Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-13
LATEST OCEAN LINER.
Giant Steamship Can Accommodate
Nearly 1000.

NEW YORK. June 13.-The Hamburg
American lines new steamer. President
Lincoln. arrived here today on her maiden
voyage from Hamburg. The steamer had
considerable rough weather during the voy-
age, but the officers say she proved herself
an admirable seaboat.
The President Lincoln brought 80 saloon,
IA second cabin, 236 third-class and 1854
steerage passengers.
The President Lincoln and her sister ship.
the President Grant, form the latest adj
ditions to the feet of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line. and the President Lincoln, COM
pleting her maiden voyage across the At
lantic ocean today, was hailed with con-
siderable interest by the sailors and ship
ping interests as she was towed UP the
channel and for the first time made fast
to the companys wharf. These new vessels
are the first of new class Of steaE-ers to
be entered in the transatlantic service by
the neutrality-suspicious. company. and all
vessels of the class will DE named in honor
of the Presidents Of the United States.
Harlan & Wolf, Limited, OF Belfast con-
structed the President Lincoln and the Presi-
dent Grant, and each of them meet all the
rules of the -berufsgenossenschaft as
to safety appliances.
Each of the new ships is GIG feet long,
with breadth of So feet inches and a
gross tonnage of about 1880 tons Each
of them Is schooner rugged and fitted with
six masts. The President Lincoln sailed
from Hamburg June /. Bouogne June
and Plymouth June 3. Each Of these mann
moth ships will carry nearly 1900 passen-
gers.
These steamers are constructed through
out Of steel, and have a cellular double
bottom extending the whole length OF the
ship. They are twin-screw vessels.
Accommodation Is provided for 324 first
class nIlmhpr of
staterooms are arranged for one passen-
ger only. The first-cIass dining room is on
the upper deck amidships. Chairs are pro-
vided for 22S persons at one sitting.
The smoking room, large one. aft on the
boat deck, Is fitted with paneling and franz
ing of carved oak and seats and chairs up
holstered in leather. The deck is covered
with India rubber tiles, and the room Is es-
pecially we'll ventilated and lighted. The
library, or ladies' room at the forward end
of the boat deck. is paneled in carved satin
wood, inlaid, and upholstered in moquette.
Convenient to the main entrance on the
boat deck is gymnasium, with a COM
plete outfit of lander vibratory apparatus,
electrically operated On the bridge deck
is a room especially fitted for electric baths
and massage.
The second-class accommodation is aft
and fitted with two, three and four berth
rooms, provision being made to carry 125
passengers. The dining saloon Is decorated
and finished in white. with medallionS In
panels. A smoking room and ladies' room,
or library, are also provided.
Third-class passengers are accommodated
on the middle and the lower decks aft. and
provision is made for 1000 persons, all of
them to be berthed in inclosed rooms. The
third-class dining room. on the upper deck
aft, seats more than 400. and Is paneled and
decorated in white. A neatly decorated
smoking room for this class Is provided on
the after promenade deck.
Accommodation Is provided for 1920
fourth-class passengers. on the middle and
the lower tween decks, in open steerage
berths.