The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-10
MARINE MONSTERS.
New Giant Steamships for the Ham
 Burg American Line.

I ' New Giant Steamships for the Ham
 Burg American Line.
 With the advent of each new steamer Into the great fleet of Atlantic liners, it seems that the limit of size and luxuriousness has been reached, but the new monster twin-screw steam ships America and "Kaiserin Au- guste victoria" of the Hamburg American Line will be equipped with several new features, designed especi- ally to add to the comforts already found on the modern passenger steamer. The grill room introduced by thes Ham, burg American Line on the flyer Deutschland" and on the steamers .Moltke" and Butcher has earned well deserved popularity The experi- enced traveller in booking his passage, < now asks, Is there grill room on board?p
 On the America" and "Kaiserin ! Auguste Victoria the grill room idea l has grown into a large, modern la carte restaurant, enabling passengers l to dine when they please, to arrange Luncheon and dinner parties for friends \ whom they meet on board, and also i tt fftaVe E change from the meals serv- ed in the regular dining room. The l la carte restaurant will be under the same management as the famous Ritz Hotel. in Paris end Carlton Hotel in London.
 DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITY. l The great size and enormouse carry I ing capacity of these new giant steam ships of the Hamburg American Line can be best understood by a glance at l the following statistics: Length over all, 700 feet, breadth, "A feet; depth 5S feet; gross tonnage 2S5OO tons; dis ' placement about S5,0O0 tons; cargo capacity, 15,0o0 tons. "Kaiserin Au-5 guste Victoria Length over all. 705 feet; breadth, 77 feet; depth 5S.s feet; gross tonnage 250OO tons; displacement, about 10000 tons; cargo capacity 16,- 900 tons,
 The America will be ready for service in August, 1905, and the 'Kaiserin Auguste Victoria in the spring of 1906. The former ship is be- } ing built by Messrs. Harland & Wolf I=of Belfast, Ireland, and the latter by lthe Vulcan Shipbuilding Works, at j Stettin, Germany.
 ! Tho passenger capacity of these ships will be about 3,5S9 each, com- l prising 600 in first class, 300 in second
 250 in third class and 21S9 in steerage.
 A most welcome feature will be the
 three great promende decks of enor- nous length and width, one of which < will be used for the placing of deck fl chairs.
 j The speed of the America" and
 "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria" will be : moderate IT knots an hour. This speed will enable these steamers to reach
 Plymouth and Cherbourg in about
 seven and half days and Hamburg in # nine days. The gigantic dimensions of
 these steamers, their enormous car X goes of freight, and their bilge keels
 will make them steady and comfortable s in the toughest seas. Vibration will be
 avoided by installing perfectly balanc-
 ed engines of the most modern type
 Their great size is only one of the { new features of these fine vessels. The
 much described upper berth will find f1u place in the first cabin staterooms < lof the America and -;Kaiserin Au-
 guste Victoria'is The comfort of a
 lower berth is thus insured to every
 passenger. Spaciousness will be an i'm portant feature of the staterooms
 Some of them will have the unusual
 dimensions of 10 feet by r feet. Suites . of large connecting rooms with batf
 and toilet and combinations of one ! room and bath and toilet will be found < in ample numbers.
 The ladies saloons. smoking room and other customary features found or { Lall liners. have not been neglected, In addition to large and wei
 equipped gymnasium which was frs ,, introduced by the Hamburg American Line on their steamers "Moltke" anc . Butcher and Prinzessin Victoria Luise'f the new steamers will bt equipped with Turkish Baths, whici will be in charge of experienced atten i, dants- Another Innovation which vii } be of great importance to the comfor of passengers. are the passenger eleva
 tors on board, of which there will b,
 several running from the main to tn, ! boat deck, i. G.. through all the fiv,
 decks on which there are passenger ac cancellations.
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