
pressure of two hundred and ten
pounds to the square inch, and the
vessel is designed to attain a speed of
about seventeen knots at sea. She has
nine decks, is built on the cellular dou-
BILE bottom principle, and is SO divided
into numerous water tight compart-
ments, exceeding all official require
ments, that a maximum of security is
obtained. The Cedric" has four masts
and two tunnels, and to non-expert
readers it will be of interest to men
ton that the height of the tunnels is
one hundred and thirty-one feet above
the keel, and their diameter is fourteen
feet three inches by eleven feet The
Cedric will have accommodation for
three hundred and fifty first saloon,
two hundred and fifty second saloon
and about two thousand third-class
passengers, in addition to a crew of
three hundred and thirty-five men,
ninety-two of whom will be in the en-
CINE room. In vessels of the enormous
sizes of the Oceanic" Celtic" and
Cedric it is obvious the structure
must be of exceptional and well-dis-
tributed strength, and aided by Can
tries and other facilities and appliances
specially provided at heavy cost for
their construction, these vessels are
probably the strongest ever built. The
Cedric and Celtic" like their fore
runner, the "Cymric," are intended to
cater for the large and increasing class
of travellers who prefer to sail in a
vessel of good moderate speed rather
than in what is known as "a
Filler" The Celtic" and Gym
ric'' have already earned for them
selves high enconiums by their
excellent sea-going qualities and stead
mess, airy rooms and spacious prone
nades, and there is no doubt the "Ced-
ric" will maintain the good reputation
they have established. The Cedric"
will, as already indicated, have accom-
mediation in all for about three thou
sand passengers. In addition to the
ordinary staterooms there are suites
consisting Of bed, sitting and bath
rooms, enabling those who can afford
to pay for the privilege, to enjoy all the
privacy and comforts obtainable on
shore There are also single berth
staterooms, novelty first introduced
in the Oceanic and Celtic" The
first class dining saloon is very hand
some apartment. Situated on the upper
deck it extends the full width of the
ship (seventy-five feet), is lofty and
airy, and contains seating accommoda-
ton for about three hundred and forty
passengers; the furniture and general
appointments are excellent, there is
more than the usual space between the
tables, and this room is altogether an
imposing feature of the ship. The Ii
brary is a luxuriously furnished room,
and the smoking saloon is spacious and
we'll appointed, and like those in the
"Oceanic," 'Teutonic" and Majestic"
is an ideal lounge. The accommodation
for the second saloon passengers is aft,
on the upper and bridge decks. 1t is
excellent not only in regard to the bed
rooms, baths and lavatories, but the
others in open berths. These open
berths are very comfortable, the beds
being furnished with good spring mat
tresses, as in the enclosed rooms. The
ventilation of this, and all other parts
of the ship, is effected by system Of
electric and steam fans, as well as by
natural means, and is thus rendered as
perfect as possible. The third-class
passengers have large dining rooms, be-
sides comfortably furnished sitting and