The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-03
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REPORT THAT THE PAssExoERs Will BE FOR
wARDxD TO SAN FRANCISCO.
PORTLAND, No., May 2, 1873
rumor 10 anoat here that the Cimbria VIII como
here TO send the Russian by rail to San
WATCHED ny BRITISH CONSUL
Tho British Consul hero has gone 10 Southwest
Harbor 10 wateh tho movements OF the steamship
Cimbria
VISIT TO TIE sHrPyARps AT KAIoHN's
PoINT-DENIALs FROM THE sHIpBUILDEns
AND THE PRESENT owSERs-sMALL CREWS
CONFLICTING sroRrIs ABOUT THE SHIPMENT
OF ARMS. 44tA satil auM
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
4naR PHILADELPHIA, May O. 1878.
AZ the shipyards OF tine River Iron Company, at
Kaishn's Point N. j., opposite Philadelphia, there
lying two small steamers, which workmen have boen
engaged night and Day. Sundays aud week days. pre-
pairing for sea- The vigor and speed with which this
work pushed forward, the reticencc ignorance
OF tho board AZ TO tho object and destination OF
tho voyage, and ihe certainty from the appearance of
the vessels that they bui for great speed had
given an air or mystery to the sieamerx II came to
rumored, therefore, that they prtvateers
the Russian government This report was half be-
ii.ved, and seemed confirmed In tho minds OF many
good people whom learned that small arms had
been taken aboard the mysterious crafts and
that the United States revenue tug Tench Coke
was anchored In tho Delaware watching tho vessels.
PROMPT EXPLANATION
II was. therefore with some hopes OF an .mportant
discovery that the HERALD correspondent founi his
why to tho shipyords where the alleged privateers
were fitting out Mr. Dialogue, the builder was cour-
tcousiy willing TO tell all he knew throw light upon
the ownership. character ana destination Of the
soils. They were called. respectively, the Brazil ana
tho Juno, and both were large tugboats for towing
ONLY rUG.
Tho Brasil was built by Wood 4 Dialogue for their
own and called the vcs.a She has iron
hull. very substantially built; is $50 feet long,
20 feet IN beam, II feet depth OF hold and is
schooner rugged. She has large compound engines,
Is and 80 inch cylinders, Scotch boiler, 81 leet
diameter, Is feet long, and carries l2o pounds Of
steam. The engines havo surface condenscrs and
very powerful Every thing about the boat IS Of tho
best workmanship and sho has the highest possible
insurance rata She Is to have q complete outfit and
accommodation for fourteen men.
RAPID TRANSIT.
Tho steamer Is built entirely tor speed. She car
ries cargo except her coal OF which seventy
is the maximum. This is barely enough 10 last her
engines q month. She is economical In the consump-
tion OF fuel, Notwithstanding her capacity to mako
.ixtccn miles AZ hour. rho vesta was bought last
presenting the firm OF Mackcy. Scott & Co, VINO
changed her pamo TO tho Brazil and announced that
Amazon River Tor the Madeira ana Mamore Railroad.
THE JUNO.
The other tug. tho juno, was built BY Wood 4
nSslo N fnr Pat Wriuht A
whom she was bought lew days ago by Mackcy,
scott Co The Juno is also an iron hulled swift
sailing boat, schooner rugged, bulit In the
ner as the Brazil. Sut MOT 50 large she is IS feet
long, Is isst and feet deep In the hold She
incn cy flinders Tor high prcssure boiler ieet IN DAM
s!er aud u ess long carrie. 100 pound. o. steam and
RES nifty IONS OF COAL burning either snthracs Or
blamnous like her sister boat Botn boats cost
Tho boat hulis are painted black, the houses on
dock grained 10 initiate Walnut and the sokestacks
cross red each side there arc hunks for about
fourteen men on zach boat, and tho carpenters
10 be seen on board when tho HERALD reporter visited
the boats. When Mr.. d alogos was asked II there
Were ay " .kr ne sse 10
plss Mono oi The crow seemed 10 know what tho
arms were tor and whsn captain Collins Of the
lnoos monkey - Soss & the cs sssmed 10 NOW
whittier they were bound, and ono OF them had quit
the bort and sought another berth.
DANGEROUS CRAFT.
'Coud tho Brazil 10 used as privatcerf" was
"rhere is not q coast,ng vessel she couldn't over
haul. and there arc very few steamers tina! could
enough, but tho Juno would DO 100 email The Bra
"a could go anywhere except TO the top Of Mount
Washington. But donr know much about either OF
them. l don't ask any questions"
Tho shipbuildcr explained away the story that tho
happened 70 move over to get an estimate for repairs
and wont away again; that was ALL
.Wno arc the owners OF the boatsf wns asked.
"Tne firm 10 called Macksy scott"
NOTHING wARLIKE.
Mr.. Mackey was al last found. he dsclaimcd any
the other owners. In reply TO the query. ITO Ahom
do the vessels belong. and what - their proposed
%oso purchased BY myself and assoeia,es whom
prefer 70 namc and arc being fitted out ana de-
Madeira Raj iroad IRON the port Of Para at the mouth
OF tho Amazon, 10 san Antonio, a. the mouth OF the
river san an.onio we are Only .n onshoos o. me
devo.ing tnesc vessels 10 mo 'owags business ex-
mo; our capacity 10 mcagro, hardly being SUI
ncient Tor twenty days. voyage. Our coaling ca
pacy Is sufficient 20 carry tue vessel 70 Para, but no
"Hsve you any arm. on board or o., doyou intend to
1--WE have no arms on board. no ammunition, nor is
1t the intention 10 carry any. The captain may take
with him two rcvoivsrs for scitprotcction IN
tho cvont Of musiny. but aside from tnesc tncrs VIII
10 no arms"
uwhat crew viii you carry7"
aEach vessel will have a complement Of fourteen
| men, twelve beng iss regular crew, but we have
| added two moro as reeis. We take with each boat
aso engineer for provision against sickness
| Or accident"
oProsED BRITISH INTERESTS.
"will you either OF Jour associates ~ this enter
| prise accompany the vesscisf"
.No II Will not pc neodfu at present; but shall 60
myself In . month look after our interests"
In further remarks bo dwell upon tho fact that
| British interests had completely swallowed up all
business enterprises BRAZIL and IS they tmeaning
himself aud assocatcel pad eoRssdersbs interest IN
he reilwsy tnuvehacnt they bad thorGht beet 10
take tho towage themselves The vessels arc 10 sail
/ on Saturday.
ONLY TwRLyx RfYLEs EACH
In the statement Of Mr.. Mackey about the quantity
OF arms on board has made q slight mistake. Tho
correspondent visited tho establishment Ia Pnadci-
pha from which they were procured and found that
Twelve repeating rilos have boon ordered for each
steamer. Tho officers on tho United states revenue
tug Coxo deny that tney watching the Two boats,
/ and laugh aI the idea Of their being privateers.
Peter Wright Sons declare thcy sold tho Juno for