Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-22
-..cgsT suL SHIP ArLeAT.
New York SUM-

shin With lofty spars and long
bprriI lies at the foot of Wall street.
- s.toom reaches ont half way across
straet. while her stern IL far be-
.ba ferry heuss. There is not a
Is.st line in her model, aud the IN
3s.s and seamen who have exam
2s5 her say that no finer clipper modei
!..lest. il she has an equal
sisur the black plsnking Just forward
~ cathead. is tbs name IN gold
~ letters, Johu X. Kelley. She was
sed for her owner. who lives IN Bath,
She was built for strength as vel
rneed. Her fraraes were allowed tf
sseon for fifteen months before they
3 - nat up. Asa specimen of the sizs
= tmbers put III her, il Is said that tbs
I smbers of the biige ceiling are Axl4
fSohes. They are bolted TO the frames
IN 1sk inch iron. She has the strong
u q frama ever put in wooden snip. !.
Her length over all is 30 feet; ienQtn
s a keel, 253 feet, beam, 10 feet; depth
!. u hold. 28 feet. She has three decks
n bowsprit and iibboon are not very
"a. proiectinQ about GO feet oatboaro'
q fbasand of the iibboom - 80 Test,
little less than two city blocfs away
- the end of the sp4nker boom Una.
.,oa over the taffraii. Sne measures
n tons. She will carry 3JD tons
"a weight. -.
T~o sailing ships have been built
"a measured more than this one. One
- the Great Republic, and the other
- Ocean King. a four-masted ship De-
knvpg in Boston. But the sIreathspno-
z = not now afoat. and tho Ocean
4 fiso will not carry SO mnch cargo AZ
IN John X. Kelley by pearly 200 tons.
Z ~ Z therefore the largest sailing car
n s6oat. ,-o
.,cse the deck. Her main yard is 10
- lang. The first glance aloft shows
= her riQ is peculiar. The tops are
-rorted by angle iron. Ii takes a sec
.sSiook TO show that the lower masts
- metal also. They are made of steel
~ 6.l6 of an inch thick, and are
rssed on the inside with four lateral
~ AZ angle iron. They are the first
s1 mssts ever stepped in sailing
ah They are the lightest in weight,
nall az the STRONGEST. They were
~ by the Goss Mariae Iron Works,
5D Dsfh. She has the first complete
t~aof steel standing rigging ever put
Nnaslip.
- stuff, but even then they appear
5 srSder beside the common run of rig
Sc. With skysail yards crossed she
III show big spread of canvas.
0p dsck there is an engine house with
&rkey engine that will get mp anchor,
10 sail, pump ship, condense water
a a pretty much everything that has
N done about ship, except, perhaps,
nfIne the sun.
~ vindlass is the laraes. ever put
aa oaIlinQ ship. Her cables are made
!. N-incil iron. One of the largest
81 uatant anchors hangs on t'.e port
kU. snd a common one equally large
.aes on the star board bow. Comfort
iE cuafters for her twentyfour sail
mafe provided in the house forward.
fIre Il a long poop aft. An orna-
4 al rail surrounds the house aft,
I'm Il projects above the quarter
&keeen the after end of tho cabin
Il ihe wheelhouse is broader space
- vas ever shown on a sailing ship.
m ouadrille of six sets would not be
Nu9ped,n as the captain said yester-
~, The wheel is work of art. 1t is
y5k 81 solid mahogany with rosewood
Ieoteo. The whole is beautifully
i land and is iniaid with brass stars.
IN vheelhouse is oeiled with ash flu
NiADd in oil. No yacht in New York
I Inlon has finer steering gear.
n handrails down the companion
: I'm are Of solid ebony, silver tipped,
n supported in silver sockets. Cor
IMo1fed brass plates of ornamental ont
~ keep the feet from slipping on the
~ The floor of the saloon is car
rtDd with the best quality of brussels.
% och aide of the saloon is a large
nlA Of carved mahogany, upholstered
| h dfk red plush. A sideboard at the
lRunsd end is built of solid mahogany,
nHeved by rosewood trimmings and
llsnoh burl panels. A silver rail runs
4nuund ~ marble top, within which are
Xnpt large silver water pitcher and
Yaver drinking cups. The walls of the
InlcQn are finished in mahogany. rose
Iyooo, kTepoh burl and mountain laurel.
- handDome little steam yacht Vik-
IaR has Glo0n of about equal ele-
2 4Innce.
The eaptain's room, the quarters of
~ mates and the spare rooms are no
teahly large, and are finished in like
nnnneE. No detail in the joiner work
- bean neglected. The doors will
at and the joints come together so
~ they are hard to discover. IL is the
M1k of Mr.. Amos Hackett Of Bath.
ne John Il. Kelley was the 174th ves-
euilt BY Goss, Sawyer d Go. of Bath.
- VII run in the Van Vlack California
- bhe will be commanded by Capt.
lnpas p. Gibbons of Bath. He has
99nanded the Triumphant, Boston
8 Tor the last five years. MIR. Philip
l1nn. . Massachusetts, man, will serve
onato.
NpAin Kelley, the owner of the new
q an old sailor himself. His last
was the Tacoma. He ran in the
= line Of steamers from San Fran
- Panama for a number of years.
IN one of the best known seamen OF
Meoontry.