Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-20

NEW YORK, June 20.-The Olympic,
the White Star Lines new giantess
of the sea, is due in New York about
8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Messages
by wireless from the ocean greyhound
show that she has exceeded her esti
mated speed. From noon Saturday 70
Sunday she made 542 knots, which is
only a shade less than an average of
y knots for each hsur of the twenty
four.
The gigantic size of the Olympic is
best appreciated when it is recalled
That in length this vessel overtops by
lS21z feet the height of the M%etropoli-
tan tower in New York-the highest
ONCE building in the world, and 1922
feet beyond the height of the new
Woolworth building now under con-
struction. 1t is four times as long as
the height of the famous Bunker Hill
monument and 1927 feet longer than
the height of the Washington mont
ment.
Up-to-Datc Features.
Bilge or hn-keels prevent the Olympic
from rolling, and it's machinery is the
unique combination of ,reciprocating
engines Operating the two wing pro-
pellors) and a low-pressure turbine
Operating the centre propellor)-an
ideal arrangement which has been
tested thoroughly and found most
satisfactory from an engineering point
of view in the White Star Lines
Canadian service steamer Laurentic,
The Olympic has eleven steel decks.
Three elevators in the first class and
one in the second class provide a COM
Portable means of access between decks,
which, o. ships so vast as these,
the passenger much effort.
On the topmost deck-cheerfully
named the sun" deck-one finds a
commodious. open promenade with a
large area for deck-sports. All the en-
ticing outdoor anne that seem ex-
clusively identified with the pleasant
hours aboard ship are played here, and
the arden devotee of the putter and
the niblick can keep in top trim by
assiduous attention to the fascinating
pastime, "deckgolf," with its 18-hole
purse Here also is located the roomy
gymnasium with its complete equip
ment. Forward are the officers QUAR-
tiers and the wheel-house and chart
srooms.
Among other special attractions for
passengers in the first class are the
Turkish and electric bath establish
ment, completely equipped with a hot
room, temperate room, cooling room,
shampoo rooms and massage rooms
but more notably the adjoining large
saltwater swimming pool, of even
greater dimensions than that on tbs
company's well-known steamer Adri-
attic, which was the first ship to be
equipped with these delightful innova-
tons. The remarkable dimensions o!
the olympic have also made 1t possible
to introduce for the pleasure of pas
sengers a full-sized tennis and hand
ball court, thirty feet long, extending
through two decks, where these exer'
cises may be INDUCED in.
In the second class the preparations
for the comfort of passengers are
thorough. On the promenade and bridge
decks are situated the library ano
smoke room, and on the saloon decl
a great dining hall, seating 400. The
grand dining-room in the frst-clas;
seats $50.
In third class the rooms and berths
are all comfortable, and special rooms
for families and two-berth rooms fol
married couples are provided. Large
dining saloons. lounges, smoke room:
and social halls are provided for pas
sengers in the third class.
The Olympic is scheduled in the fasi
mail service of White Star Lines New
York : Plymouth-C herbourg- Southamp
ton.