The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-02


Collins to know If her husband was saved and when
she learned no news had vet been received from the
wreck she le n great gree But an hour alter ner
departure Mr. Collins received the following despatch
rom III! white, oeng his hrst ncws directly from
Tie wreck
WRECK STATION, Feb lilo A.. NJ
What are We to do with the dead boaies the men
who are saved? Are destitute clothing. VIII tele-
PAUL J. WHITE.
Mr.. Collins At once sent the following reply
spare no expense TO make every saved COM
Portable Government steamer Will be there this
morning. Rave bodies who have families sent mere.
THOMAS COLLINS.
halfpast three this afternoon the following from
that hundred and forty mon are known to
be safe:-
WRECK OF METROPOLIS, Feb. !, 1878
Captain Ankors viii make arran gements to have all
men saved taken to Norfolk tomorrow We have a
are reporting themselves II Is probable we have lost
seventy OF our railroad men. J. j. Moore Is getting
full list Of The saved and will report The vessel Is
complete wreck.
The lie saving crow gave no assistance Of any &C
Henry. r. J. WHITE.
No further dispatches were received In this city
during to-day. so far US known
THE PRINCIPAL PAssEyGg4s.
Mr.. Paul J. White who Is Known 10 be safe. went
out Chief engineer OF the Metropolis expedition, and
Is recognized one OF the abest OF his crait Hc
Is utty years Of age, auu was cnicI 9uRneoT III
The construction of the Alexandra and klcnmond
Railroad OF Virginia. He for many years
the employee Of The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company,
under Mr. Roberts, and was also under Mr.. John Lei5
curing on the Lehigh aud Susquehanna railroad. He
has wife and Jour Children who arc now residing IN
MIR. j. j. Moore, assistant engineer, is lorty-fve
years Of age, and has wife ami ono child, who
living at No. iO25 Sycamore street, Ia. ihls city Mr.
Moore has been IN the employ Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company During the war no was agent FOR
the government at Alexandria, Va, Tor tho shipping
nj .l.ao IA. I'm fotA 4 ~ A. unnh nu
called at Mr. Collins office this morning In great dIs
tress. but OF course were Obliged 10 leave without
hearing anything iurtner.
Captain Ankers, commander OF tho Metropolis, is an
officer who stood high In tho esteem OF persons con-
versant with shipping affairs. Mr. Collins pronoances
HIM trustworthy comp anuer, well acquainted with
the COAST though stronger evidence will have 10 be
offered before THIS encomium is made good Captain
Ankers IS ABOUT thiriy-eight years OF age and was
formerly captain In The employ oil the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company He WAS Ut one Lime captain OF
the steamship Henry Chauncey.
Dr.. Greene, Thu physician, Is stranger to the Col
linscs aud very lItlo Is known Of him. He Is resi-
dent Of the State OF New Jersey
Mr.. Z. Laiourcades, who saied with the expedition
clerk, Is thirty years OF ago, and son OF member
the firm OF f. Laiourcadcs Co., cloth importers,
at No. 622 Chestnut street. telegram was received
by his family this morning that he was among The
saved.
Nicholas Hawkins, foreman is iorty.ave years Of
age, and during Tue construction OF the Bound Brook
route New York was engaged on the road as chief
mason. Last winter ne was employed by the Messss.
Collins boss mason on the Honey Run sewer, Ia
Richard Clarke, foreman, is thrty-nine years old,
brother OF cxSpeaker John Clarke OF the Ponnsyl-
vaua House OF Representatives, and sou OF George
Clarke OF the contractors Of tho Chestnut Street
Bridge HIS residence has becn At Homesburg, but
ON his departure for Brazil his wife and child removed
to Camden.
A. W. Newton a foreman, is thirty-sovcn years OF
ago, but beyond that there IL no Information At hand
concerning Mr.. Newton.
G. W. Shamrock, another foreman, is thirty years Of
age and has wife living az No 1873 Paramount
nv enue lie was a son OF Colonel StainrooK, OF tho
Tooth reg ment Pennsylvania vountcers, VINO was
killed at Characteristic. Mr.. Shamrock employed
IN the construction OF the Warren ana Franklin Rail
road ana formerly engaged IN the navy yard at
Washns ton as contractor for the hauling Of stores
and supplies. His stepiaiher, with whom his vile
now lives, had o sub-conract under Mr. Collins, and
sent Mr. Shamrock out 10 superintend his business
until he himself reached there with later expedition.
