The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-09
A0bertIsfmfnts.
Steamers for Sale.

The undersigned begs to call the attention
OF steamship companies and others inter
ested to the following list Of steam launches
tugs and other steam boats offered for sale
by one Of his correspondents in Liverpool
With the prices attached, and which on &C
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 large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug IS feet 10 feet .
feet IN. with 10 horse power engines nOmi-
nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc
Speed, u miles an hour. Price in Liver
pool, 81 $50 OF So, $50.
"a, 100. Wood Screw Passenger and Cargo
Launch, built in 1885, pair of in. cylinders,
8 in. stroke, speed about 10 miles; extra
strong oak frames, pitch pine plank:ng, cop
per fastened, dimensions As. 6x9. 6x4.11, draft
of water aft feet. Price, 1915.
2,SO4. Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1894, pairs of vertical D AIHI
P engines of 16 H. p, four in. cylinders,
Sin. stroke, speed knots on consumption
of cwt. per hour. bunkers contain tons
She has IL sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions G5.2x12.7X6.7 Price,
FL $50.
2,309. 4 New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fas tened, compound S c engines
Gin. and I2-iH. Tin stroke, large muItitubu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of 90 lbs. working
pressure, dimensions 40.0xSOx44. Price,
$3.50.
2,3O1. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
u cost of fl67, speed IL knots on a consump-
ton Of about tons per day, bunkers con-
tain u tons, dimensions 6S.0x12.1x4.0.
Price, t4S0.
84,134. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines G $ @ 25 H. z. n. lin. and
tubular boiler 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogany, dimensions 70x12 Sx6.2. Draft
of water, 4 4 feet and feet. Price, FL $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
1928. An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and classed 100 Al at LIOyd's, to
carry $50 tons on 90 draft bunkers contain
20 tons, speed knots on d consumption of
3 tons per day, compound d A engines of
40 H. p, 16-in. and 30in. cylinders, boiler
Of so lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions O0X21. OK
1916. Price, 1850.
2,3l1. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1886
classed Al at LlOyd's for towing purposes,
two compound 5 c d A engines of 45
II. P, 16-in. and 3O-in, cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, dimensions 79.3xI5 Ok
9.3. Price, $4,000.
2,308. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al, 565 tons registe
and carries 1,120 tons d. w. on $50 draft
common D A $ C engines of 80 H. p,
% in. and 48-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs
working pressure, bunkers contain 162 tons
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also steam wiuches, dimen-
siOns 03.0X30 .0x15.10. Price, E12, 600.
1924. An Iron Screw Steamer, built il
| 1885. and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 1915 draft
bunkers contain so tons, speed 1871 to AK
knots on consumption of tons per day
compound S @ engines of 80 H. P, 81 y
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-iu. stroke, stee
| tubular boiler of So lbs, working pressure
| donkey engine and steam winches, dimen
sions 145 .0x23. 1x10.6. Price, E8, 500.
The above are only few of the steam
vessels that are offered at sale in Great
Britain at the present time. Almost any de
scriptiOn of steamer, and of any size de-
sired, can now be purchased at very faVOrA-
bic rates. 1t is Of course necessary thai
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers Of
fered for sale before purchasing.
S69n w. L. GREEN.