The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-05-02
ray GOULD'S NEW YACHT.
n.scr1ption of the --latest Model and the
Most LuXuriant Interior Finish
Known to Modern Ship
building.

The to-be-famous pleasure craft waits up
M the ways Introductory to her future
o,iament. Decks are not yet planked,
and no mast, bowsprit or spar gives
oromise of the canva she will spread,
md her holds are not yet occupied by
+he engines and machinery which are to
fnrnish her propelling power. Still her
lines are visible, and competent Judges
If marine architecture ~foretell Of her
more buoyant battling with teInpestuOus
spas than NamOuna, therefore the most
complete specimen Of steam pleasure
craft construction. A notable contrast
between the two steamers may be SUM
married. as English and American mod
els. The Namouna has the square stern
affected by English builders, while the
ATLANTA, sea-faring men think, will run
more comfortably before a dangerous sea
nv reason of her elliptical stern. From
knight-head to t"affrail she is 213 feet
upon deck her length is 225 feet; her
IRENE beam, 26 feet 4 inches; depth
smfdships, Is feet; load line draught, ID
feet. The upper deck is flush, and for
its whole length is unbroken save by a
narrow house that extends for eighty
feet of It's space amiGships, by q steam
rapstan windlas forward, by the neces-
saTy companion ways and skylights TO
give access and light to the quarters be-
low, and by four handsome ventilator
tops to supply air to the engine and fire
rooms. She viii have two sets of boat
dayits on each side. Upon the port side
and Just forward of the mainmast Will
be hung a steam launch, 80 feet long; on
the same side is to be hung the dingy, IS
feet long. On the starboard side, abreast
of the steam launch, isl ~siX-oared cutter,
50 feet long, and abreast Of the dingy is
to be a whale-boat, Z. S. pattern, SO feet
long, rowing ten oars, and which Gould
will use for his gig.
The keel of the Atalanta, which was
laid last December, is Of the best ham,
mered iron, eight inches deep and two
inches thick. The st~ern-post is four by
eight inches, and the rudder post the
same. The frames are all Of the best
quality angle iron, and extend in one
piece from the keel to the top Of the rail,
the portion above the stringers being, of
course, lighter than below. Each frame
has a reverse, p by q inches. Owing
to the depth of the yacht, the lower hold
has ample storage space for luggage and
stores. The permanent furniture Of the
lower deck is to be composed of inlaid
maple, butternut, cedar, and other native
hard woods. w. Smith, who fitted up
the luxurious yachts Corsair and Stran-
ger two years ago, has taken the con-
tract for the ATLANTA. He objects to
telling his plans in detail, lest his pat
terms be Dirated. II have instructed Mr..
Cramp.u said be, "to lock me and my
wOrkmen below while this cabin is fit
ting, and to allow no one to enter. /
don't know that I will allow Cramp him
self or the owner Of the boat to come in
until [ have it all complete. [ intend it
to be a genuine surprise. AS to style,
call it the American renaissance. twill
be entirely original, and [ may as we'll
coin an expression to designate it," The
lower deck and its apartments begins
twenty-five feet abaft the foremost and
extends aft eighty feet. It's forward part
is to be a most elegant apartment, elab-
orately upholstered for use as a smoking
hall or social room. The steam drum is
enclosed within it, and a large space att
Of this is to be used as q kitchen, the gal
ley stove pipe coming up and entering
the smoke stack, thus disposing OF all the
kitchen odors, which, from the position
Of the cooking apparatus on MI. Ben
Eett's Yacht, have been found very OBJ
~jectionable. 1T will communicate with
the lower deck by a companion Way, and
JIlG DdSSuSG dIO1lS tliC pC1p oitN ~ Wv
to the stewards pantry. Abaft this is
the engine room, and in the extreme af-
terpart is the room for the captain Of the
yacht, where will be kept the chronom-
eters, charts and nautical instruments.
The owners room is 123 feet long and IL
feet wide. At it's forward end a recess
is built, and in this is to be placed the
bedstead, which will be entirely out o.
sight on entering the room, whose whole
extent is thus left clear. This room vii
be furnished entirely in mahogany ano
with all that art can suggest IN the way
of beauty and convenience. Openlns
out Of it will be a large toilet and batl
room.
The whole ships company to be pro
vided for as follows: One captain, two
mates, four quartermasters, " boat
SWANS, eighteen seamen, one cnlef ane
two assistant engineers, SIX hremen on
steward, three cooks, and twelve ser
vants-in all. fifty-two men. Besides
her engine propelling power, the Alta
lanta will spread as much canvas a
the average three-masted schooner. lie
standing rigging will consist OF the bes
charcoal wire, and canvas specially MAD
will whiten her masts. She will be pro
PEELED Nv a compound, inverted, dlrec
acting. surface c~ondensing engine, tWt
cylinders, one Of thirty and II Of slXt,
inches diameter, with thirty inches pls
ton stroke. The engine is fitted witt
steam reversing gear, by means OF Whlcl
it can be Immediately reversed from ful
speed ahead to full speed astern. IN
Atlanta will be ready forseryice by tn
middle of May, and will cost her oWne
$3.50, 900.