Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-24
BIGGEST OCEAN LINERS
GIGANTIC SHIPS TO JOIN
ATLANTIC CARRYING
FLEET.
Two NEW FLOATING PALACES
WILL CARRY 5000 PEOPLE

Olympic and Titanic Will Be $50 Feet
Long, Seventy Feet Longer Than Any
Ship Afioat-To Have All the Splens
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 a 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 800 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 a crew of 600.
Each vessel will have nine steel decks.
and on the upper of these there will
be spacious entrance hall, dining
saloons, smoking rooms, libraries, wo-
mems parlors or drawing rooms, grill,
lounge rooms and restaurants as well
as main saloon about ninety feet
wide.
Skating Rink on Upper Deck.
One Of the upper decks is to be COM
pletely Enclosed 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 sun parlor or promenade, and 1t
will be large enough to enable several
hundred passengers to move about
with ease and comfort.
rooms complete flats will be available,
thus making it possible to cross the
Atlantic In the enjoyment Of all the
privacy Of ohe's own home. Ocean
going flats will comprise bedrooms
sitting rooms, private bathrooms and
even a 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 to
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 guest tire of this grand
chamber he can wander from one cafe
to another-each day have his meals
in different apartment. The verands
cafe will also be leading feature O.
these ships. 1t will be placed on ont
of the upper decks far astern, fully
fifty feet above the sea level, and as j
will be constructed with exposed raft
ers intwined with vines and creeping
plants and have latticed sides, it will
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 viii
control all these heavy steel doors
making it possible for single hand Il
close them all in almost an instant il
case of danger. Each of these door
will be electrically connected with ;
chart on the bridge, where each doc
will be represented by a small electri,
light, and when one of these door:
closes the light will burn red, bu
while it remains open the disk will b
quite dark The officer on the bridg
will thus be able to see at glanc
whether or not all the compartment
have been closed.
Yet another set of safety devices viii
guard against fire in any portion o
the vessel A series of thermostat
will be scattered throughout the grea
framework, SO arranged as to indicat
a. rise in the temperature above cel
tain point. Should the temperatur
reach the danger point, the fact vii
be Immediately communicated to tn
officer on the bridge by the ringin
Of an electric bell, while an electri
light on great chart Oh the wal, ": vi;
burn red.
The vessels will be Of the tripl
screw type and are designed for
speed of Fl knots an hour. Each shi
will have three propellers, and, like tn
big Cunarders. will carry four funnel
and two steel pole ventilator masts
They will also be fitted with wireless
installations and searchlights, as we
as the now inevitable daily bulleti
newspaper.
The Olympic will be launched mex
September. The Titanic win go ovel
board a few months later.
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