Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04

and In equipment and decoration will
ue tne nnest on the water. Tho new
vessels VIII have displacement of
10000 tons. They arc to be about
$40 feet long. with a beam of 80
Ieet, and the boat deck will be more
than 90 feet above tho water
Nelther the Olympic nor the Titanic
VIII be high-power boats, nor are their
nnes designed for great speed. 81 knots
oelng the average aimed at, as
asalhst the 20 of the Cunarders. An
immense amount of space, which In
tast boats is devoted to machinery.
VIII thus be saved for cabin accommo-
oation' The carrying capacity of the
great boats Will exceed that of any
afloat today by Mt least one-thlrd,
Each steamship Will carry. under nor
NAL conditions. more than 5000 per-
sons all told
The crew Will be the largest ever
employed on one merchant ship
more than 600 in all The monster
new liner VIII have nine steel decks.
The steamers are not only designed
10 eclipse everything else as yet
achieved In passenger shipbuilding as
regards the size, but in their novelty
of equipment as well. There will be a
large entrance hall. a spacious din
ing rooms smoking-room, library.
womcn's parlor, grill, and lounging
rooms, elaborately furnished to the
last detail
one Of the upper decks Is to be
completely inclosed to serve as ball
room or skating rink BY day this In
closure may be used rs a sun parlor
and promenade. II will be large
enough to accommodate several hun
dred passengers. In planning the
cabins of the new liners, the luxuries
of the most up-to-date hotels have
been kept in sight, and even improv-
ed upon. These boats Will offer not
only extended suites of rooms, but
complete flats. which will make it
possible TO cross the Atlantic while
enjoying all the privacy of ones own
home.
The Olympic and Titanic will be the
first steamers to offer cabins with
private baths attached. In addition,
there Will be great swimming bath
aboard both the Olympic and the
Titanic, large enough to permit OF
diving. gymnasium, the largest and
most completely equipped afloat. will
be found on each of the new boats.
The main dining saloon. which will
seat more than 600 passengers, will
be the largest single cabin on the ship.
and In Its furnishing and decoration
the most elaborate Should guest
tire of this apartment in the week he
is at sea, he can wander from one
cafe to another enjoying practically
as much variety as he might ashore.
a veranda cafe Will be built on one
of the upper decks far astern. looking
out over the sea, and about fifty feet
above the water. The decorations and
general management will carry out the
Idea of the open-air cafes of Southern
Eurore. The cafe will be erected with
exposed rafters entwined with vines,
and the sides will be latticed effects
TO make the Illusion of cafe at the
seaside as complete as possible.
Another novelty VIII be grill room.
The cabin will suggest an old English
chop house, with highbacked stalls OF
ancient oak. and broad, low tables It
will be possible at any hour of the day
or night for a passenger to use the
grill room. The palm garden will be
still another refuge for those who
weary of the confines of the ship dur
ing the passage.
A garden will be located on the sun
deck. and In the winter months will be
protected by a glass roof. Here Will
be found perhaps, the most complete
Illusion OF the hotel ashore. There will
be arbors artfully contriVed to give the
effect of gardens covered with vines
and flowers. The children's room of the
new liners will be the most sumptuous
apartment of Its kind ever attempted.
The new liners Will be as complete In
their safety devices as in their luXuri-
Gus equipment Each boat will be d.
vided into upward of 80 steel compart-
ments. separated by heavy bulkheads
An automatic device on the bridge will
control all these heavy steel doors,
making 1t possible for single hand to
close them all in case OF danger Each
of these doors IN turn will be electric
ally connected with a chart on the
bridge, and win be represented by small
electric lights. When one of these
doors closes. the light Will burn red The
officer on the bridge will thus be able
to see at a glance IL all of the COM
partments nre closed Still another set
of safety devices Will guard against
fire in every part of the ship.
A combination of turbine and recipro-
eating engines will propel the vessels.
IT is expected that a great economy
OF coal will be effected by this ar
The bcrths in Harland &
VOLTS yards, at Belfast, in which
those wonderful ships are being built
are each 1000 feet long. and capable of
bearing n dead weight of $1,000 tons
The Olympic is expected to be ready for
in the early autumn Of 1910
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