The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
SHE'S A DARLING.
Trial Trip of the Penn
sy1vania's Cincin-
natl.
HANDSOMEST BOAT AFLOAT
And Answers Every Expectation OF
the COmpany-A Full
Description.

is no doubt that that opinion will be en-
dorsed by the travelling public when the
new boat is put into commission, which
will be about the middle of this month.
She will be placed ON the Cortlandt street
line.
The Cincinnati is the pioneer Of the new
doubie-decked screw-propeller feet with
which the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany proposes TO revolutionize the
methods OF ferry transport. She is indeed
beautiful craft and triumph of the
boat builders and decorators arts. She
is two hundred and six feet in length,
with a sixty-fve foot beam, both meas
urements over guards. The impression
given as she glides swiftly through the
water is that of large river steamer. On
the exterior she is painted in the dark red
and black of the rest of the fleet, but re-
lieyed at either outside end by an artistic
design of gold decoration, and three
mammoth bay windows of loaded glass
on either side.
GRACEFUL CURVES AND LINES.
Her com m0dieus cabin entrances are
most gracefully carved, and the cabin
decks, both upper and lower, have gen
tie incline from the centre. The accom-
mediation for vehicles is larger than in
any other ferryboat. and they will not in
the least interfere with the passengers.
Swung on davits on the lower deck is a
tiny lifeboat, not weighing over twenty
five pounds, which with a moments
notice may be thrown overheard in case
of emergency. But the entrance through
these two beautiful lower cabin doors.
with their curiOuslv wrought silvered
hinges ana handles, holds a treat
for the beholder. Standing on their
threshold 1t is still more difficult to as
QOciatA her with the OQnar,lI IDEA OF
ferrybeat when viewing the walls and
ceilings worked in the most delicate pam
els, with frieze eof floral carvings and
finished in tints of pearl gray, lined with
silver. These artistic surnlounIings in
papier mache are effective. The flooring
Is of English mosaic tile, each brick not
larger than five cent piece. In length
the floor is 144 feet by ID wide, with seat
ing capacity for 304 persons.
Fronting the cozy seats with their
carved mahogony arms are the beautiful
open staircases TIVE, ty-three feet high
from floor to ceiling. and leading to the
upper deck, and undoubtedly the hand
soonest work ever created for such SER
vice. The balustrades and wall panels
are of polished root mahogany, ana warm
brown carpet of brussels make covers the
stairs, wnich curve III graceful ascent TO
the hurricane deck, where the climax of
handsome furnishing and attractive
ing this second story, as the
land lubber would have. it,
strikinglv home effect has been created
by a huge carved Dutch wooden bench
placed directly under the staircase, and
suggesting the import of antiquities, but
upon closer investigation 1t proves very
cozy and aids materially in furnishing.
Overhead and above the plate mirrors
bordering this staircase the rich effects
are blended in scroll work and loaded
glass, pointing to as liberal ex-
penditure of money as for private
home. The employment Of the double
screw propeller gives an unobstructed
two hundred incandescent electric lights
are distributed over the boat, making it
at night one of the most brilliantly-illu-
minated crafts in the harbor, In this
connection reserve electric battery Is al
ways ready for use in case of accident to
the main dynamo, while high-pressure
fire pump and five hundred life pre-
servers would do credit to an ocean
steamer
THE DECORATIONS.
The walls and ceilings Of the upper
cabin are finished in delicate pink tints
lined with aluminium leaf. The floor is
entirely covered with a reddish-brown
body carpet: The entire finish OF this
upper deck, including the silvered brack-
cts for electric lights with opalescent
shades, and the two immense incandes-
cent electroliers over the stairways, is
remark bly, refined, not only affording
the greatest comfort to passengers, but
likewise presenting a wider field for the
pleasing work OF the wood carver and
decorator.
Six large sliding doors with two win
dows each form an outlet to the open air
promenade deck. AS her model and twin
screws add extraordinary stability and
comfort while obviating all swayiug mo-
ton and enabling her to speed and dock
quickly, so her heating apparatus, most
essential feature of comfort, does away
with the olden time roasting method OF
sitting over steam pipes, and inaugurates
q system whereby the hotNair is forced
into he cabins through registers near the
ceilings, while the ventilators are built
close to the floor. A thermostat COOKING
very much like an ordinary thermometer)
hangs on the wall and controls automati-
cally the cabins proper temperature.
The Williamson steam steering gear is
used, and the most wonderful precautions
have been taken by ingenious electrical
inventions to communicate accurately
and rapidly with pilot and engineer, and
prevent any possibility of an accident.
One is an indicator directly in front of
tue pilot, showing speed and direction of
The boat as well as every action on
the engine; another is the mechanical
hand pull, which Is attached to the
dual pilot-whees inaugurating veritable
for the operating force of
the boat This novel appliance was in
vented by Mr. Il. S. Hayward, Superin-
tendent of Motive Power OF the United
Railroads of New Jersey Division, under
whose supervision the boat was con-
structed. The practical engineer would
revel in the beau iful eleven hundred
horse power engines of the Cincinna i,
her iron hull aud air tight bulkheads,
fourteen, and the other new
and clever appliances which form so con-
spicuous part of the equipment of the
boat.
The inauguration of the double deck
service Of ferryDoats, built on this orig
inal plan, combined with the elevated APP
proaches to the ferryhouses on both sides
of the river, effectually removes
the disagreeable feature of cross
ing the river to take traius
aud the Pennsylvania Railroad is to be
congratulated on this fresh evidence of a
constant endeavor TO provide the best,
safest and quickest facilities of transpor-
tation for its patrons.
Yesterdays TRIP.
The Cincinnati TOOK on board party ot
philadelphia and New Jersey newspaper
men and railroad officials at the slip in
this city, and then steamed over to Cort-
landt street, where the New York news
paper men were taken on board. The
PROV was then headed up the river and