The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-06
AN UP-TO-DATE TRAMP STEAMER

| IS also fltted between the bridge an(
the captain 5 room; while in the mat
| ter of facilities for signaling to othe
vessels, or to shore stations by day
or night, there can be no need fol
our friend Charlie Beresford to fnt
score, for the reason that, in addition
to double signal halliards on her jumper
stay, she is provided with one of the
most powerful Morse Code signal lamps
made-that by Davey & Co, London
the flashes from which are visible at
distance Of miles. Indeed, the
three bridges of this steamer, and of
her sisters, mark a distinct advance in
comfort and convenience on what is
usually provided for the navigating
staff of cargo Cramps"
THE CAPTAINS ROOM.
"It will be only natural for the
reader to assume that equally careful
attention has been bestowed on the
comfort and convenience of the com
mander, as on his officers and men,
and the assumption is correct one,
for, placed in a steel house, erected
on the second bridge, is the captain S
room, a large, airy apartment IA
feetX12 feetX7 feet inches, most
tastefully paneled, as is also the chart
room, and fitted out in a most elegant
and comfortable manner with polished
oak furniture, moquette upholstery, and
curtains of a pretty shade of turquoise
blue damask, to match the dainty white
and heliotrope sides of the room. The
floor is covered with inlaid linoleum
for sea use, on the top of which is
laid rich Brussels carpet when in
port. The furniture, which is most ar
5istie in design, consists of telescope
bed, with drawers underneath, spe-
tally designed escritoire with drawers,
/ large bookcase with drawers under
heath, which occupies the greater part
If one side of the room, a large ward
robe, a tip-up lavatory discharging
overheard direct, wine cellar, sofa, tea |
able, arm reading chair, carafe-rack, |
tic.
Entrance to this room is obtained |
lirect from the second deck, and from
he saloon underneath by handsome |
eak staircase, having elegantly turn
ID teak balusters and handrails, while |
here is also a private door leading
20 the chart-room, which is placed |
lbaft the captains room, a rather I'M
usual arrangement, but a good one,
ince it enables the captain to have |
clear lookout ahead from inside his |
wn room, even when engaged in writ
ng. Special attention has been paid |
o the lighting of this room, which has
wo 14-inch ports in front, and two
f 10-inch on each side, while for
light use, two fixed 16 C. P. and one
ortable 10 C. P. lights are provided,
With, in addition, two oil lamps for
Sc in case of a failure of the electric
ight; and here again we find an cleo
ric fan placed to expel the heated,
ever-laden air of the tropics.
In this room has been fitted a most
Ingenious steamIng light s indicator and
utomatic electric alarm, to notify the
aptain and the officer on duty of any
allure in the navigation lights. Placed
n the forward bulkhead in an orna-
rental frame, and covered by glass,
re five electro-plated miniature signal
osts, complete with semaphores, each
f which bears on universal switch
laced under it, the name of i
ne particular light it represents,
nd under the semaphore the
ords "is OUT Underneath all is
laced large alarm bell communicat
~ with each of the signals. When
lie lights are showing bright, the sema-
nores remain at right angles, cover \
g the words = IS out, ana the Deu
; course, is silent. But Immediately i
ny of the lights become extinguished, I
e semaphore guarding that particular t
ght drops, and displays, say, "Main-
asst head light is out, while at the G
me instant. the alarm bell commences t
nging, and continues to do so until t
e light is in order again, when 1t c
asses of itself, and the semaphore once !
ore resumes the horizontal position. T
his ingenious instrument, which was ?
ade by Messrs. Telford Grier G. Mac f
", Ltd, Glasgow, is but another in q
cation of determination to have b
e Scottish Monarch thorough in ev- "
V detail, and this determination has 8
en- effectively carried out in the cleo
ic installation fitted up by these well b
Iown electricians to the owners de- G.
ms. as well as in everything else; t,
e fullest advantage having been tax a
of the electric light to facilitate the W
x-;ra+iou end working of the ship, n