The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-09-27

THE NEW LRAGEST STEAMSHIP.
By her entrance into regular ser
vice the Transatlantic steamship Lus-
itania. which arrived at New York
last Friday upon her first voyage
from Liverpool. places before the pub
lie the largest and most remarkable
vessel the world has ever seen for
ocean passenger and freight bust
hess The successful application Of
tnrbin engines to the task OF propell-
Ing so vast bulk over thousands
Of miles Of sea at higs rate OF speed
las awakened deep interest and en-
thusiasm, especially among the advo-
Gates OF the turbin principle in ma
rine engineering AS TO speed. she has
cut down the record from Queens
town to New York by practically SIX
hours and half, the exact time. ac-
cording 10 the log being 8 hours %
minutes AS TO steadiness. there seems
to have been difference OF opinion
among the passengers. some Of whom
said that the absence Of vibration
talked about was not realized, while
others asserted that the comfort OF
travel on her was everything which
could be desired. Il appears. indeed.
that the use Of turbin engines has re-
suited in very steady steamship
aid also in the probability that other
builders Of ocean flyers will use them
more extensively The Mauretania.
steamer like the Lusitania and own
ed by the same company. will begin
her trips about November ]. She is
now being finished.
Transportation men particularly and
the public generally will be interets-
ed in the figures which show the mag
nitude Of the Lusitania. She is near
| y 500 fet long. exact length being
go feet. or almost 100 feet longer
than the renowned Great Eastern.
which for years was the leviathan OF
the seas. Her width Is five feet great
ei than the latter, or IS feet. and her
tunnels are 20 feet higher. or 1876
fet: her horse power is 10000: that
OF the Great Eastern was ll.000 To
Operate the Lusitania's machinery re-
quires 81 engineers. 1872 firemen and
100 trimmers On the yOage she burn
Ell from 500 to 1900 tons Of coal each
day II is estimated that her total ex-
Penses for the trip. including sup
plies amounted to 25.0oO.Ib or over
$4,000 She has nine decks. and can
accommodate 1850 passengers thus
$50 first class, 500 second class. %.
10 third class. On this trip she had
2o90 passengers Her freight-car1ying
capacity is 1850 tons; her disnlace-
ment is 5000 tons and her depth is
81 feet 6 inches. but when she enter
ed New York she drew only % feet
inches at the stern She has four
propellers. two operated by high pres
sure and two by low pressure tur-
bines. the outer shafts being high pres
sure. She has l75 water-tight COM
partments. A description OF the in
terror of this great ship woGld say
that her builders have made her
look as much like a comfortable hotel
as possible: many OF her windows
are like those OF house. while beds
Instead OF berths are the sleeping
accommodation in the best cabins
Elevators convey passengers from
deck TO deck. and once within it
might puzzle the traveller to discover
that he was on shipboard Yet what
ever OF essential value has been az
complished in the construction of
the Lusitania may be expected to find
Reproduction. though probably Of les
ser degree. in other vessels To ply
between other ports. Therefore what
ever this vessel and her sister ship
may possess in the way Of improv-
ed machinery and OF safety appli-
ances will surely he initiated and APP
piled for the benefit OF all who travel
the great seas.