The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-06
AN UP-TO-DATE TRAMP STEAMER.
S. s. Scottish Monarch
of Monarch Line
Now Here.

The S. S. Scottish Monarch, now in
port, is without doubt the finest freight
er that has ever come to Honolulu.
The vessel will run from Newcastle
here more or less regularly in the
future and on this account the follow
ing article, which recently appeared in
the Nautical Magazine, will be read
with interest by shipping men:
When one comes to consider the ques-
tion of living accommodation for Off
GERS and men, as it actually exists on
shipboard today, it is very pleasant to
think, that amid all the heedlessness
and eallousness of the personal comfort
and well-being of officers and men
usually displayed by the modern ship
manager-there are very few owners
nowadays-and the "spec' shipbuild
er, there are some few outstanding firms
to whose honor it can be said that
they give the matter more than pass
ing thought, and by precept and exam
pie strive to secure better living con-
ditions for our Ishmaels of the sea.
Almost the very pioneers of this wei
come and necessary movement, were the
managing owners of the "Monarch
Line e''-Messrs. Raeburn & Verel of
Glasgow. Their steamers, designed by
their own superintendent, Captain John
c. Black, NINA, are examples of
what all vessels should be, in the way
of accommodation for those who man
them, and have served as the models on
which many of the more advanced of
our shipowners have designed their Off
GERS and IS quarters. But, while
endeavoring to embody in the Scottish
Monarch, which is the latest addition
TO the g Monarch" fleet, Mr.. Raeburn s
ideals of what the accommodation for
officers and crew should be, Captain
Black has met with more than his usual
of success: for here we have
an edueative example of the up-todate
comforts which the better class of
owners are willing to provide for their
but which are not always
ana cared for as they
should be by those for whose benefit
they have been created. Not only is
the accommodation for the officers, en-
gineers and apprentices of this ship |
much superior to that usually provid |
ed in merchant vessels, whether it be |
the lordly elmer" or the more hum
bic carrier of coal and grain, but the |
quarters of her petty officers, sailors
and fremen, are fitted out with the
same degree of thoroughly up-to-date
comfort and convenience
Determined to learn whether all |
nad heard regarding the excellent liv-
ng accommodation on the Monarch ~
boats was founded on fact, or fiction, I
,ook advantage of an old acquaintance
With Captain Robert Dover, the Com
nodore of the Monarch fleet and com
nander of the Scottish, - to pay that
genial skipper surprise visit, and in
Ipeet what he, with a considerable
legree of conscious pride, termed his
lew brig as she lay at Yorkhill
Wharf, Glasgow, completing her fitting
ut for sea.
TIE SEAMEN's s QUARTERS.
Having secured the worthy captain s {
romise to act the part of guide,
Philosopher and friend, sailed forth
0 see and learn all I could in the ,
hort time at my disposal, and as it is 6
lways wisest to begin at the begin
ing of things, even when enquiring
ito the accommodation provided for :
Jack and his officers, we forthwith S
ade for the seamen s quarters, which t
re placed in the topgallant forecastle, !;
nd where the things that appealed q
me most were, the unusual height, ii
le size, and the airiness of the vari- n
IS apartments. all of which are
et high, and are lighted by side scut- a
es. each 10 inches in diameter, dur b.
@ daytime, and by electric clusters II
night, while a continuous circulation
fresh air is obtained by means of .,
inch eowl ventilators and iron frets h;
the bulkheads. Here we look in to
in for the old-fashioned, vermin-in- %
sted, wooden hunks, placed against
e ships side, that are still almost a,
iversal in our modern ships. Instead III
ereof, each of the forward hands Is i's
divided with one of Hoskin' 5 patent II
Ivanized iron bedsteads, placed some hi
feet away from the ships side. and oy
tirely clear from the sweating of a
; shell plating. Each man has his cu
n locker, and clothes hooks in suffi- an
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