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and two 5-ton steel booms aft and three 5-ton steel booms forward. “These booms are served by two double drum and two single drum winches of the Lidgerwood type elec- trically operated with General Elec- tric motors. There are nine cargo ports, on each side of the ship, three forward and four aft on upper tween deck and two forward on main tween deck. There are two passenger entrance ports on each side. One port and one starboard forward on bridge C deck and one port and one starboard aft on shelter D deck. Accommoda- tion ladders are arranged at the after ports. There are two stowing or loading ports about amidship. The lower level watertight doors that must be opened or closed for the operation of the ship while at sea are either vertical or horizontal sliding doors, gravity closing type, opened and closed by electric motor, with elec- tric control from bridge, and at the doors, and with hand control above the bulkhead deck. These doors are also fitted with an alarm system at the door and with an electric indicat- ing system of lights in the wheel house to indicate the position of the doors, open or closed. Mail storage rooms are provided en- tirely enclosed in steel.. The print shop is located amidship on upper E deck, and is fitted with metal type cases and racks and a motor driven - printing machine. There are ten 30-foot double end metallic life boats each of 70 person- capacity and two additional powered life boats each of 58 person capacity. These boats are stowed under 12 sets of Welin-Maclachlan patent davits, which are electrically operated. The boats are carried at the sun deck level, which leaves the promenade B _ deck a splendid deck for the first class passengers. Passenger Accommodations Different architectural styles are employed in the treatment of the vari- ous spaces, but by the proper use of color, sharp contrasts have been avoided. In the deck houses on the prome- nade B deck are the two lobbies, for- ward and aft, the library, writing room, lounge, first class smoking room and veranda cafe. All of these spaces have large casement windows, open- ing on the promenade deck, and per- mitting of an uninterrupted view out to sea. The public lobbies, one forward and one aft extend through four decks, and are modernistic in treat- ment, with elevator service in each lobby. Stairways in hardwood with bronze balustrades rails are built around these elevators. The bulkheads in the lobbies are modernistic in style and are very flat, veneered in rectilinear forms in ma- hogany, satin wood, ebony and rose- wood. 26 and hardwood. Writing room and library are located on either side of the promenade deck, forward of the lounge. The architec- ture is classical French and the furni- ture is designed in the empire period. Painted walls are used in light cream, relieved by framed oil paintings. In the library, the lighting arrangements are subdued, with special lights in the bulkheads adjacent to the easy chairs, for the use of the individual reader. First Class Dining Saloon The first class lounge is of generous proportions, extending through two decks and having a mezzanine with an ample well opening surrounded by a bright bronze railing. The bulkheads are of white mahogany stained a soft brown with certain panels ornamented in color. The ceilings of the lounge proper and the mezzanine are painted in tones of cream, with certain panels and medallions containing painted de- coration after the style of Watteau. This room is of the Louis XVI period, and the furniture, hangings, lighting fixtures, carpets, and other details have been especially designed, in the period, to suit the space. The hang- ings are in old-rose damask with fur- niture fabrics in coral and blue and old-gold. Mirrors, appropriately used, increase the brilliance of the room, and in front of these mirrors are con- sole tables, on which are placed can- delabra with silk shades. The color harmony is of particular interest in this room, which while degnified, is yet restful and inviting. The smoking room is executed in walnut, with decorative painting in gold and color in the ceiling panels and on the soffits of the beams. The architectural style is the Italian renaissance where richness and color predominated. An imposing semi- circular skylight is located over the central portion of the room, and in the ends are murals depicting scenes in Havana and New Amsterdam. The veranda cafe is a large room, practi- cally forming part of the deck ball room. It has large casement windows and on three sides is enclosed by the deck ball room. The walls of the cafe are covered with painted decorations, very cool yet colorful. The first class dining saloon is cen- trally located fore and aft on the shelter deck and seats 216 persons, with galley and pantries and all culi- nary working spaces on the same. deck level. The tourist dining saloon and pantries are located just aft of the main galley being separated from it by the tourist main foyer. This of course permits close traffic and main- tains all culinary and cooking arrange- ments with the one galley. “The din- ing Saloon extends through two decks with a mezzanine, and tall supporting pillars at the well opening. The room Is painted in cream with decorated panels done in Pompeian motifs. In the ceiling of the mezzanine, above MARINE REviEw—September, 1930 the well. opening is an ova] mural painting, 28 feet in length, anq a feet wide, depicting the Perseus of mythology rescuing Andromeda, The furniture in this space is mahogan covered in red and gold fabric, said old gold brocade curtains. Slidin sash cover the airports arranged . provide ample ventilation when the ports are open. Concealed lighting makes it possible to light these Sash at night. The electric fixtures are in golq finish without and with etched glass shades. On the sideboard are silver candelabra on which are silk shades. Cast iron railings painted and block and gold leaf with hardwood top rail around the mezzanine, heighten the beauty of this space. Light antique oak in old English design is used throughout the public spaces for tourists which comprise the music room, smoke room, lobbies, stairways, and dining saloon. The furniture is likewise old English, and has a walnut finish. The curtains at the airports are Jacobean linen. In the dome of the tourist class dining saloon are four mural paintings in which ships and persons of the Bliza- bethan period are represented. This tourist accommodations is comparable to first class in many features. Por- traits in oil are used in the dining saloon and music room, while old prints give a homelike appearance to other spaces. The tourist promenade or fresh air deck is aft on the bridge deck. Tourist lounge and smoking room are also on the after bridge deck and the accom- modations are aft on C, D and H decks. Special and Regular Staterooms In the de luxe suites on C deck hardwood, and painted bulkheads are used alternately. Some of the furni- ture is hardwood, while in some rooms the chiffoniers, dressing tables, ete. are painted. Rich fabrics are used on the furniture, and for the hang- ings, but more delicate colors are used to avoid the - suggestion of warmth, in the tropics. The special and regular staterooms are generally alike in character, hav- ing painted bulkheads and furniture, principally in hardwood. In the spe- cial rooms, the deck is carpeted, and in the regular staterooms, rugs are used on a linoleum deck covering. The principal distinction between @ special and regular stateroom, is that the former has more individual bath facilities. The same attention to de- tail has been paid in these spaces as in the larger public rooms: fabrics are colorful where required, and there is generally a note of freshness in the furnishing of the staterooms. In the tier of houses on the sun deck is the children’s playroom and the gymnasium for first class passen- gers. A large portion of the sun deck is available for deck games, about 3000 square feet, and is suitably