Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-22

New York, May 21.-Crowds gather ing on the waterfront and tens of thousands watched from the windows of skyscrapers, as amid din of horns and whistles from welcomin s craft, the aew queen of the seas, the Vaterland, swept majestically up the harbor today, and was ushered into her berth by squadron of tugs.
 :. She is the largest ship in the world, having a tonnage of 6S,000. She is $50 feet long and 100 feet beam. Her tonnage is 5000 feet greater than that of the Imperator.
 Her forged steel rudder weighs 50.5 tons. Being of the balanced type, a considerable part of it ex- tends forward of the rudder post. This style offers greater steering surface than does the usual shape, and it is also much more sensitive" The rudder shaft is nearly three feet through.
 It Is upward of fifth of a mile -four New York City blocks) from the pilot house to the big rudder, but it is very obedient, so obedient, in fact, that the pressure of child's finger 0ns spoke of the little wheel in the Wheelhouse will make it mind"
 Her blades remind one of wind mill. Each of chr four properrels has q diameter of 19 feet~7 inches and weighs nearly 15 tons. They revolve 15O times minute. They are of manganese bronze, forged.
 Her anchor, the biggest on the seas, weighs 11A Aons. The starboaru bower weights 103 tons.
 Collision Proof CD
 As in the case of the .Imperator, her hull has been constructed with a complete inner skin carried high above the water line, making her a vessel within a vessel. She is provid- ed with both longitudinal and trans verse bulkheads, giving her cellular construction, and rendering her proof against collisions and similar acci- dents of the sea- She carries life boats more than sufficient to accom- odate all on board, while her power full wireless equipment enables the vessel to keep continually ia touch with the land.
 She is the first steamship eyer built with tunnels which do not pegs directly through the center of the decks. Each of her three great fun nels divides in the form of the let ter "Y" at point beneath the lowest passenger deck and joins again in a single tube which rises above her up permost dect. The space occupied by the ordinary tunnels passing through the middle of the decks is thus clear and there will be no Instructions ill the public cabins.
 Dining Room for 500.
 The grand dining room of this giant steamship seats 800 persons comfortably. The old swivel chairs fastened to the deck of the ordinary steamships are dispensed with on the Vaterland and movable chairs are used. In addition to the dining room the Vaterland has an elaborate Ritz carlton restaurant, grill-room and palm garden. The great social hall is garden. The great social hall is the largest ever built on board vessel. It is rooted with stained glass and il- lumiaated by concealed lights. The woodwork throughout is richly carved while the walls are panelled with rare tapestries and is set with stat ues. A fully equipped stage is one of the leading features of the social hall.
 The elaborate swimming pool of the Vaterland and her various electric therapeutics and other baths, lend to her the attractions of a great spa or bathing fesort. The pool, which reproduces a Roman bath, extends through three decks. It consists 'of three large rooms, and entrance hall, with hard painted walls and a floor of ornamental mosaics, an ante-cham- her roofed with glass, and the pdol. The roof is supported by ten mable pillars, and arranged along the s:des are twenty-eight bath cabins. In con nection with the pool barbership and hair dressing parlor have bee.l provided for use of the passengers.
 Redsteads Instead of Births.
 The smoking room on the upper deck forward, is 3 luxurious loungi2g place. It has been decorated sumptu- nuslv with rich panelling and carving. dsep fireplace and several recessed seats and cosy corners lend a home like appearance to the great room. writing rooms for men open into the smoking room. The staterooms are commodious and equopnaent of each is exc sptionally complete In every stateroom artistic bedsteads replace ffle beartb commo:f4to most steamships Each room is provided with q lmarDle Ylashstand with hot nd coIdN w<'er.