The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-18
Montreal siean,sh;os

The new screw steamship HISTORIAN, belong
ing to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Compa-
ny (Messrs. Allan Brothers & Co. )under COM
mand of Captain J. e. Dutton. arrived at this
port about o'clock Sunday morning on her
first trip from Liverpool which place she left
january 31st and Londonderry February l.
She put into Halifax on Friday last, short of
coal, and left that port Friday evening. She
was off our harbor at II o'clock Saturday
night but the fog was so dense she had to Law
to. She brings sixteen cabin and 100 steerage
passengers and large cargo. Like all the
other steamers belonging to this company. the
HISTORIAN is large, powerful, and splendidly
ftted-up craft. She was built at Whiteinch.
Glasgow, by Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co.. be-
ing the third constructed for the company by
those eminent builders. The dimensions OF
the HISTORIAN are as fellows: In length. by
surveyors measurement, she is 317 feet; her
width is So feet She is % feet inches deem
in the hull to the spar deck, and 80 feet 8 inch
es to the promenade deck. Her gross meas.
urement is 2,246 tons, and her passenger and
cargo-carrying space is registered as 1,527 tons
The HISTORIAN has been constructed on re.
markably fine lines, under special survey, and
is very strongly built. She is divided into
seven water-tight compartments by six strong
iron bulkheads reaching from the keel to the
spar deck, and all the materials of which shf
is composed are of the very best quality. The
engines are of 400 horsepower nominal but
capable of working to five times that amount
The cylinders are 65 inches in diameter, and
,s,%ax hoe, A~oIxo
fitted with patent right-and-left screw steer
ing apparatus, worked by double or single
| wheel, as circumstances may require, and the
steersmen are fully protected from the wealth.
er; and to provide against any casualty which
may unexpectedly arise, the rudder is also fit
ted to be worked by the ordinary tiller-chains
She is provided with steam worked capstar
for raising and lowering the anchors, which
| are suspended from anchor-davits instead o
the old fashioned cat-heads She is also pro
| vided with an ample supply of life and othe
| boats. In short, nothing has been omitted
which could suggest itself for securing speed
and safety to the ship and freight. B y
The arrangements for passenger accommoda
| ton are of the best order. The principal O
| dining saloon is q magnificent apartment G.
! feet long by IS feet wide, and feet inche
high in the ceiling. 1t is very fully Lighted
and ventilated, and is a cheerful as well as
sumptuOus lounge, capable of Accommodation,
comfortably, eighty persons at dinner. 1t i
handsomely, indeed gOrgeOusly fitted up. TIL,
sleeping berths for frst-class passengers ar
eighty in number, and they are situated il
comfortably arranged state-rOoms on the decl
below the saloon. These state rooms are ca
pacious, light, well ventilated, and fully sup
piled with everything which can conduce t.
comfort. Like the saloon, they are kept at
comfortable temperature by means of steam
heating arrangements, and are in all respect
luxuriOusly snug cabins.
| The space for steerage passengers is situated
on two decks, and is amply sufficient for 60
adults, and this large amount of space is ad
mirably lighted and fully supplied with tn
means of regulated ventilation. She is to b
fitted with Woods patent hammock-cOts TO
adult steerage passengers, which have alread
been tried in several of the company's steam
| ers, and found to afford great advantages as t.
cleanliness, ventilation, and mess accommoda
| ton.
| ~ proVlue, as Tar as possible, Tor the expect
ed increase of trade, the Montreal Oceal
Steamship Company are having built for then
another magnificent steamer similar in ever
| respect, to the HISTORIAN. She is to be nance
the Austrian, and is being constructed b.
Messrs. Barclay, Curle s. Co., of Glasgow, an
is expected to be placed ON the Liverpool an
Quebec line in May. The company will the
| have on their British and North American lin
IA 6-o+ GLASS otoon,siiips tel or Which win p1
between Liverpool and British North Amer
ca, and three between the same settlement
and the Clyde. r.
The HISTORIAN will leave, on her return tri
to England, next Saturday.
The steamship Moravian, Capt. Alton, {
this line, which arrived here Friday morning
discharged her large cargo, coaled up, took i
a large cargo and sailed for Liverpool las
night. This is dispatching business with eff
cheney. LIB
The Belgian is the steamer of this line du
at this port from Liverpool this week.