Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-16
MAJESTIC NEAR END
Of MAIDEN VOYAGE
Worlds Greatest and Fastest
Liner viii Dock in New
York Today
CARRIES 41OO PASSENGERS
Ey the Associated Press

Now York. May 16.--Thc Majestic.
the worlds largest ship. was rolling
down from Nantucxet to Sandy Hook
this morning on the last lap OF her
maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
shortly after dayhreak. oil arrangc-
ments had been made 10 e:ve the now
empress Of the seas n triumphal entry
to the harbor. :.
Three White Star tugs. carrying local
White Star Line officials. the police
boat John r. Hylan with band. n
L. s. Shipping Board tug. and several
boats were In readiness TO 60 down TO
quarantine to give the giant craft II
fitting welcome.
The Majestic. which is of $1,000 tons
displacement. is not only the largest.
but probably the sspeedicst passenger
ship now nAoat. She has record Of
% knots m hour. md her engines are
still "stif." When they ger ''limbcred
up her oficeys and officials Of the line
believe she Will get at least four more
knots speed. and during her summer
runs eclipse the trans Atlantic record
now hold by the Maurctania.
Trans Oceanic Race Planned
Probably the first week. in August,
when the Maurctanin IS coming this
way and tho Majestic is Europe bound,
the two giants will race against time.
BY that time. officers Of the Majestic
say. her great oil burner and her eight
mammoth turbines. each weighing 3I5
tons. will drive the Majestic at top
speed. somewhere IN the vicinity Of
twenty eight knots an hour.
The Majestic, oven as n German ship
before the war. never made a passenger
VOYAGE. She was built in Germany as
the BismarrI. laid up in Hamburg dur
ing the war and then sold TO England by
the Rcrnrations Commission. She was
then converted To m oil burner. made
more luxurious and named the Majestic.
Loaded as she was today on her
maiden voyage. the Majestic Weighed
Qcs, crew. oil, stores. supplies. bng-
gage and mail. she becomes the hcav.
lest boat in the cross Atlantic service.
The liner can accommodate 400 pas
senccrs--morc than the largest hotel in
New York can put up comfortably over
night There arc 124J staterooins. 472
Of which are first class. most of them
being at least us luxurious az the rooms
in the most exclusive hotels. In the
second cabin are 2l2 Stntcrooms, in the
third sol. Every room is cquipped
with electric lights--a total of $4,000
bulbs being used on the ship.
Built on New Plan
Most Of the huge liners now sailing
the seas are built around the engines"
That Is. they are built in such way
that dining rooms. quarters. cabins and
oven stairs are made secondary to the
engine room. On the Majestic it is the
reverse. All stairs are Oh the side Of
the ship. Tho smokpstacks and vcntila-
tors are built along the sides. connect
ing in air spaces at the top Of the Gle
vntor shafts on the emergency boat
decks. Thus the center of the shin is
given over to pnrlors. dining rooms,
dance HoVr, swimming pool and libraries
without distractions.
There nrc eight kitchens on tho Mn L.
icstic and five special dining rooms. In
tho third class there is purely orthodox
"kosher" kitchen, whore such food can
be prepared solely for the use of .Tcwisl,
passengers. There is also an n la
carte dining room--a new departure in
service on the ocean.