New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14
ACTIVITY IN COMMERCE..
WORK IN THE sHIPYARDs.

WORK IN THE slIIPYARDS
Srw CONTRACTS FOR BOTH IRON ASD WOODEN
vpssTIs-pRFP,RArroNs FOR SOUND AND RIVER
PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
The actiyity among ship and engIne-bulld-
ers both IN new work and the repairing OF hs's pre-
paratory the opening OF the Summer sra'oh Is more
marked now than for several years past The coasiwise
river and Sound steamboats, are bringpn in the best OF
order in apte alton Of greater amount OF travel than
nsual aud they VIII Offer greater inducements for pat
ronagc
Both iron and wood ship-bulders consider the outlook
IN their business most promising for this year. anu
while many contracts have already been made plans
and spccncaiiOns for other work are Invited ron them
At Grcenpont s. II. Pine is constructing schooner
rugged woodenbuit steam yacht for Jacob Lorlllard
which IA 9s feet IN length 16l3 feet beam ana o2
feet drapcht lie y also baildng three revenue
cutterfor the Mexican Government, each 90 feet I'D
length, IL feet BEAM and 5l2 feet dranght OF wafer
They be completed by April 10 He Is also Du'lu
Ing another wooden steam yacht So feet IN length 10
feet beam aud feet draught OF water. At the ship
ward OF Lawrence & Foulks. Grecnpoint. there Is
building a steam propeller for the Old Dominion
Steamship Line $50 feet I'm length, % feet BEAM ~
draught OF water Size Is 10 be used IN the lreg"t
and passenger trpfic the James River Al me sp
yard Of Murphy Trundy in Brootlvn four o'rges Tor
starn's Transportation Line constructing. lhey
are TO lie OF oak chestnut and yellow pine each l25 ect
long 81 feet BEAM Sig feet draught OF water DonRhV
& Kapela arc building steamer for this haroor 80 ieet
ong "a feet beam. and feet draught They are also
building steam ugboat 100 feet long. 20 feet beam
and 90, deep.
Messrs William Cramp Sons. of Philadelphia nave
a large omoun: Of X on hand, and are drawing up
speccatons for 0ter contracts. They have IN course
of construction two iron steam yachts, each 10 FEET
long. for George A. OsgOod and Charles j. Osborn,
bankers of ths city. They also building three
mssted iron schooner for tue coastwse trade. which
viii he the first iron sailing vessel built In this country
An iron philadelphia is also constructing at
This yard and also boat OF iron Tor the Delaware
River Traffic They also changing the steamer H.
HUTCHINSON, OF Morgans Line, from s!de-whcel to
twiu-screw vessel. Tie Old engines and boilers are
being taken ont, and she will be htted "i'h
compound engines. At Chester, PENN Johh
Roach & sons are building iron steam
Yacht for William Belden broker, No. so Broadway,
which is to be completed by June l. They have also re-
Gently made with the Ocean Steamship Nav-
CATION Company Tor the construction OF new ron seli
snip, to b. named the CITY OF Augusta. sac win DC ore
of the largest steamers III the coa, trade Wtha capacity
for G0OO bales OF cotton and VIII nave 9ne Da'srnr
accommodations. She III m'sure ~ lv,' IA vnS 1T
iOla feet beam and 81 teet depth OF hold. J0hn II.
steamer for the Marine Hospital service 10 ~ haIcu
the John Woodwork. after the late surgeon General
building the Della an iron freight steamboat IJr
New-York nrIn, 90 feet IN length. 20 feet beam aud
10 feet depih. Also iron steamboat Tor the New
York Ncw-Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; 100
feet long 81 feet beam ana ~ eet uf pn 1eet
beam and 72 feet Depth besides large amount OF gen
| eral work $3.50, e...,.o. o.o h,id,r, n
large steamer for the Virginia Steamboat Company, 10
he 245 length on keel 34 feet beam ana lO2 eeI
| denh of hold They are also building wooden steamer
for Thomas Clyde for general freight purposes PEI
NewYork aud southern ports Her oiaenS S are -of
| feet keel, SO feet beam ana 10 1cct draugn' oI
Wa'e snd and Undson River steamboat Companies
| to give the best accommodations to the travel
| ling public tie coming season, anu tne5 aI 81
Overhauling aud renovatng their eoats AT greet eA
pense The c. II. NOrthem, OF the New-liaVen Stti!m-
boat COMPANY receiving general repairs, hnd peinB
thoroughly reftted so That when she is put on 'nS
at the opening of the season she Will DC IN almost
every respect equal tonew. Fer few weeks Fnc WIN
take the place OF the continental, WHEN VIZ Nv re
painted and reftted, and take her place aealh III te
line under the command OF Captain tTeuerIch FGch
The Laura. Of the Bridgeport stcamDoat CUmpaH l
been entirely reatted during the Winter ana VIII take
her place as the day boat aud will be one oil De iHs
| steamers the Sound. The Bridgeport VIII also DC
overhaa led and run as night ho during ihc summer
season II business demands It, The HARTFORD SieamDoit
Company has three pOats-ih stare ., M ny IT., ,,
City of Hartford and the Granite state Inc las1 Two
%inr TO- saybrook Point mouth of the Connecticut
RIVER where they connect with the Conneccnt v"ex
run up the River to Hartford, stopping a. s9ybr2ok'
| Lyme, Essex Deep river Goodspeel's' Middle nau-
| dam glastonbury and Hartford. The State OF New
York aud City of Hartford have been th9Ionshy reno
waited and when tse iorGT keS U and used
as an extra boat for excursions and emergencies; .
The Providence Line Is running TWO freight boats at
nresenf but in couple weeks will put on the Rhode
Island e. Queen OF the Sound } aud the Massachse :,
both OF which boats have been placed III excellent ofder
| during the Winter and Will make daily i1ps, lraving AZ
| D. m. The stonngton Lipe steamers Narlagansett
and Stouin2on both received general OFerhdui-
ing and are running daily from The loot OF Jayst
North River The Fail River Line Is al present Iuhnlng
tic Old Colony and Newport, and during me summer
will run four boats including the BrisO! ana PROVIDENCE
| boih of wlch have been thoroughly repaired.
The Norwich Line boats also being ren0Vated IN
expectation Of increased passenger traihc lDey eaFe
| Pier No. 40 North River daily AT p ii.
| on the Hudson River, the new steamboat
| Albany butt by Harlan & HUingswOTth, at
| Wilmington. Delaware, will begin running at the
| openiug Of tho Her frame, interior
fttings and plating entirely Of iron. and she Is
10 be furnished the most elaborate style SIZE - 80
feet in length 70 feet beam oyer the gards ana q
feet deem She has collision bulkheads forward and at
~ the boilers and one forward OF the engines The
Citizpns' Line, running between New-Nork ana Troy,
has given It's steamers, the Saratoga ana the cry OF
Troy thorough overhaulng and they VIII begin t1lps
on next Wednesday, eavlug Pier new No A. at u p
| the KondOut and Kingston steamboats, will resume
Their INNS I'm about two weeks. The James W. Baldwin
| las received q new hull and new boilers and the
Thomas Cornell, which rebuilt last year, has re
| ceived general repairs go ,.-. .-,
rhe Cnt-Lill steamboats, will resume their trips next
week LEAVING the foot OF HarrsOn-st. daily at p. III.
The new steamboat, A. p Black now IN course Of con
struction will be ready to take her place III the line
| about July l.