The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-26
INIPERATOR GREATEST SHIP.
Nearly Fifth of Mile Long. Speed of
221s Knots, Luxurious Craft.

The S. S. Imperator opens a new
chapter in marine history. The great
liner is not only the largest ship in
the world, but establishes new stand
ards by the completeness of her me-
chanical equipment, her safety devl-
ces and the variety and luxury of her
cabins. The Imperator is the latest
addition to the fleet of the Hamburg
American line, measures 919 feet in
length, or almost one-ffth of a mile,
SO feet in width or that of the great
boulevard, and has tonnage of So
900. Her powerful quadruple turbine
engines drive her at an average speed
of % 1-2 knots, crossing the Allan
tic in six days. She is manned by a
crew of 1,1S0.
No hotel on either side of the At
lantic offers it's guests so great a
choice of dining rooms, ball rooms,
winter gardens, and palm rooms,
grill rooms, smoking rooms, gymnas-
iums, roof gardens, public baths and
luxurious lounges, says a New York
special The leading decorators of
Europe have been entrusted with the
decorations of the Imperator's cabins,
and each is a masterpiece in its indi-
vidual style.
The great size of the Imperator has
made it possible to give her some of
the most spacious rooms ever enjoyed
on shipboard. The main lounge, which
may be converted into ball room, is
hung with Gobelin tapestries and
equipped with practical stage for
theatrical performances. An unusual
amount of space has been set aside
for an elaborate winter garden with
wealth of tropical vegetation. There
is a running track, an elaborate Ro-
man bath and swimming pool, and
variety of Russian, mineral and elec-
trio baths with skilled attendants,
florist, candy and book shop, a public
stenographer, a Photographic dark
room, electric elevators, and every
conceivable appointment to assure
luxury and variety throughout the
Atlantic crossing.
The grand dining saloon seats over
600 persons and occupies two decks,
extending the full width of the ship.
In the Ritz-Carlton restaurant dis
tinctive cuisine may be enjoyed, while
still further variety is afforded by the
grill room, the winter garden and
,veranda cafe, which is comparable to
roof garden. Among the original
features of the Imperator are the
smaller dining saloons, available for
private dinner parties and the break
fast rooms of the private suites.
The familiar Sea phrase "ship-
shape" has a special significance as
applied to the eight kitchens of the
Imperator. TO economic the space,
which is so valuable on shipboard, the
kitchens are equipped with the new
est time and labor-saving devices
which are operated by electricity.
There are ingenious electrical plate
washers, knife-cleaning machines,
silver polishing machines, electric egg
cookers, water filters, etc., Connect
ed with the kitchens are enormous
storerooms and cold storage rooms
besides innumerable pantries, bars,
taps and mess rooms. A series of
electric elevators carry the foods
quickly from the kitchens to the sa-
loon decks.
The kitchen personnel is directed
by two chief chefs, one presiding
over first cabin kitchens, the second
for the Ritz-Carlton restaurant, as
sisted by a staff of 116 assistant cooks
and kitchen functionaries. The staff
includes five pastry cooks, five butch
ers and a special sauce chef. There
is head washer assisted by 21 silver
and glass cleaners. An additional
staff of 62 stewards assist in the pre-
paration of the meals and as many
more in the subsequent work. The
total serving personnel of the 1mper-
ator comprises more than 500 per-
sons.
The cold storage rooms for meats,
fowl, vegetables, butter, milk, eggs
and canned goods, the wine cellars
and beer cellars, are among the larg-
est of their kind in the world. The
Imperator takes on board for a seven
day voyage between New York and
Hamburg some 48,500 pounds of
fresh meats, $4,000 eggs and 121,-
600 pounds of potatoes. The larder,
besides, contains 27,500 pounds of