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In shipping circles bad blood will soon flow in the quarrel (now just beginning) about "space"—big cabins, big decks, BIG public rooms. Significant of this new trend is the fact that the lie de France, first ship with a top deck completely clear and flat from side to side, first ship to make a hullaballoo about "space," carried more first-class passengers across the Atlantic last year than any other. The Empress of Britain and nearly all "newest ships" now have flattop, full-width sport decks. Last week the Empress of Britain sloganed: "MORE THAN SIZE AND SPEED—SPACE!" added a now abstruse but soon-to-be important claim "36 tons of ship for each passenger."
—Bitter is the White Star v. U. S. Lines battle about whether Majestic or Leviathan is ''the largest ship in the world." The Majestic is unquestionably 8 ft. longer than the Leviathan. But a difference in U. S. and British rules of Ranging tonnage gives the following curious statistics:
. . Tons British . . Tons U. S.</br> Majestic . . 56,621 . . 61,206</br> Leviathan . . 54,282 . . 59,957</br>
Thus, if both ships are measured by the same yardstick (either British or U. S.) the Majestic is obviously the larger. But the U. S. Lines measure their ship by the U. S. Yardstick (59,957 tons), measure the Majestic by the British yardstick (56,621 tons) and state that the Leviathan is therefore larger than the Majestic.
†Ratings by Thos. Cook & Sons.