Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-14
LEVIATHAN STEAMER LARGEST IN WORLD
 SAILS OCEAN TODAY
The Vaterland, Which Leaves Hamburg on Maiden VOy-
 age, Is a Palace Ailoat.

distinction of being the largest craft in the world she belonus to the hamburg-American Line and mum. Der of the high officials of that com pany are going on her initial trip. In addition the big ship will carry a thousand or more first and second class passengers among those on the booking lists being many Americans and Europeans of prominence.
 While closely resembling her fam ous sister ship, the Imperator, the Vaterland exceeds her in all dimen- sions The new queen of the seas measures 95O feet, or nearly five city blocks, in length She is 100 feet in width and has a tonnage of 58.O0O
 Not only does the Vaterland eclipse all previous records for size, but she represents the very latest idea of ar tistic elegance and mechanical won ders. Some of the leading decora- tors were engaged to design and fur nish her magnificent salons. dining rooms. grand hall and suites The main salon Is the largest hall of itsa kind ever constructed on shipboard The woodwork is of solid mahogany. There is an open fireplace, and namr- al light floods the hall through number Of drawing room windows The hangings consist of almost price less tapestries, and Oriental rugs of the finest weaves cover the floors
 The main diningroom resembles the banquet hall of a great hotel It will accommodate 300 diners at one time. The great size and steadiness of the vessel have made it possible to furnish the dining-room with nov able chairs in place of the swivel seats attached to the floors. common to ocean steamships Tn addition to the main diningroom the big ship ] has a 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 ship as human ingenuity can do it. The windows are shaped and cur tained like a private house. Elevators take the passengers from one deck to another For the millionaires the staterooms are as beautiful as the sikll of the first decorators of the world can make them. In the regal suites, as they are called. there are two bathrooms, two bedrooms, a din ing-room and reception room. The bedsteads are of brass, without a sue- gestion of the bunk about them. Spe- cial attention has been paid to the ! arrangement of the lights and the closet space. The suites ar @ fur nished in a variety of decorative styles end color schemes to satisfy every taste.
 The second cabin has its special so cial and dining room. ladies' lounge and smoking room. The third cabin also has its separate public rooms , and fits staterooms are built to accom-
 modate two and four persons. In the staerage of the Vaterland the passen
 eers instead of being placed in one large room, as on most ships. have separate cabins. arranged for fami
 lies and for small groups of men anC i of women
 Every conceivable precaution Ina.
 been taken in the construction ana
 equipment of Che Vaterland to assure
 the safety as we'll as the comfort O
 the passengers and crew. Like al
 great ocean liner constructed sine, - the Titanic disaster. the big ship. o has complete inner skin. extending far above the waterline The water tight compartments are so arranged 9 that even though a large number O T them were flooded the ship would & still float An innovation is a com
 plete fire department with a system v of signals covering every part of thl 8 ship, and a stan of fire fighters re a cruited from the fire departments O
 German cities. There are. of course o in addition to this numerous othe s safety devices. such as submarin signals and lifeboats and rafts sun
 cient to accommodate everyon
 aboard. Her powerful wireless al O paratus win enable her to keep cor b tinuously in touch with land
 The Vaterland will make the ru 0 between Hamburg and New York 'f seven days. at an average speed c fl about twenty-two knots an hour He
 four powerful propellers set a ne' N standard for size in such construi ,e ton Each has a diameter of min, at teen feet seven inches and weigh
 nearly fifteen tons The propeller . .H.r. lHe
 Do ganese bronze Triple-eXpausi0n oi p- zines. driven by dozen double boi CTS, will prope the great steamship 70 For navigation purposes a Kreisl lp compass pointing always Co Che tru is pole. will be used. This instrument of entirely independent of the earth
 magnetism
 of REPORTS lN VERA CRUZ.