LATEST LEVIATHAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9980, 4 May 1911, Page 2

LATEST LEVIATHAN.

The rivalry between the great shipping companies whioh carry passengere across the Atlantic Ocean is leading tliem into a struggle that is comparable only to the tremendous efforts of the Powers to outdo each other in buildiug ships of war. The magnificent Mauretania has been dwarfed by the mighty Olympic, and now the Olympic, with all her 860 feet, of length and her 48.000 tons, will have to give place to tho Europa, the latest venture of the Hamburg-Amerika line. The Europa is to be 1)00 feet in length, and her tonnage is to be 50,000 tons. Tlia epithets which have been applied to the great Atlantic liners will not serve to describe the magnitude of the new vessel. She wiii not be a floating hotel nor a floating palace, but a veritable city on the'water. Accommodation will be provided for 4250 passengers, aud the full capacity of the Europa will be more than five thousand hands. With ninn decks above the water-line she will be a "sky-scraper" of the ocean. A voyage on the Europa will be a veritable dream of luxury. For ltio-G who wish to travel under conditions similar to those of their own homes, complete suites of rooms will he available. There will be numerous dining-rooms, in addition to the principal saloon, and they will be equipped and managed on the lines of popular restaurants. Spacious palm gardens, which in winter will be used as nun parlours, will occupy the hignest deck. There will be a number of ladies , ! saloons, decorated in the fityles of varj ious periods, aud they will be couuected by telephone with the private state-rooms in order to enable passengers who live two or three "bocks" apart to communicate with each other without the trouble of making long journeys through tho ship The gymnasium will be uur/sually large and complete, and for the benefit of athietos in training a running track will be provided. There will be a lawn tenuis court aud a swimming bath, together with Turkish and Roman baths, which will be in charge of skilful attendants. Apparently every possible luxury is to rja provided for the passengers who travel iv the. latest leviathan of the great mercantile marine.