The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-29
THE FRANK JONES ARRIVES.
She Is a Great Addition to Maine Steam
ers.

erS.
The steamer Frank Jones, Capt Den
nison, left Bath for Portland at 1925 a.
m. yesterday, and had very smooth and
delightful passage to this city which she
reached at 130 p. m. AS she entered the
harbor with her beautiful flags flying
the gift of Hon. Frank Jones-and her
graceful lines calling attention to her,
the steamers whistles saluted and the
sailing craft dipped their colors. She
had Is guests on board, invited by the
Bath Iron Works, who enjoyed the sail
greatly and also capital lunch. They
returned to Bath by train. The steamer
was inspected by the directors of the
Maine Central after her arrival here. She
will go on the route from Rockland to
Bar Harbor after she is fitted and fin
ished.
The hull of the Jones was built by the
New England Shipbuilding Company of
Bath, under the supervision of VIM. E.
Pattee, the designer. The engine was
designed by Chas. E. Hyde of the Bath
Iron Works, where it was built. The
principal dimensions of the Jones are:
Length $50 feet on the water line; 81 feet
beam, 1875 deep and 262 feet over all, and
about 1900 tons burden. The propelling
power consists of an inclined compound
engine of 1900 horse power. The cylin-
ders are So inches and 30 inches in diam
ter, and the stroke is nine feet. There
are two boilers of the Scotch return tube
type. This engine will drive the boat at
the rate of IA miles per hour. The
wheels have feathered paddles and are
considerably smaller in diameter than on
the old boats, and will make about IS
revolutions per minute.
The engine and boilers are very COM
pact, and are entirely below the main
deck which gives a large amount of room
on this deck freight. There is a
lower cabin for ladies aft and one for
ward for gentlemen. On the main deck
aft of the gangway is a very pretty cabin,
staterooms on each side, and accommo-
dations for ladies in the rear. The main
stairway is in the center of the cabin
leading to the grand saloon cabin above.
This stairway is very long, surrounded
by balcony railing above which gives a
pleasing effect and impresses passengers
that the two cabins are one. The saloon
cabin extends the entire length Of the
boat. and is surrounded with staterooms,
and lighted from dome skylight that
runs two-thirds the length of the cabin.
White, with gold decorations, is the pre-
vailing color in the cabins. When raw
or polished woods are used for finish
cherry is substituted and prevails
throughout the boat. The dining tables
will be set under the skylight in the for
ward part of the main saloon cabin,
which is great improvement upon the
time honored custom Of setting the tables
in the cabin in the lower saloon as on
board many boats in New England.
There are accommodations for $50 pas
sengers to sleep on board
She is fitted with the Bath Iron
Works steam windlass, and gypsy cap
STAINS and will be lighted with electrici-
ty and heated with steam. They are
hand and steam steering gear, life boats,
life-preservers and life-rafts, and all the
fittings that are required for the comfort
and convenience of the travelling public
have been furnished in abundance. She
is schooner rugged and will have sails to
handle her if any accident should happen
to her machinery. The absence of the
half moon paddle box dome gives her a
very ral1ish appearance and shows the
shear of the hull to better advantage.