Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-06

construction and arrange
nents. The yacht is to be built of
the best American iron, and is to be
AL feet long at the water line, IL feet ,
uaam and 10 feet deep. AS the prime
object is the attainment of high
rate of speed, the model is cut away
10 the extreme of sharpness at each
end. and as Il consequence the boilers
and machinery have to be placed IN
the center of the boat TO keep her
rim. The machinery is to be peculiar
IN construction and exceedingly
powerful. Instead OF two engines, as
is usual, she Is to have three, two of
them having cylinders As inches ill
diame,e er and 30-inch stroke of piston.
and the third cylinder 26 inches III
diameter, of 3O-inch stroke. They
will he supplied with steam from
two boilers OF great strength, capable
Of resisting pressure OF 200 pounds
To the square inch,th ordinary work
ing pressure proposed being 12O
pounds. The rig proposed for the |
yacht is also peculiar, being styled
uy the builders Il ''fe!ucca rig," being
SIMPLY three masts, on each of which
is 10 be set u triangular sail. The OBJ
ject OF this is to avoid yards or gafs
aluft and have rs little resistance
when going head to the wind AS
possible. The foot of each sail will
haul out to u boom goosenecked to
the mast about five feet above tue
deck, the same as an ordinary boom
| to tore and ait sail. The sail when
slowed will be close to the mast aud
below the goosenecks. She will have
no bowsprit. her forestav coming
down to the knight-heads, and on
this will be set forestaysail. She
will have two s,nokestacks, one from
each boiler. She is TO be heated
throughout by steam and to have
steam attachment to the windiass
similar to that which has recently
beeh put upon the Henrictte c, formerly
the Shaughraun. The question of
fitting her with steam steerage gear
is one left for Mr.. Steers decision.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary
amount of space occupied by her
boilers and machinery, her length is
so great that there is ample room
forward and aft of them available
for other purposes. 1t was first pro-
posed to place the saloons forward,
, but Mr.. Bennett finally decided that
it would be more ship-shape to have
them aft. The main saloon will be
, on the lower deck and will extend
the whole width of the yacht and
v will be about 80 feet long. 1t will bt
3 entered from each side of the upper
D deck, opening into a broad compan
ionway leading directly to the saloon
t Forwa ard of the saloon, on each side
are to be two large rooms for th'
g owner, and some favored guest, ant
v there will be two smaller rooms fu
:. guests abaft the saloon. Forward o
Il the large rooms before mentioned
l. on one side a bathroom and on tn
II other side the stewards pantry. Al
+ Of the rooms will be fitted with no
q and cold water faucets and will b
upholstered and furnished in tn
y most luxurious manner. The furn
I. ture and decorations of the saloo
IA are expected to be unusually ricf
n Abaft the saloon there Is cOmmun
n. cation with the shaft alley from til
10 deck. SO that the necessary Oiling ca
n be done without entering the saioo'
III Above the saloon and on u level wit
at the main deck is Il cOm.nodlOus apar
% ment which is also to be lurnishe
,d very richly and may be used for
,e social hall or dining-room if requi
A. ed. The deck above this is availab
th for promenade. Forward of ii
II. machinery is the galley. ice-hous
Y. s;oreruOrH>, H. ss-rOuTI anu quarte
% far the officers aud crew. Ii is pr
oh posed To light tho yacht througho
& with gas, but this has not vet be'
.aI definitely decided on. The pile
as house is just forward Of the forem,
ch and is circuiar in form and very larg
he had all interrupted view all arOuI
he the horizon. Abaft this aud comm
Lds nIcating with it is large smokii
a room. This room will be fitted wi
every convenience that can be ST
ant gested. .snd the yacht when complet
the will be the finest in this counti
,en Her propeller is to be OF the sectio,
zoe style-thut is, instead of blades "
his hub being cast together in one ma
ed the blades screw into the hub. til
,le' obviating the necessity OF getting
of entirely new propeller if one or L
blades break of.
tle Such propeller has just been I
, to upon Mr.. Says vacn', the Henriet
rov which Messrs. Ward s. Stanton ha
ld;s had out of water for the past f
he days. She has been coppered to
Oends III ANTICIPATION or the pfOpos
trip of her owner around the wo
in her, and she was launched vest
day. Mr.. Say expects her crew
arrive from France tomorrow III
Canada ana expects 10 start on
voyage on the first of December.
will go first toPhiladelphia. Baltim
and New Orleans, and thence
Havre, and ON there up the Me
terraneam ana by way of the s.
urc Canal TO India. The masts of
'en- Henrictte have been shortened C
as siderabiy in order to fit her for
lps ocean voyage and she looks ev
tie, wav tit and able TO 90 anywhere.
last Says other yacht will accompany
~ Henriette as q tender.