Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-02
nished. Perfect ventilation in warm weather

nished. Perfect ventilation in warm weather
and in stormy weather, when it might be ne
,essary to keep the companion.way door shut,
is secured by means of a special engine, which
drives large blower, pipes from which pass
into every slate room, and the supply of fresh
air is regulated according to the convenience
of passengers, as you would turn off heated
air in the registers of house, using the i'm.
proved modern heaters. About the deck and
all the necessary places, the steamer is fitted
with the latest improved machinery for hand
ling anchors, warping the steamer in and out
of docks, etc.
Her engines are composed of about 1900
indicated horse power; cylinders 80 inches
and 80 inches, and length of stroke 4 feet 6
inches. Three boilers, containing ID fres
calculated to consume As to 48 tons of coal
per day, producing an average speed at sea
of 13 to IA knots.
The rates Of fare by these steamers, are
from s75 to $50 for first cabin, $50 for second
cabin and $50 for steerage. Special excursion
tickets for first cabin passage are also issued
at $3.50 for the round trip, the holders having
the option of. returning by the American line
from Liverpool or the Red Star line from
Antwerp.
To the excellent arrangements and untiring
efforts for the comfort and saftey of travellers.
is due the very successful management, of
Peter Wright & Sons, who during the past
six years, Notwithstanding the intense rivalry,
strong opposition and competition of foreign
lines, especially to the American line, have
gained such high reputation and made their
steamers so popular with the travelling public.
Owing to the vast amount of freight now
being shipped, the agents contemplate some
other very important changes and improve.
ments, by which the four steamers of the
/ American line will each gain an additional
freight capacity of six hundred tons, or
twenty-four hundred tons aggregate. The
present cabin saloons and state rooms are to
be removed and placed in an iron saloon on
deck, having all the latest improvements,
conveniences and luxuries, in addition to the
comforts of the original saloon and state
rooms.
The Red Star line steamship company, and
International Steam Navigation Company,
both of which are to be combined under the
same agency. have just built, at the mouth of
the Schuylkill river twelve miles below the
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world. The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny, which is large stockholder and the great
auxiliary of the steamship company, have
run freight train to this point and it is
nothing unusual to see from 40 to 30 vessels
under the agency and management Of Peter
Wright & Sons, loading with grain for diff:
ferent parts of Europe.
All this enterprise and vast business has
sprung from the humblest and smallest be.
ginnings, and what has been done here, surely
can be done at such port as our own Charles.
ton, by tact, energy and close attention to
minor as we'll as more extended and impor-
tant details of commercial management. Pc.
ter Wright & Sons started as importers of
China and earthenware, but by their gradual
increase of freights and familiarity with ship
ping business, and European correspondence,
achieved the high position they now hold.
CAPSTAN