The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-22
A QUEER SHIP.
The Charles Wetmoro at Pussy s.
Jones' wbarf-Her Queer Shape and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of People
Going to See 1t.

1oinB TO sec IT.
The queerest shaped steamship ever
seen in Wilmington lies at the Pussy
Il Jones Company's wharf, where she
arrived yesterday at 1880 o'clock. Had
the first ships ever propelled by steam
in the days OF Oliver Evans and Helm
drich Hudson passed up tho Delaware
and anchored In the Chlistiana, the
excitement could not have been great
err than ills now at beholding this queer
craft that came in yesterday.
The pilot house at the fore and the
cabin at the aft both look as II they
were built on stills and instead of going
below to the dining room steps must
be mounted and the hungry must go
aloft.
Tho vessel is aniron one. Its length
Is 265 feet, IS feet beam and "a feet
depth of hold. The gross tonnage Is
1,l14; net registered tonnage 1,075;
draft when loaded 1917 feet.
She is propelled by a fore and aft
compound surface condensing engine,
with cyclinders 20 and 80 inches in
diameter and 42 inch stroke, built by
$. +. Hodge d Co., Detroit Michigan.
She has two steam boilers, IL 70 feet
long and 1888 inches diamater to carry
1876 pounds OF steam. There are two for
ward bulkheads and three aft bulk
heads for the water ballast, $40 tons
and coal.
The vessel has funny bodily shape,
her hull looking like tlattened steel
cylinder with pointed ends, not unlike
n cigar with the ends cut off. She is
without keel, and her bottom Is as
flat and smooth as her back, which is
not unlike the back OF q whale, whence
1t is called whaleback ship, The bot
tom curves at both stern and prov.
The cabin is on the after end. built
around a turret, which leads to the en-
gine room below, and is supported by
fourteen hollow steel columns, which
serve as ventilation flues.
A smaller turret at the bow contains
the pilot machinery The hold with
the exception OF about 50 feet at the
aft, is used for freight with a wooden
deck across 1t. The cabin contains 10
rooms comfortably furnished.
This ship was built by The American
Steam Barge Company Of New York at
West Superior, Wis, from plans made
by Captain Alexander McDougall of
Duluth. Mimi. and ia the first vessel
to cross the Atlantic without sails or
masts of any kind. on the passage
from Liverpool, that has lust ended
four short iury mnsts were set in
sockets on the deck and snils were set
Sire made the passage from Duluth
Mimi. through the great lakes. down
the ST. lawrence and across the Allan
lie in forty.oue davs carrying n cargo
Of 40 coo bushels OF grain.
Tbe vessel made tie VOYAGE through
tho lakes and 10 Kinpsto5 Ginnnda
with 10. 900 bushels of wheat AT Kinrg.
ton the cargo was unloaded to allow
The vessel 10 mass The Tonids w ~ VS. 81
Lawrence. and WINS TeIonded and in.
creased to 30 900 bushels from light-
ers' She made one ston nj Cane FIRE.
ton for coal and arrived at Iivernool
without having shipped a bucket of
water and without having Disturbed
fine loose grain in her hold enough 10
obllterate the shovel marks or foot
prints made by the steyedores in load
ing IL nj Montreal,
The Wetmore is cnlled a rraat steel
warehouse, The cost of construction
is one.third less than ordinary boats,
and all the crew required consists Of
master. first officer. second mate, two
engineers two oilers three coal nas-
sers, three firemen, four sailors. cook
land steward. With CARRYING capacity
Of 5000 tons the monthly wage nc.
count was only SIPS which is llnDreen.
dtnted I'm the annals of economy. II
Is believed that these ships will soon
run out the square rugged ships.
when the Wetmoro arrived at Liver
pool il created the greatest excitement.
The desire to see IL was SO great that
a shilling a head was charged in favor
of the Sailors Orphanage. The first
day /, 500 visitors called and 10 pounds
were collected. This was kept up for
ten days.
The VOYAGE from Liverpool WINS
made In ballast. The officers of the
boat are Joseph b. Hastings, captain:
q, W, Bailey, first officer; q. &. Ritchie,
second officer; j. II. Flower, stewart;
III, II. Dwight who represents n syndi.