The Portland daily press., 1891-03-26

A Full Description Of the New Steam.
ship.

The telegraph yesterday morning an
nounced the successful launching Of the new
steamship Manhattan of the Maine Steam
ship Company at Bath, on Tuesday last.
This is complete description Of the new
craft:
The keel is of first quality white oak in
US long lengths as possible. IA inches square,
composition bolts of rs inch metal. The
stem and stern are Of the same material,
nlaced "a inches from centre to centre, The
floors and first futtocks side inches, the
second futtocks an top 6 inches. Their
moulding sizes are: at the throat l6 inches, at
turn OF Bulge IL inches, at main deck 81 inch
es, and at promenade deck inches. The
bottom is made solid from aft of the thrust
bearings to forward of the boilers.
Inc main keelson Is of long length yellow
pine timber, 10 inches square, fastened with
bolts OF Il inch iron through each frame.
The assistant keelsons are OF the same ma
terial, 14x15 inches. The bllge streaks are
z feet inches from the centre line, the low
er tiers being Of 14x10 inch timber. The re-
mainder of the ceiling tapers In thickness to
the clamps, which are 4-inch yellow pine.
inches thick, lying against the clamps. Tie
boiler and engine hatch beams are of 14x12
inch hard pine, the others being of 8x9 inch
es. Circling the frames abreast the main
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iron, let into the timbers and fastened to
each frame by a z-inch screw bolt, which
extends through the clamp. A second fore
and aft strap of 5x3 inch iron extends from
the first stern frame abreast of the prone
made deck to beyond the forward port. Con-
Meeting with these belts and extending near
ly to the keel are diagonal straps of Ak inch
iron. thus securely binding the frames In a
network Of metal. The planking below the
load water line Is of white oak varying In
thickness from inches at the cardboard to
81 inches. The upper planking is of 4 inch
yellow pine. The treenails are Of It inch
locust, driven through both frame ana cell
| ing where possible, wedged both outside and
inside. The plank above the guard Is Of
white pine. The decks are Of and inch
| little more than two feet inside the rail
the walls of the cabins rise, extending fore
and aft for about 225 feet, above which Ii
the hurricane deck with the pilot house
There are two masts 90 feet in length and
| with gafts of % feet.
The inside of the boat is admirably ar
| ranged. The after part of the hold is given
| up to the engines and boilers. On the main
deck, and just astern Of the. after gangway,
| is the entrance to the ladies' cabin, a COM
modious apartment, with twelve double
staterooms. arranged along the sides. For
ward OF the gangway Is the upper part of
the engine and boiler rooms, while the re-
mainder of the deck, from amidships to be-
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to freight. La the bow are quarters for the
crew and Hyde No steam windlass. On
| the promenade deck Is the main saloon, a
| grand apartment, about 121 feet In length
with dome skylight which covers the en-.
tire room. Along the sides are the state.
rooms, provided with two berths each. On
the port side forward are the pantry and
kitchen, finished In cherry, while opposite
are smoking rooms and statero0ms. Aft
Of the main saloon the double arrangement
OF StaterOOmS Is resumed.
The furnishings Of this steamer have not
yet been provided, but they will be very sim
liar to those of the steamer Cottage City.
She is designed for the passenger and
freight traffic of the Maine Steamship Com
pany and is to be ready to 90 on her route
between New York and Portland, Me-, by
June 18th.
The engines will be worked at 1900 horse
power, though they are capable of much
| great development, being very nearly the
| size of those In the Boston Bar Harbor boat
| Olivette. which show over 1000 horse power.
| The average running speed called for is 13
| knots. The vessel has total Of 80 state.
| rooms, and accommodations for upward OF
| 200 passengers.
The boat was designed by Names vet
eran marine. architect. William P. Pattee, Of
this city, who also draughted the steamer
companion. In nearly all respects the boats
are exact duplicates. The specifications fol
the contract are very particular, the kind
| and quality of material being specified in
| elaborate detail, and as each part expressly
| provides that the stock shall be in every
respect first class, a first class vessel neces-
sarily results.