The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16

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NEW Z STEAMSHIP MAURITANIA
3g STARTS TO-DAY ON TRIAL ,
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NEW YORK Nov. The new.
quadruple screw turbine steamship
Mauretania sails on her maiden trip
from Liverpool for New York to-day.
simultaneously her sister ship, the "a.
NOUS Lusitania, which Is few hun.
dre1 tons less. started from this port
for Liverpool. Tomorrow morning
the Mauritania will begin herrun from
the start Of the ocean race course on
Daunt's Book, near Queenstown.
! It is said to be the intention Of the
line to have the Mauritania; which
made n better showing on her trial
trip than the Lusitania, heat the time
Of the latter notwithstanding vesse,
on the trip they begin toSether- Tho
trial run of the Mauretpnia was from
carsewell Point to Lans End. a Ms,
lance OF 400 miics. and thelehlp min.
tanned speed of 27h knots. Thu
Mauretania has 900 tons more regis.
tered tonnage thnn the Lusitanla and
Is five feet longer, mating It the ,arg.
est vessel in existence. There has
also been spent upon her interior dec.
orations and tapestries 100000 moro
than upon those Of the Lusl,anla.
The Mauretania was built by Swan.
Hunter & Wigham Richardson, at
their shipyards on the Tyne. and the
builders believe that she will eclipse
the Lusltania in speed. She Is 100
feet long, IS feet beam, co feet mould.
ed depth, 32,5Oo tons gross, $4,000 tons
displacement, 81 feet G inches load
draught, with tunnels 1855 feet high.
The diameter OF the tunnels Is "a
feet, and the height OF mast ZIG feet.
There are many reasons for believ-
Ing that the new Mauritania. on her
Initial trip, will surpass even the great
Lastania. The trial trips of the two
vessals We're made under similar con.
ditions, and the Mauretania eclipsel
her sister ship in speed by an average
of half a knot. These preliminary
trials were carried out with the hull
Of the Manretanin In very. dirty con.
dillon, and with part OF The launching
ways still alhering. For that she has
been put into perfect condition in
a dry dock at Liverpool, 1t appears per:
fectly safe that she will maintain 4
mean speed OF a6k knots In the trim
across the Atlantic. This means that
the fortunate traveller who has secured
passage on the first trip of the new
ocean giant VIII be wilisited through
the seas at speed of thirty miles an
hour
The Mauretania, like the Lustania,
Is equipped with turbine machinery.
While the old style reciprocating Ell.
slnes still have many champions. tho
success OF the Lusitania would seem to
Indicate that their days are numbered.
Economy of fuel, greater speed and the
absence of vibration are the claims OF
superiority for the turbine engines.
The only important disadvantage OF
this type OF power for ocean liners is
Its nonreversibility. The use Of tur.
bincs allows Of a great division of
power. and advantage is taken Of this
In the Mauretania by equipping it with
four propeller shafts. AS about TO-
600 horse power Is necessary to drive
the boat at 20 knots, this division is
absolutely required. The four tur.
bines. arranged about the center Of
the ship. are on about the same level.
tending to great stability. Two OF the
four are high pressure turbines, and
two are low pressure, corresponding to
the high and law pressure cylinders Of
reclprocating engine. The steam
enters the high pressure turbines from
the boilers. and, after performing its
work In them, passes into the low
pressure turbines before reaching the
condenser. 1t Is then condensed and
again returned to the boilers. II
II the propelling machinery Of the
Mauretania is wonderful, the boiler
equipment is none the less amazing.
There are In all twenty-five boilers.
Each Is double.cnded and fixed from
both ends. The installation is prac.
tically equivalent to one OF fifty boil
ers OF n size almost unprecedented In
ship building. These boilers will con-
slime. OIL m average, one ton Of coal
and evanorate FIVE tons of water every
minute. All the auxiliary machinery
81, tb9 Mauretania is on an equally
large scale. The condensers, with
their myriad tubes, give the imnres-