The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-15

This is two hours and eighteen minutes in
covering the distance, which is thirty-eight
nautical miles-about sixteen miles per hour.
The steamer Hermoss lett Port Townsend one
hour and ten minutes ahead of her, but was
passed off West Point aud beaten in By about
twenty minutes. The crew and passengers on
the Hermosa stated that as the new steamer
glided past them, they ielt as though the Her
mosa had come to standstill.
The Flyer is a twin screw propeller, 176 feet
long. q feet beam, aud draws about IS
feet of water Her registered net tonnage is
$50 tons Her engines are of 1000 horsepower,
triple condensing, of the latest improved
make, with q, 80 and 5i-inch cylinders and 80
inch stroke Her boiler is of the ordinary tubular
make, twenty-nine feet long and nnety-six
inches in diameter. 1t is made of steel, sixty
nine one-hundredths of an inch thick and
tested at 2i0 pounds pressure. She is allowed to
carry l6o pounds OF steam She is supplied with
an independent pump, an independent feed
pump. an independent eirculator, and dynamo
which generates electricity for lighting the en-
tire boat. The machinery is all enclosed, and
the balance of the main deck, all but a small
portion on the forward end for freight is to be
fitted up for social hall, with toilet rooms for
ward and aft. Aft, in the hold, is the galley
and dining halls for the crew, but there is no
passenger dining hall on the boat, rs it will not
be necessary her short run. The upper
deck is all one immense saloon, with
the purser's Office and two berths
In the center, near the forward end and far
away out over the bow on the upper deck, is a
searchlight, the only one on the sound Above
the second deck is the pilot-house with the cap
tain's stateroom in the rear. hard wood stair
way forward and another aft run from the lower
10 the upper deck. The finish is plain white
aud light drab paint throughout with but little
fancy work, but the furnishings, which have
not yet been put in, Will be elaborate Some
So. -
already been received tor the saloon. They are
elegantly upholstered and cost So apiece. All
OF the furnishings are TO he correspondingly
6ne.
The machinery all manufactured BY
Neade & Levy, OF Philadelphia and the manu-
tacturers sent Thomas Alvey and Thomas Dew
lin, two expert machinists and engineers, out to
put the machinery in place ana test it in every
particular; and that they did their work well is
evidenced by the fact that the machinery works
as smoothly rs though the boat had been run
ming for months. Every bearing runs perfectly
cool and steady, ana heavy and powerful as the
machinery is, the boat does not vibfate a parti.
Gle when She mach merry is working at It's best
Alvey has returned 20 Philadelphia but Deylin
has concluded 10 remain and accept the position
OF chief engineer on the boat The boiler was
built by the " illamette Iron Works, of Portland
Her entire crew consists CT u master, pilot
mate, two engineers and crew of thirteen men.
Captain T, &. Graves is master, Cantaiu T Neil
pilot; J. f. Nixon, first officer; Thomas Devlip.
chief engineer; A. J. Taylor. purs2r. and George
Murrey steward. The officers are ell enthusias.
tic over the new boat. and anticipate great
things for her IN the way of speed CAPTAIN
GrsNeS said that the sea was quite smooth COM
Ing around, but the occasional swells had no
effect whatever on her He showed the renortar
pitcher OF water which hal stood on his Gesk
newhole distance without drop being spilled.
He declared that she the best sea boat he
had ever been GU in his life
After living AZ the Commercial whsrf few
minutes tAe stern Of the boat was swung around
alongside The ferry wharf. and she will lie there
eli day today sn3 be open Tor the inspection Of
al who choose - visit hcr.
she uses but very Little fuel only taking abo1
cord o; wood pr hour coming around. Hes
CRATES viii probably Dc changed 50 she can burn
Goa! very soon, though for the present wood
usil be used she has coal CRATES aboard. and
ali that needs to Ae done is change them AZ any
zine. She las not vet been cleaned I'D. but the
work OF cleaning ana furnishing her viii ia
begun st once, aud in stou; ten days il is ex-
peCted she viii IL ready for service
Captain Scott did not come around I'm her
himself but is expected N this morning on the
train - superiHtcud the work Of hitting her m
~ = Allen. the c0mp0nys agent al Portland
came around in tie boat 80 purse-, bat RETURNS
tais morning.