THE COBINTHIC.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11485, 19 January 1903, Page 6

THE COBINTHIC.

. DESCBIPTiOIT OF THE VESSEL. The Shaw, Savill and Albion CompmxiT'e

new steamer Corinthic, which arrived at teiton on Saturday, is a capital the big liner. She J* a vessel o f 031 gross, and of 7832 tone net register' (her mansions being—Length over all olSft perpendiculars breadth 63ft, amd 4Dtk She Las exceptionally comfortable ; commodaticn for aoout 100 flret-cJaee eecond-ciiusi, and about 200 third-olm gers under normal conditions. olass dining ealoou ie m the foi* large deck nous« ou the upper deck. Ii tasiefuUy decorated with whit* and panels, ux eatmwood {raining, that most attractive appcirauc-o, whilst it i» well lighted and roomy aparttneal <Xh* brary, which ie immediately above the aalooaissssV is «pacwuß, ana is conveniently whilst it is vrell sheltered. It ia about high, and :a fitted with comfortable' and chairs, «j:d with ■» large taining a assortment of The room 13 decorated in carved oak, surmounted witix a.ll ornamentai' whilst, S3 in tlio mam dining is admitted by a s-onrs of large of eUmcd glass, which no all lh» etfcouvo ana jmereeting lrom the point of view, as each treats of a subject, llio floor is laid with I'he first eiioon sruokicg-room is same deck as the library, but iurUnt It is a nanuaome apaiimeut, and as wSBHF ated :n embossed leather, with mahuSSfw furniture, win let, the waiis ere cotsmA '*fiP|» a rich paper of an »ttractive the room both cosy nnd a series of pictures acid to the *PP**nS|BiS~ of tne apartment, winch, of it mhJESJKneocssiiry to add, is perfectly vpntiiatwTjgaJMflooring is of rubber tiimg. In the Mioon acoommoaation the dining-roo» "Sse' decorated in polished hardwood, whilsV jyjim? various appointmanta oro reshy and iv u<:t aro very little inirnor tn sj"j iiratrcia&s. There are also a " library, with a -well-sciocted assortroeat volumes, which should appeal t< all taH%V , and a smoking-room, wbkn is fnrmsh«d[ ifti*.stylo very eauui&r to that of toe . A tentu 11> oi the cabin accommodaUoft v'% tne adoption of the ingeniou« arraßpMWttte"' known as the "Bibby" syst-om, by ahitk A*J the inner, as wellse the outftr berths, cd witlveiaehgtitefrora Uieouiside, each *J5Jv thus having a port-noiO 01 ite o*ll. tbq" rooms are ail particularly targe, the f of ulie paeaeiigifr bavjng evioeuuy besa first oonaiaeraiion of the aeaigiiers of U»V Corintnio. une tame principle lias - throughout the cabin accommooauon, M'>' , whetiier in the two, taree, or lour bertb it con bo eaiely said that attentu n to dsJa)k<K and tihe benetit of experience have ressfiKe ' in the provisioui of accommodation such la US, not exceuiea in any vessel ufioat. The tfcwkjf acoommodauon is, pcriiups, one of most noteworthy features of tiie huge *Up£J aud it ie xealiy surprising how the eomptffiS "' can provide -ti»*ir patrons in this claes W>K|S 4 euch roomy two, lour, or cix berth caUhfeP as they <*o, and. then feed them and oartfife , them nearly thirteen thousand miiea charge of leas than a lanrur.g s> roiie. the after end of the ship ie tho third-clegse dining saloon, which is furnished with ate revolving chairs, whust rven there uIH be found a piano ior the us« and "aQMfjiS ment ot p««»engers. who have also a hbniKH , ac well ac a smoke-room set apart for t)*ii|B exclueive use. liike ail the vesse.s of WB White Star fleet, the Corinttuc a through with eleetncity. "^^B