Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-03-17
The New Steamship Granda.

IHc NEW otcdiHSliIp UTdIiud.
The Chronicle gives the following
description of the new iron vessel be-
longing to the Pacific Mail line that
arrived few days since from New
York:
The Granada is a propeller of 1852 IS
tons, new measurement, capable OF
carrying about 1000 tons. She was
built by Harlem & Hollinsworth, al
Wilmington, Delaware, in 1878, at a
cost of 5000, 900, complete. The hull is
of iron and of the Following dimen.
sions:
Length over all, 800 feet; breadth,
extreme, 40 feet; depth in hold, 80
feet; draft OF water aft, laden, 10 feet.
The outside plating is five Fights of ar
inch thick, and all the work about the
hull bears evidence of having been
done in the most conscientious and
workmanlike manner. The model of
the ship is American, having a
straight stem and a graceful, light
round stern. Her amidship section is
perfectly fiat on the floors, with very
quick turn of bilge. She is not built
for speed, but the intention of making
her cOmmodious and safe ocean
steamer has been fully carried out.
The contract speed was eleven knots,
which has been exceeded. There are
four decks, of which the steerage, spar
and hurricane decks run the entire
length of the vessel. 1t is in more
than one respect a valuable acquis.-
ton to the steamship fleet on this
side. Except that she is twelve feet
shorter than the Colina, she is coun-
terpart of that ship. She is brig-rig-
ged, with double top-sail yards, and is
capable of taking good care of herself
under sail alone in case of her ma
chinery being disabled. She is divided
into five water-tight compartments,
and is also well supplied with fire ex-
tinguishing apparatus. On the hur-
ricane deck, running clear fore and
aft, is the pilot-house. the state-rooms
for first, second and third officers, and
a Social hall from which staircase
leads down to the spar-deck. The
saloon is about sixty feet long of an
average width of ten feet. 1t is hand
somely furnished and carpeted. The
sides are painted in delicate colors, to
which the columns of birds eye maple,
forms beautiful contrast. A piano
of good make and an organ, probably
equally good, but not so much appre-
ciated, are placed close together in the
saloon. There are twenty-three state
rooms, light, we'll ventilated and fur
nished on either side of the saloon, all
opening to the outside or into the
passageway. Immediately aft of the
saloon is the gentlemen's smoking
room, which is decided improvement
on the former arrangements, where
ladies and gentlemen were incOnve-
nienced for the want OF q bachelor
home. ..
Here ifany lady comes aft where not
wanted, let her take the consequences.
On the maindeck aft is the ladies'
toilet, and on either side Of the ship
twelve double staterooms and a bridal
room, making twenty-siX rooms in all.
The passage way between the state
rooms forms a part of the lower cabin
or dining saloon, where 100 persons
can be seated at one time. The en-
gines are compound, of 500 nominal
horsepower, capable OF being worked
up to 1,450 actual horsepower. With
consumption of some twenty-five
tons of coal, carrying sixty pounds
steam, and the propeller making six
ty-two revolutions per minute, the
vessel will attain a speed of twelve
knots. The cylinders are fifty-six and
fifty-eight inches, with a stroke of
three and q half feet. There are four
high-pressure boilers, each ten feet
long by $50 inches in diameter, the
shells Of which are Mree-quarterS of an
inch thick, and have been subjected to
a hydrostatic pressure of ninety EIGHT
pounds per square inch. The engine
and boilers were built by Elder q Co.,
Glasgow, 1873, at cost of $3.50, 600.
the propeller is u four-bladed "Grif-
fith,h sixteen feet three inches inches
in diameter and twenty-three feet
pitch. The coal-bunkers will hold about
500 tons of coal, which would be suffi-
cient fuel for the vessel for twenty-six
days under an average speed OF eleven
knots. The safety of passengers in
case of any accident at sea has been
provided for to greater extent than
yet observed on any other vessel,
There are eight life-boats, seven of
which are metallic, and two of Hon.
H. G. Coggins' patent RATS, capable of
carrying, it is said, fifty persons each.
She is also provided with 400 life-pre-
servers. AS she is only licensed to
carry 40 cabin and 1856 steerage pas
sengers, and her complement of Off
GERS and crew is SO, it will be seen
that she is amply provided with life
saving apparatus. The Granada left
New York December Goth, and made
the run in scventy-eight days, two
hours and fifteen minutes. She called
at Lota, Chilli, for coal, and again at
Panama. The running time was sixty
two days, twelve hours and thirty
nine minutes, during which time she
consumed l, 455 tons of coal, running
distance of IA, 1897 miles. The greatest
number of miles run in one day under
steam alone was 331 miles. The aver
age daily consumption of coal from
New York to Lota under three boilers
was but nineteen tons. The propeller
during the trip made 4,666,53O revolu-
lions and travelled 1886 miles more
than the ship had, which is about s
per cent slip. The Granada is to take
her place on the Panama route until
the other steamers now fitting out
East arrive, when new system will
be inaugurated, and a fleet of iron screw
steamers staunch, safe and comfortable
in every respect, will take the place OF
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