The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-02-13
GIGANTIC OCEAN LINER
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E i The White Star steamship company s
Ileviathan Cedric. the largest ship ever
built, which will soon arrive at New
esYork on TIC completion OF her maiden
kY0yagB is! under the command Of Lieu
I-fcnant Hadooek, r. N. H.. G. B. Liver
ispebl people are accustomed to the pres
eilce in the Mersey OF great steamships
tie transatlantic: lines, but in the
EShse OF the Cedric they are showing
al unusual interest. Engineering and
EEhipbuilding circles in Europe and
Emerica are also unusually Interested
Eif the advent of the Cedric, says the
ENew York Commercial Advertiser.
The Cedric is the greatest triumph OF
tie Belfast builders, Harland & Wulf.
The external dimensions OF this ship
are Identical with those OF the Celtic,
but by reason of structural differences
to provide increased passenger accom-
mediation the gross tonnage of the for
mer vessel has been slightly increased.
THE Cedric is 700 feet in extreme
length, Is feet in breadth, 40 1-3 feet
deep, with gross tonnage 21,OOO tons
and displacement 3S.20O tons. The pro-
peling machinery consists Of two sets
OF qnadruple expansion engines driv-
! ing twin propellers There are eight
double ended steel boilers capable of
working to pressure of 21O pounds to
the sUuare inch, and the vessel is de-
signed to attain a speed Of about sew
enteen knots at sea. She has nine
decks. is built on the cellular double
| bottom principle and is so divided into
numerous watertight compartments,
exceeding all official requirements, that
! a maximum Of security is obtained.
/ The Cedric has accommodations for
| $50 first saloon, $50 second saloon and
about Z, 900 third class passengers. Her
crew will consist of 335 men, 90 of
whom will be in the engine room. She
has four smasts and two tunnels. The
height of the tunnels is 131 feet above
| the keel; their diameter is IA feet 3
inches by IL feet The Cedric and Gel
| tic, like their forerunner, the Cymric
are intended to6cater for the large and
increasing class of travellers who pre-
fer to sail in vessel of good moderate
speed rather than in what is known as
"a fiier.''' The Cedric will have, in adj
dition to the ordinary staterooms, suits
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 q very handsome
apartment. Situated on the upper deck,
it extends the full width Of the ship
(75 feet and has seating capacity Of
$40. The library is luxuriously fur
nished, and the smoking saloon is spa
cious and well appointed. The accom-
modation for the second saloon passen-
gers is aft, on. the upper and bridge
decks. It is excellent not only in re-
gard to the bedrooms. baths and lava
tories, but the dining saloon, library
and smoking. room are exceptionally
attractive and comfortable apartments.
The ventilation throughout is effect
ed by system OF electric and steam,
fans, as well as by natural means.
The third class passengers have large
dining rooms, besides comfortably fur
nished sitting and smoking rooms.
There are separate galleys or kitchens
for all three classes OF passengers, also
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