Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-19

FoR TINE PUCET soUSD TRADE
IN Account efthe saeel.Plafed steamer
Olympia.
Nautical Gazette, New York, Sept. 6. !
The new iron side wheel steamer
Olympia. just launched by the Harlan
d Hollingsvorth Company, of Whining
ton, Del. for the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company, and for service
on Puget Sound, will be, when COM
plsted, one of the finest steamers of her
class ever constructed for the western
coast of the United States.
She il go feet in length between per-
pendiculars, 270 feet over all, 40 feet
beam of hull, and IA feet inches depth
from base line to top of deck beams.
She il fine model, and OF unexcellsd
wJrkmanship and material throughout.
Sae has hollow or dished keel, 4 inch 0
deep for waterway, and made of 10-l6
inch steel, the stem being 2x6 inches,
| and the stem post 81 l1x511 inches. tie
frames are 4x3x6-16 inches angle iron
spaced "A inches, made in enc piece and
butting over center of keel, and backed
by angle iron splicing pieces, IS inches
long. Of the same size as the
frames. The floors are of plate
iron, one to each frame, Is
inches in depth amidships by 7-l6
inches thick, increasing in depth at bow
and stern to 30 inches. The reverse
bars are Of angie iron y @x21 x5- l6 inch
o., one to each floor, extending to upper
bilge stringer, and on every third frame
are carried mp to the deck lodger plate
| At crossings Of keelsons they are doub-
led up by shsrt angle lion Clips riveted
on the reverse side, likewise splicing
pieces of angle iron rivcted at the butts
of the reverse bars, and doubled under
the engines and boilers. She has eight
! belts located under each wheel beam
shafts under the furnaces of the boilers,
and in the forward and after holds;
these are of plate iron 5-l6 inches
thick, and faced with angle iron PIX
| 21S inches. The center intercostai keel
son. running from end to end to give
backbone stiffness to the hull, is formed
| of inch plates let down between the
| floors and secured to the same by angle
irsn, 3x3@s inch, and extending 10 inch
| 90 above the floors, to which is attached
a vertical keelson 10 inches high, and
7-l6 inch thick, making total hight of
| % inches.
On each side of this there is bar of
4x3xA inch angle iron riveted to the
keelson and reverse bars, and on the top
is riveted two bars of ths same sized
angle irons. Midway between the GEN.
ter keelson and bilg, there is sister
| intercostai keels0n on each side Of s5
inch plates amidships and h-16 inches
at ends, we'll secured. There are also
upper and lower bilge keelsons formed
of two bars of 4x3x7 IL inch angle iron,
back to back. There are four keelsons
8 l6 inch thick and 36 inches high, TO
| support the engine, and two OF these
keeisons are carried on TO tho forward
end Of the boilers. the angle iron keel
sons at upper and lower turn of bilges
a,e carried forward to the stem, form
ing breast hooks. with V shaped plates
extending across from side to side. The
bulkhcads are located, one at the fore
| castle forward, one forward of boilers,
and one aft of engine, made of a and
BIC inch plate iron and well braced by
3x4a inch angle iron. The lodger or
deck stringer is formed of plate iron, 80
inches wide amidships, tapering to u
inches at the ends, with v shaped p ates
riveted nj bow and stern 9-i6 inches
thick for 100 feet amidships, then SIG
and ZIG inches thick. ble-riveted butt
straps secured to sheer strake by 4x3x
l6 inch angle iron, well riveted and
spliced at the butts. The knees under
meath the lodger plate inside are placed
on wrought iron plate knees. and Be-
curely riveted to tbs lodger and every
third frame and faced with reverse bar
angle irou. From these figures IL will
be seen that this vessel has been remark
ably we'll put together To secure great
/ strength.
/ The plating is all of the best steel;
| the cardboard strakes, for l50 feetlaniid-
ships, il 8 l6 inch. and Z l6 inch forward
and aft: floor, g. l6 inches thick amid
ships, ending with SIG inch; bilRe
sfrakes, 7-l6 aud 6-I6. ending with GIG
iuches forward and aft; sides amid
ships. GIG inches, ending with 5. Is for-
| ward and aft; sheer strake, SIG amid
ships and Z Is forward and aft, tho
strak.s running alternately inside aud
out, with fiiling-in pieces same width
as frames. The main wheel beams are
| of iron 8 inches deep. & 10 inches thick,
/ with two bars of 3JSx3l angle iron on
top and two on hottom, with iron plate
knees oatside under the guards. rivsted
to the beams and sides, and heavy iron
braces for supporting the outboard
ends of the beams. Tne beams Of the
| forward and after ends of boilers are of
iron: also one iron beam IN each for
| ward and after hold.
| The beams and carlins throughout
the vessel are of ths best yellow pine,
the machinery beams being 9xl2 inches,
tie balance being 6x7 and 6x5 inches,
spaced 30 inches apart. Iron plate
knees are placed under each beam. The
guards underneath are braced with
wrought iron guard braces, riveted 70
the skin. The plank sheer is 3xl4
| inches, yellow pine; Tenders OF oak,
4x10 inches. Tue deck plank over hull
is 3x5 inches and 2Is iaches over
guards. The inside wueel bAttens are
of g. i6 inch iron, well braced with angle
iron. The GU ,rds are Slated under
meath with oak strips 10 protect the
decks from the seas. King posts of yell
low pine.
Tue joinery will be very neat and
tasty, and Of soft wood throughout.
The forward and after holds will have
crew and passenger accommodations,
the latter being Tilted for berthing
about fifty. The saloon ON the main
deck will be dining-hall, and the sa-
io0u Oh HIoulcunoc uccA WiA nANo hAtt
state rooms, nsted with three bevths
each. When the boat IL further ad-
vanced We will deal With her passenger
accommodations in greater detail.
The motive power Of the Olympus
consists of one vertical surface CON
densing working beam engine, 7u-iuch
cylinder and i2-feet stroke, fitted with
Sssvcns' cns-on. and ~ carry a workins
pressure Of ~ pounds of steam. The
novel feature VI the engine front Is
known as the steam engineer a
small engine for working the trip-shafI
in getting the main engine under way
Ii il an ingenious arrangement. de-
signed by the Harlan 4 Hollingswortt
Company. and any engineer who has
struggled over the old iorm- the Ions
starting bar--wili readily testify ~ ths
! superior merits of The new machine
She has two boilers with arches beios
and return through tubes. also q don
key boiler aud No. . donkey pump
for FIRE purposes. etc. She viii hsv,
composite radiAl paddle wheels. viii
| w.ssix,n huckess S5jS feet in diamete