The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-03-11

pany of Savannah, launched their new
vessel, CITY of Montgomery" Miss
Helen Camp Steiner, daughter or
Major Robert E. Steiner of Montgom-
erv. Ala, who il one of the Directors
Of the Central of Georgia Railway,
christened the ship as she left the
ways.
Next month her sister ship, CITY
Getty of st. Louis to be Launched
each steamer will start on its maiden
voyage during the early summer.
ONLY twice in the history of coast
wise ship-building, namely, the city
of Atlanta" and the "City Of Column
bus" and now the two new coastw1se
steamships under construction side
by side for the same company, the
"Citv of st. Louis is to be launched
thirty days from now, has been under
taken. These two steamers, City OF
Montgomery" and the City or o.
Louis" intended for service between
New York and Savannah, Georgia, for
the popular Savannah Line are to be
the Luisitania and Mauretainia OF the
coastwise traffic in the matter Of size
and luxurious appointment. Hitherto
the plan of construction in coastW1se
steamers has been a single steamer
now and then with long spaces OIL
time between.
The traffic, both passenger and
freight between the metropolis or the
East and the Metropolis of the
South has grown SO tremendously
that the Savannah Line found itself
hard-pressed last year for tonnage with
which to handle its enormously in
increasing business. Even with the
crack City of Savannah" now queen
OF the cOastwise traffic, which was
launched a couple of years ago from
the shipyards at Chester, Pa, the
company found its facilities entirely
Inadequate and orders were placed
early last year for two large steamers
with the shipbuilders at Newport
News, Va.
The City of Montgomery has, there
fore, the distinction of making her
debut first into the waters OF the
Chesapeake.
1t is entirely fitting that the Savan-
nah Line, known since the early days
Of shipbuilding and coastwise service
as the Ocean Steamship Company OF
Savannah, which was the pioneer in
the coastWise service of the Atlantic
seaboard should aspire to the loftlest
and most expressive ideas in the con-
struction of it's vessels. Thus, since
the days of the famous "Rapidan"-a
wooden vessel of 86S tOns-the sue
ceeding members of the famous Savan-
nah Line fleet have changed from
wood into iron and from iron into
steel and have grown larger and more
comfortable with each succeeding
launching. The acme of coastwise
shipbuilding has not yet been reached,
but in the City of Montgomery" and
the "City Of st. Louis" there will be
two examples of luxury afioat such as
the greatest dreamers of fifty years
ago would never have even dreamt
Great, wide decks, nearly fifty feet
across from rail to rail, with dining
saloons allowing an unrestricted view
of the ocean, sheltered decks and sun
decks rising forty feet above the sur
face of the ocean form only few OF
the attractions of the "City of Mont
gomery" and the City of st. Louis"
A length of over 400 feet and a ton
mage of 5000 make these twin steam
ers the very essence Of comfort and
safety between the Northern and the
Southern ports.
An interesting feature of the con-
struction of these steamers has been
the attention paid to the demands OF
varying climatic changes. Thus,
travellers leaving New York in the
face OF Northern blizzard will find
comfortable, steam-heated rooms,
warm and cOngenial lOunging rooms,
music rooms and coy corners to make
them forget that they are on the ocean
instead of modern hotel As soon
as the climatic change occurs, south
of Hatteras, the ventilation and cool
Ing apparatus on board these steam
ers will aid them in bearing comfort
ably the balmy air of the Southland
In the same manner will those COM
ing from the South be assisted gently
i'm the change from warmth to the
chillier atmosphere Of the Northern
winter.
Water tight compartments, safety
signals, submarine bells, wireless tel
egraphy and all the other modern
devices for the safety of human life
at sea have been or will be installed
on the new steamers before they are
finally placed in commission.
Ten suites-de-luXe, consisting oil
large bedrooms with private bath
room, have been arranged for on the
new twins. The bathrooms are fin
ished in tile and delicate cOlOrs with
hot and cold running water, both salt
and fresh. The bedrooms have brass
bedsteads instead of the usual hunks
and the appearance OF the suites is or
the order of the finest hotel suites
ashore. Delicate draEeries, settees
writing tables, lounges and comfort.
able armchairs form combination tha1
will appeal to even the most hardened
traveller who demands the very best
i'm steamship accommodations.
Each stateroom on the new steam
ers has an electric ian and electric
lights. There are accommodation
for 1876 passengers OF the tirst-clas, 81
in the intermediate class, which viii
b. housed i'm three-berth rooms, com
fortably finished, and 81 in the steer
age, for which class also generous and
comfortable provision has been made
A unique feature in coastwise travel
on the City of st. Louis" will be the
barber-shop and the newsstand on
board these steamers. The delights
of a morning shave have hitherto
been denied the coastwise traveller
unless he happened to be an expert
with the razor himself For those
who do not use the suits-de-luxe there
are numerous shower baths and reg
ular baths, To b. had free upon appli-
cation to the -purser.
a. "a seance i'm the smoking room IL
always q source OF delight to the av-
erage male passenger on these delight
full trips to the sunny South, special