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CHARTERED BY MILLIONAIRES. MEN AT WORK DAY AND NIGHT. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 26th February. Seven thousand men are working day and night at Belfast to finish tho mammoth White Star liner Olympic (45,000 tons) a. month or earlier ahead of contract time. Fifty American millionaires are chartering the vessel for £120,000 to convey their wives and families with their attendants from New York to Southampton for the Coronation. [The Olympic, and her sister ship Titanic, will be vessels of 45,000 tons. •It has been announced that, although they are not being constructed primarily for speed, the new boats will steam not less than 21 knots. It is also intimated that it is quite probable that these huge vessels will have a combination of reciprocating and turbine engines. The primary object, of these leviathans is "to place at the disposal of White Star patrons every conceivable comfort whilst crossing the* Atlantic." The modern ocean passenger is indeed a lucky person, and it is small wonder that his ideas of what constitutes comfort are still expanding.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 7
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