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ets and baths on upper, promenade and saloon decks; also for the gal- ley and the refrigerating machinery room. In addition to these mechanical systems each passenger stateroom has an electric oscillating fan, and sim- ilar fans are fitted throughout the dining saloon, lobbies and other pub- lic spaces, in the second class quar- ters, and in all officers’ and crew’s staterooms and messrooms. An in- teresting and unusual feature of the mechanical ventilation system is the provision for preventing heat radi- ation from the boilers, uptakes and stack through the boiler casing. The latter, in addition to having the cus- tomary heat insulating material on the outside, has an air casing fitted - all around on the inside and this cas- ing is connected to one of the sup- ply fans thus providing continuous air circulation. The majority of the ventilation fans are located on the boat deck. Provisions for Carrying Automobiles While the major service is the transportation of passengers the ves- sel is also fully equipped to carry a limited amount of freight and spe- cial provision has been made for the carriage of automobiles. The latter will be carried on the main deck in compartment No. 2 and in No. 2 ’tween decks and hold. An _ elec- trically operated elevator 18 feet x 9 feet 6 inches is fitted in No. 2 hold for the handling of automobiles to the ’tween deck space and hold. Similar elevators of a smaller size are fitted in No. 1 hold and for the lower deck freight space aft of the engine room, for general cargo use. All freight is handled through side ports of which there are three on each side, off the main deck. Be- sides these freight ports there are two passenger entrance ports on each Side off the upper deck. The elevators were furnished by the Bayard com- pany, Philadelphia, and are operat- ed with Diehl electric motors and Cutler-Hammer controls. The extensive use of electricity for such things as motive power for freight elevators and _ ventilation fans, for lighting purposes, and with some of the galley equipment, neces- Sitates a fairly large light and pow- er plant. There have accordingly been fitted on a flat in the after end of the engine room three 75 kilo- watts Westinghouse turbo-generating Sets and a 10-kilowatt Diehl motor- fenerating set. For emergency light- ing purposes there is fitted in the boat deck’ house a 5-kilowatt gaso- line driven generating set. Large cold storage rooms for the carriage of ship’s provisions are fit- ted adjacent to the galley. For the cooling of these rooms there are pro- Main Engine Room on the S. 8. Florida—Two Parsons Type Newport News Turbines ‘ With DeLaval Reduction Gears. Maximum 8. H. P. 9500 vided two 5-ton De La Vergne, steam driven ice machines, which are lo- cated in a separate compartment, be- tween the shaft alleys, aft of the engine room. Other hull auxiliaries include a right and left hand screw type steam steering gear, a steam windlass, and two steam capstans aft, all of the American Engineering Co.’s make. There is also a 10-horsepower Diehl electric boat winch for raising the life boats. Life saving equipment includes sev- enteen 26-foot metallic life boats of fifty person capacity each and one motor life boat, providing boat ca- pacity for the entire number of passengers and crew. These boats are carried under twelve sets of Steward mechanical davits, six sets of | boats being nested. Other equipment includes an 18- inch searchlight forward and one of the same size aft, radio direction finder, Willett-Bruce electric whistle operator, rudder indicator, shaft rev- olution counters in pilot house, me- chanical telegraphs, telephone sys- tem for ship service, watchmen’s clock system, and a powerful wire- less telegraph system. For fire alarm and detection there is a Garrison automatic system for all passenger’s and crew’s sleeping quarters, and a Lux-Rich fire detecting and. ex- tinguishing system for cargo spaces, paint and oil rooms, and _ similar spaces. A Lux fire extinguishing sys- tem is fitted in the boiler room and holds. The watertight doors in the machinery space and shaft alley are electrically operated. from the pilot house and at the door by Cutler- Hammer control system. The propelling machinery consists L ‘ tr ‘ § Florida—Capacity 6000 Pounds—By Per- bile and Cargo Elevator on S. 8. F lorida—Capacity 1 ees mission M. L. Bayard € Co. MARINE REVIEw—June, 1931 25