New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-12
WORLDS BIGGEST LINER
TO COST S1O,OOO,0OO
North German Lloyd Awards
Contract for Ship of $4,000
Tons, $50 Feet Long.
TO BE COMPLETED IN 1914
Germany Goes It's Rivals One
Better-Lloyds to Expand
Service to Orient by
Panama Canal.

The North German Lloyd Line AWARDED
Yesterday a contract for the buildlhg VI
the largest steamship in the world, at a
cost of S1OOcO,0OO. According TO ad-
vices received yesterday from the nome
office Of the line, in Bremen, the ne"
steamship will be $4,000 tons gross ana
o5O feet long a tonnage and length that
will exceed that of the Hamburg Amerl-
can liner Imperator, OF about oo'Voo
tons. and the Cunarder Aquitania, now
in course of construction. The Titanic,
which sailed from Southampton on
"Wednesday. with her 5000 tons, is the
largest steamship now in commission.
While the announcement that the
company had decided to build the big
gest merchantmen in the world was re-
ceived with much interest at this port
it is generally believed that 1t is fore
runner of a gigantic policy of colistruc-
tion and expansion that the North Ger
man Lloyd Line has been contemplating
ever since the definite completion OF the
Panama Canal became known.
Herr Philip Heineken recently spent
two weeks iu San Francisco, where he
made a careful inspection Of the docking
facilities Of that city. that he might be
prepared 10 purchase a terminal for the
North German Lloyd's contemplated
service from Bremen to the Orient. via
the Panama Canal. with San Francisco
as an important midway port of call.
Another significant feature Of the
Lloyds contract for the new s10000,00O
liner is that i'm awarding it Germany
has gone one step further In the keen
competition that is raging between the
allied German and English lines. The
Cunard Line held supremacy for the
biggest ships until the White Star Line
built the Olympic and the Titanic, each
OF which was 1900 tons greater than
the Lusitania and the Mauretania.
Later the Hamburg American Line
began construction of the 5O,OOO-ton I'm
perator, which will be ready next year.
Hardly had her keel been laid when the
Cunard Line 9nnounced its plans for the
Aouitanla, to be of greater tonnage than
the Imperator. Germany then went into
second place until the present announce
ment of yhe Lloyd Lines new 54,OO0-ton
steamship.
Meanwhile for the sake Of protection
and for additional strength. especially
in the South American trade, Lord Pr
RE. the builder Of the Olympic and
Titanic and a heavy stockholder in the
White Star Line, and Sir owen Phillips
formed a combination Of lines including
the combined fleets of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company. the Elder
Dempster Line. the Pacific Steam Nav
igation Company and the Lamport &
Holt Line.
The Schichau Shipbulding Company,
Of Dantzic. Germany, which has obtained
the contract TO build the new ship. has
agreed 10 deliver her in August. 1911
She will be used in the New York, Lon
don. Paris and Bremen express service
The proposed monster of the North
German Lloyd Line will have Quadrupe
screws driven by reciprocating and tur-
bine engines. capable Of giving a main
tained speed OF twenty-three knots.
which will insure a passage Of express
train certainty. No berths will be in
stalled on the ship. as all staterooms
will have bedsteads.
According to the instructions given to
Professor Bruno Paul. Herr Schroeder
and Herr Poppe, the celebrated German
marine architects, the new vessel will
he the most ornate and luxurious steam
shin afloat. While NO name has beer
selected for her. IT is said that the COM
pany will choose one from dozen IL
lustrious Americans.