The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-06
The Steamship Sarmafiau.


and III Storage passengers. Among the cabi1
passengers was Sir Hugh Allan, one Of thu
proprietors of the line. The Sarmatian made
the coast at o'clock Monday morning, but OF
account of the heavy fog did not attempt to en-
ter the harbor until the weather cleared up.
The Sarmatian is a new vessel, built al
Greenock, Scotland, last summer by Messrs
Robert Steele 6 Co., and is 5000 tons carpen'
ter's measurement, 2,159 tons custom house
register and is consequently one of the largest
vessels that ever entered Portland harbor. Hel
measurement on deck, from her straight stem
to the extremity of her slightly overhanging
stern, is $50 feet; moulded width of beam AZ
feet depth of hold from spar-deck, 36 feet. Hell
speed on her trial trip, with forty revolutions OF
her engines, was 10 ga knots, but her guaran-
teed speed is IS knots. The Sarmatian is i'm
PEELED by combined engines of 60O-horse power
nominal, but capable of working up to 1900.
These engines which are of novel construction.
have two vertical high pressure cylinders and
two horizontal low pressure trunk cylinders of
"Macnab's patent both having high and low
pressure cylinders of each pair. acting on one
crank pin. She has surface condensers and her
machinery is supplied with all the newest and
most approved appliances to secure steadiness
and power, combined with economy and safety
in working. She has ten tubular boilers, which
are heated by twenty furnaces. Besides her
propelling engines, the Sarmatian is fully sup
Piled with auxiliary engines for assisting in the
subordinate working OF the ship and her ma
chinery She has separate circulating engines
Tor pumping and pressing the water through
the condensers; small engine for turning the
large ones when required; also steam starting
gear, by which at any moment the machinery
can be set in motion with the greatest ease and
celebrity The impelling engines, although
large, are very compact and beautiful. They
possess the further advantage that they can be
worked on the high and low pressure principles
in combination, or they can be used on the
high or low pressure principles separately. Con-
sequent on this facility of adaptation, an acct
dental necessity for cutting off steam from one
part of the machinery does not necessitate the
tant detention of the ship. This fine vessel is
also fully supplied with donkey engines for
pumping, loading and unloading cargo and she
is supplied with patent steam winch for work
ing the anchors, and has steam steering gear of
great power, and from its simplicity of con-
struction of great efficacy in working. She is
furnished with Gisborne's patent telegraph,
communicating direct from the bridge to the
deck-house and engine-room.
She is very strongly built vessel, every at
tentiOn having been bestowed on her structure
and material to combine strength of hull with
celebrity of motion. She is fully barque-rig-
ged steamer and has been carefully designed
to afford safety and comfort to all on board
The passenger capacity of this splendid vessel
is very large, she having ample accommoda-
ton for 100 cabin or frst-class and for 1000 in
termediate and steerage passengers Her cargo
carrying capacity is also very extensive and
most considerably arranged She is framed
with great fitness of ribs and bracings, and is
divided into seven separate compartments by
six water-tght iron bulkheads, reaching from
ba oil 70 fha raol ha-
sides augmenting the general strength of the
vessel, contribute greatly to the general safety
of the ship and all ON board. They afford secu-
rity against any dangerous leakage, because
each individual compartment can be at once
cut Off from any communication with all others
in the event of accident; and they are not less
valuable as means for preventing the spread of
fire, if from any unfortunate cause such Gala
nifty were to occur, as by shutting off the COM
munication with other parts of the ship the fire
would be confined to the compartment in
which it originated, and would consequently be
subdued by the very ample means with which
the ship is supplied for the extinction of fire.
The passenger accommodations of this very
fine vessel is of unusual excellence The sa-
loon is an elegant dining and lounging hall of
is about sixty-five feet in length by the full
width of the ship, and contains ample dining
space for 100 guests To ensure perfect ventila-
ton in the lower parts of the vessel large VEN.
tilating shafts pass from the lower to the upper
deck, and two of these pass up through the
central portion of the saloon. To remove what
would otherwise be unsightly interruptions to
the beauty of the saloon, they have been hand
somely encased in rich mahogany frames, which
contain large panels of ground glass; orna-
mented with cleverly executed pictures of Scrip
ture incidents and character, chiefly connected
with the Assyrian wars against the Israelites.
The saloon is lofty in the ceiling, profusely
lighted and exceedingly handsome in its decor
ations. 1t is wains cotted all round in panels
and pilasters of rich and highly polished Span
ish mahogany. These are surnroupted by mas
sive and richly carved gold cornices, the uphol-
stery being also of crimson and gold; while nu-
merous mirrors reflect and magnify the general
beauty. Occupying a central portion of the sa-
loon is an elegantly fitted up carving table,
from which dinners are served to the guests.
Besides the main saloon, the first-class pas
sengers have additional sitting accommodations,
consisting of two small, but remarkably snug,
as well as comfortable, and elegantly furnished
apartments, situated in houses on the upper
leck. These consist, first of a ladies'. sitting
room or 6oudoir, an exceedingly elegant and
cosy snuggery. This is wainscotted in panels
of bird s-eye maple, in frames of Hungarian ash
with handsomely carved and gilded cornoes
and it is furnished with a magnificent mirror
The second of these upper deck apartments is
a most convenient and happily disposed smok-
ing room. 1t is beautiful and tastefully fitted
up, and there can be no doubt it will be q fav-
oring rendezvous among the male population of
the passengers.
The state rooms for the frst-class passengers
are large, well lighted and well ventilated.
They are comfortably as well as elegantly fur
nished. The sleeping berths are commodious
and fully supplied with every requisite to en-
sure comfort.
The intermediate passengers are accommodate
ed on the main deck amidships, and their &C.
commodation is admirably and fully ventilated.
1t is roomy, and well supplied with the means
of regulated ventilation. The passengers of
this class have a capital mess cabin, lavatories,
closets, and every convenience to ensure COM
fort, as in all the ships belonging to this COM
panys line
The accommodation for the steerage passen-
gers is also on the main deck, fore and aft of
that provided for those of the intermediate
class. The space allotted to them is roomy,
we'll ventilated, light and amply provided with
closets, lavatories and other sanitary arrange
ments. The passengers of every class are fully
supplied with meals of the best of every kind
of food, carefully prepared by the ships cooks,
the cooking apparatus of all kinds being of the
most complete and efficient character. The
Sarmatian has commodious post Office on
board for the accommodation of the mailagent
The stewards pantry, which is most amply pro-
vided with plate, crystal and porcelain, is a
model of neatness. The ship carries ten large
boats of the very best construction, and every
part of her is heated by steam; and it may be
safely said that in the building and outfitting of
the vessel her owners, her builders, and her en-
CINE makers have used every exertion to render
her complete in all respects AS she sits upon
the water she is a model of beauty, and would
delight the severest critic in naval architecture.
EXCITEMENT AT CAPE ELIZABETH.-The
friends of law and order at Ferry Village
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