Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-08-16

The Frostburg-The Ee,U Steam Col
Tier Of the Consultation Company on
Her First Trtp.-The Baltimore Sun Of
Monday reports the completion of the
new steam collier Frostburg, built at
Philadelphia by the American Ship
building company for the Consolida-
ton coal company at cost of $155, 900.
The vessel arrived at the company's
piers, Baltimore, Saturday morning
last and was inspected by number Of
gentlemen connected with the coal in
terests Of this region, among them Mr..
Charles F. Mayer, president Of the
company; Major Alexander Shaw,
Harry Lee, H. c. Black and others.
They were received by Commander
Henry H. Gorringe, late of the United
States navy, president Of tho Amsri-
can Shipbuilding company, and others
who arrived on the steamer. Among
the first to congratulate Commander
Gorringe on the successful completion
and delivery Of the Frostburg was a
Sun reporter, who, four years ago in
Alexander, Egypt, piled him with
queries respecting his removal Of
Cleopatra needle from the land Of the
Pharaohs.
A general inspection Of the new
vessel followed. The Frostburg is
named after the thriving town of Frost
burg, in the coal region. She is an
iron schooner-rigged vessel of 563.6S
tons register, with a carrying capacity
of 1000 tons of coal. The dimensions
are 2l0 feet moulded length, IS feet
beam and II feet depth Of hold. The
model is somewhat after the type Of
the English collier, but is distinctively
American in other respects. The
Frostburg has handsome clean-cut
lines, which indicate speed and good
sea qualities. The wheelhouss Is fitted
with steam steering apparatus, and on
deck are four steam winches, also
steam windlass and capstsn, and four
unusually large cargo matches.
The coal bunkers are SO constructed
as to do away with the necessity Of
coal-passers, the coal feeding itself to
the furnace door. The motive power
consists of a compound surface con-
densing engine with high pressure cyl
inder twenty-six inches in diameter,
low-pressure forty eight inches diane
ter, and stroke of piston thirty-six in
ches. She also has an independent
circulating pump Of the centrifugal
type, a large donkey engine, and other
improved machinery. The boilers are
entirely of steel, thirteen feet in diam
etsr and ten feet six inches long. They
were built according to the require
ments Of the bureau yeritas, and have
been tested at a pressure Of 100 pounds
to the square inch above atmospheric
pressure. Walter Ancker designed and
personally superintendent the construc-
ton of the engines and boilers. The
Frostburg has q double bottom, be-
tween which she carries water ballast.
Her contract speed was to be nine
knots per hour. On her passage down
the Delaware against the tide ten knots
were logged, and with it twelve knots,
going at which latter speed she devel-
oped $50 horsepower. At sea she
kept up a uniform speed of eleven and
and eighth-tenths knots.
AS soon as the inspection was COM
pleted the Frostburg received her bap-
tism of coal from hopper No. 22,29l,
after which she was toasted in the
mess-room. She finished loading and
IL hours after arrival sailed for the
Consolidation -company's wharves at
Hoboken. Commander Gorringe re-
turned to Philadelphia, but will join
the vessel in Hoboken to make y per-
sonal inspection of her working after
a trip with cargo. Mr.. Charles F.
Mayer expressed himself as thoroughly
satisfied with the new vessel, and said
Commander Gorringe had faithfully
complied with his contract.
Captain A. B. Mills, well-known in
the coal trade as master of the Read
ing golfers Allentown and Panther,
and the Wiikesharre collier Wilkes
barre, is master of the Frostburg, with
the following staff: Chief engineer,
Thomas J. Brown; assistant, John
Tracy; chief officer, William Artist +;
second officer, George Atkins. The
Consolidation company have now two
steam golfers hailing from this port.
The other is the Charles F. Mayer,
Chaplain David Anthony, and is larger
than the Frostburg.