New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-22
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BIGGEST OF all
OCEAN LINERS.
Gigantic Ships to Join the At
lantic Fleet.
EACH CARRYING 5000 PEOPLE.

Long, Seventy Feet Longer Than Any
| Ship Afloat-To Have All the Spleen
| doris Of Great Hotel and Big Salt
| Water Swimming Bath.
Near the end of the year 1911 there
will cross the Atlantic ocean the great
est steamship that ever drove past
Sandy Hook on its way to New York
| vessel that exceeds by seventy feet
the length of the giant Cunarders, the
| Lusitania and Mauretania When these
| great vessels came out many of those
who looked at the majestic sisters felt
sure that in these two the last word in
marine construction had been reached.
But the Olympic. now under con-
struction at Belfast. Ireland, for the
White Star line, exceeds these two in
size by almost as great margin as
the Lusitania and Mauretania exceed
the older Lucania and Campania The
newer Cunarders are 100 feet in length.
The length of the White Star giantess
is $50 feet. The Cunarders have a
beam of IS feet; that of the Olympic
is 90 feet. In displacement the new
vessel exceeds the older ones by 5000
tons. She will not be endowed with
the high speed of the ocean grey
hounds.
Titanic, sister vessel to the Olym-
pic, is also under construction at Bel
fast, but the work upon this other
vessel is not as far advanced as it
is on the Olympic. Each ship will
have accommodations for 5000 pas
Sengers and for crew of 600.
Each vessel will have nine steel decks,
and on the upper Of these there will
be a spacious entrance hall, dining
saloons, smoking rooms, libraries, wo-
mems parlors or drawing rooms, grill,
lounge rooms and restaurants as we'll
as a main saloon about ninety feet
wide.
Skating Rink on Upper Deck.
One of the upper decks is to be COM
pletely inclosed to serve as ballroom
or skating rink. Instead of canvas
partitions or awnings to keep out the
wind and rain the whole will be in
closed with glass windows similar to
those in railway carriages. By day
this spacious apartment may be used
as a sun parlor or promenade, and it
will be large enough to enable several
hundred passengers to move about
with ease and comfort.
In addition to extended suits Of
rooms complete flats will be available,
thus making it possible to cross the
Atlantic in the enjoyment of all the
privacy of ones own home. Ocean
going fats will comprise bedrooms
sitting rooms, private bathrooms and
even private library. all en- suite
Cabins with private shower baths at,
tached, a great salt water swimming
bath large enough to permit Of diving
and we'll equipped gymnasium are tc
be among the features which will be
introduced.
Veranda Cafe on Board.
The main dining saloon will be fur
nished to seat 600 persons at once
and should a guest tire of this grand
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to another-each day have his meal:
in different apartment. The yerandi
! cafe will also be a leading feature O.
these ships 1t will be placed on on
of the upper decks far astern, full.
fifty feet above the sea level, and as i
will be constructed with exposed raft
ers intwined with vines and creeping
plants and have latticed sides, it viii
: make the illusion of cafe at the sea
. side almost perfect.
Precautions Against Danger.
Each steamer will be divided int
upward of thirty steel compartment
: separated by heavy bulkheads. Al
automatic device on the bridge will
control all these heavy steel doors
making it possible for single hand t
t close them all in almost an instant il
= case Of danger. Each Of these door
j will be electrically connected with
4 chart on the bridge, where each doc
2 will be represented by a small electro
/ light. and when one of these door
! closes the light will burn red, blu
g while it remains open the disk will b
q quite dark The officer on the bridg
t will thus be able to see at glanc
8 whether or not all the compartment
6 have been closed.
; Yet another set Of safety devices wi
guard against fire in any portion 9
$ the vessel. A series of thermostat
d will be scattered throughout the grea
y framework, so arranged as to indicat
s a rise in the temperature above cel
d tain point. Should the temperatur
d reach the danger point. the fact wi
T be Immediately communicated to til
4 officer on the bridge by the ringin
8 Of an electric bell, while an elecri
n light on great chart on the wall wi
n burn red.
s The vessels will be Of the trip
o screw type and are designed for
p speed Of q knots an hour. Each shi
e will have three propellers, and, like tt
n big Cunarders. will carry four funne
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