The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-21
MONARCH OF OCEAN
STEAMS into PORT
Olympia the Greatest Ship
Afloat, Reaches New
York Today.
fNational News Association


New York, June 21.-Tn the White
Star Lines Atlantic Hotel Olympia,
which steamed up New York harbor
this morning at s: so o'clock and moor
ed at q specially built dock, the largest
In America, the ocean has a culminat-
Ing type, combining with moderate
speed. spaciousness, luxury and safe
~.
This new hostelry Of Father Nep-
tune. the highest and longest and
heaviest skyscraper Of his realm,
weighs $1,000 tons. The new Wool
worth building In New York. the high
est In the world, Is to be $50 feet high,
but the Olympic is SS2La feet in
length.
When the tremendous craft steamed
through the Narrows, up the bay and
into North river to weigh anchor pull
ed by flock of snortng tugs, Bedlam
was let loose by the big whistles from
the reception accorded the stranger
was one In, proportion TO the import
ance of her maiden trip. which practi-
cally marks a new era in ocean travel.
The big super.leviathan wos gaily at
tired In flags of every color, size and
shape. and the Stars and Stripes and
the Union Jack floated from her top
masts.
An Impressive Sight.
II was an impressive sight. and one
could not but mediate upon the re-
markable. almost unbelievable figures
OF the size of this sea-mountain.
While her displacement Is $1,000 tons
OF water, her register is $4,000 tons
against $4,000 tons of the Lusitania.
The Olympic's breadth over all is 90
feet. 6 inches: height from bottom of
keel to top of captains house. 1O5
feet, z inches; distance from top of
funnel to keel. 175 feet: number OF
water.tight bulkheads, Is: passengers
carried, $500 and crew $50.
The colossal rudder which is to be
operated electrically. is of 100 tons
weight. the anchors weigh 1914 tons
oach the central, or turbine propel-
Ter, weighs 90 tons: and each of the
two swing propellers. 3S tons. Each
link In the anchor chain weighs 175
pounds. There are more than 1000
windows in the hotel.
There are fourteen levels, and if
one were to count the crows nest he
might figure fifteen. The depth OF
the hull Of the Olympic is Ga feet, 6
inches.
This floating Oarvansary Is prOpeil-
ed at a continuous sea speed Of q
knots by three screws, the two QUITE:
ones driven by two sets Of triple eX-
pansion engines, while the central one
Is worked by Parsons exhaust team
turbine. The total horsepower is
about $4,000.
Build Special Docks.
When the Olympic was planned
nothing was ready for her but the
Ambrose Channel. Harland and Wolff
had to build bigger yard and spend
q million for gantries or construction
frames. Belfast had to CONSTRUCT the
biggest dry dock in the world. There
was not freight car in England that
could transport the 190-ton stern
frame: traffic on both sides of the
railroad had to he stopped when it
was hauled from foundry to coast. and
railroad stations had to be partially
dismantled to let 1t pass. The London
and Southwestern Railway had to
spend 100000 In dredging a deeper
channel at Southampton. and it was
only on the threats of the New Lon
don and Montauk Point to provide ade.
quate docks that the merchants of
New York awoke from their sleep and
co-operated with the Dock Commits.
sioners In almost forcing the Secretary
Of War to override the Harbor Line
Board and grant the White Star line
the privilege Of extending experiment.
ally Its pier at Ninetee-th and Tween
tieth streets. North River. 100 fec. for
the reception Of the Olympic.