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.. 220 : throughout the ship, are fitted with large wardrobes and heated by elec- tric radiators. A large parcel and hand baggage room is provided.on this deck for the use of the first class passengers. -Forward on the shelter Beck are the accommodations for petty officers and crew. The crew's quarters are large and the berths only two high. The passenger accommodations on this | deck comprise 84 first-class state- rooms and 10 suite rooms. The ship's office is located immediately aft of No. 2 hatch enclosure and is lighted by deck 'lights from the forecastle deck above. Aft ofthe office is a large lobby and writing room, 20 x 30 ft. in size. The sides-of the vessel are cut away at frame 143 leaving a prom- enade for the third-class passengers and crew extending from there to the stern. The three classes of passengers carried are thus effectively separated. Aft of frame 184 dining room and aft of this again the steering engine enclosure. This deck house is entirely of 'steel. The Dining Saloon - Forward on the upper deck are lo- cated first a lamp and paint locker, then a carpenter shop on the star- board , side and deck store room on the port, then the. wash | rooms and toilets for the petty officers and crew. From. frame 19 to frame 50 is cargo space and is specially designed to carry. automobiles, a large number of which are transported on the western coast runs. From frame 50 to frame 85 is the first class dining saloon. This room is entirely fitted with ta- bles for four and accommodates 216. It is finished in mahogany to the lower turn of the cornice and the ceiling is finished white. Deep frames are fitted to compensate for the frames which have been cut in order to form large windows inside the ports. These window frames will be filled with prismatic glass and the deep frames are extended inboard so as to form alcoves. The lighting fixtures here as elsewhere have been specially de- signed for the ship. Aft of the din- ing room on the starboard side are the quarters of the steward and_ his first assistant, the wine room and mess rooms for the firemen, sailors, petty officers and licensed officers and the berthing space for the firemen.' On the port side are located the pantry, scullery, butcher shop, baker shop, steam kitchen and galley. In point of size and equipment the culin- ary arrangements on this vessel are among the most complete afloat. Aft of the kitchen are accommodations for the engineer's crew and the stew- ard's crew occupying rooms. The -sideboards. is the third-class sition and extra heavy. THE MARINE REVIEW second-class staterooms are located on this deck. Each room has four berths, two on a side, with 9 ft. 6 in. head room. Here also is' the second- class pantry and_ the second-class dining room, a handsome apartment finished in quartered oak with built-in The extreme of this deck is taken up with the quarters for waiters and toilets for the second-class passengers. The third- class passengers are berthed on the main deck below and special movable, bulkheads are provided in order to ex- tend or curtail the third-class accom- modations as required. Main Engines of Vessel The Congress is fitted with two sets of triple-expansion, surface condens- ing engines, with high pressure cylin- ders, 2834 in. diameter, intermediate 4614 in. and low pressure 78 in. diam- eter, the stroke being 54 in. The in- dicated horsepower to be collectively 7,500. at about 86 revolutions. The propellers are three-bladed, turning outboard. The cylinders are inde- pendent of each other to allow for freedom of expansion. Hard, close- grained cast iron liners are fitted to all cylinder casings. The valve chests are all in the fore and aft center line of the cylinders. The high-pressure and intermediate pressure cylinders are fitted with piston valves, while the low pressure valve is a double ported balanced slide; each valve chest is fitted with the Lovekin improved as- sistant cylinder. The high pressure piston is of cast iron and the inter- mediate and low pressure pistons are of cast steel, and the depth of all pis- tons on the cylinder surface is 12 in. ' The high pressure piston is fitted with a-solid plug ring, the surface being grooved for steam packing. The con- densers are independent of the main engine frames, the total cooling sur- face .being 12,700 sq. ft. The crank shafts are of the built-up type and for each engine are in three inter- changeable sections. The reversing _ gear is of the all-around type, it hav- ing advantages for warming up the engines 'without the danger of mov- ing the ship. This is important where freight is handled up to the last min- ute. fi Wwe The air pumps are of the Edwards type, diameter 30 in., stroke 24 in.. and, together with the feed and bilge pumps are operated through levers from the intermediate cross head. The auxiliary feed pumps are of the Wier type, the water ends being of compo- There are special ballast pumps, fire, sanitary and bilge pumps, also special fresh water pumps for the distribution of fresh after end June, 1913 water which is supplied under. pres- sure to every stateroom. There is an automatic oil filtering system fitted. This system collects the oil that hag gone through all bearings, pumps it to: the filtering system and delivers jt back water heater and filter. ~The electric light, heat and power plant consists of three direct-connect- ed, 110-volt, generating sets, each set having a capacity at normal load of 50 K. W., and will stand an overload of 25 per cent for 25 minutes without. 'heating. Each generator js. undue directly connected to a: vertical cross compound engine. There are about 900 incandescent lamps, two 20 am- pere search lights, 10 cargo reflect- ors, four cargo arc lights, three gang- way lights, running lights, a complete electric heating system and 16 motors for fans and kitchen machines. Boiler Installation There are 10 single-ended marine boilers, 15 ft. inside diameter and 11 ft; 10 in, 30° Morrison suspension furnaces, ex- treme diameter of furnaces 48% in, Total. heating surface of main boilers 22,116 sq: ft. Four main boilers' are fitted: im. the' after 'boiler: compart- ment and six in the forward compart- ment. They are placed side by side on each side of the ship and arranged to fire athwartships. The two com- partments are separated by a water- tight bulkhead. There are also water- tight longitudinal bulkheads at. the backs of the boilers; these bulkheads are entirely independent of the skin of the ship and are 5% ft. from the outer plating. The boilers are of the Scotch marine type. fitted for natural draft and constructed for a working pressure of 180 1b... Oil fuel-is te be used and the Dahl system has' been in- stalled. The oil bunkers will hold 7,900 barrels of oil, sufficient for a round trip from Seattle to San Diego and back. An account of the trials of this ves- sel will be given as soon as_ these trials are made. Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, has an- nounced that the force of the Fore River Ship Building Co. will be in- creased rather than diminished. No changes will be made in the staff of the old management. The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. has abolished the position of naval architect, formerly held by A. Angstrom. 4 clean to be used over again., There is an auxiliary condenser, feed. inside length, having in all