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| PTA fr IN| IX IM A hi SETI LIV et TTT ETA TH HTT HUTT I) eA. A A VOL. 44 CLEVELAND DECEMBER, 1914 NEW YORK No. 12 Konigin Emma HE. twin-screw mail steamer Konigin* Emma, built by the. "Fijenoord" Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, of Rotterdam, for the Netherland Steamship Co., of Am- sterdam, is not only larger than any other of the steamers of this fleet, but she is the largest vessel which has yet been built in Holland. She takes the highest class of Lioyd's Registry, and has the following dimensions: Length between perpendiculars 470 feet, breadth, molded, 57 feet, depth, molded to main deck, 29 feet 11% inches, depth, molded to upper deck, She is the Largest Vessel so Far Built in Holland --Some of Her Features 37 feet 11% inches. The draft upon summer freeboard is 26 feet 134 inches, the displacement upon the draft being 14,350 tons, and the deadweight capac- ity 7,000 tons. A cellular double bottom extends practically over the whole length of the ship. There is accomodation for 269 first and second-class passengers, FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM OF THE KONIGIN EMMA. 34 third-class, and 140 steerage pas- sengers. The crew consists of about 200 men, so that the total complement is approximately 650. The ship has two pole masts with semaphore, wire- less telegraphy and a submarine bell 2/Phe > first-class signal. There are on board: ten life- boats, 2 motor lifeboats, and a cap- tain's boat, giving sufficient room for all passengers and crew. passenger arrange- ments are most luxurious, and 'were designed by Mr. Lion Cachet and the sculptor Van Zyl; the firm of Mutters, of The Hague, being responsible for the execution of the work. A meat store, bakery, galleys, refrigerating plant, electric washing and ironing ar- rangements, gymnasium, and all the luxuries and conveniences incidental to a modern mail steamer are placed on the upper decks. There are two quadruple-expansion steam _ engines, balanced on the Yarrow, Schlick and Tweedy system, and vibration is re- duced to a minimum. The diameters of the cylinders are 24% inches, 34% inches, 47 inches and 71% inches, with a stroke of 45 inches. The valves are of the flat-balanced type, fitted with the Fijenoord system of revers- ing engines. The engines are designed to: develop' 6:700. b. oh: pa ak 85 r. p. m., and are fitted with Schmidt's superheating system. There are two single-ended and three double-ended boilers, working at 210 pounds pres- sure. . The superheating can be car- ried to 300 degrees Cent., but special arrangements allow of this tempera- ture being reduced to any required degree. All of the boilers are pro- vided with Howden's system of forced draft. Each engine has a _ separate condenser of the Fijenoord draft, with 3,250 square feet of cooling surface. The propellers are three-bladed, 16