Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-29
THE BIG SCHOONER LAuNoHED.

The Lyman M. Law Successfully |
Launched Yesterday from the West
Haven Ship Yards-Runs Into a
Mud Bank-One of the Largest Ever
Built I'm New England.
The launching of the big four mast
schooner, Lyman M. Law, recently built at
Gasner & Marr's yards in West Haven,
under the management of Henry Sutton,
was accomplished yesterday morning sue
cessfully. Promptly at 10 o'clock the
workmen under the direction of Mr.. Mari,
knocked away the last wedges that held
the big vessel in place and amid the cheers
of the spectators she glided into the water
only to float a minute or two before her
stern stuck into mud bank. There was
party of 300 or more on board to cheer
vigorously and watch Miss Law, daughter
of Lyman M. Law, break the customary
bottle of champagne and christen the boat
the Lyman NJ. Law. AS it was impossible
for the big schooner to be lowed over to
long wharf the party on board was obliged
| to be taken ashore by means of a rope lad
der and a sloop that was brought
| up alongside. The shore was black with
the launching and in the harbor was col
lected large feet of boats, large and small.
| The new Schooner is one of the largest
that has ever been launched from New
| England shipyard. Her dimensions are:
Length of keel 1876 feet, length over all 22S
feet, length from end of jib boom to end of
| spanlzer boom 2S2 feet, beam 40 feet, depth
| Of hold IS feet inches, distance from bot
| tom of keel to top of truck $50 feet, ton
! q "a L. III H.
| is nine feet longer than the George NJ
Grant, which was built at the same yard
last year, and she is the biggest schooner
ever launched in this state.
The Law will be used for the present as
collier, plying between Providence and
New York, though fattering offers have
been made to use her in the South Ameri-
can trade.
Among the owners are: Lyman NJ
Law, Gessner & Mari, Henry Sutton, Al
den Hill of North Haven and George M.
Grant.
She will be commanded by Captain
Blake
Gessner & Mari will soon lay the keel of
another vessel. She will be still larger
than the Law, her keel being thirteen feet
longer. Lyman M. Law, for whom the
new schooner is named, is member of the
firm of Booth & Law and resides at IA
Olive street.
She was hauled off the mud at high
water last evening and lowed to Long
wharf, where Van Name & King will put
on the sails
American Institute Fair.
The ffty-ninth exhibition of the Ameri
can Institute will open at the building or
Third avenue on Wednesday evening" Oc
tober 1, and will close on November 80
The Importance of these Institute exhibi
tions has always been acknowledged, ant
the manufacturers and inventors know thu
value of the Institute to them and to thos'
to whom their productions are exhibited
. To New York, as well as to other localities
, the Institute fair is welcome part of tn
seasons amusements, and it is always wei
patronized. The rate of admission will b
, as usual, 25 cents. All applications TO
space and for special information shoult
, be made without delay to Mr.. Charlie
Wager Hull, the general superintendent
at the Office of the Institute, No. 113 Yves
| Thirtv-eiphth street New York eity