New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-29
FERRYgoAT AND TUG IN COLLISION.

pnr h.tYxaer The fs-rvoat Alaska and the tug
boat J. c. Gibbs. The terrybcat WAS nearly opp
site the slip The f9ot q could he
stopped il ran into the tug with great force NJ
fireman of the J. {: Gibbs was thrown w.
but WAS rescued Hot Goals were scattered over tl.
floor of the tug and the woodwork canght nre, ou'
was speedily extiaglsh1d. There was no damag.
done to the Alaska, but thgre WIS ,uc 10
among the passengers. The tug was uahiaeTl w
the amount of $500 aud was :aken TO Ne"-J'rSeS
for repairs. , ,,,, ;d ,Lo. he
left Brooklyn at 500 A. M. and vac aooul .il &
across tho river going to tie RoOsevclt-at; sap
when the tug went ur the river IN an Jlp11se
ton He said that he bew two Whistles, WHICH .
wee not answered, and then he blew two moe
The pilot of the rug responded with one "HS.,o
which meant that he would cross tiie NV va w
feryhoat Martin claimed that he stopped 'ne
ferryboat as soon rs possible but It was 700 He 10
avoid the collision The ferryboat struck 'ne cen
tre-house of the tug, iatteuingi H. ne .au va' ;o
pot of the tug ought to have seen that IL Wds IN
possible to cross the bow cf the ierryooae "l'O'H'
great danger. ,,.:. 800, ;ronossille
for him 10 run under the stern Of the ferry boat, anu
the only alternative he had was to cross her DOW
LARGE CASTINGS FOR A NEW STEAMER.
The largest steam cylinder ever made was cast
Yesterday AT the Morgan Iron rks NJ the 1907 oi
Ninth-st, East River II required e0,o00 pounds Oh
r,oltcn gun metal 10 tll the mould ihe casuhs
was made NJ 1880 o'clock under the supervision OF
John Roach and occupied about two minutes ana q
half The cylinder is intended foI 40 iron si1ec
wheel steamer 10 be nst1 on INC ilo VI
the Old Dominion Steamboat Company. The steamer
Ia baildng at the yard of John Roach d Son, Ches-
ter Penn Her length over deck will be 3S4 rect,
and she will measure fifty feet beam. She VIII oe
Constructed with double hull, aud will have about
ninety-six water-;ight compartments; The nam
deck frame will bc entirely of iron. he Enclosure
of the engine boilers, etc, will also be OF IRON LOT
nrotection against fire. The FIVE iron maSts Will be
40 arranged as TO act as venii1tOIs to the Saloons
below. Il. a., I'LL
The intention of the company is that the nun
shall b. so constructed TO preclude the possibility
of sinking or burning the steamer uoder any CIT
cums,ances The cyliader is TO accommodate a
stroke of piston of IA feet the meta III the thlDnest
piaoa being IL, inches thick. There Will be Tour
kedfeld boilers and three furnaces, each feet q
inches deep Each boiler will have two drums 50
;nches i'm diameter and ~ feet long. The boilers
will he placed athwariships, each pair standing op.
nestle each other. The two main shafts of wrougnl
IRON when forged will DC each 40 feet long and ~
inches in diameter. and they will weigh when
finished $1,000 pounds each the largest fGrgn ItT
ever made in any country. The ship Is to DC lighted
Inv $50 gas lets, which will be supplied by tank
sifIcently large 20 hold SO hours supply wlthou'
being replenishcd The vessel Which II Is expected
will Be named tie Puritan, will he 10 feet longer
than the Bristol and four feet wider. and by The
terms of tie contract is IL be finished by May !
1Ss2. Her cost will reach Sl,OOOOOO. She VII
carry about 900 passengers and have over ooO
staterooms.