Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-21
TBE CHAFTABOOCHEE.
Special sspecGIon and Reception
Departure for Savannsh-Descrip'
tIOn OF the steamer.

The new steamship Chattahoochee, the
seventh steamship built for the Ocean
Steamship Company of Savannah, and
sister vessel of the Tallahassee and Nacoo-
chez. will leave New York this afternoon
at three o'clock for Savannah with a COM
plete passenger list and full cargo, under
command Of Captain E h. D ggett.
Yesterday afternoon there was a special
inspection and reception on the steamer at
the compapy's pier, North river, New York,
from one to five O'Clock, and to which we
acknowledge the receipt OF invitations.
TIE following description Of this new
floating palace, The Chsttahoochee, which is
a thsee-decked steamship, with the addition
OF a hurricane deck running fore and aft,
will be read with interest: In model,
strength, speed and appointments, this ship
is considered to be uneQualed In the coast
wise trade, and holds the highest ratings In
the Bureau Veritss and the Record OF Ameri-
csn Shipping, and was built st the yard OF
John Roach & Sons, Chester. Pa under the
superintendent ofCaptsin Peter Z. Lefevre,
Marine Superintendent OF the Company
The principal dimensions OF the vessel
are as follows: Length on the II feet water
line, 290 fee; length over all, BIB feet;
breadth of beam, 40 feet; depth of hold, 25
feet 9 inches. She is built of the best
quality OF American iron, and put together
in the best possible manner, and with q
view Of obtaining the highest attainable
strength and security from all the perils OF
navigation.
Her motive power consists OF one COM
pound engine with two inverted cylinders,
the high-pressure one being 38 inches in
| diameter, and the low-pressure one "A inches
| in diameter, with "a inches stroke OF piston.
| The propeller shafting is al Inches In
| diameter, and the propeller is OF gun metal,
| Is feet inches in diameter, with a mean
pitch of "a feet inches. The machinery
| is fitted with all the latest practical improve
ments known In steam engineering
She has four main boilers with steel shells,
tubular type, each having 10 feet inches in
side in diameter, and II feet in length, with
| three furnaces in each boiler, each feet 8
| inches in diameter, and feet inches long.
| The boilers are tested to carry steam pres
sure OF 100 pounds to the square inch, and
| the speed Of the vessel will be about l413
knots per hour, enabling her to make the
passage between ports in about 4S hours, or
| nearly equal to the average railroad speed.
In addition. she has a large donkey boiler
| for furnishing steam to the holsting engines,
| fire pumps, etc. In appliances for the care
| and preservation of life on board, she Is
abundautlY supplied, having six Raymond's
metallic life boats, fitted with automatic
plugs, a Kahnweiler life jacket for every
person to be carried on board, and full
| outfit of life RATS. Her fire department IS
| literally supplied with steam and hand
pumps, hose, buckets, axes, etc. To prevent
casualties by collisions and stranding, she
has five water-tight bulkheads, all extending
to the middle deck, except the collision
| bulkhead,n which extends to upper deck.
| The boilers and engine are IN a water tight
and fire-proof enclosure, SO that the vessel
Is as safe from the elements as 1t is possible
| for human skill to make her.
She has accommodations for one hundred
passengers, and her saloons and staterooms
have been constructed 0Y William Rowland,
| whose handiwoTk has no equal In the world,
and the company can point with pride to
| the exquisite display of joinery art as pro-
duced in the ChattahoOchee. The finish Of
the saloon, social hall, stateroom halls,
alcoves, stairways and psssageways is in
| hard woods highly polished, and so beauti-
fully blended as to challenge admiration
from all who have looked upon them. The
main staircase is work of art In carving
such as never was seen on any vessel yet
built either in Europe or America, and must
be seen to be appreciated. The staterooms
are large, light, airy and beautifully deco
rated, and the berths are fitted with
springs, halr mattresses ana the choicest
of linen, softest of blankets, and the
daintiest Of Marseilles cuttings. The up
holstery is rich in texture, and the carpet
ings of fine tints, everything being in superb
taste throughout-in fact she is fit to be the
favoIite yacht of a Queen. Luxury has
everywhere on board been so deftly blended
with comfort that the eve will never tire
with the richness Of adOrnment, and yet
with all the splendor OF this adornment,
there is not a particle OF gaudiness to give
offense to the most critical observer or the
most refined artistic taste. Every care has
been taken to provide comic and security
for the steersge as well as the saloon pas
sengers, and the forward cabin is fitted In
style and by far better lighted, ventilated
and heated in the winter season than many
of the first class rooms in s. me Of the great
transatlantic steamers.
The Chattahoochee is well spared, being
schooner rugged, spreading an area Of can
vas which will materially add to her speed
In favoring winds, and, in event of a dis
arrangement of her machinery, enabling her
20 be handled with safety and to make
reasonable Roadway under sail power alone.