Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-03
are so arranged that they can supply

the weather, while the air in the cab
ins can be totally changed six o.
eight times in an hour.
! Ventilating fans, 16 larger ones o
! SO horsepower each, are fitted TO
supplying forced draft to the 25 boil
ers.
In the extensive kitchens of the
Mauretania electricity Is called upor
to play an important role, and 1t may
interest some housewives to learr
that one range alone has a frontage
of about sixty feet and includes 6
roaster with four vertical spits rota'
ted by an electric motor, these spit:
being capable of dealing with half G
ton of meat at time.
This Is in addition to a smaller
roaster with three spits, driven in the
same manner. In the bakery electri,
city is employed to operate large
dough- machine capable OF
making bread for at least 5000 per-
sons.
tus driven by this wonderful unseen
power are three circular knives fol
slicing ham and bacon, four potato
peelers, a whisking machine, several
egg boilers numerous hot plates fol
keeping the food warm, five plate
washing machines and two 12-quar'
freezers for making Ice cream for the
passengers, a cold-storage plant and
an electrical printing press which
enables the Cunard Daily Bulletin to
be published on board.
Some idea of the size Of this vessel
may be obtained when 1t Is mention
ed that over 200 miles Of wires and
cables are fitted throughout the ship
The electric bell and telephone in
stallation on the Mauretania surpass
anything hitherto attempted In con-
nection with ship work. Bell push
buttons have been fitted in the vari-
Gus cabins, while telephones, OF
which there are upwards Of 100 are
in numerous parts Of the ship and In
all the best rooms.
Apart from the Marconi wireless
telegraph outfit, which enables pas
sengers to learn all that Is going on
in the world, just as If they were IN
a first-class hotel in st. Louis or Lon
don instead Of miles from land,
means has been provided for coup
ling the ship up to the city telephone
exchange when lying alongside the
landing stages at Liverpool or New
York, thus enabling passengers to
communicate with their friends or 10
transact business the moment the
vessel touches the quay, or to say
good-by to friends in distant parts OF
the city up to the time the boat leaves
land.
Electricity also plays an important
part in the safety devices on board
this wonderful ship, as for instance,
showing the officer in charge, which
water-tight doors are actually closed
and what navigating lamps are lit.
It Is also employed to operate the
foghorn from the wheelhouse, and
for the system Of fire alarms, in con-
nection with which there are 3S alarm
push buttons in prominent parts OF
the vessel.
Four electric searchiights are~ear-
ried on board. and, in addition to the
usual complement of lifebuoys when
every ship carries, two special ouoys
have been provided for use at night.
These, upon being released by press
ing a button automatically light a
flare upon striking the water. thus in
dicating their position. Mention must
also be made of the system of cleo
trio clocks, which are placed in the
various saloons and important situa-
tions throughout the ship.
The electric installation on this YES
sci represents about $325,0OO value
or some fifteen times the cost or the
electric equipment on an average At
lantic liner.-St. Louis Post Dispatch