Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-04
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The New Line 90 Norfolk Starting
on weIl-OperatfOns Of Whining.
tom ship Builders for the Past
Year-A Good showing.
The .Philadelphis Freu Of Sunday
devotes about three columns to an
exhaustive article on ship building on
the Delaware, giving the business OF
present year. In relation TO the vii.
mington ship builders the following is
given:
At the yard Of the Harlan & Hollings.
worth Company, at Wilmington, one Of
Of the three largest in the country, none
but iron and steel vessels were built dur
ing the past year. Twelve boats have
been already completed aDd sent away
and four more are In the stocks. Or
these latter two sre large iron ferry boats
for the New York Pniladelphia & Norfolk
railroad, the new Peninsula short line to
the south. One OF the boats is eide
wheel steamer, 262 feet long. Another 10
q tug, which will be equipped with com
pound engines, and is ITO I, ct long.
OF the boats already completed two are
large iron ferry boats, to be used bstween
New York and Jersey City. They are
each 175 feet long. There was one side
wheel steamer for the Maryland Steam.
boat Company, 200 feet long ,one passenger
sorew propeller, with narrow iron guards,
l76 feet long, for Philsdslphia parties.
The last boat will be used during the
coming season on excursion routes,
There were also built one collier, $50 feet
long, Of l, ,110 tons one passenger screw
propeller, the City Of Kingston, 240 feet
lighter, 9U feet long, to carry, registered,
147 tons one passenger eide wheel
steamer, 654 tons, 180 feet long, for the
Chesapeake trade. and one steam pro.
peller, 342 tons, l3l feet long.
Besides these there were built the fire
Astor steel yacht, NourmShal, $50 tons,
1924 feet long, and the elegant steel
yacht Electra, 304 tons. 1874 feet long,
tor BiDridge 7. Gerry. The aggregate
tonnage OF the IL vessels turned cut from
the yard spproximates closely 4.326 tons.
In this synopsis Ia not included an ao-
count Of the progress Of work on the
United States monitor Amphitrite, which
has been in the yard for many years and
was included In the estimates Of last
years. construction. Il is expected to
complete the Amphitrits about the first
OF the coming year. She has q displAcs.
ment Of 3,977 tons, and is 1924 feet long,
664 feet beam and IA feet hold. Last
year the total amout Of iron and steel
used In construction was about $500
tons. klbridge T. Gerry's steel yacht,
the Electra, Ia now In the dry dock,
where she is being overhsuled.
The operations at the yard ofthe Pusey
& Jones Company, Wilmington-ss,de
from repairing and constructing machi.
ne-y--were oonfned TO the building Of
vessels for the South American trade
Four Of these were side wheel iron
steamers and one was an iron propeller.
They were all consigned for Brazil. The
side wheelers were Of id,GticAl pattern
and dimensions, being esoh 100 feet long,
80 feet beam and feet deep. Their com
bined tonnage WAS 1915 tons. The
propeller was 100 feet long, with
an is foot 6 inch beam and
8 feet hold. She is Of 165 IONS
burthen. One side wheel steamer " 4s
built for Washington parties, and is
intended for heavy towing and also for
carrying passengers. She is Of iron, 160
feet long, 28 feet 10 the heRm and feet
deep. She ia 800 tons registered. The
total registered carrying oapAoity OF the
Elk vessels constructed by the company
during the year ia 2, l4l tons Four OF
the boats had inclined engines, one a
lever beam eDgins aud one n compound
anaiua ha ,f ka nHa1
sells are, the Ykoc, the Apurinan, the
Paumary, the Aripuana. About 1900
tons Of iron and steel were used in con-
structioD. A small sea going steel steam
ship for the Mexican government i, Oh
the W 20 at the present. time
The jackson & Sharp Company, at the
Delaware Car W rks, Wilmington, Du'lt
nothing but wooden vessels, aud opera
tions At the yard during the twelvemonth
have bsen restricted by the general de
preston. There are now upon the stocks
one screw propsller Of 200 tons, so feet
long, 80 feet bsAra and 7 feet hold, and
ons car float for the Nsw York, Philadel
phia & Norfolk railroad, 800 tons, 224
fset long 80 feet beam, aud II fset hold
There have bsen constructed and sent
away one schooner, 900 tons, 1874 feet
long, "a feet beam and 81 feet hold; one
barge, 500 sons, 100 feet loug, 80
feet beam and 10 feet hold one barge,
800 tons, 1l8 feet long, 22t feet beam
and 8 feet hold. and elk bargss each $50
tons aud each 80 feet long, "a fset beam
aud 81 feet / old The tOtAl tonnage Of
The IL vessels il 4. 400 tOns. This com
pany builds large numbers Of passenger
cara and has no facilities for iron ship
building. As will bs seen, however, it
leads the list Of wooden ship builders,
not only in tonnage, but in the number of
boats.
At the yard Of Thomas Drein & Sons Of
Wilmington, there have been built siucs
January lat Last 100 metallic life boats,
rs wooden life boats, 80 wooden plea
suFs boats, Duubsr Of life RATS and
1900 cork life preservers. There have
been used in construction 20 tons OF gal
vanizsd ahest iron. The operations OF the
firm eys confined exclusively to building
life boats and appliances and small pleas
sure boats.
The tonnage OF the vessels built on the
DslswaIe during the year amounts to
66,4S7. There we're 149 wooden bosts
built in that time and 1853 iron Epd steel
vessels; 1850 tons OF iron aud steel
were used in their construction.