The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
RGEST STEAMSHIP
In the wOrId-The White Star Lines
 New Steamship Baltic.

It IS an interesting colncldence lndl the year which witnesses the triumph of the greatest of the many great exhi- bitions Americans can proudly look back upon, should also welcome the ad- went of the Baltic" the latest White Star leviathan and incontestably the mightiest steamer ever launched.
 The Baltic" arrived at Liverpool yes terday from the Yard of the builders, Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Belfast; she will leave the Mersey on the 2sth in stant and is due in New York on the E7th of July. Undoubtedly her arrival will afford convincing ocular proof that the White Star Line intends to main tain its reputation as forerunner of those combined comforts in ocean trav- el which have long since won it so hon. orable 9 name.
 The possession of the two largest steamers afioat on any seas-the "Ced- ric'' and the Celtic, each of twenty one thousand tons gross register-has not represented finality The Baltic" registering, as she does, twenty-four thousand exceeds them by three thou sand tons. Her capacity for cargo is about twenty-eight thousand tons and the displacement at her load draft about forty thousand tons She is 726 rect in length, or twenty-six feet longer l than the steamers above named, which. With her two great tunnels and four pole masts, she strongly resembles. l The symmetry of her hull is so perfect that It is only when in juxtaposition to other craft that the steamers tremen- oous size is apparent; but as will be seen from an account of her internal accommodation the like sense of propor- ton ln regard to the passengers quar- ters is equally distinctive.
 The Baltic is fitted with engines of Harland & Wolff's quadruple expan- sion type, arranged on the balanced principle, which practically does away with vibration, and will steam about seventeen knots. She is thus primarily intended to meet the want of an in- lcreaslng 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 sdesideratum is ful- filled in the Cedric and Celtic" it merely remained for the White Star line to introduce vessel of the same itype, but still further improved.bv the addition of such minor embellishments as only careful and far seeing man agement could anticipate The Baltic" can carry three thousand passengers, besides a crew of about $50. All her flrst class accommodation is anlidship. The grand dining saloon situated on the upper deck is very handsome apart ment, and extends the full width of the ship-seventy-five feet. It has seatine. accommodation for 370 people, is excep- tionally lofty and airy and with it's ef- fectlva scheme of decoration which unites artistic taste and brightness of aspect, can claim to be one of the most palatial saloons on the Atlantic.
 The first class smoke-roona and libra " on the upper promenade deck are also luxurious apartments, wherein ev- erything that tends to the. comfort of passengers is apparent, whilst the stateroons have been devised to meet the wants of the most fastidious trav- eler. They consist among others of sim gle berth soons of which type it may be noted the White Star line was the
 originator, and rooms en suite, these latter consisting of bed, sitting and
 bathrooms, for such as are prepared 10 pay for the extra privacy enjoyed.
 Immediately abaft the first-class ac- commodation is that of the second
 class, whose interests have been care
 fully watched To the voyager of but 2
 decade or two ago the size and decora-
 tion Of the dining saloon, smoke-room
 and library will come as a revelation
 and the state-rooms in comfort and
 ventilation are in every way excellent
 With the exception of a limited space
 forward, the third-class passengers are
 provided for abaft 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-class whose quar-
 ters on the Baltic" consist of comno-
 dious dining rooms (ftted with tables
 and revolving chairs) where passen-
 gers are waited upon-as in the other
 steamers of the line-by stewards; com
 fortable snloke-roonas and large num- Der of two, three and four-berth state.
 rooms.
 The heating and ventilating arrange
 ments of the ship are most complete
 and the Baltic" having such huge car.
 go capacity is fitted with winches anc other loading and discharging arrange.
 ments of the latest and most efficient
 type. She has large refrigeratins chambers for the carriage of chilled
 beef, the machines for working the same being the C. o. principle.
 , The command of this latest wonder . of the seas has been entrusted te , Lieutenant E. J. Smith, R. N. R., al
 officer of ripe experience who is we'll 1 known to travellers across the Atlantic
 as having hitherto had charge of tn, popular Majestic" /. i With the addition of the Baltic" h, , White Star lines magnificent fleet nov ' consists of thirty-one steaners-be l sides tenders-the aggregate tonnagt } of which amounts to the Iuge total O , just 360,000 tons. Of tkese thirty-ont steamers, no fewer than twenty-sever are fitted with twin screws, whils : twenty-one are e:1ch over ten thousand tons, as a result of which latter fact
 the average tonnage of White Stal steamers is in measurably greater thar that of any other line; and, as has beer