The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-23
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
for the safety of the steamer
Twenty-One Days Since she wns Heard from
--DencIIptIOn of the Vessel.


Nothing has been heard from or of the
steamer City of Boston, of the Inman line,
which left New York on the 25th of January,
and cleared at Halifax on the 2Sth, for Liver
pool. She has not been spoken, as far as yet
ascertained, by any vessel.
The missing steamer was built by Messrs.
Todd 81 McGregor, at Partick, near Glasgow,
and was launched on the 10Th of November,
1864. She is a remarkably fine specimen oil
naval architecture, having, like the rest of the
numerous fleet belonging to the lnman line,
been built with especial care, and has always
received the highest premium at LlOyds, and
been ranked in the highest classification by the
Association of Underwriters in Liverpool.
In her general build and aspect the City of
Boston bears n strong resemblance to the splen-
did steamer which in speed rivals those of the
Cunard line, the City of London, belonging to
the same company, and rs well as the Others
which constitute the Inman fleet she is large,
commodious, and handsome and is propelled by
engines of great power. The City of Boston is an
iron vessel, and in her construction the greatest
care was taken in selecting the very best mate
rial as regards tenacty and strength while every
attention was paid to secure speed, safety, aud
comfort TO all on board of her. Besides being a
mail steamer she is designed as passenger ship
of the first order and is 305 feet long in the keel
and four rake, and measures 332 feet in length
over all; her moulded beam width is 30 feet, and
she is ~ feet inches deep in the hull, from the
bottom of her hold to the spar deck. She is of
2278 tons of the old measurement, and is pro-
nal), and was built with three-fange propel-
Ter, but the engines are capable of working up
to considerably more than 600 horsepower.
The City of Boston, like the rest of the Inman
fleet is ship-rigged, large spread of canvas
being assigned to her to act in aid of her pro-
peller in securing steadiness and speed in saik-
Ing. The ribs, beams, and plating of this fine
vessel are all exceedingly strong and built Of the
best material, the whole of the framing is
securely bound together by heavy stringer plates
and ties and the ship is transyersely divided
into eight compartments by seven strong and
well-secured water-tight bulkheads, which reach
from the keelson to the upper deck.
AS might well be supposed in so large and fine
q ship, the passenger accommodations on board
the City of Boston are of the very best descrip-
tion. The principal saloon is 40 feet long by Is
feet wide, and is feet inches high in the cell
ing, and is fitted up with the usual luxurious
elegance which characterizes this line. The
state-rooms connected with the saloon are capa-
cious, well-furnished and efficiently supplied
with the means of ventilation. OF these there
are sufficient number to accommodate upwards
of a hundred frst-class passengers. The accom-
modations for passengers of the second and
third classes are also ample and of the best
kind. Every department connected with the
management and working of the ship, which Is
under the command of Captain Halcrow, is of
the very best description, and consequently
every hope is entertained of her ultimate safety.
She is provisioned for fifty-eight days, and this
apart from her cargo, which consists in great
measure of supplies of food.
The following is the passenger list of the City
of Boston on her departure from New York.
Mrs. NJ. Cosgrove, c. p. Archibald,
Mr.. Guiquene, Mr. Roland and wife,
a. G. Morton, w. NJ. COchrane
j. Whitaker and wife, James COsgrove,
four children, and infant, Mr. Lawder,
Allan DfRfI' fEb6s, wife, child, James McRnnon,
and infant, John Levesly,
James Aoshead Duncan Mcdonald,
M. A. Praeger f. II. PrieWr,
j. Mccall, n ONel