New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13
THE GERMAN EMPEROR SAILS SOUTH
Description Of the KOenig Albert. Which
Carries Him.

The following cable dispatch was received from
Bremen yesterday by agents or the North German
Lloyd Company:
he German Emperor embarked this morning at
haven. tor the Mediterranean Prince Henry 81
director Weesnds house 5sde I'm roeIS1, II
s-.st - ~ ~ ne No,tl German LLOYD were
Albert VIII touch 81 Tig0 Gibraltar and po-f Ma
hon. and viii then proceed 10 Naples vhe-s - "
The Koeuig Albert cleared the bar st a M 7'ol'
The twin screw steamship Koenir Albert va.
built by the Vulcan shipbundlQg Company. stettfD
Germany, IN the fall OF 1888 Her length q. r5-
feet beam 60 feet. and depth Is feet she &c ~
ieeoo gross tons register. her displacement is Is
coo TONS her average speed l6iz knots. The steam
OF is provided with 8 double bottom running from
forward 10 ait and her hull is divided bv thirteen
bulkheads into fourteen watertiFht compartments
reaching 10 the upper deck. The safety q the
rteamer II FUR her insured h. equipment OF twenty
Two Afeboats. also by nferafts and col,zpslble
boats on me boat deck. al OF which are ready
Tor instant Bfge keels add to the stesdlness
q the steamer. which Ia attesed by the fact th.
the racks ara seldom in use her dining room
tables The koenig Albert contains acconnroda-
uons for go first cabin passengers IN the central
part o. the vessel. s-nicships A large number OF
fhs cabin sta;eroolns are on the two promena De
decks. Rooms are large and well ventilated. TIE
dining room Is lighted through large windows on
3 decorated wiki paintings and six hanrlnrs and
Hltuoced on the promenade deck. oDen!nE INTO a
inffe VestiDCle. which is reached from the unt,er
tnc lower deck tE staircase. An artra~tf lie
craWinE room BE- placed The upper pron1p- a o
Geek above The dining room and lighted by tie
same skyLght D. contains a concert grand and
well filed bookcases. The after part 81 he iinDar
able srokiUE roCr,. Nes-fhules -rnsr-ases and
Tassagcwsys are nigh broad and airy and Il
large number OF bathrooms and toilet rooms are
provided
The motive power % che Koe-io Albert consists
~ Two cueorEnle expansion engines ~ 0al f-ff-
GATED horsepouer. Steam is furr ishcs IN fsrea
cylindrical double boilers and three single boilers
four-olsded. mode ~ bronze and have a diameter
- - feet. g. inches.
Bremerhaven March l2.-Emperor william, ~
perionced tedious delay IN getting out az -.
Weser The KONG Albert weighed anchor g.,
a. m. but che had 10 lay 20. owing 10 a thick
1og. In narrow stretch o. the river or Meyers
legoe. where there a long wait
sis majesty passed the tine n pro-ne-esinr ~,
deck with the EhiD's officers ane officials 81 ~,
suite He sent wireless MESSAGE 70 Prince F4e,,ry
who already lad left Bremerhaven on his ref,,v-,
- hlel ana another 20 the Prince Rerent =.
6aVasla- congratuleting him upon HIS birf5ds~
lle Ffince Regent responded by wireless teieg.
About o'clock the fog broke the SIM s,o,.
nInlfs and The Kong Albert weighed enrhor -
cinpllfd down tho river. fhe lad 20 anchor araf,,
noeeker- on the Eoherweg Lighthouse buf frsTl,-
a. - = m. the fog lifted aud the shlp steamee
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