The Portland daily press., 1873-07-08
r.. New steamer City of Portland

Through the courtesy of the officers of the
new steamer City of Portland, we are enabled
to present to our readers some facts in relation
to her build, fittings, &c. This splendid boat
will make her trial trip, leaving this city at G
o'clock this afternoon, from her wharf, foot of
State street. for Eastport and st. John, N. B.
making the usual connections She is a side
wheel vessel belonging to the International
Steamship Company.
HER HULL
was built by Mr.. Joseph w. Dyer of Portland.
The frame is white oak with diagonal iron
strapping on the frames. She is planked with
white oak and copper fastened, and ceiled in
side with Southern pine. She has hog fra mes
of Southern pine built into and extending above
the hull, to the side of the promenade deck,
and they are very strongly strapped with iron
aud braced to the hull. There are two water
tight buk-heads built into the hull forward of
the boiler compartment. These, besides aug
ment.ng the general strength of the vessel, con-
tribute greatly to the safety of the ship in case
of an accident. The boiler compartment has
iron deck beams and an iron deck laid over
them, above which is deck of wood; the in
side ceiling is caulked and battoned and sheath
ed with iron, making the boiler compartment
about as safe against fire as if the hull were
entirely of iron. Steam pipes are placed in
this compartment giving facility for flooding
1t in case of accident with steam, or water from
steam and hand force pumps Every attention
has been bestowed on her structure and mate
rial to combine strength of hull with CELEBRITY
of motion. She is the largest steamer ever
built for this route, being 100 tons larger than
the New Brunswick, She is 240 feet long on
deck, 80 feet in moulded width of beam, her
depth of hold from skin to skin, is IA feet 9
inches. her tonnage is about HOO tons.
HER ENGINE.
She is impelled by beam engine 52b inches
diameter of cylinder II feet stroke. The en-
CINE was built by the Portland Machine Com
pany, and is pronounced by experts to be su-
perior piece of workmanship. The piston is
fitted with steam packing and steel piston rod
all parts of the engine are large and heavy,
while at the same time they very compact and
beautiful in finish. The cut off is ''Winter'
Patent Adjustable" She has two boilers, and
they are arranged to use either together or sing.
ly, as may be desired. They were built by
Messrs. Quinn & Co., of this city, and weigh
30 tons each. They are of the 1ue and tubular
type, heated by four furnaces and constructed
with all modern Improvements. They are Of
iron of great tensal strength, having been tested
with a pressure of IS pounds on the square inch
and are capable of much higher pressure. The
paddle wheels are of wood, and 80 feet in diam
eter, with feet inches face She is heated
through by steam supplied from the large boil.
ers when in motion, and when in port by tub
ular boiler. 'Nason's Verticle Radiator is
used in the cabins and saloous. Every state
room is supplied with steam pipes. The piping
work was furnished by Messrs. F. Lanagar s
Co., of this city, and reflects credit upon theil
workmanship. Her apparatus for life saving
ample and complete, consisting of life boats
life RATS, life preservers, fire extinguishers fire
pipes, hose, steam and hand pumps. This com
pany do not insure their boats, but furnish them
with every precaution and means known te
modern science for both their preservation and
the safety of passengers.
The passenger capacity of the City of Port
land consists of Is state rooms, single and
double, including very elegantly fitted bridal
room, and 234 cabin berths. She will accom-
modate 300 passengers. The state rooms are
ventilated at the bottom, and are furnished in
a tasty and convenient manner. The officers
sleeping apartments are more than usually
large and convenient The pilot house is on
the upper deck, with the pilot cabin in the rear,
while connecting With it is roomy cabin for
the use of the captain The following is the list
| OF heroficers: Captain, S. H. Pike; LIST Officer,
William II. Allen; Pilots, Capt. Robert Pike
Capt John Thompson; Chief Steward, w. H
Gosse; Chief Engineer, Andrew Taylor; As
| sistant Mr.. Merrett; Clerk, j. H. Bacon. The
International Company, of which 7. c. Hersey
ESQ.,, is President, may well congratulate them
selves upon placing upon the water such large,
strong and elegantly fitted and furnished boat.
Neither labor or expense have been spared to
render her the boat of boats upon eastern wa
tiers.