Michael Ryan, foreman, is thirty years OF age,
bas u wife aud Two chllaren living in Germantown.
He has been employed as u foreman with T. L. 9. Col
hns for number OF years.
Jonn Dorsey, blacksmith, has been in the en-
poy the Collins Brotners Tor nitcen years. He Is
ihirIyone years Of age, ana has vile now residing
Captain william Harrison, forty seven years OF age
was engaged as steward by the Messrs Collins, and
had his wife on board with him. They were ros-
dents Of Philadelphia.
Alexander Barclay, fifty years, COOK; Alexander
Barclay, DR.. seventeen years. cook Ann Hunt, lory-
and Thomas Wiusgcr, aged thirty-nine years. baker
were all engaged by Mr. harrison and belong 10
Philadelphia.
John Myers. the carpenter, is forty years OF age
and, II Is understood was at ono tmo carpenter
the Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. He Is
dent OF the State oil Delaware
Concerning the 206 lab0rers who sailed on the Me-
tropos Mr. Collins states that the majority OF these
men had their residences in Philadelphia, but were
not what might DO called citizens. they were In tho
habit OF following hts brother and himself into what
part OF tho country their business as builders
and brought them. They all selected
by the Mcssrs. Collins and were good workmen.
HISTORY OF THE DOOMED SHIP
The follow ing sketch OF tho Metropolis Is believed
ha nlota nd n q In thnorv
now generally accepted that the engthening process
to which she subjected weakened her and injured
interest 1t appears that the Metropolis originally
known as the Stars and Stripes, and was ba'lt at
My Her by ,hea was 1 cC
aud her breadth of beam 341s feet. She
built OF wood, and her nrst cost was
Sl40 600 She used during the war as supply
ship Tor the bockadirg squadrons on the Atlantic
and Cult coasts. She was FIRST purchased by Dir.
c. s. Bushnell, to be run tho line between New
YorK and New Haven Alter tho war she was used
in the Cuban trade between New York ana Havana.
In 1870, tho Metropolis, having been IN const1 mt
period of usefulness OF wooden steam
ship, put up at auction and was sold,
IL IS SAID, Tor less than $4,000 She was then taken
TO Newburyport, Mass, wnerc In 1871, she was SUB.
jected To the ''lengthenng" process. Her hull was
sawed IN Two and sixiXihrce lineai leet oil ribs and
outside plaEkng inserted, her length being thus
increased 135 feet to l9S feet anu her burden TO
something eight hundred tons. After this alter
alton she was fitted with PAIR of compound engines
and boiler carry steam pressure oil eighty pounds
per square inch. Tue number Of revolutions her oris
nal engine intended 10 mako was sixty per minute
The number OF revolutions designed to be made by
the compound engines aud lush boiler was eighty per
miHute and attain this result IL is said that neither
the 30 oil the engines nor the endurance OF the
shuft any other oil The working parts OF the ma
chinery increased, although by tho 'lensthen-
ingn the size oil the ship had been fanly
doubled. Her sailing appliances were such
as Two would carry. she was furnished
with accommodations tor from fifty TO sixty cabin
and l65 stecrage passengers Her state rooms which
wero tasieiuly upholstered and handsomely fur
nished, all situated on tho main deck. The
saloon extended forward aud ait. and was well ventl
lated anu handsomely iurnshcl' She was provided
with extra boats sufficient TO accommodate go per-
sons
WEAKENED BY LESGrHENING.
1t is said that there is no record OF any ocean
stcarper being heightened TO so great an cxtent in
proportion her original size as the Metropolis,
the stars and stripes as sue was then called. THIS
snip having been originally only l3j feet long, and
the addition 50 feet, The new portion was nearly one
third other entire lcneth. The most notable cases
OF heightened vessels which have como to grief in
the past those OF tue three French line steam
ships Vile du Eavre, Europe and Amerioue, but IN
tn. tho piece inserted antJships bore no such