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November, 1911 THE MnaRINE REVIEW 'STARBOARD SInE OF ENGINE The electrical equipment consists of two 15-k. w. and one 10-k w. direct connected Crocker- Wheeler gener- ators, driven by American Blower Co. engines, generating sufficient light for 700 16-candlepower incandescent lamps. There are separate circuits for different parts of the ship. The deck is lighted by 24-candlepower lamps carried on poles amidships be- tween hatches. The hold is lighted by two 32-candlepower lights at each hatch. All fixtures below deck are marine type fitted with steam-tight globes. There does not appear to be an auxiliary making for safety and con- venience lacking in this ship. For instance, there is an electric helm indicator, made by the Electric Dy- namic Co., Bayonne, N. J., in the wheel house, operated by a rheostat connected to the rudder stock, show- ing the officer in charge, the position of the rudder at all times; there is in the wheel house also a McNab in- dicator, a simple little device, show- ing whether the engine is going for- ward or astern, in addition to the usual engine telegraph of Great Lakes type; there is an_ electric whistle device installed by the New York Controlling & Electric Co., to sound signals as they are required as well as to blow them automatical- ly during fog; and an emergency alarm, manufactured. by the Schwarze Electric Co., Adrian, Mich., which can be sounded from the pilot house in all departments of the vessel; a telephone service, consisting of inde- pendent lines, from the pilot house to the engine room and from the Captain's and passengers' quarters to the galley. There is a Schuette re- Room at WorkING Deck cording compass in the captain's quar- ters, providing an infallible record of everything that occurs in the wheel house at all hours. A. wireless tele- graph outfit has also been installed by the United States Wireless Tele- graph -Co. maker would appear to have aboard her everything that human ingenuity has so far devised to make naviga- tion safe. ; The passenger quarters of the Schoonmaker are unique, distinctive and alone. Since Col. Snyder entered lake trade, he has spared no expense -for the comfort and convenience of . his guests and he has certainly struck twelve on the Schoonmaker. The entire deck house forward is given over to them. The deck house is Altogether, the Schoon-- 411 divided on the spar deck by a wide corridor leading directly into a grill room which extends the full width of the ship. The effect as one enters the hall is quite impressive, produced not only from the hall itself with its ceiling lights, with its chairs, settees and davenports in fumed oak and 'Spanish leather, but with the vista that it gives of the grill room, with its tile flooring, tile mantel and elec- tric fireplace. The quarters for the passengers occupy both starboard and port sides of the hall and consist of eight rooms, single and en suite, fin- ished in white enamel, the furniture being of mahogany with the excep-_ tion of the beds, which are of brass. Each stateroom is provided with private bath and shower. The sani- tary features are, in fact, worthy of special mention, as they are the most elaborate that it is possible to build. No expense apparently has been spared in this feature. The bath tubs are of the built-in type of great beauty of workmanship and all plumb- ing is enclosed. The great. hotels have nothing finer and probably not as fine. The showers with Niedicken mixture were installed by the Hoff- mann & Billings Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. The grill room is most. effective with its dull red tile, built-in side- boards and china closets of fumed oak with tables and chairs to match. The grill room being crowded as far forward as possible is lighted by a dome skylight, which pierces the fore- castle deck, the tone of the light be- ing in harmony with the decorative scheme. A stairway leads from the corridor to a small hall on the forecastle deck Poxr Sipe oF ENGINE Room, STEAMER SCHOONMAKER, AT WORKING DECK SHOWING MAIN -FEED AND FiRE PUMPS AND REFRIGERATING MACHINERY i