The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-09
BIG STEAMER CONES.
The Keweenaw Arrives From
the Great Lakes.
HER EXPERIENCES IN CHILE.
Good Points Of Her Construetfon-Pas-
sengers for San Frsneksco-Ths szn
Juxn's Hoodoo Eafsed.

Tie big freight steamship Eeween2w arrived
81 rs1-. Yesterday afte- six months trip frs2
TIRE Great LAKES. around By var Of Cape Horn
scd up the Pkefle coGst- Sas brought cargo Of
genera! nercaadise from New York, ras bulk ..
which wes for sza Francisco ard otbe- Cali
forais ports. only sboas 90 tons having bssz
brought % sea.rse Ehe has been chartered u
tie Black Diamond Coal Mining Company -
rur between sestsse ard san P-kaetse8 &c ell
Ser, bringing general cargo up eseE trip A.
soDa ss she Hniahes dsschzsg1ng ste viii take On
q cargo 81 coaL Her carrying capacity u 5.31o
terra
The Eeveeasw IN an iron vessel, 10 feet long.
foyry-tvo lee. beam and tEe1fT1slZ fest Depth
OF hold Shs zas bulIt ~ West Bay C4.ys AicA-,
70 ran On the iIns Of steam frelgnse-s betEesa
New York and tns Pacific coast Her b0Ss1Ea %
rcruA Gzd "a E&1s OF extra heavy steel plate.
About thirty inches ADORE tie o1tsr bottom Is =
watsr bottom, and the keel and numerous bulk
heals divide this spaes into secs3o7E Should 8
hole be knocked IN the ogtsr plgtes, It's vessel
viii s;In be perfeetIv safe Enless the break IL
IGade ii tie eide above TIE sec0Ea bottom
Should the vessel IlsE ali that IS necessary i 70
open the seacocks On tee opposite side and lst IN
SUFFICIENT water TO str&szhtea her up. Or when
she IL light, water car bs LET n tor ballast Her
engines ase triple expansion. and Captain
jenkins ssys that sss viii glide along ten knots
az hour and not use more than sixteen toas Of
coal IN twenty -so1- hours.
As soon IS the vessel was completed khe
started Oh her voysxs around. and had 20 he CIT
IN two 70 bring her through the locks in tie
Weisndcansi Wren abe WA being b1ilt pro
vision was made r this, and By cutting ont the
rivets in the centeE . came apart though
she had just bean do SIZED together. One sec
ti0n had g bulkhesd a asy IN and q temporary
b9ikhsad was pat In Ing otheg, and she was
taken through in this manner without trouble.
IN, he Ivy f1rse< At Montreal and
put together again. every rsyes hole coming IS
true when she was originally built She took
On her cargo a. New YORK aud had a fair trip
around. With tas exception Of losing her wheel
st Grzy's barber, not In Washington, but in the
firsits o. Magellan. and had 10 go in the dry
dock st Valparaiso for temporary repairs
only two 1nefnbers Of her original ers1 cow
remain aboard Of her, A Z. Jerome, who Ia man
ager snd part owner oil the vessel and acting IS
third assistant engineer, and l. Rayenaugh, the
Carpenter Captain ". II. jenkins, the master,
joined her al Montreal, having formerly been In
command Of the Mscxnsw. which is nov on
tbs way around also. Charles AaieoiLl 10 chief
engineer.
Speaking of the experience Of Patrick Shields,
this member Of the crew who was cruelty
treated .. Valparaiso. NJ. jerome said that
he had no doubt but Shields hsd become
intoxicated and proEoxed the assaults 10
come extent, but that he really was
tadly used Up, and the Americans made capital
cut Of IL 20 gain sympathy for the sailors of the
baltimore, who Gained to have been ill-treaied-
Shields did not come clear through owing 70 his
injuries Captain jenkins says the feeling il
really bitter against Americans in Valparaiso,
though an American Of respectable appearance,
who minds his own business need have no fear
OF being assaulted, but sailors. who usually
frequent saloons whore the tougher element
hang out, are lucky IL they get through without
trouble. Richard Keliar, fireman aboard the
We sci, who has lived the past ten years at Val
parsiso. and shipped GA the Keweenaw when
she was laid up there. says that he knows from
experience that american sailors cannot 60
ashore with any degree OF safety there.