Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-29
LARGEST STEAMSHIP
In the World the White Star
Lines New S. S. Baltic.

the year which witnesses the triumph
billions Americans can proudly look
back upon, should also weic0me the adj
vent Of the Baltic" the latest White
Star leviathan and incontestably the
mightiest steamer ever launched.
The Baltic" arrived at Liverpool
yesterday from the Yard Of the Builders,
Messrs. Harand & Wolff, Belfast; she
will leave the Mersey on the 29th i'll
slant and is due in New York on the 7rh
of July. Undoubtedly her arrival will
afford convincing ocular proof that the
White Star Line intends to maintain its
reputation as forerunner of those com
bined comforts in Ocean travel which
have long since won it 50 h4nourable a
name.
The possession of the two largest
steamers afiOat on any seas-the "Ced-
rio" and the Celtic" each OF 81 900 tons
gross register-has not represented
inality. The Baltic" registering. as
she does, $4,000 exceeds them by 5000
tons. Her capacity for cargo is about
$4,000 tons, and the displacement at her
load draft about 10000 tons. She is 72G
feet in length, or 26 feet longer than the
steamers above named, which. with her
two great tunnels and four pole masts,
she strongly resembles. The symmetry
of her hull is so perfect that it is only
when in juXtapOsiti0n to other craft
that the steamers tremendous size is
apparent; but as will be seen from an
account of her internal accommodation
the like sense OF proportion i'll regard t.
the passengers quarters is equally dis
tinctive
THE Baltic" is fitted with
engines of Harland & VOLTS quad
ripple expansion type, arranged on the
balanced principle, which practically
does away with vibration. and will
steam about II knots. She is thus pri-
marily intended to meet the want Of an
increasing number of travellers whose
first desire is not great speed, but the
largest mOdicum of comfort coupled
with moderate speed. Experience hay
ing shown that this desideratum is full
filled in the Cedric" and Celtic" it
merely remained for the White Star
Line to introduce vessel of the same
type, but still further improved by the
addition of such minor embellishments
as only careful and far seeing man
agement could anticipate. The Baltic"
can carry 5000 passengers, besides
crew Of about $50. All her First Glass
accommodation is amidships. The
Grand Dining Saloon situated on tie
upper deck, is very handsome apart
ment, and extends the full width of the
ship-75 feet. 1t has seating accommo.
dation for $40 people, is exceptionally
lofty and airy. and with its effective
scheme of decoration which unites ar
tlstic taste and brightness of aspect, can
claim TO be one of the most palatial sa-
looms on the Atlantic.
The First Class Sm0kerOom and Liz /
brary on the Upper Promenade deck, |
are also luxurious apartments, wherein
everything that tends to the comfort Of
passengers is apparent, whilst the state
rooms have been devised to meet the
wants of the most fastidious traveller.
They consist among others Of single
berth roOms-of which type it may be
noted, the White Star Line was the Or
iginator- and rooms en- suite, these latter
consisting of bed, sitting and bath.
rooms, for such as are prepared to pay
for the extra privacy enjoyed.
Immediately abaft the First Class ac=
commodation is that of the Second Glass
whose interests have been carefully
watched. TO the vOyageur of but dec
ade or two ago the size and decora-
lions of the Dining Saloon, Smokeroom
and Library will come as revelation,
and the staterooms in comfort and VEN
tilation are in every way excellent.
With the exception of limited space
the Third Glass passengers are
provided for ahaft the Second
Class. For no section Of the travelling
public have greater improvements been
made on Ocean Steamships in recent
years than for the Third Glass, whose
quarters on the Baltic" consist of COM
modious Dining Rooms Gifted with
tables and revolving chairs) where pas
sengers are waited upon & as in the
other steamers of the lino-by stewards;
smOkerooms, and large
number of two three and fOur-berth
The heating and ventiIating arrange
ments of the ship ale most complete,
and the Baltic" having such huge cargo
is fitted with Winches and
other loading and diseharging arrange
fnepts of the latest and most efficient type.