Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-17
10 nEIAurCuED TO-moRRow.

TO RE LAUNCHED TO-M0RR0W. The B1g Two Thousand Ton ship ". I Wallace ward aE gh0 West Haven ShIpYarA-LMrgogt Ever Built 1A Com
 neefIeut.
 The great ship which has been in the build ! ing stocks at Henry Sutton's shipyard in West Haven for several months is now on the verge of completion and will soon slide down from the cracking ways into the wat CTS of the harbor.
 It is truly monster of vessel for this section of New England and as one stands at the stern or bow and looks along the narrow length, the spectacle is one almost of gram deur.
 The huge hulk looms upo over the surround ing houses like giant and can be seen for miles across the harbor. People upon it's decks look like pigrnies and the long seafold | ing leading up along it's sides from the ground seems to be about three times as wide at the bottom as at the top.
 New Haven can we'll be proud of this grand \ production of shipping which has daily \ grown to it's gigantic form in the West Haven yard It is the largest ship ever built 1 in the State and is . splendid monument to Connectiout's skill At shiphuilding. I Four monstrous masts rise from it's decks
  | and yards are almost as big as the masts themselves of many vessels seen about the harbor. It is doubtful if the ship can sail under the Brooklyn bridge because of it's tall masts. There will be nine lower sails, in- cluding five jfbs, and eight light upper sails
 The vessel is of 2,000 tons burthen, and has keel of 1931< feet in length. The depth of it's hold iS 161k feet and it bears | Al foot beam. When fully loaded she should carry from 1,s0o to 1,950 tons of coal on 8 | 20 feet draft.
 Below the deck, in the body of the boat, are three tiers of flooring, and to look down through one of the hatchways reminds one of the elevator passage-way in some high building with its many floors one above the other.
 In the stern in the large cabin finished \ in fancy woods where the of6cers' quarters are. They are as bright and beautiful as many steamers parlors, and every modern convenience, even to steam heating radia- tors. are among the furnishings of the rooms.
 The captains cabin is as finely finished and furnished as any gentleman's chamber on shore. It opens into the officers general | room from which several other entrances open to the officers private chambers. | Heavy brussels carpets cover the floors, I and the walls and ceilings are formed of hard \ woods. Bedding, chairs and other necessar- ies were brought in Saturday, and everything is fast taking on the dress intended for the N ship to wear.
 l Toward the forward end is the large cabir of the sailors. Here are hunks one above thu other, mess tables with their small apart | ments to keep dishes from being throwr about by the ships motion, hooks for ham. mocka and other nautical trappings. ! Forward under the poop deck is cabir
 in which stands powerful engine for work ing pumps, heisting sails and pulling up O
 letting down the anchor. This is entirel,
 finished and set sgoing Saturday.
 The vessel, under the name of w. Wallac ! Ward, will be commanded by Captain Yes per of Thomaston, Maine, formerly com \ It is designed for the foreign trade, and vii first go to New York and thence to BalH | more.
 The launching will take place betweel
 eight and nine o'clock to morrow morning
 when the tide will best favor the work
 Miss Ward, niece of W. W. Ward ant ! daughter of the late Israel Ward, will breal
 the conventional bottle of champagne ove the bow and duly baptize the noble vessel N Large numbers of people daily visit tn
 ship yard to view the great ship, and tn spectacle of to-morrow's launch will proba ply be witnessed by great crowd. It vii
 be sight seldom seen, and when the vesse slips from its ways into the water, Connecsi . cut can we'll boast that she has given prout companion to her shipping.
 The largest vessel built at the yard pre- viously was the H. H. Olds, which carries about fifteen hundred tons of coal. Tn Ward will cost about $60, 900. Her owners include Henry Sutton, who i the largest individual owner, havini
 one quarter, W. W. Ward, J. D. Dewell, H
 M. Welch, S. E. Merwin, W. H Van Name carpenters, builders of the vessel, ,and Richari \ Law.