NEW PALATIAL
The announcement made by Gen
eral Manager A- F. Haines that the
Admiral Line planned the construe
tion of two palatial coast steamships
created much interest. The plans for
these vessels have been drawn and
they will be the largest vessels ever
operated on the Pacific coast. These
liners have been designed particular
ly to meet the requirements of the
growing passenger traffic between
Puget Sound and British Columbia
and California Owing to their speed
they will greatly reduce the time re
quired in traveling by water from
ports of the North Pacific to those
of the South Pacific. This traffic is
becoming heavier year by year so the
new' vessels will fill a long felt want.
The specifications for the new ves
sels provide that they are to be the
last w'ord in ship construction, hav
ing every modern device for safety,
comfort and stability. They will be
560 feet long, 72 feet beam and 53 feet
depth and to insure safety- they w'ill
be constructed with double bottoms
and have many water tight bulk
heads.
The mechanical propulsion of the
vessels will be turbine electric and
of such horsepower as to easily main
tain a speed of 25 knots. Oil will be
nsed for fuel. A late device—the
gyroscope stabilizer will be installed.
The estimated cost of the vessels
will be in the neighborhood of four
million dollars each.
i ne intention is that these vessels
are to be first-class floating hotels
and to carry out this idea, they will
be provided with many special feat
ures, in order to give the acme of
comfort and service to passengers.
Among these special features are:
Mechanical draft ventilation; eleva
tor service from deck to deck; tele
phone service from each stateroom;
electric fans in each stateroom; unit
heating systems; news stands; two
barber shops; shoe shine stands; hair
dressing and manicure parlors; valet
and clothes pressing service; laundry
where ship’s work will be done on
board in addition to taking care of
passengers’ requirements; fully equip
ped drug store, and surgeon.
The uppermost deck will be for the
accomodation of the navigating offi
cers of the vessels. The next four
decks below will be for the accomo
dation of passengers. As the vessels
are to be considered floating hotels
only first-class passengers will be
carried and sleeping accomodations
will be provided for 572.
Special attention is to be paid to
the social enjoyment of the passen
gers. On the upper deck, there will
be an enclosed observation room.
Just aft of this and still in the for
ward section of the vessel will be a
music room and ladies’ lounge. In the
after portion of this deck will be the
smoking room and veranda and in the
amidship section will be located writ
ing rooms, hairdressing parlors and
barber shop A promenade on this
deck as well as the next deck below
will be protected from the weather
by Lavcock windows.
On the forward part of the second
passenger deck will be another gen
eral observation and smoking room
combined. On the after part of this
deck there will be a glass enclosed
concert hall with raised stage. This
will permit the exhibition of moving
pictures and as the vessels are to be
■stabilized with the gyroscope stabil
izer, a hardwood dancing floor will
be provided and passengers may also
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enjoy this form of amusement.
There will be some 16 staterooms
containing twin beds with private
connecting bathroom. There will also
be 14 staterooms containing double
beds and connecting private bath
room. Another distinctive feature
will be 16 individual bachelor rooms.
These rooms will contain a smgle
bed. with private connecting bath
room and are for the accommodation
of one person only in each room. The
• ordinary staterooms will contain two
berths. These rooms will not have
private connecting bath but there will
be many public tub and shower baths
for use of the occupants of these
standard two-berth rooms.
The special rooms will have hot and
cold running water and each state
room will be connected by telephone
with a central telephone station, thus
doing away with the old system of
call bells.
The dining saloon is arranged in
cafe style and is on the lower pass
enger deck. It is located amidships
and forward and provides for the ac
commodation of 312 passengers at one
sitting. Practically all of the tables
accomodate from two to four persont*.
although there will be a few family
tables which will accomodate six per
sons.
There will be a special baggage
room where passengers may have ac
cess to their trunks at all times.
There will also be a parcel checking
room in connection with the baggage
room for the checking of hand bag
gage and small packages.
At the present time many travelers
take their automobiles with them
when making a vacation or business
trip. Therefore, in designing the new
ships provision is made for a sea gar
age which will accommodate approx
imately 60 cars. In loading these cars,
it is being arranged so that they will
be taken into the vessels through the
side ports, obviating the present
method of hoisting them on deck with
the use of auto slings.
The vessels, while primarily for the
handling of passenger traffic, will be
arranged for the quick handling of
some 2,000 tons cargo—perishables,
express and package freight. Refrig
erated chambers will be provided for
the care of perishable fruits and
vegetables.
Special attention has been given to
the quarters of the crews. They will
have their own part of the ship, en
tirely separate from the accomoda
tions which will be occupied by the
passengers. Their quarters will pro
vide for special dining rooms for the
different departments.
The outsanding features of these
vessels will be speed, safety and
comfort. Everything about them is
to be the last word in steamship con
struction; fittings and furnishings are
to be plain and substantial but ele
gant.
GEORGE
ANDERSON
PIANO EXPERT
And Factory Representative
High-Grade Pianos
At the Windsor Hotel for a
short time only.
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WORKS
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Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
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CORDOVA, Alaska.
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Alaska
Steamship Company
Regular Sailings Between Seattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau. Cordova, Valdez,
Ellamar, Liscum, Latouche, Seward.
FROM SEATTLE— SAILS SOUTH—
JUNE 3.,. ALASKA ..JUNE 11
JUNE 10. ALAMEDA .JUNE 20
JUNE 17.. NORTHWESTERN.JUNE 26
JUNE 24.. ALASKA .JULY 3
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This schedule subject to change without notice.
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