Las Vegas optic., 1913-05-27
GIANT STEAMER S
WELCOME is
PLANNED
IMMENSE CROWD OF NEW YORK
ERs WILL VIEW ARRIVAL OF
THE IMPERAToR

New York, May 27.-Now that the
date has been positively set for the ar
rival here Of the giant steamship I'M
perator, on the eighteenth of June, all
New York is busy polishing up opera
glasses, telescopes and field glasses
for the first peep at the mightiest yes
sci afloat. Probably the greatest crowd
that has packed the Battery and the
river front since the return of Admiral
Dewey's victorious fleet will greet the
leviathan. The Imperator will leave
Hamburg on her maiden trip on June
III, and doubtless there will be some
among the crowd to welcome her on
her arrival here who saw the Great
Eastern on her arrival here more than
half century ago. The giant piers
necessary for the docking of this mon
ster vessel over which there has been
so much discussion will be completed
and will themselves come in for much
attention, though it will be the Imper-
atCr that all New York is planning to
turn out to see. This vessel, which is
the largest in the world and which will
carry the population of a good-sized
town, is 919 feet, or nearly fifth Of a
mile, in length Incidentally she is
the first ship to be built with length
of more than 900 feet Could she be
stood on end beside the Woolworth
Building, the tallest slkyscraper in the
world, she would tower above it by
$50 feet. Her beam Of 9S feet is equal
to the width of the city's widest boul-
evards. In addition she will tower as
high above the water as a seven story
building, her promenade deck being 81
feet above the sea, while the mast
heads will be $50 feet above the keel
Her wireless equipment, which is the
most powergful afloat will keep the
vessel constantly in touch with the
shore. In addition to her so life boats
the Imperator will carry two power life
boats, equipped with wireless. Among
other novelties will be a swimming
pool and the replacing of the old-fash
ioned berths by beds in most of the
staterooms. The Imperator is really {
double ship, and in addition to beini
the largest is the first vessel to b
lbuilt with a complete double skin. al
together her arrival here next week il
likely to mark the most importan
epoch in the marine history Of thi
port since Robert Fulton steamed III
the Hudson.
Thevine Pays Poorly
Some remarkable figures have jus
been completed by the police depart
ment showing the wages Of crime a
profession, if it may be called, Il
this city Combining all classes o
, thieves they show that property whicl
is never recovered is stolen each dsV
in the city to the extent Of $4t79, 0
+ more than $1,5OO,O0O annually Will
this total at first glance may seer
large it becomes comparatively smal
! when it is remembered that there ar
3 said to be in the neighborhood Of 10
> 900 crooks and suspicious character
: in the city capable Of attempting an
= of these Jobs. On this basis the avei
Iage thief's daily wage from his deprt
dations is only AZ cents, very mue
j smaller sum than he could earn at res
+ ular labor Cases of petit larceny fu
i nish the largest class of robberie
11,134 complaints covering crimes
d this sort having been received at hea'
8 quarters during the twelve months Co
v cred by this report Next in orde
i comes grand larceny with 9,751 case
e closely followed by burglary with S,4S
v cases. In spite of all that is heard
4 the city's pickpockets only S9S con
plants covering depredations of Il
light-fingered gentry were received
headquarters. That is only half Il
N number of plain holdups recorde
.. which amounted to 6sT in all. Ait
,g gether 1894 cases of thieyery Of
le
rs ~ 80