The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-14
EXCEEDS "lMPERATOR"
IN ALL DIMENSIONS
Everything On New Craft Designed To
Look Like Hotel Rather Than Yes
seI-No Expense spared-Every
Conceivable Safety Device Re-
sorted To.
sorted To.

Hamburg, May 14.--The greatest in
crest is being taken here in the de- IS
)arture today on the steamship
vaterland on her maloen voyage to
New York. The Vaterland has the II
distinction of being the largest craft I
in the world. She belongs to the Ham
burg-American Line and number Of
the high officials of that company are
going on her initial trip. In addition,
the big ship will carry thousand or
more first and second-class passengers, 3
among those on the booking lists be-
ing many Americans and Europeans
of prominence.
While closely resembling her famous
sister ship, the Imperator, the Water
land exceeds her in all dimensions.
The new queen of the seas measures
$50 feet, or nearly five city blocks. in
length. She is 100 feet in width and
has tonnage Of $4,000.
Not only does the Vaterland eclipse
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represents the very latest idea of
artistic elegance and mechanical won
ders. The main salon is the largest
hall of its kind ever constructed on
shipboard. The woodwork is of solid
mahogany. There is an open fireplace.
e and natural light floods the hall
through a number of drawing-room
windows. The hangings consist of al
most priceless tapestries, and Oriental
rugs of the finest weaves cover the
floors.
Ritz-carlton Restaurant.
The main dining room resembles the
\ banquet hall of a great hotel. 1t will
& accommodate 500 diners at one time.
The great size and steadiness of the
vessel have made it possible to furnish
the dining room with movable chairs.
in place of the swivel seats attached
Il to the floors, common to ocean steam
4 ships. In addition to the main dining
room the big ship has q Ritz-Carlton
restaurant, a grill room and a palm
garden.
Everything on the Vaterland has
been designed to look as much like a
sumptious hotel and as little like a
ship as human ingenuity can do it. The
windows are shaped and curtained
like a private house. Elevators take
the passengers from one deck to an
other. For the millionaires the state
rooms are as beautiful as the sk'Ssof
the first decorators of the world can
make them. In the regal suites, as
they are called, there are two bath
rooms, two bedrooms, dining room
and reception room. The bedsteads
are of brass, without a suggestion OF
the bunk about them. Special atten
ton has been paid to the arrange
ment Of the lights and the closet space
The suites are furnished in a variety
of decorative styles and color schemes
to satisfy every taste.
The second cabin has its special
social and dining rooms. ladies' lounge
and smoking room. The thirdf Adj
also has it's separate public rooms, anf
its staterooms are built to accommo
date two and four persons In "a
steerage of the vaterland the pa
gers. instead of being placed in o.
large room, as on most ships. hav
separate cabins. arranged for famili'
and for small groups of men ~
women.
Many sssssy oevIees- ~
Every concsivabas pEecautsS
been taken n the c111ructie6 :
equipment Of the y&terland 70 -
the safety - wen as the comforto<
passengers and crew. Like All
ocean liner constructed since
tanic, the big ship has conn
ner skin, extending for above
4 terline. The water-tight comp
are so arranged that even
large number Of them werf
ship would stiIl noat
is complete nre doq
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