Daily Republican., 1881-03-12
FIFTH EDITION
BOAT LAuNCues

The City er:wsrs,s,,,s
water Frsm the Asri." 20 The
ingswerth xaras-A A,e,, Vel.
Lsunshed From ,he p s Bee,
.. lone. .Ce"paAy's ship T.rs.s .s =. =
To-day witnessed the lauD,h,,
Two large vessels from the Wi,mns Of
ship yards. a fair usherinr in n sa,,0S'Oa ~
t'vity which is to follow IN a shi. y, '1s %.
ing the coming Summer. sup 'uild.
At the Harlan b Holllnpsvo,,,
,hs Cisy Of Worcester vas suooss!,AS yafds
launched at 10 O'Clock pre,Iss1S eI1OsssiuIly
boat is supposed to be ,hs Isp:.., This
wheel iron steamer bull, In Ana, o'. Side.
The length on q seven iaa, i''l'a'
line Is 22s feet, breadth " ~ sslst
moulded 4s feet and depth ', ., Isla s'.
from base line 10 feet . iachss. h asa as.a
be propelled BY a walking beam .s', y will
with 70 inch eylipdsv ana ~ ,,0sias
stroke. The wheels are IS iss, - !. lsst I,
amstsr with II feet face. stssm s, - Ia, a.,
se supplied BY a cylindrical ~I hniI.' WI !!
feet y inches in length and 10 '1's' ny. 81
diameter The gallovs frame, ,Ns ,'1' Il u
wheel logo are Of iron. The vsi.s. aS 'as
launching 10 SIS tons. shs 1' ~,
completed with three dssks w,,s ns "
rooms on each deck. '"e
As early as nine O'Clock mi, u
ing people began TO wind Their v." ssfa'
crowds towards the yard. ""M
The most OF them were perm,,,.,.
occupy the deck OF the monitor Amu,l
thrits which lay alongside Of ths D pu pal'
steamer, from which thsy bas AZ =, oss
cellent view Of the launch. p,Il, w. ~,
thousand psopls saw the laupch t,a.. =.
she deck Of this war vessel, wbns tnW. @
q thousand more we're eroxd.a na.
the wharves and on the bank IN 1pSa ~
opposite side Of the Christian, NV '
Republic and other boats lyino ,,an' '
the wharves CT the company we,s .'t s.v
ly decked in fsgs OF all isscrintioy.
and ell nations. At 10 minutes bsio,s
10 o'clock the signal was given vba.
q couple OF hundred sledges rebOunass
from the wedges which elsea ,bs v.s
sci up from her balances. AtloJ'elst
the keel timbeswas cut and the nons,s,
vessel slowly and gracefully rlidsS
down the ways and out into ths rivs,
like a thing Of life and besuty.
Az she swept down from the v,v,
amidst the cheers of the. visitors spd
the waving OF handkerchiefs. Mia
Matte Gardner, daughter Of Cspt,is
Gardner OF New Loudcn, Copneoiicrt
broke bottle of wine over her pnv
and named her, "The City Of Wc,c".
ter" The boat ia being built for ,bs
Norwich and New YORK rrapsportstio,
company and will run on the SouI I
from New York to New LondOp
Amongst the strangers from a dis,arg
present to witness the launch We,
WIN. Il. Hart and James P. Wallscs d /
Boston; Captain Gardner, f. P. B.er
with, ?. Harvey aud .. WOODWARD d
New London; Col. Ros land, ,ofNewY h
s. GaFdnsrand wife and Matte Gardcn
OF New London, Conn; G. A. Hans.
Noses Pierce, Miss johnson, OIL.
Johnson, Jr., Of Norwich, Cona., aud
H. c. Culkin, of New York.
THH LAUNCH AT PUssY's:
At precisely the SAM hour thai the
City Of Worcester was launched from
the Harlan 4 Bollirgswor.h's yslds,
large Southern cotton aud passenger
boat was laur ched from Pusey 4 Jones
ship yards. A reporter applying at
the Office Of the company 70 get the di.
mensions OF the boat was informed tha.
the company had no news to give, and
so that all he can say is thatthe lsuncl
was a grand success aud that the boat
was one Of the largest ever built at tAs