The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-25
LIGHT HOUSE STEAMER LILAC.
A Full Description Of the Fine Steamer
Just Launched at Cleveland.

lighthouse service at this port, recently
| launched at Cleveland, will be forwarded
to Portland by the last Of May, or first of
June. She is fore and aft schooner
steamer, with length over all Of 1855 feet,
from rudderpost to stem AS feet, beam
nodded 26 feet inches, depth of hold
from top of beam to top of keel plate, Is
feet 2 inches, and from top of beam to
top of double bottom, 10 feet 4 inches
The hull is made of Siemens-Martin
bottom divided into four separate water
tight compartments. In the vessel
above, seven watertight bulk
heads divide the ship into eight
water-tight compartments. The vessel
is built with a fiat plate keel in double
thicknesses, and is provided with an ex-
ira protection keel and an outside bilge
keel on either side, extending for about
10 feet.
Under the maindeck is located store
room, lower quarters aft fitted with 70
berths, two staterooms, pantry, lockers,
table, etc. Forward of these quarters are
the engine room, extending to the super
structure deck, boiler room, coal bunk
ers, cargo hold, crew space with IL berths
and lockers, wardrobes and washstands,
and the fore-peak fitted up as a store
room.
On the main deck under the super
structure deck are the inspectors quar-
tiers, consisting Of two staterooms, bath
room and pantry, the stateroom for the
chief engineer, store room, entrance to
quarters aft, engine room, donkey and
boiler rooms, galley, two staterooms
TOR ships officers, steam steering engine
room, lamp room, two hosting engines
for the anchor, the windlass, etc.
On the superstructure deck aft is loca-
ted deck house with chart room fitted
up as stateroom, and forward house
with pilot house and stateroom for the
captain. This superstructure deck is
surrounded by a strong and neatly built
rail, with hardwood stanchions, white
pine rail and battens. There are two
boats, gig and cutter, on either side Of
the deck in the davits. Hardwood stairs
lead to the forward and aft main desk.
Maine and Michigan pine is used in the
deck planking; white pine, ash and yell
low pine generally in the fitting. The
inspectors saloon is finished in polished
cherry and sycamore. There are two
clear white glass windows on either side
and the saloon has handsome buffet,
surmounted by large mirror and fitted
with drawers underneath, large desk,
comfortable sofa and large extension ia
Bile, all of hardwood. There is hand
some Brussels carpet on the floor and
the furnishings will seat - persons if
necessary. The staterooms are finished
in hard wood. The bath room is in pol
ished cherry, with porcelain tub, piped
for hot and cold water, with nickel
fittings, The pantry is finished in ash and
supplied with all the conveniences re-
quired. The chart room is finished in
cherry. The chief engineers quarters
are finished in cedar. The galley is
finished in ash, and is model of con-
venience. The ice room has double
walls and is carefully drained.
The lower cabin aft will be the officers
mess-room and will accommodate ten
persons. The stateroom for the mate
and assistant engineer are in tho lower
cabin aft, and are furnished in white
pine, and the washstands have porcelain
bowls. The floor is a hardwood, and
rugs are provided, and with curtains for
the air ports. The steward, cook and
6remen have well furnished quarters
with linoleum carpet. The captains
room on the superstruction deck resem-
bles the inspectors and is furnished al
so in polished cherry and sycamore with
Brussels carpet. The pilot house is fin
ished in cherry, with floor of two kinds
of hardwood and has door of communi-
cation with the captains stateroom. The
lower cabin aft is finished in white pine.
and fitted with IL berths with lockers
underneath. The crews quarters are
for 10 men and are finished in good style
with good outfit of bedding, cutlery,
crockery, glassware, etc. The bath
room for the officers is counterpart to
the inspectors.
The steam steering gear of the ship is
j. P. Manton's pattern of Providence, r.
/. There are bell pulls and speaking
tubes all over the ship. The American
Ship Windlass Company furnishes the
windlasses, bells, pumps, bucket racks,
etc. The ship is heated throughout by
steam and has two great fresh water
tanks in the hold of 800 gallons capacity.
The ship is run with a screw propeller
nine feet four inches in diameter. driven
by an inverted cylinder surface condens-
ing two cylinder fore and aft compound
engine, the cylinders to be % inches and
ii inches in diameter with a stroke of 30
inches. There are two cylindrical single
ended boilers, 10 feet inches in dame
ter outside the smallest course of shell.
and 10 feet inches from outside to out