ELECTRIC WIRE ON A LINER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 27 January 1911, Page 3

ELECTRIC WIRE ON A LINER.

The fitting of the new Olympic has cot as yet been completely detailed for publication. But she is to ,go "one better" than the Mauritania." Comparatively few can grasp 'the significant part which electricity plays In this ship. Apart from the 70,000 horse-power of the turbines which propel the ship through the water the electrical power, Vwk'ich is supplid by four generators," represents an additional 2144 horse-power. Electricity is used not only for illuminating the ship at night, but for a multitude of other puruoses, such as operating the lifts, of which -there are two for passengers' us°, eight for baggage and mails, and two smaller ones in the gantries. Electrically driven cranes and winches arc also provided, and 6300 electric lamps give the enormous total of over 10,000 candle-power. For heating the first-class quarters 60 electric radiators halve been fitted, to say nothing of some 43 beaters i n the bathrooms. Numerous electric fans are used for ventilating 'the various rooms, and are s o arranged that they can supply either warm or cool airj according to the weather. In the kitchens one range alone -has a frontage of 60 feet, and includes a roaster with four vertical spits rotated by an electric motor, these spits being capable of dealing with half-a-ton of meat at a time. There is also a smalled roaster with three spits, driven in the same manner. In the bakery electricity is employed to operate a large dough-making machine capable of making bread for at least 3000 persons. Some idea of the size of this vessel may be obtained when it is mentioned that over 200 miles of wire and cable s are fitted throughout the ship. The electric bell and telephone seivice on the" Mauretania surpasses anything hitherto attempted in ennr.fic't.i.'*- w : lh ship work. Bell pushes are placed over every bed, and altogether 1208 bell pushe s have been fitted in the various cabins, etc.. while telephones, of which there are upwards of If 0. are to be found in numerous parts of the ship. Apart from the Marconi wV. e'ess telegraph outfit, means v, av-; been provided for coupling the sbio up to the city telephone "exchanges v-hen lying alongside the landing .-;nges ac Liverpool or New Yor'i Four electric searchlights are rar- : ed. and in addition ; i rhe usual ecmplemen of life buoys which every ''■ carries, two special buoys tiuv: ! b«.en provided fcr use at i*igi:t. Tjie*-e | upon being released by pre.;%ii';r a | bctton. automatically light i fir.se x ;.on striking th P water. Tin; :»lri;(i:: installation, of thi3 \ £-<•■; Jl vrprtstr.t.s about £6>,000. Bill: "Jake said he was. going to break up the Suffragette meeting! the other night. Where his plans carried out?"' Dill: "No, Jake was." BUILDING THE HOME. HOW YOUNG WIVES GO WRONG." In the first flush of married happiness mistakes are often made —mistakes that it, is difficult at times to rectify, and ! that may do far-reaching injury "to pro- | mining young lives. ] The wife newly wed is sadly prone to ! forget how much her happiness will dei pend on her cooking. She has troubled ! her head so little about domestic science I that she doesn't even know poison from food in certain cases. She docs not know, for instance, that to use inferior or impure baking-powder in her cookery is to embark upon a career of slow poisoning. The use of any baking-oowder containing dangerous "drugs means slow and sure destruction of even the strongest constitution. Inferior baking-powdci ! makes paste lighter and death more ' certain. ] Sharland's Baking Powder is the best •"; on earth for all culinary purposes, and ■i fnntains no taint of any injurious drug. : There is a Moa. on every tin. Look for ; it. Send postcard to Sharland and Co., | Ltd.. Wellington, for a free sample tin. x Retail of all stores. One trial con- \ vinces.