Travel

Fares. Beginning Feb. 1, the North Atlantic Steamship Conference announced from its Paris office last week, first-class fares on ships like the Leviathan, Majestic and Maurentania would increase $7 between U. S. and Continental ports. First-class fares on the President Roosevelt, the France and ships of their class will not be changed. But for second-class passage on all ships the price mounts $5. Tourist cabin charges go up slightly.

California. The California, largest merchantship (22,000 gross tons) ever built in the U. S. and the only liner driven by electricity, glided into New York Harbor last week to take on stores for her maiden trip to San Francisco. For motive power, fuel oil generates steam, which operates two turbines, which operate two dynamos, which operate two motors, which operate two propeller shafts, which make the ship go. She is vibrationless.

There are no inside cabins and most of the first-class staterooms have either private baths or shower. The deck has dancing space; there are two swimming pools. The International Mercantile Marine Corp., through its Panama-Pacific Line, owns her.