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WHITE STAR LINER ADRIATIC. *The White Star liner "Adriatic, the latest product of the great ship yard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast, reached New York last week in her maiden trip. The Adriatic is 725 ft. 9 in. long, with 75 ft. 6 in. beam, and is about 50 ft. deep, while her gross tonnage is nearly 25,000, and her displacement over 40,000 tons. She is divided into twelve water-tight compartments, and has nine steel decks, while the double bottom extends through the whole length of the hull, thus add- ing a special element of safety, and _ the water-tight dpors are upon the latest and most approved prin- ciple. The' shin is very strongly framed and the total number of plates used in the construction was close on 20,000, while the rivets used are estimated at two- and-a-half millions. The anchors weigh about 8 tons each, and are worked by powerful gear, the cables being 334 in- In diameter, and weighing about * 90 tons. ~lLhere has been a 'very careful consideration of the distribution of weights in the vessel so that -she may steam easily in any seaway. The arrangements on board are such that the ordinary passenger is gen- erally unconscious of the mighty energy which drives the vessel through the "TAE MarINeE. REVIEW water, but the engines are of great pow- er, and consist of two sets of the quad- ruple expansion type arranged on_ the "balanced" principle, which is so advan- tageous in preventing vibration. | Generally, it may be said that the ar- rangements on board resemble those 17 ments, and suites, and the width and length of the breezy promenades are a very notable feature in the new vessel. As in the other steamers of the class, a continuous shade deck runs fore and aft, with three tiers of deck houses, and three promenade decks alongside them. The state rooms are THE LOUNGE. which have been so much appreciated in the great ships of the White Star line, such as the Oceanic, Celtic, Cedric, Bal- tic, and others, with the additions and improvements which shall presently be described. 'There is the same strength , THE READING AND WRITING and seagoing efficiency, but greater room- iness, with every evidence of luxury and taste in adornment and fittings. The amount of head-room is unusual, and the spaciousness of the entrances, apart- lofty, well lighted, and admirably ven- tilated, all the = ar- rangements having been facilitated by the great beam ofthe vessel and the height between the various decks. It. has : thats been possible to pro- vide rooms of excep-. tional size, and the accommodation for the first-class passen- gers is unsurpassed and unequaled. The second-class accom- modation is immedi- ately abaft the first- class, and _ partakes of many of the ad- vantages which the latter POSSES Ses, while the third-class passengers are provided for abaft the second class, and to a certain extent at the forward end of the vessel. It is, of course, in the first-class ac- commodation that the amenities and ad- vantages of the new ship are largely to ROOM. be found, and that the artistic charac- ter of the adornment and internal 'fittings is most fully displayed. And here it must be remarked as a noteworthy fact that the Adriatic has a very large num- -