Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
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Sumptuous Fittings Of the New
Turbine Cunard Steamship.
GIGANTIC IN EVERY WAY.

Leviathan Ocean Liner Is Of $4,000
Tons, 100 Feet Long, Has a Beam Of
SO Feet and Nodded Depth OF co.
Her Engines Develop $4,000 Horse
power.
1t may be said that the arrival Of the
huge Cunard steamship Lusitania, the
largest of ocean liners, marks climax
in maritime affairs of year that Will
be regarded as epoch making In the
matter Of constructing and putting into
service new and gigantic ocean liners,
says the New York Evening SUM- It
seems only few weeks ago that the
mammoth Adriatic Of the White Star
line was arriving, and now comes the
great Lusitania, even larger and more
speedy than the White Star vessel.
And the difference In size between the
two is not so inconsiderable. The Adrf
attic, to proceed directly to concrete
figures, is 725 feet long, while the
Cunard leviathan measures 100 feet
from tip to tip. ,;s .5s
There will be something Of difference
In the appearance Of the turbine liner
as compared with the pioneer vessel
Of the Cunard fleet which In July, 1870,
steamed cautiously across the Atlantic.
This was the Britannia, wooden,
paddle wheel steamship which was 207
feet long and which had O. gross tom
mage Of 1,154. This Is rather meager
as compared with the Lusitania's
great measurement of 1880 net tons.
The ancient Britannia's engines had an
indicated horsepower Of TAO, which
seems to place her in the towboat class
when it is considered that the turbine
engines Of the Lusitania develop $4,000
horsepower in driving the vessels
quadruple screws. The Britannia's
speed was about knots, while the
Lusitania can be driven at the rate Of
2511a knots an hour. $
The. old time liner had q crimson
funnel amidships, the distinguishing
mark Of the Cunarders, but this would
seem tiny pipe if held up In com
parison with the Lusitania's four gi-
gantic stacks. This vessel Is the first
Of the Cunarders to boast four stacks.
The Lusitania was constructed at
,Clydebank, where the Carmania and
Caronia were built She was launched
In June of last year, and since that
time some speedy work has been done
In finishing the vessel up. considering
/ the sumptuous fittings required and
the mammoth scale upon which the
work was carried on. 8i Through some
mental legerdermain It may be posi-
BILE to CLEAN practical idea Of the yes
sells length. It is pointed out that If
the Park Row building in New York
were placed atop Of the st. Paul build
ing and then, with this tremendous
feat accomplished, IL the gigantic Lust
tania were placed on end alongside
the new liner would exceed in height
the double structure by more than 100
feet.
Additional figures may serve to en-
phasize the idea Of the great vessels
bulk. She has a beam of eighty-eight
feet and a molde.l depth Of sixty feet.
Her load draft, when her spacious
holds are filled with cargo, will be thir-
ty-seVen and one-half feet. The di-
ameter of the tunnels Is conside rable,
being no less than tWenty-four feet, or
approximately the distance covered by
the worlds champion broad jumper
The tunnels are 155 feet in height. The
vessels coal carrying capacity must
needs be large, and her bunkers hold
more than 1000 tons It is expected
that the $50 fires roaring III the yes
sells hold while she is under way will
consume nearly 1000 tons of fuel a
day.
a great pressure of steam is needed
In order to drive the vessel at such 8
high rate of speed. Each Of the four
shafts carries a great propeller Of man
| ganese bronze, and the outermost shafts
are each connected with a high pres
sure turbine, while the inner shafts
are operated by low pressure turbine
engines. Upon the result of the Lusi-
tania's turbines may depend the flu.
ture of this great speed producing but
also great fuel deyouring engine. Into
the construction of the new Cunard-
/ er's engines have gone all the devices
1 and advantages that have been gained
through years Of experimenting by
the most expert engineers. s..8
or course to give these high pressure
turbines full play and to render pos.
stble q satisfactory test of the power.
3ul machinery a stanch and worthy
hull must be provided. The keel plate
is the beginning of the outer shell OF
the ocean leyiathan. The keel plate
of the Lusitania, greatest of ships, is
i've feet wide and four inches thick
Associated with this fiat EEL is d yer.
j teal keel five feet high snd one inch
thick. This in reality Is the backbone
OF the ship. no this powerful base
aRe fastened directly or indirectly The
ribs and frames that go to make III
the skeleton Of the great vessel, he,
manifold beams and supports, ali OF
A steel and each welded to its neighbo,
II In an almost unbreakable grip.
il And with the beginning Of the shiI
aas0 there starts the task OF proyid
ing for the safety Of those who vii