Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-14

whereby the preparation lining the
sides and bulkheads of the vessel acts
as non-conductor of heat and cold
and as fireproofing as well. The
equivalent of sixty full carloads can
be placed in one of these vessels be-
fore she is loaded to capacity
ship camouflage gives every boat
from this plant the appearance of
some monster futurist painting that
has left it's frame for a spin on the
ocean. The idea is carried out to such
an extent that an aviator or lookout
gazing down at her is deceived in her
size and direction. Each camou-
flage scheme is worked out to give its
own particular Illusion
Weather and climatic conditions are
drafted to aid in the deception. Each
boat is camouflaged with view to
the appearance she will make on
bright and hazy day and in storms of
varying intensity. Distance between
the boat and the observe also enters
largely into the scheme.
Light control is another big feature.
A host of devices are installed to pro-
tect against the showing of lights at
night and while the vessel is brilliantly
lighted on the inside, she Is invisible to
the lurking submarine unless vagrant
searchlight should happen to pick her
out. The minute door or window is
opened a "cut-out' acts and all near
lights are extinguished.
Although the vessel Is a cargo car
rier pure and simple, the fittings of
the officers and crews quarters would
belle this. The captains quarters are
complete from sideboard to bathtub.
Other officials also are given home
like surroundings, while the crews
quarters are neatly finished and have
many comforts.
Furnishings Are Homelikc.
A special rail above his tub per-
mits the captains taking a bath in
safety and comfort no matter how
boisterous the sea or how the ship
is rolling. Rails of an attractive pat
tern are provided to keep the ships
plate and dishes from falling off the
sideboard in rough weather The fur
nishings are sturdy and homelike
throughout the officers and crews
quarters and abe whole is set off by
a galley that might be the envy of
many a first-class hotel
The gun crew and ship crew quar-
tiers are separated, the former being
placed where their occupants cam
jump to their positions on the gum
station at an instant's notice. These
quarters are very comfortable also
Safety devices for the crew are ev-
erywhere but the nature of many of
them cannot be divulged. Needless to
say the engineers and stokers do not
have to depend on the usual exits
They have other means of getting to-
the deck, and of shutting off water
as they climb. Protection is para
mount to construction with the war
time cargo carriers.
! the spirit of plenty that charac-
Y rizes the wartime shipping boom
is as evident In this community asI
els ewhere. The workers ride to their
tor In automobiles and strings of
their cars line the entrances to the
plant.
No one not knowing the 'run" Of
the plant could select the presidents
Quarters from any other office in the
administration building from the mere
standpoint of the interior decoration.
The plant Is run on the basis of al
shoulder to-shoulder proposition with
emily the thickness of a white coliarl
Separating the grimed mechanic from
the big boEs.s