The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-27

Her materials of construction have been selected
with the greatest care. The frame is of white oak
and the stanchions of locust. Her knees of hack
matack and the planking will be of oak. The deck
beams will be of yellow pine, and iron beams will be
over the main saloon. Selected narrow strips of
white pine will be used for the deck and curved to
the side Of the boat. All Of her dead wood will be of
oak and yellow pine and in the matter of fastenings
there will be copper below the water line and galvan-
lied iron above. This work will be done in the most
thorough manner.
THE DECK ARRANGEMENT.
On deck forward just ten feet aft the bits there
will be comfortable smoking ROOM IA feet long by
average width of 10 feet The fittings of this
will be neat and appropriate There will be panels of
hard wood mahogany sash and plate glass lights.
The room will be finished in white. Aft the smoking
quarters will be the pilot house. standing trunk
deck and sufficiently high to the smoking
room This will be finished in hard wood, the sash
being OF mahogany and the steering apparatus of
hogany and locust. Under the pilot house aud
tending aft over the main saloon will be trunk
feet inches high and IA feet WIDE This will form
quarter deck, and it is to be finished with hard wood
swinging sash around the sides. in which will be
ground glass. These will provide both light and
tilation to the rooms below At the after end of
the trunk there will be an entrance to the main
saloon from either side. These companionways will
connect with winding stairs leading to the saloon.
and are to be elegantly finished in mahogany. Aft
the main saloon trunk will be trunk over the
boilers and engines of the same length, which will
also be fitted with hardwood sash and ground glass.
Over the engines there will be large mahogany sky
light. The companionway to the engine room will
also be of mahogany. Aft the engine trunk the
deck will be flush the whole breadth OF the vessel.
This distance of nearly fifty feet will be fitted with
low. Extra steering gear will be provided and fitted to
the rudder at the after end of the flush deck
which can be used at moments notice should any
injury happen to the pilot house steering apparatus.
INTERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS
Returning amidships, the saloon below is reached
by staircase handsomely finished with nickel
plated rails and mahogany a panels; The saloon viii
and ventilation are secured by means of the ground
glass windows in the trunk above The panelling of
this room will be very handsome. The ceiling will
be finished in white touched with blue as also will
be all other portions of the saloon thus requiring at
tention. 1t has not been fully decided how the
saloon will be furnished, but it is pretty
tain that sofas will be arranged either
side. so made that. if found necessary, they
can be changed into beds. Heavy curtains will
ceal them from view when thus used Octagon
Bullets will be placed in either corner of the saloon.
Between the after bulkhead of the saloon and the
boiler room bulkhead is space of sixteen feet This
will be used the galley, stewards pantry, linen
room store room and state room. Here also is to
be large icehouse, thoroughly lined which will hold
fully twenty tons OF ice provisions and stores The
kitchen pantry will contain everything that large
craft of this kind may require in that department
The arrangement of this space between the boiler
and saloon will be the means OF keeping the heat
from the forward part of the boat where her owner
and his guests viii pass their time while on board
just as pleasantly and comfortably as in sailing
yacht.
Forward of the saloon on the starboard side will
be stateroom twelve feet square. This will be
cupied by the owner. and will be furnished and fitted
in handsome style. Connecting with this stateroom
will be bathroom. seven feet by twelve feet. Mar
BILE wash DO wis., with hot and cold water. and
firing room will make this apartment complete
Through the centre of the vessel is passage way
which leads forward to q stairway by which
the smoking room can be reached On the
port side of the passage nearly opposite the
owners quarters. will be two staterooms
each nine feet square. These connect with retiring
room. Still further forward will be storerooms ON
either side Of the vessel and at the end of the pas
sageway two staterooms will be arranged extending
across the vessel Att the engine room bulkhead
Will be the officers cabin ten feet by twelve feet
with two staerooms the starboard and one on the
port side of the yacht. A storcroom and retiring
il also here provided. Going further aft
comes the galley for the crew which will he lifted
with range. dish racks. ice and store rooms. The
crews quarters next, with lockers closets, &c,
capable OF accommodating fourteen men.
MACHINERY.
The yacht will be fitted with two compound sur
face condensng engines. having cylinders % inches
in diameter by feet inches stroke of piston and AZ
inches in diameter by feet inches stroke. Steam
will be supplied by two return tubular boilers hav-
ing Are surface of 1900 square feet. Each boiler
will have two furnaces. The main shaft Will be
steel and the propeller will be feet inches in
diameter. The working pressure will be 100 pounds.
The coal bunkers will have capacity of 70 tons.
All the latest improvements will be supplied the
gnes it being the design of her builders to spare
nothing which will make this portion of the yacht
complete.
The new yacht which by the way. is to be named
Shaughraun. will be rugged a foretopsa schooner
and will carry full suit of canvas. Her foremost
will be 10 feet: foretopmast. "A feet manmast
feet: mantopmast, "a feet; toreboom, 46 feet;
mainboom, 81 feet; flying jibboom over bowsprit
~ feet. The yacht will carry gig cutter. dngey,
steam launch and ifeboat.
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