Show Electricity Runs Giant New Ship Peels Pot Potatoes to s and Loads the Freight Tremendous Change Wrought I T y 2 1 lit I. I f C r K v. v w f j r a v N t iea ie r v l J t. t The electric electria liner California is shown at the top Below a scene in the I By ISRAEL KLEI KLEIN Within the hull of tho the new ocean ocen liner lInet ner California is an e electric power plant lant that marks a revolution re from I. I ho tho throbbing grimy and nol noisy y engine engine en- en gine ine room of oC old Hero two t massive e turbines en n by steam from a n dozen oil oU burners burners burners burn burn- I ers generate electricity to G operate rate everything aboard and drive e tho the ships ship's two massive propellers From I pilot house to hull hun everything thing Is electrically operated and as ns clean as a n. hou household hold Kitchen I This Innovation in shipping isnow Is Isnow now on duty between New York and San Francisco l via tho the Panama I canal Its UK ele electrical equipment Is Isby isby by the General Electric company a nt at I S Schenectady N. N Y The boat is the largest American American- built liner and can set the pace lo for tor torman man many ocean vessels Besides It Is said to be the worlds world's largest comm commercial com com- m mercial vessel easel with ele electric propulsion pro pro- CUTS TIME With n length of feet teet breadth of SO feet teet and hull depth of 52 feet fee tho the California has a a. capacity fo for tons of freight and gers jers Her ma maximum speed is nearly nearly near near- ly ly two twenty-two land Jand miles an hour hourat at which rate she is expected t to clip two days das from tho c. passage of fifteen da days s from front New Ne NewYork ew York to San Francisco The two massive steam strom turbInes turbine that drive her generators are rated at nearly shaft haft horsepower an and have a n maximum capacity of oC horsepower each The generated b by the motors driven b bj by bythe the turbines has a maximum rating of kilowatts at nt volts From these generators go cables to two motors each driving a a. tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- shaft to its propeller r. r A Atho At Atthe tho the same time tho the alternating current current cur cur- current rent generated in the hull is dis distributed distributed dis- dis through the ship for rr baking baking bak bak- ing cooking heating and lighting radio and telo telephone hone communication COMPLETE ELECTRIFICATION The deck winches Inches for tor handling freight are operated b by electricity Refrigeration is by electricity E Eggs s 's sare are boiled and steaks fried by elec elec- Electricity generated by the tho ships ship's own motors motor mixes dough and bakes bread brend in the ships ship's own bakery bak balt- ery slices potatoes washes ashes dishes runs the shins shin's clocks and the print prInt- I I ing presses It furn furnishes hes heat and runs the ventilating system Through the radio direction finder find fInd- er the electric steering device known as metal mike the tho bridge telegraph s 's system stem and other means of oC control electricity is used to operate op operate op- op p- p erate the ship Loud speaker connections connections connections con con- are available altable throughout for tor tho the enjoyment of passengers passengers from the tho central receiving set setIn hi in Inthe inthe the radio room For this purpose the 0 power created created cre cre- by the tho two turbines is tre tre- Engineers estimate it at horsepower or 1000 kilo kilo- watts They sa say this power if It applied applied ap- ap plied to a 0 freight train would haul 1000 2000 cars weighing tons at nt athe atthe the he rate of fifteen miles an hour n It t is enough to provide eight times the he energy required to operate to-operate the Panama canal Yet seated In the tho dining room or drawing room of ot the California a apa pa passenger nger can scarcely believe ho Ison is ison ison on a a. sailing lUn vessel Theres There's no throbbing pulsating effect On Onto Only a rough sea sn could king Oring the voyager back to the realization that he isn't on land Down below ow the clean quiet oil burners bumen r replace place the sooty and stuffy tuffy furnace rooms of oC coal burn tag ing ng ships ship The humming motors are a n. contrast to time tle oil dripping hammering engines Electricity has wrought a tremendous change NIL NEA y y r rY y yr yh w t e h r 1 k M 7 9 |