The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-16

The First Ship Of the American Steam.
ship Company's Philadelphia and Liv.
erpool Limo Launched Yesterday.

The First ship Of tho American Steam
ship Company's Philadelphia and Liv-
erpool Limo Launched Yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA, August TO- 1872.
An immense crowd assembled on the Kenslngton
river front this morning to witness the launch OF
the steamer Pennsylvania, the nrst Of the Liverpool
Line. Every adjacent point, including three other
steamers Of the same line on the stocks at Cramps
shipysrd, was thronged. The river was also
crowded with steamers and other craft loaded
down with spectators. At the appointed
time the vast hull, $50 feet long, commenced to
move amid great cheering but had scarcely moved
her own length when some obstruction on the ways
marred the beauty OF the launch. After q short
delay the tugbcats pulled her on, and she foated
into mid stream amid the salutes and cheering Of
thousands The delay was caused by the tallow on
the ways having been melted and run or by the
extreme heat. The hull received no damage.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA.
The following are the principal dimensl0ns:-
Length over all, 355 feet length from forward part
o. stem to sternpost aas FEET nom forward part Of
depth OF hold from top Of doors to top Of spar deck
80 feet inches; hold, nodded, from spar deck
Of floor plates eet hold nom top Of floors to top
Of lower deck, 10 feet inches; from top Of lower
Of middle deck to top Of spar deck feet inchcs
from top OF keel to top Of spar deck 81 inches
Tonnage, o. NJ S,ol6; capacity OF coal eunkers, 72o
cubic feet, at 40 cubic feet per ton, 1,627 tons;
after hold, 24,l07 cubic feet, 500 tons; forward,
cubic c%bc
1854 tons. Capacity for cargo or compressed cot
apaah ~ viii not exceed dr 20 feet inches IN
water, with coal bunkers full and q lightweight
cargo Of 1, TAO tons &, 240 ponnds or measure
complement Of saloon and steerage passengers,
officers and crew; all necessary stores and outfit
on board Her draught is not to be less than 10 feet
oinches.
The hull and sppcndages have been built and
fitted out In accordance with English LlOyds
deck has under its fourinch yellow pine plank n
deck OF 16 iron for wothirds OF the length OF the
vessel securely fastened to the stringer plates and
Passenger accommodation Ia provided for seventy.
six in the saloon, which will be fitted In a style OF
extreme elegance. the steerage will aford ample
room and comfortable accommodation for 85i. The
average contract speed is to be eleven and half
q, $40 pounds) OF coal in twenty.four hours
The materials entering into the construction Of
hull, boilers and engines, the joiner Work and
OUTFIT, is, as far as possible, Of American manuiac
ture
The saloon IL located at the after part of the
upper between decks, and it win be finished in hard
wood, highly polished, and will have twenty-four
stateroOms opening into II, fourteen OF which will
contain four berths and the remaining ten tive
berths each. Adjoining the main saloon will be the
ladies' saloon and bathrooms. On the midship por
ton Of this deck are located the officers rooms,
waterciosets for male passengers aud officers, sa-
loon and steerage Kitchens and sculercs ice
houses and butcher shop, oil and lamp rooms, hos
ptal stewards ROOM and the various store.
rooms. Forward are r0omy quarters for
the crew, separate apartments for quarter
masters and bOatswains, Mushrooms for seamen,
nremen and coapassers and water closets for
steerage and crew. An engine IL kept at work
constantly to fill tho tanks for water closets. The
space between the mdshp and forward sections OF
the main deck contains 3,27s square feet OF deck
room and Is lifted to accommodate 234 stccrage
passengers allowing II square feet to each pas
senger. The balance OF the steerage passengers
go In number, will be accommodated on the lower
between deck, where there Is $3.50 square feet OF
deck room. In addition TO the ordinary iron fun
nels for ventilating the steerage apartments, ar-
fetal ventilation Is furnished by u fan driven by
steam power.