The Calumet news., 1913-03-06
LAUNCH LINER
AQUITANIA SOON
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Mammoth Cunarder, Largest Ship
Ever Built, Will Be FIoated
in a Month
ACCOMMODATES 1870 PERSONS
Ship Would 0vertop Largest Sky
scraper by Hundred Feet
SISTER SHIP TO TITANIC

Glasgow. March G.-During the past
few months the work Of building the
new Cunard liner Aqultania has pro-
ceeded So rapidly that her builders,
the firm of John Brown & Company
of Clydebank, expect To have her ready
for launching in about four weeks.
Owing to the extraordinary size OF
the vessel the clyde river is being
Gcopened and widened opposite the
shipyard, in anticipation of the
launching.
1t is many years since there was
the same amount of interest attached
to the building of new liner for
transatlantic service az is shown in
tho Aquitania. This interest is due
almost wholly 10 the extreme size of
the vessel. In her present condition
on the slips at Clydcbank she presents
wonderful spectacle, appearing
something like an eleven -storied sky
scrapCr in course of construction.
Eelipses Largest Vessel.
The Aduitania will have a gross tom
mage OF 10000 tons. or 5000 tons
greater than the Olympic the largest
ship now ailoat. The Auuitania aud
the American Hamburg liner lmpcra-
tor, now building at Stettin, will have
the same gross tonnage, though in
other measurements the Cunarder will
eclipse the German vessel. The di-
mentions of the Aquitania are SS5 feet
jn length and % feet beam, while those
of the Impcrator are 7l0 feet length
and 30 feet beam
Ever gincc ,hc contract for the
Aquitania was awarded to the clyde
bank builders i'm December, 1870 it
has been generally known that The
new vessel was to be the largest ship
ever built; but it has not been gen
orally realized how very much larger
huge liners which have excited wonder
in the past by their great proportions.
AS already stated the new vessel will
have much greater tonnage than
the White star liner olympic and her
sister ship, the ill-fater Titanic. These
Z
ago, the Baltic and the Adriatc. length
7O9 feet ana tonnage $4,000 and $4,000
are not to be compared
Wit hthe Aquitania.
Brought to land, the Aquitania
would dwarf great works of which
man has long been prone to boast.
rhc Washington monument i'm the
United States capital, whose sos feet
was for years the worlds record for
high construction. would make only a
fair prop for the new steamer leaning
against it. Tie big thing of the sea
would overtop the famous Woolworth
in New York city by more
than 100 feet.
Decorations Arc Lavish
The speed of the new vessel Will
be about % knots an hour. This is
less than the records of
some Of the transatlantic liners now
IN service, but il Is considered fast
enough for all practical purposes. The
interior furnishings and decorations
Of the AquitaEia are planned on the
most lavish scale, and she will in ev-
cry way merit the description of Il
floating city. She will have accommo-
cations for ESQ first class passengers,
40 second class, and 24O0 steerage
passengers. How greatly the new YES
sci will exceed all others in the nature
Of The passenger accommodations is
shown by the fact that the first class
are To be 80 per cent larger
than the customary size
with SO much space available fea-
lures are possible that have never be
fore been introduced. There will be a
choice of dining rooms, a restaurant.
grill. tea room, tea garden, rathskel-
Icr. palm gardens, women's salons in
different decorative periods, swimmins
pool, Turkish baths, gymnasium anu
tennis courts. An entirely new feature
will be q completely equipped theater.
II is said that a theatrical company
with a repertoire of plays will be pro-
for the vessel by a New York
Many Appliances for Safety.
The Aquitania will be as complete
in her safety devices as in her lux
lrious equipment. The number of her
life boats and RATS will meet all the
requiremcnts OF the new regulations
Vt the British board OF trade. while the
number Of her watertight compart-
nents viii he greater than those of
any other vessel now anoat. An au-
tomato device on the bridge will con-
rol the great steel doors separating
'or a single hand to close them all i'm
ase of danger. Furthermore the sys-
em will include an electrical indicator
Dy which the officer on the bridge can