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' The Government s Promise' Being Fuliilled. The New Steamer has Arrived at Halifax e

eral Comment on,Account of its Magnificence. It Cost $690,000, and is Luxuriously Fitted up Besides being Provided with Machinery and Hull to Break Through four feet of Ice. Five Illustrations and Graphic Description.

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spatch from Halifax yesterday, the new Car Ferry steamer Prince Ed- ward Island has arrived there en route for this province. Today the Guardian has pleasure in presenting its readers with a series of views of the new vessel which is the finest of its kind everbuilt and cost $690,000.

The Prince Edward I land was

launched f rom the ship-builiding yard of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne on, October 5th, and has since been fitted ` with englnes~work which was delay- ed on account of the war. 3

The new vessel is an extremely in-

teresting one and differs to some ex- tent from anything of her class that has yet been produced. She is de- signed in accordance with the experi- , ence gained by the _firm in building a number of icebreaking- steamers now in use in the Baltic Bea and on. Lake Baikal, on the Trans-Siberian Ry., and approaches to some extent the Russian icebreaker Ermarck.al- though .she is not such a powerful ves- sel. The governing principle ill de- signing such' vessels is to provide as far as possible against the nip of two approaching ice fioes, a principle which was exemplified in the con- struction of the Frsnl in which the Norwegian explorer, Nasein, drifted across the higher latitudes of theArc- tic Ocean and this principal has been adopted as far as possible within the limits of the present design. The ice conditions which this car ferry will be called upon to cope with are severe, although not the same order of magnitude as those which have been' successfully overcome on the Baltic Sea.

She is designed and built for the

special service of transporting trains across the Northumberland Straits from Cape Tormentine, N. B.. to Car- leton Point. P. E. l., at all seasons. Provision has had to be made for breaking ice which will probably at- tain a thickness of some 3 or 4 ft. This severe duty has formed the gov- srning factor in the design, both as regards the form and scantllng of the hull and the power and arrange- ment of the propelling machinery. The icebreaking ferry steamer of the _ Canadian Lakes and the rsiway ferry steamer Baikai maintain a constant connection between their stations through ice up to 4 ft. thick. as well as occasionally meeting and breaking through drift ice which may be piled up by the wind to nearly 20 ft., so that the problem to be solved, ai- though it differs in many respects from any that has yct been attempted, does not in general principle pre-_ sent any insuperable diiliculty. A well designed icebreaker should be capable to procure a passage through ice of almost any thickness which is likely to be met with in these lati- tudes, provided of course that the ice has ‘not grounded, but the-exigencies of railway service. such as the deck area-is required for transportation, embarking and disembarking pas- sengers orifreight cars makes the combination of the- best icebreaking. fonil-and suitable ferry accommoda- tion ,very dlilicult to,at_taln in al vessel'-otcompsratively small dim-~ snsions. ~;` -' ' ,

The principal dimensions of the s.s.

Prince Edward Island are: Length over fender 800 ft; length between prepsndie\tlars“28l5` ft.; brefdth ex- treme- over tenders 58' ft. 0 in.; breadth moulded at deck 62 ft.; depth moulded M ft. The mean draught of water when laden with gross weight of cars and freight of 500 tons. togeth- er with 150 tons of coal and stores. is 18 ft. Thorgensral 'arrangement ofthe vessel is shown by the accompanying ents, it has snapper or rsilwly=~ 'debit with a superstructure in which is pro- vided accommodation for passengers and ofllcers. The cars will be run over s hinged gsngway at the after deck. and will be secured in position by suitable appliances so as to avoid any chance of breaking loose in s lonln ses. '

A feature of the vessel is the sr-

rangement of the propelling machin- ery. There are three sets of triple ex- pansion engines working st _180 lbs. pressure, with l-fowden's forced draught. Two sets of engines drive _twin screws iltted ss usual at the

stern, and a third screw at the bow. Icebreaklng steamers to be effective must have considerable manoeuvring powers, as they have often a very small space in which to work. and for this reason the twin screw ar- rangement is advisable. The bow screw is not introduced for speed purposes, as it is generally known that a propeller in this position has very little propulsive efficiency, but when used for dislntergrailng packed

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of the vessel and so give the maxi- mum striking power. The frames are very closely spaced and the hull has been specially designed to give great strength to the railway deck,on which the trains will run. A belt of flush plating some 12 ft. deep and 1 in.thick extends from stem to stem at the wateriine and generally speaking every constructional detail has been worked out so as to offer the greatest resistance to ice pressure. The prin-

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and boat deck. The engineers and crew will be located on the main deck. the former aft and the latter forward. Stores, etc., will be located on other parts of the same deck. The promen- ade deck is immediately above the main deck and extends round the space occupied by the cars. Over this is the upper promenade and saloon deck. The forward house on the deck contains staterooms for the call' tain, chief and second officer and the first class saloon, with seats for 38

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ice it is very effective, and in disturb- ing the water under the ice, thus de- priving it of its support, and so reduc- ing its resistence crushing so that the overhanging hull of the vessel can cut its way through without experi- encing either the shock or resistance to which the older type of icebreakers was constantly exposed. and very of- ten failed to overcome. The bow

screw will also be very useful when

the vessel is going astern orbeing manoeuvred alongside' the landing pier, and for driving the vessel cistern when working in heavy ice.

