The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-29
LUxURIES FOR THE PASSENGERS
Great Craft Has Eleven Decks
Above the Water Line
HAS LENGTH OF 800 FEET

Berlin Jan. 29-Withn less than
four months the largest and most
wonderful ship in the world will make
her appearance in New York harbor.
The Hamburg America company's new
liner Imperator will sail OH her first
trip from Hamburg on Wednesday
I May Z, and should arrive at the Am
erican seaport one week later.
While nothing seems to be impos-
siblc with shipbulders. there are
many bold enough to prophesy that,
SO far as size and luxury are concern
ed, the lmperator will he the last
word in the building of merchant
ships. In both tonnage and size
the new vessel surpasscs the giant
! olympic of the White star line and
her ill-fatcd sister ship, the Titanic,
The lmperator has a length of 900
feet and when complete aud fully
laden will displacc 10000 tons. The
term floating hotel" often applied to
phasi1c their bulk could convey. in
the case of the lmperator an impress
sion far short of the truth. The COM
bined capacity of the largest three hJ-
! tells in New York scarcely exceed l,0OO
| guests, while the lmperator will carry
5000 passengers and will have nearly
1000 persons i'm her crew.
4 leucn Dpcke AhaNe walcr
Her deck will have the beam of
broadway at it's widest part-96 feet.
She will have eleven decks above the
water line, equal 10 the height of
many of the largest apartment
houses With so much space available
! features are possible that have never
| before been introduced.
The suites and cabins are to bc IN
their design and fittings equal to the
rooms in the finest hotels of Europe
or America, and families will be able
To cross the Atlantic i'm almost the
| same privacy as i'm their own homes.
| There are to be many dining rooms,
! the principal one of which will be i'm
! the Louis XVI style and will seat
more than coo persons.
Among other Injuries the Impcra-
/ tor has been fitted with three electric
! elevators, a winter garden, summer
| houses, a theater, gymnasium, Ritz
restaurant cottage" safe. ballroom,
| telephones. swimming, bath and tennis
courts. The swimming bath is a copy
of one unearthed at Pompeii. with mo
! sale pavements, replicas of those dis
COY cred at Trcyes
No SeasicISness Aboard.
According to the announcement Of
the Hamburg American company the
new vessel will insure her passen-
gers against the terrors of seasick
ness. This happy condition is TO be
brought about by the installation of
tho tralu decks on board the mon
stcr, a device that reduces the mo
tion of a ship to a minimum.
The Imperator will not be a fast
boat, being built more for solid com
fort than great speed. Her time across
the Atlantic viii be i'm the neighbor-
hood of seven days. She will be equip
ped with internal combustion engines
and two l,50O horsepower Diesel mo-
tors, aud will use oil as fuel
The most powerful Marconi appara
tus ever set up at sea will be in
stalled, the unusual height Of her
masts making it possible to receive or
transmit messages across the broad
eXpanse of the Atlantic ocean. II is |
expected that the Imperator will al |
ways be in direct communication with !
either Europe or America
Comparison OF Liners,
a comparison of the Atlantic liners. |
is as follows. the name date, length,
displacement and horse power being |
given in order.
Great Eastern, 1858, ESQ feet $1,000
tons, 1850 horse power.
Britannia, 1874. 455 feet, $500 tons. |
$500 horse power
Umbria, 1885, 500 feet. lO.5OO tons,
li,300 horse power.
Campania. 1898, 500 feet $4,000 tons.
10000 horse power.
X. Wilhelm der Crosse. 1899, G25 |
feet, 20.s0O tons, 10000 horse power
Deutschland 1900 662 feet. 23.GOO
tons. $4,000 horse power.
Kaiser Wilhelm IT,, 1903, 67S feet
10000 tons, $4,000 horse power.
Adriatic, 1907 725 feet. $4,000 tons,
10000 horse power
Lusitania, 1907. 100 feet. $4,000 tons
$4,000 horse power.
Olympic 1908, $50 feet, $4,000 tons,
1900 horse power.
Tmpcrator, 1913 300 feet 10000 tons,
10000 horse power.
Baltimore has n serious outbreak of