Daily Republican., 1883-06-19
On the Pilgrim.

| esN al
ny invitation, about one tlousap
ladies' and gentlemen assembled at Pie
NO. ~, New York, on Monday morn
ing at ii o'clock, authenticated o
board the elegant new sfessantr Pilgrim
OF the Fall River Line, built to pIy be
tween New York and Boston.
The assemblage was made up of news
paper representatives from Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, an,
Baltimore, hotel and railroad mag
mates. A few minutes after II o'clocl
lhe steamer left the slip, and heade,
down :he bay for Sandy Hook, some q
miles distance.
Shortly after leaving the slip driz.
zllng rain set in, which lasted until late
in the afternoon. The sights TO be see,
Wer" highly enjoyed, as places of note
were passed one after another. Hooper's
Third Regiment band and orchestra
gave highly entertaining musical
treat going and coming. Between /
ana 2o'clock dinner was served, both
IN the dining room proper and in an
imPromptu one forward, capable of
seating over six hundred persons. The
tables were handsomely decorated and
the saloons were hung with bunting
and howers. The floral decorate ons were
IN Keeping with tire fairy palace atioat.
me viands consisted Of cold meats, ices,
cakes, fruits, pastry and champagne, to
winch Justice was done by the b mgr V
eXrursionists.
Al'er IN" run TO Sandy Hook and re-
r''rh a run was made mp he Hudson
for dozen miles, when the steamer,
i't'er making several unsuccessful at
,ehiptS, ml landed the party at the pier
w. VIII attempt to give our Readers u
snort sketch OF the "Pilgrinl,' wb,"h
may be OF interest to some. The
prih'lla' dimensions are as follows -
Length on deck 800 feet on the l-foot-
loa"-Ilne, ''l5 feet; beam of the hull
proper, % feet beam over guards, SO
tee' Aep'h of hold proper 1876 feet
oeP'h from iloor to top Of dome, 80 feet
tonnage about $4,000 registered tons
making ilrr the largest inland steam
poa' III the world.
her m"flvr power consists of a verti-
e'l '"'"''' engine, with a cylinder 10
lhc'les Il IN diameter stroke Of piston il
leh "orkihs under maximum steam
i''eSs''reoi % pounds to the square
men. ohe has II boilers made Of steel,
lia''hg tensile Strength of $4,000
pounds TO he square inch. These boil
PRS are IN nests OF three each, max
lhs lo''r separate structures, develop
nS IN all o,aoo horse power. The main
'hai's are 70 Inches in diameter in the
journals the paddle-wh1els are Al fee,
IL diameter, weighing SO tons each with
-, '"t 'he siiall the walking beam weighs
- % IONS, the cylinder 80 tons, bed plate
" IONS, ana the condenser 60 tons. The
''r"'h on tne "nfrepln of the walking
'eanl VIII be 625 tons. The entire steam
''achlntry with water in the boilers)
VIII weigh 1853 tons,
me f!'grln IS lltupby electricity,
' :. i'l''' CONSISTS OF 9l2 lamps, Of the
,oiHoh ano patterh, with a capacity of
l'oo- cahule-poWer, taking a $50 horse
""er poiler to run these lights alone
INe,:; Iae,y STATE room is furnished with an
ls leo'llc call Dell and lamp. The pas
1'isei mas SIMPLY to turn key and his
'"',i ,'i ~ li'"itilhated, matches are not
' va ooaru thls Doat. She IS pro.
'''1't WI ~. al the modern appliances
- 1"i'"iIhB slch a mammoth concern.
""''lolS can oe pulled up in the
: 'nh' 40 VI "h eye oy the ald OF II Pro-
l"onIo ntea.l' "lllulass. The engine |
'oiil , las III 10 SlCkles steam steerer, !
'i.''e machine with which one man ,
.es "! tne work or nearly dozen. The I
ino ds na ,m ~ l'Ileu up TO stow away a
,' 'oV . t'''sehs'rs win comfortable beds. d
'io ''e department Is perfection, hav- a
1aree steam pump which throws I
s'"l ,i'ouSahls OF gal Ions d minute, C
~ 'i'nE 'eS,"es m wv" handp'lmps forward Il
iu att lhere are no less than 90 fire /
- T."'Hr''i around the boat con-
,nien''y situated, besides 1000 feet of II
'se' a
1is one enters the saloon he is con
''i'e" VITA an ihdescribable SENSE of
luxury mat meets his eye,
! " f,llI. SlaeS are tmhel1lsh"d with alter v
ne ne l"he1lngS OF exquisite tintings and o
t. t. I rlche,' OF mahogany, the tindet v
l9's otlhg ornamented with grlfins, S
Hue''Sh hlalurns poutiug amid bou-
le1s' ' toying with bannerets and over
'"'o"e'l by rare exotic tlowers-a
afvel OF eA1unrite artistic effects. The ii
'as"ers oelWern the panels are lovely ST
ec',''ellS OF the decorators art; the II
st ~ Il S,f"l'eI,sray with mouidlngs Of k
'eeltr 'ih', the ceutre panel contain n
a s"lo-einbo>Sed ro>ette, the outer q
)llIdlng shaded with Nanlvkp brown ~
'''l''''l''" by a pearl band; then a OF
ne gray cap, then a tiny gilt mould W
:, heA', a sllt ana bronzel ornament ii
chgfoh''d, then % delicate salmon es
panel. The column in
'ehus upward to its half centre, r
zen 1t IS cut with a medallion panel,
~nlch Is d bronze rosette relieved by
dei edges, and then upwards to q
n t,,lx n,,nr q 600 s"'", he
,or IT, .. o'Io' S",uS VI carpet 10 al
ont, its lenoth rva,,1,i = ~ ] ""s e,le'Gn' " W
:, ,.', ~, =, .I'iS'" Woull cover miles az
ocn is 3oO Ha.t ?, ,an<.., -" e.nl'' OF