ELECTRIC WIRE ON A LINER.

Mataura Ensign, 30 January 1911, Page 5

ELECTRIC WIRE ON A LINER.

The luting of the new Olympic has I not as yet been completely detailed tor ■' publication. Hut she is to go "one' better" than the Maurctania. Coin- : paratively few ran grasp tin signit'u ant! part which electricity plays in the ship. I Apart from the 7u.000 horse-power of J the turbines which propel the ship! through the water the electrical power, j ! which is supplied by join- generators. I 1 represents an additional :.l!4 horse-1 i power. I I Klectricity is used not <,uly for il-! ' luminating the. ahip at night, but for I j a multitude of other purposes, such ;.;. i operating the lifts, ot which there me i two for passengers' Use, eight for bag gage and mails, and two smaller ones • in the pantries. Kheti i< ally driven ( cranes and winches are aKo prov »<l<hl, | and (i.'M)O ek'etric lamps give the cnor-' nmtu total of „ver 11)0.(101) candle-' power. For heating the tirst-class <ptar- ' tors GO elect! Ie radiators have been lilted", to say nothing of >:jine ••'! htaters in the bathrooms. Numerous electric fan- .re iim d lor I ventilating the various iooi!:s_ and are) so arranged that tiny can siipph cither warm or cool air, according to the weather. In the kitchens <,in- range alone has a frontage ot about (Jltlt. and includes j i a roaster with four vertical »p.ts lotat-' ed by an electric mntiir. these spits lie- 1 ing <'apable of dealing witli half a ton I I .'d iru.at at a time. There is ako a ! smaller roaster with three spits, driven' lin the si: me manner. In the bakery electricity is employed to « |>eiute a large dougdi-making machine capable of making bivad for at least IIUOU persons. Some idea of the sj/e ol the vessel may be obtained when a is n.cnt'oncd that over '2OO miles of wire and cables are tilted throughout/ the ship. The electric bell and tel< pi'one installation on the .Mauretai'ia surpasses anything hitherto attempted in connection with ship work. fb II pushes are placed over evi rv be;, and altogether I'iUS bell pushes have been fitted in the various cabins, to., while telephones, o! which there :ii. upwards lof 100, are to be feuini .u numerous I parts of the- ship. j Apart from the Marconi v. iie'ess teie- | graph outfit, means haw iieen provided j for coupling the ship up t<. the oil. telephone exchanges, when iymg along'side the landing si ages at l.r.crpool or | New- York. I'our electric searchlights aiv carried, ami in addition to tile :u i| i iiiiple- , ment of lifebuoys wh.<"- ,-\ery ship carries, two special buoy. iave been nrovided for use at night. These upon . heeing released by p:.-s ,- ; , button, ' automatically light a (fare upon strikI ing the water. The electric installation of tin's vessel npreitnts about '£65,000.