The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-16

shore tho sounds conveyed through
the water from tho distant object were
heard through the receiver OF the inIc-
rophonc. These arrangements arc
called tho ships ears and whether tho
sounds came from one side Of the ves-
sci or The other. the officers could tell
inc location of the shore or ship nnar-
bS. ii botn ears record. the object is
ahead.
Steamship companies. reallzia, tnut
even despite their precautions, tier
ahips may founder, have gone So rar
as 10 provide against loss OF passeay-
crs ana crew even in this event. l.spc-
cially interesting We're tho Tuunic's
small boats and Loat-dayit3 whi,. a..
wen as forming attractive decorations
TO INC Dig vessel seem to nave proved
their Usefulness Most of the boats
were Kept ordinarily OH the boat deck
always ready for use. On th,. ,rttnnIn
'h.fe were about twenty boats ara
rats the boats thirty tee: onx ana
eath capable of holding abou. sixty
p,"rl" nese boats are provided .sitn
last for several days.
some OF the worst calainities IN ms,
steamship accidents have nanncn,I
from the inability OF the crew. IN
handle Tile boats nicely betwcen ,ha
ucek and the water. On the Titanic
"aS no chance to bunglc matters
ior we daVits were worked electrlca1lv
uns out IN such Il manner ay
10 crop the small boat clear OF M
ship sidc With these new dawn.
10 possible" to embark the passcIr
CTS IN INC email boats while the bo;,i :
are still aboard tic vessel
Hotel and Residence.
ihere are but few OF the details tina,
vert to make up the 100000 cost Of
~
steamships have been dcycrib,d "a.
hoatins hotels. but The owners OF ,hi.
vessel the White star Line, describe
hfr as combination Of floating no,r
anu private residences, iur more Than
any othei vessel. even her sister ship.
me olympic, she WAS built 10 accom-
inodht. any demand for accommodn
Won mat might be put on her 1t was
possible on the T!tanic to have am
apartment as complete in de,atl as IN.
lhcst city home. even TO the matter
OF ilrcpiaccs
This was the first a:icmpt OF the IT.
tahic 10 cross the Atlantic, for SIN.
tainc from the yards II Harland &
OIL Lth her builders. Ut queens Is
idhd' Belfast. only month or go ago
after having been launched on tho Last
daE OF May. 1911 In every thing but
SPeca she represented the modern IDEAS
was Just little larger lhai her sister
sup the Olympic the biggest ship
mat mas entered this uort Her lenr,hl
Is es2 feet six inches and width OIL
nihety-two feet would !ust nicely MI
me space between tho Curbs on Irifth
avenue AID her DEPTH was loi feet,
inside OF the srca, steel hull th,re
were eight steel decks, known as the
boat, promenade. bridge. shelter saloon.
mere were others known as orlups.
hut not listed as real decks. Nobody
mas yet taken the trouble TO figure
no" inany tons n steel there " ere I'm
tue vessel herself, but her owners nave
put the stamp Of tho largest vessel
d h"at on her by thair statement that
enc was OF i6.82S gross tons. or a few
hundred more than the Olympic. AS
s 'nc rested in the water she displaced
49," tons OF water. 1t was only
through her construction that ship
b"!iuerS learned what this M .ant. for
now they lind that tho lisplacinG of
suSh volume of water by "A moving
SNIP causes a dangerous suction. I'll
VIII be recalled that this suction was
sufiscient. when the Titanic was leav-
ING Liverpool last week, to cause tho
hawseis on the steamship New York
10 snap as tile big ship went by. and
me smaller one was drawn from her
berth almost Into collision. 1
Planned nh Ocean Ferry.
Two main ideas were carried out in
tho Titanic. One was comfort and the
other stability. The vessel was planned |
10 be an ocean ferry. She was to have
only a speed OF twenty.one knots, far
below that Of some other vessels. but
she was planned TO make thai; speed. |
blow high or blow low, so that il she
left ono side Of the OCEAN at given
time she could be relied on to reach,,
the other side a almost Il certain min
ute Of certain hour. So sh. was |
equipped with "A combined .ype OF Ne |
sens, generating 5000 horsepower, |
which would drive her through any |
weather.