The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-24
advertisements.


The undersigned begs to call the attention
of steamship companies and others inter
ested to the following list of steam launches,
tugs and other steamboats, offered for sale
by one OF his correspondents in Liverpool
with the prices attached, and which On ac-
count of the remarkably depressed state of
the shipping business will be seen to be ex-
tremely low.
Launches, tugs and small boats that can
be brought on deck of a large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug 40 feet 10 feet 5
feet in. with 10 horse power engines nomi-
nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles an hOnr. Price in Liver
pool, FL, 1850 or $3.50.
"a, 100. Wood Screw Passenger and Cargo
Launch, built IN 1885, pair of in. cylinders
in. stroke, speed about 10 miles; extra
strong oak frames, pitch pine plank:ng, cop
per fastened, dimensions 45.6A9. 6x4.11, draft
of water aft 3 feet. Price, 1915.
1904. Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht
built in 1884, 2 pairs of vertical ID A Fl
P engines of 16 Il. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Gin. stroke, speed 8 knots on consumption
of 3 cwt. per hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has II sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions G5.2x12.7xG.7 Price,
81 $50.
1905 A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened, compound $ G engines
Gin. and 12-iR. Tin stroke, large multitubu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, Of 80 lbs. working
pressure, dimensions 40.OxS.0x4.4. Price,
1850.
1901. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine aud boiler lately overhauled at
q cost of E167. speed Ii knots on a consump
tiOn of about 4 tons per day, bunkers con
tain II tons, dimensions 68.Oxl2.1x4.O.
Price, $3.50.
S4,f34. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1886,
engines G s G 25 II. p. n. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogany, dimensions 70x12.Sx6.2. Draft
of water, "A feet and feet. Price, 81 $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
2293. An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, to
carry $50 tons on SO draft, bunkers contain
20 tons, speed knots on consumption of
3 tons per day, compound ID A engines of
40 II. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of so lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions 120.0x21 Ok
lO.6. Price, $4,000.
2,311. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
two compound S G D A engines of 40
II. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, dimensions 79.3x15.9X
9.3. Price, $500.
2, sos. An Iron Screw Steamer, built IN
1885, and classed 100 AL 565 tons register,
and carries 1920 tons D. w. on $50 draft,
common d A s nc engines of 80 II. P,
% = in. and 4S-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1872 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also 3 steam winches, dimen-
siOns 2G3. 0x30. 0x15.10. Price, f12, 600.
1924. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 1916 draft,
bunkers contain so tons, speed 131E to 141z
knots on consumption of 8 tons per day,
compound G engines of so H. P, Il Il
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 95 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and steam winches, dimen-
sions 145. 0x23.1x10.6. Price, $500.
The above ara only few of the steam
vessels that are offered at sale in Great
Britain at the present time. Almostany de-
seription of steamer, and of any size de-
sired, can now be purchased at vefy favora-
bic rates. 1t is Of course necessary that
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers Of
fered for sale before purchasing.
S69H w. L. GREEN.