Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-03
Az ABsUr NEW sHiPA-

...-.-re ia The name given new
80 hoilt at New York for William
eess william Fl. Besse, 10 be put
-. Goa Bay lumber trade. The
srother steamer recently bnilt
nn - .auae men and the sans trade.
,.v steamer named the Coos Bay
s.r.csssfolly launched at Marsh
~ -, 60 Bay. June 18th She is IA
eels; e.o ia feet keel. 70 feet beam and
- Ss,tb of hold. She was toved 70
sIl sl Rsnd TO receive her two masts,
s ~ s;Il then 90 20 San Francisco for
machipery, which u being oniit at
= Fulton Iron works.
rhs Union Iron Works OF San Fran
20 have recently secured contract
,hs Newport Coal Company to con-
IT, - ! sfael steamer of the folloving
ansrs;ons: Two hundred and seven
80 lcro. 80 feet beam and l6 feet depth
sssald, she xill register between 700
~ "a, tons. and will carry 1000 tons of
- -, and have 12lS feet draft. The en-
- viIl be compound cylinders, ~
"a ~ 2s-iucfi by 80 inch strike. capable
. 5yiyiue her l2 knots. She ~ to have
s.,t.class Recommendations for 32 cabin
s..ssnoers. and will be used in the coal
~. of Coos Bay. This is the first job
4 he kind attempted on the Pacific
Coast.
usssrs WIN. Cramp d Sons l4unche5,
:. lime 11th, the steamship Eureka, or
=. Narcau line, between New York
n Neg Orleans. Ghe Eureka IL one
= tbe largest steamers ever built on the
Delaware River fer the eoastwise ser
~. She is one OF three now building
n Camps yard. Two sister ships-tbe
n Paso and III Dorado-are TO be com.
nstsd before December lst, OF the same
model. They belong TO the @. p Hsnt
inotou syndicate, composed of the in
,erests Of Mergan's Louisiana d Texas
Railroad a Stea mship Company, South
s,p Pacific Railroad Company, Central
Pscife Railroad Company, Galveston,
Harrisburg d San Antonio Railway Sys-
tam Railroads. Houston d Texas Cen
vsl Railway. Texas x New Orleans Rail
,osa. louisiana d Western Railroad,
Calf a Western Texas Railroad and
.hei, connections. The Eureka will
mry II, 600 bales of ostton. She Ia $50
iset long, AZ feet beam and 30 feet deep.
Power will be supplied by four steel
boilers and compound tender engines.
Itis generally believed that the lsrgss
ssl sized sailing ships have been buiit
viihin the past three or four years.
mis- is not the case. Probably the
Isrpest wooden shin ever built WAS
lsunehed at Quebec on June 25, 1925.
This was the timber ship Baron of Rem
rev. An account of her launching,
hksn from an old paper, gives her
Dimensions as follows: Length, 3U9
feet breadth, 60 feet depth, IS feet
in!srnally, 81 feet externally; anchor,
VI tons tonnage, 5SSS tens I; from tan
nil TO keel, so feet mainmast above
deck, rs feet-whole length, l0t feet !;
mainyard, Is feet /; bowsprit. 60 feet ;
dfsneht of water, loaded, "a feet ;
sngth Of tiller, 26 feet--A inches diam
slsr; hemp cable, "a inch. 100 fathoms,
and weight l26 owt.; chain cable, 10
iihoms-links, IA inches long, 7 inches
gFss, Of Z inch bar iron; cargo on board
shen launched, 1000 tons of timber ;
efao, from $500 TO 5000 tons 30 tint Z
lround the capstan make q mile;
times around the vessel make a mile
times the surface of the deck equal Que
lere; 5000 tons Of timber to build her,
y tons oakum, 125 tons IRON" This
vessel was lest on the Flemish Banks ia
October of the same year.