The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-11-17
MAYOR GILLAND'S TRIP
ACROSS The ATLANTIC.
AN OCEAN LINER---A BUR IAL AT
SEA---OTHER INTERESTING
INCIDENTS.
Editor County Record

first trip across the Atlantic may be
of interest to some of your many
subscribers, | take pleasure in hand
ing you a cursory sketch of the
many incidents of our trip, which be-
gan on September l.
1t is impossible for one to imagine
the bigness of the modern trans-At-
lantic liner or to appreciate the
completeness of the equipment, and
for that reason will describe some
of the features of the S S Oscar II,
of the Scandinavian-American Line,
the ship on which we sailed from
Hoboken, N J, to Copenhagen, Den
mark. The ships of this line, howe
ever, which require twelve days to
cross the Atlantic, are hardly more
than one-half the size of the larger
and faster boats which require only
from five to six days to make the
passage across. This will give you
some idea of the size and power of
the larger liners when compared
with the dimensions and accommo-
dations of the Oscar II, which is
built entirely of steel, $40 feet long,
58 feet wide and AZ feet from keel
to upper deck. The ship is lighted
throughout by electricity and dur
ing cold and stormy weather all of
the rooms, halls and saloons are
heated by steam. Although we
were able to make only Is miles per
hour, this ship was equipped with
two propellers of bronze II l-2 feet
in diameter which are driven by two
triple-expansion engines of 5000
horse power. Steam for the en-
gines and heating purposes is fur
nished by seven boilers with
twenty-eight firing places. The
passengers are accommodated on the
three decks, all of which are over
built, the steerage passengers being
on the first or main deck, which is
over built both fore and aft, and
of course, being in each end of the
boat, is rather an undesirable place
to live during rough and stormy
weather. The accommodations for
the second and first class pass engers
are to be found in the over building
amidship, that is, in the middle of
the ship, where the rolling of the
boat in rough weather is less than
in any other part of the ship. The
first class passengers are quartered
on the forward part of the upper
deck and on the promenade deck
and the second class passengers are
accommodated entirely on the upper
deck. Third class or steerage pas
sengers are not allowed to go up
on the upper or promenade deck,
and second class passengers are
permitted to enter upon only linn
tied portion of the upper deck and
are not permitted to go up on the
promenade deck, while the first class
passengers have the privilege of
going anywhere, except in the
engine and boiler rooms. Except
for the privileges allowed the pas
sengers Of the first and second class
there is practically very little differ
ence in the accommodations of these
two classes. In fact, the staterooms
are Identical in comfort and ar
rangement and are separated on
the ship by a small passage-way
only, bat the dining-room for the
first class is somewhat superior to
that offered the second class cabin
passengers, both in service and the
quality of food provided. The first
class dining-room can accommodate
about one hundred passengers, the
second cabin dining-rooom about
two hundred and fifty and in the
third Class or steerage from 500 to
1000 passengers may be accommo-
dated. In both the first and second
cabins large and comfortable smok-
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