The after propelling machinery is

of 5,000 i.h.p., the forward set 2.000 i. h.p., and is capable of propelling the vessel st 14 knots an hour in open

jwater. -The propelling machinery is

of the inverted direct acting triple ex-

.pansion type, the after engines h av-

ing cylinders B3. 87. and 60 ins. diar.

` stroke of 39 ins, and the for

with a . - ward engines cylinders 21. 3355 and 54 ins. diar.~ with a stroke of 80 ins. Steam is supplied by six boilers 10 ft. diameter by 11% ft. long, of the usual single ended type, iltted with How- den's forced draught, and with a heat-

ing surface of about 10,500 sq. ft. There are four tunnels placed at the sides of the vessels so as to give a clear train deck, .Fore snd,s¢t tubua .lar stays and cross lattice stays are ntted for binding the tunnels togeth- er. ‘ `

The hull is exceedingly strong and

heavy. The stem and stern consist of heavy steel castings. which concen- trate on s small space the momentum

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ciple of subdivision has been carried very far. so that the vessel may be pierced in several compartmenis be- fore she will be in danger of sinking, and in addition a double bottom of tho usual system is iltted. The hull is divided into nine compartments by eight watertight blllkheads. und filled with water ballast tanks in the cell- ular donble bottom.

The condensers, which are separate

from the main framing, are of the

uniilux type, and a pair of feed pumps

free the ship from frazil or loliy ice.

running at full speed.

ing room, pantry and stateroom for the stewsrdess, while the aft deck- house contains similar accommoda- tions for the second class passengers. Above this is the boat deck. fitted with davits for eight lifeboats, the wheelhouse being for-ward. The pas- sengers will alight from the cars and pass to the promenade deck by means of stairways on both sides of the ves- sei. These stairways lead to the en- trance hall of the saloon deckhouses, from which large doors give access to the several appurtments. In the pnntries are lifts going down te the main deck, where the gallery is situ- ated.

The public roam, with the ofllcers'

and engineers' accommodation, are on the upper promenade deck, en- trnncc to which is obtained by four teak stnirways from the promenade deck. The first class public rooms are handsomely fitted and the dining romn is a large apartment at the for- ward end of the promenade deck. The floor is oi' oak pnrnquct artistically ar- ranged, and the framing and panuell- ing throughout is of solid oak hand- somely carved. Tho ceiling is of plas- ter wlth painted panel mouldings. A number of small dining tables are ar- ranged to scat altogether 46 people, The ladies' and smoking rooms are liited up in somewhat the same style. The general effect of these rooms has been worked 0\lt \vith the view of departing as for as possible from the stereotyped forms of internal decora- tion peculiar to steamships, and to provide rooms and passages which re- semble those of a well appointed house. The second class public rooms, entrances and corridors are lrandsomoly panellcrl in oak aurl mahogany, and have swing doors with plate glass panels arranged in small squares. The stairways from the entrance to tho promenade deck are of carved mahogany with rubber

. treads. The captain‘s night and day

cabins are at the forward end of the upper promenade deck. The accom- modation for the officers and ensins-

nre fitted in each engine room. The ers 15 above me second cm" a¢¢0m. D\1mD\lll! 8l‘l’11\‘lS°Ill9l\lB “F0 C0I111>lete modation. The petty ol‘iicers', cooks’ and have been specially designed to and ,ww-args' accommnmmonl tough. suit the various compartments into er Wm, me _fp-sf, and second cis" which the vessel is divided. A large m,,n»s mvaw,-|eB_ “|\°_[y, mmp and h°"|z°“t“l ‘M9193 “nut Wm? is paint room, messrnoms for seamen fitted, which can discharge through and nrenmlh are 8|-mused at the sid. the forward condenser. and there are es of the I-a||v,-ay deck inside the '“'° huge V“_"‘i’“ in “Ch engine "°°m~ superstructure. Tho crew will be ber- The circulating water from the for- ,hed M me forward and of the “muy ward condenser can be discharged deck The me “mm awmmces of ‘h"°“3h 'WU °“"°t° at th” b°W' '° this vessel are to comply with the lst-

est requirements of the Maritime Cou-

There is a surface feed heater and ,emu-,n_

feed filter in each engine room. The ‘ whole of the shaftlng and reciporating A large warpins Winch ll" illlvd It parts have n factor of safety much the forward end of the raiiwlv IIBCK- above the Lloyd‘s and Board of Trade and two capstands at the after eq_d.for requirements. and the propeller hauling cars on hoard. A powerful blades are massive and of great vllndlass is fitted at the forward and strength. so that they may be brought of the promenade deck, and a coni- up by the ice without breaking.whes binen hand and steam, steering, gear

is fitted at the ¢srn` on t.ho_,sp_cand

The car tracks are placed on the deck. The electric light.

main deck, above which are three ‘is of a very complete nature and in~ decks-promenade, upper promenade clndss two 25,000 c. p. searoilligiltl.,

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