Evening star., 1921-08-22
WORLDS BIGGEST OCEAN LINER
WILL ENTER SERVICE IN SPRING
Majestic to Garry 4,10O PASSENGERS and
Grew of 1,1OO-Many Innovations
in Pa1atial Quarters.

Comparable to a floating town with
homes for more than 5000 people. the
| worlds largest ship. the 56,0O)-ton
Majestic. is expected to be ready for
! service on the Atlantic next spring.
according to word received at New
York by the International Mercantile
Marine Company from the represen-
| tatives of the White Star Line, which
is supervising the completion of the
vessel at Hamburg.
The Majestic is nearly 10000 tons
larger than the Olympic and about
1000 tons larger than the Leviathan.
The new vessel will carry 4,lOo pas
sengers and crew of about l.l0O.
She VIII have quarters for about
1000 passengers in first class, 700 in
second class and 2.400 in third.
Equal to 400 Houses.
The space in the great ship is
equal to that in 400 average detached
suburban residences of eight rooms
each. or of about 500 average four
room apartments.
This is divided to carry out the
comparison into several neighbor-
hoods. each distinct from the other:
as for example, first cabin accommo-
dations, amidships and the choicest
OF all: second cabin, which is more
toward the stern: the engine room;
third class and steerage. carried both
forward and aft; space for crew and
officers quarters, the latter in steel
house all by itself on the bridge deck.
To accommodate its passengers
with sleeping quarters the ship will
have 1.245 staterooms-there being
4.2 in first cabin, 212 in second and
SCI in third-besides inclosed dormi-
women respectively in the latter
class.
The staterooms range from a neat
little one-bed room for d single
traveller to elaborate suites of half
dozen rooms each, with parlor, pri-
vate sun veranda. dining room. and
bedrooms with private baths.
Longer Than Shyscraper Ix Tall
The hull itself. for example. if stood
on end beside the Woolworth build
ing. would tower 164 feet above that
champion skyscraper. Four times
around the ships promenade deck is a
mile. Two New York subway trains
could pass abreast through one of her
three smokestacks which are thirty
feet in diameter.
The tops of these stacks are 144 feet
above the Waterline of the ship and
1874 feet above the keel. or total
hSi III tuudl 10 Indt OF All Or
dinary twelve-s story building. When
the lookout in the topmost crows nest
on the foremost climbs into his place
by means of a ladder inside the
mast-he will be $50 feet above the
water. in the loftiest lookout perch
ever carried on steamship. TO make
a journey from the upper deck to the
lower hold one would travel down
nine decks. To facilitate passage
from deck to deck the ship is equip
ped with electric elevators, one being
fitted in tfe engine room.
The public rooms of the ship are
great halls in dimensions, with clear
spaces and lofty ceilings not usually
associated with marine architecture.
Ire lounge has ceiling 26 feet high.
and its floor dimensions are 76X54
feet. The main dining room has an
area OF more than quarter of an
acre. or 11.466 feet, being III feet
long by 9S feet wide Its ceiling over
an area of 1900 feet is 81 feet high
A restaurant for first-class passen-
gers is 40 feet long by 54 feet wide,
with a ceiling % feet high.
There is an unbroken view through
feet long. This is made possible by
the peculiar construction of TIE ves-
sells giant smokestacks. which are
brought up from the boiler rooms
near the sides of the ship, in two
parts that unite above the saloon
deck. The grand staircaseS are also
on the sides of the ship. and not in
the center as in most vessels. thus
insuring a clear sweep of unimpeded
space for the great public rooms.
Has 1000 Volumes In Library.
The great ship will have a library
of 1000 volumes, in room designed