The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-16
new sHIPSsF0R
q coast TRAFFIC.
PACIFIC COAST COMPANY MAY
~ ADDsTx SHIPS TO ITS FLEET
.c WITHIN THREE YEARS.

s. SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. : The
plans for tie new steamers to be built
by the Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
pany for the Coast trade have been
completed and yesterday the contract
lOi the construction of the first was
awarded to the New York Ship Build.
ing Company of Camden, New Jersey.
The new steamer will be larger, more
powerful and in every way an advance
on the steamer now operating under
1.-THE sign of the Maltese cross between
seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego.
!, The new Coast liner, the name of
which has not yet been decided, is to
be 44O feet inches in length and SO
feet in beam. 1t will have displace-
.ment of 10000 tons, its engines will
develop 1000 horsepower and it will
smalxe about 1914 knots.
p The vessel is to be built in accord
Snce with the rules of the American
bureau of shipping for its highest
class, "A1, ;" for twenty years. This
means that the ship will be fireproof
and unsuitable. In the double bottom
will be sixteen watertight compart-
v,ments. There will be ten watertight
Abullxheads, all extending TO the upper
deck except the afterpeak bulkhead,
which extends to the main deck.
There will be four complete steel
decks, for main cargo matches on the
lower deck and six cargo ports on each
side of the vessel. For handling cargo
the most improved gear and the main
matches will be served by eight steam
winches.
49, There will be accommodations for
400 first class passengers, 100 in the
second class and 100 in the third class.
Large and commodious quarters will
he ~ divided for officers and crew. The
navigating bridge will be 81 feet 6
inches above the keel and will extend
beyond the beam of the ship three feet
on each side This will enable the
navigator to see along the side of the
ship when making landing, to further
aid which powerful searchlights will be
installed where they will be of most
use
The smoking room will be on the
boat deck, aft of the bridge, and on
the after end of this deck will be
ballroom with polished floor thirty
four by forty feet and entirely free
from any obstruction that would inter
fere with dancing. This room will be
entirely inclosed, but well ventilated,
and in the daytime will be used as a
playroom for children.
On the bridge and forecastle deck
will be a large observation room with
two bay windows on each side. In this
room, which will be handsomely fur.
','nished, will be the ships library.
In the arrangement of passenger
quarters the new ship promises to be
the passenger managers dream come
true, for every room will be an outside
room. There will be many suites and
rooms with private baths.
I, A special feature of the new ships
will be the second cabin accommoda,
J lions. Second class passengers will
have eommodious staterooms and a
large, comfortable dining room. They
will have promenade decks reserved to
thenselve In improving the second
cabin accommodations the company is
getting in line with the railroads with
all of which the steamship company
now maintains interchangeable ar
engagements.
The contract for the second steamer
probably will be let as soon as the
work on this first addition to the fleet
is well started. Although the company
officials here will not confirm the re-
port, it is said that the company will
build at least six new steamers before
the opening of the Panama Canal.