The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-02
LORILLARD'S CANAAN.
A Houseboat Whose Name May Well
Invite Disaster.

The houseboat CaimaD, owned by Pierre
Lorillard, who is known to local fame as
the owner of the big tobacco factory,
came to mild grief recently. The aft ir
happened two weeks ago III Sapelo
Sound. near Savannah, Ga, but news OF
it only. reached here last night. The first
that was known of the Calm ans trouble
was when she was sighted By the revenue
cutter Boutwell,. She was making fire.
oueut and vigorous signs of distress. The
Boutwell, ran down to the Cainan and
found the vessel unmanageable owing to
a strong northeast gale n the heavy sea
it created.
With a good deal of difficulty a hawser
was made fast to the drifting boat n
the revenue cutter towed her to a safe
anchorage in the Newport River. Mr..
Lorillard, with his family, was on board
Mt the time, While the vessel was in no
immediate danger. the predicament was
a disagreeable one, and the owner OF the.
craft was profuse in his thanks to the
officers OF the Boutwell, for the rescue of
the BOAT and his party from what might
nave proved a perllQus situation.
MI. Lorillard conceived and put into
shape The idea of his floating house. His
physicians. not long ago, told him that he
must be out in the open air as much as
| possible If he wanted TO keep well. While
it was summer in the North and the
| racing season was in full blast Mr.. Loril-
| lard found no difficulty in obeying the
| doctors orders, But during winter 1t
was a different thing. The little house
| boats on which eXcursionisis ply the
Thames suggested to his nina tnat a
| craft of thai Kind, built On a larger scale,
| and provided with the comforts of home.
| would be just the thing for him. Accord
| ingly he drew up q rough sketch OF what
| he wanted, handed it over to a skilled
| draughtsman, and then Pussy & Jones,
| of Wilmington, Del. were given orders TO
| build the craft. She was launched from
their yards last October.
The vessel is simply a double decked
| affair, the apartments OF which are con-
\ sidernbly more spacious and higher than
the cabins In the ordinary steamer. The
| steel hull and the entire exterior are
| painted white. The first story is aiken
up with the engine, the kitchen and the
| apartments for the officers and crew, be-
| sides holding two spare rooms for emer-
| gency. Including the roomy mess room
| there are nine apartments on this deck.
| just forward of the engine room there is
a big ice house, with a capacity for five
| tons of ice.
The decorations and appointments of
| the second or upper story, which are ar
\ ranged by the owner as living apart
ments for himself and his guests, are
| very fine. A neat balcony running en-
| tirely around this deck encloses n dining
i room anu UAutry, lour DSutoohio, CuOA
| with bathroom attachments, and Il roonly
| parIor. All these apartments open into
| each other, and on them has been law
! ished ali that good taste could contrive in
| the way of decoration and luxury.
The dining room, the largest room in
the suit. situated aft, is decorated in gold
ard white colors. silk tapestry OF this hue
| covering the walls, aud the tables, side
! boards and chairs being of the same hue,
brass being also freely used in their
| decoration, A handsome velvet tapestry
| CARPET, of Il color to match the surround
| iuqs. covers the floor of this room as well
"a of all the others. A pantry running
the entire width of the vessel is attached
| to the dining room.
The four bed rooms are placed at the
side OF The vessel, between the dining
room and parlor. The furniture in these
rooms is also in white and gold. with
brass decorations. The bedsteads are
entirely of solid brass. Each OF the walls
of the bedrooms Is decorated in different
colored silk tapestry. old rose. blue. green
and pink being the prevailing tlnts:
Mirrors are freely used in the sleeping
apartments, placed in the wardrobes anc
stands. having the effect of apparently
doubling the size of the rooms. The bath
rooms are luxurious and contain spacious
porcelain tubs. ~
The entire suit OF oomsi Is warmed will
highly decorated heaters and Is illumin'
atad with wax candles inserted in silver
receptacles placed along the walls.
MI. Lorillard and his party started OF
their Southern pleasure trip early in the
season. and as far as is known the nc
cident on the Sapelo Sound has not de
TERED them from cruising further.