Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-01
A TRIO OF STEAMERS
To Be Fitted With Boilers and Ma
chinery.
Our City Gaining an Enviable Reputation
as a Place Where First
Glass Crafts Are
Turned Out.

Among Weddings industries none is
coming to the front faster than the boat
building business Our city is gaining
quite an enviable reputation at home and
abroad for the stability and speed Of the
craft she has turned out. Most Of the work
in this line has come from the establish
ment of Sweeney & Son, and they now have
on hand several contracts for building boats,
among which may first be mentioned the
new Psrkersburg and Wheeling packet.
Her dimensions will be as follows Length
l65 feet, beam 80 feet, depth of hold 1 feet.
Engines-diameter of cylinder l43 ches,
with five feet stroke The boilers, of which
there will be three, are to be AZ inches in
diameter, 20 feet long, with six S'inch dues.
This boat will be stern wheeler aud will
have cabin similar to that on the G. W.
Bachelor. The hull of this boat has been
launched and will arrive here some time
this week.
The next will be Captain 7. P. feathers
new stern wheel steamer with the following
dimensions: Length, 2l0 feet; beam, 80
feet; depth of hold, 9 feet; engines, dame
ter of cylinder. 20 inches, feet stroke, aud
of similar design to those on the Abner
O'Neal She will be provided with three
boilers, each of which will be Al inches in
diameter and &c feet long, with six l0inch
Aues. She will have full length cabin fur
nished in new designs, and her texas will be
100 feet long to provide quarters for crew
and colored passengers. She will also be
provided with cotton guards with capacity
of $500 bales of cotton. She will be namei
after T. P. Leathers, and will be run in place
Of the famous steamer Natchez during the
low water and dull season, between New
Orleans and Vicksburg.
A pleasant yacht will also be built BY this
firm for Captain A H. Shipman OF RocheS
ter, N. Y. She will be a stern wheeler,
with length of 60 feet, beam IL feet aud
depth of hold feet. Engine-slide valve
with puppet cutoff; the cylinders will be s
inches in diameter and foot stroke. She
will have only one boiler which will be Al
inches in diameter and feet long with q
rich tubes. The engines and boiler will be
olaced in the center Of the boat, the ladies
cabin being located on the forward main
deck and the gents cabin aft the engines.
1t is Captain Shipuaus intention to cruise
he northern lakes this summer and steam
10 Florida for the winter He also expects
10 visit the Amazon with a scientific party.
Besides these boats there are also others
in prospect for the near future.
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