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ViGL AA X. CLEVELAND, O., JULY 14, 1904. No. 2. BALTIC, LARGEST VESSEL AFLOAT. Liverpool, June 27.--It is an interesting coincidence that the year which witnesses the triumph of the greatest of the many great exhibitions Americans can proudly look back upon, should also welcome the advent of the Baltic, the latest White Star leviathan and incontestably the mightiest steamer ever is 726 ft. in length, or 26 ft. longer than the steamers above named, which with her two great funnels and four pole masts she strongly resembles. The symmetry of her hull is so per- fect that it is only when in juxtaposition to other craft that the steamer's tremendous size is apparent; but as will be seen from an account of her internal accommodation, the like sense WHITE STAR LINER BALTIC, LARGEST VESSEL IN THE WORLD. launched. The Baltic has just arrived in the Mersey from the yard of the builders, Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Belfast. She will sail on her maiden voyage on Wednesday next, and is due in New York on July 7. Undoubtedly her arrival will afford convincing ocular proof that the White Star Line in- tends to maintain its reputation as forerunner of those com- bined comforts in ocean travel which have long since won it so honorable a name. The possession of the two largest steamers afloat on any seas, the Cedric and the Celtic, each of 21,000 tons gross register, has not represented finality. The Baltic registering as she does 24,000 exceeds them by 3,000 tons. Her capacity for cargo is about 28,000 tons, and the displacements at her load draught is about 40,000 tons. She of proportion in regard to passengers' quarters is equally dis- tinctive. The Baltic is fitted with engines of Harland & Wolff's quadruple-expansion type, arranged on the balanced principle which practically does away with vibration and will steam about 17 knots. She is thus primarily intended to meet the want of an incieasing number of travelers whose first desire is not great speed but the largest modicum of comfort coupled with moderate speed. Experience having shown that this desideratum is fulfilled in the Cedric and Celtic, it merely remained for the White Star Line to introduce a vessel of the same type, but still further improved, by the addition of such minor embellishments as only a careful and far seeing management could anticipate. The Baltic can carry 3,000