New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-09

longs teegraphed yesterday TO have her sent mere
Immediately and she Is expected TO arrive TINS mori
Ing early. All necessary supplies cots etc.. VIII DC
put aboard OF her and she Will steam down to Lower
Quarantine, where she will be anchored and the caDiil
passengers Of the Normanna placed aboard her.
At an early hour this morning. also. the old line
ofbattle ship New-IIampshre will be toweo down uc
Bay and anchored south Of swinburnc lsand She
offered days ago by the Secretary OF the navy
for the Use Of the Quarantine officials. To the New
Hampshire will be transferred the cabin passengers Oh
the Rugia. about ninety in number.
The StOnington, upon which the first ana secoho
cabin passengers OF the Normannia. 4So in NUMBER
will live is one Of the old boats Of the line, having
been built in 1866. She is gocd comfortable poa''
however, and can accommodate all the cabin passeh-
gers OF the Normanna with little crowdihS "ne
has 1o5 statcrooms most Of them with two bunks ln
EACH and sixty bunks in what used TO be useo lor !"
dinng-room In the after hold. Then there are about
twenty hunks forward which, when the steamer ran
on the Stonngton Line used to be used for the ac-
commodation of secOndclass passengers besides quar-
tiers for crew and for sufficient stewards ana cooHs'
The StOningon Is sdewhce steamer, OF l,o34 'ohs
register. She is 253 feet long, 40 feet beam ana 10
feet depth Of hold. She used year ago this
season as headquarters for the New-York Naval ke-
while the annual cruise.
The New Hampshire, by n singular colncldence' Is
the vessel which was used this season as the head
quarters for the National Reserve She is an old line
OF f-batte ship and in her big cabin and In her waId
room has about thirty staterooms She has also
division rooms in which cots could be put up for
single men or women. The staterooms are large and
although there Is only bunk in room, there Is
abundant space for q cot to be put up in each OF
them. The New-IIampshire was towed here from
New London where she had been doing duty as a
rcceivingship last July to be used by the National
Reserve Since the cruise Of the Reserves she has
been lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
j. Pierpont Morgan's letter Offering the use tof
the stonngton to Dr. Jenkins was as follows:
september 8, 1892.
DR.. w. T. Jenkins, Quarantine:
The emergency which exists for extending Immediate
relief to the cabin passengers OIL the Normanne anu other
ships confined at Quarantine has led ne to charter
from the Stonington Company the steamboat Stoning'
ton belonging that ne which hereby place at your
disposal for the cabin passengers from ships nov
detained, which may be hereafter detained, OF ouara
tine during the present crisis
Please notify me at you prepared TO accept
this boat for the purpose mentioned, and are willing 70
ex md the relief TO passengers which the boat aforis
J. PIERPONT MORGAN.
Mr.. Boas. agent OF the Hamburg American Line,
said yesterday ave are much relieved now that we
have secured ships upon which the cabin passengers
OF the Normannia and Rugia can be separated from
the steerage passengers. BY tomorrow night hope
the Normannia's cabin passengers will be sleeping
comfortably on board the sonington and the Rugia's
on bOard the New Hampshire. We have been busy
all day getting ready cots provisions ana all tnat
will be to make the enforced stay OF those
on the Norma mia and Rugia comfortable as posi-
Bile. Many complaints have been made BY passengers
on the NOrmanna regarding their detention at quar-.
nntne. No regrets the unfortunate state OF
affairs than the officers OF the company. The me
shin has been detained by the Health Officer OF tho
por and we have done all that could to amelorste
thc condition OF the people detained on board. This
whole business is most unfortunate one for US. ana
we suffer from 1t greatly
Dr. Jenkins received telegram from Governor
Flower last week authorizing him to sent steamer or
fpv
sengcrs from detained steamers.
New-L London. sept. lSpeciall.-The Stoningion one
Of the oldest vessels OF the StOnngtOn Line, wnicn
formerly ran between Stonington and New YORK, ana
which has for months been tied up here mas
been chartered by J. PerpOnt Morgan for the use OF
the cabin pa ssengcrs Of the choernfeced vessels M
anchor In NewYorI IIarbOr. Early to-day, orders
were sent here by j. W. Miller, general manager ol
the Stonngton Line. to have her fitted up Immediately
for her trip to New York Those who have been 10
charge OF her, and also large number OF Others al
once set about getting her In readiness. permit has
been granted by the local Inspectors, and 1t Is ex
pccted that she will leave here about II O'Clock 10.
night under her own steam. She will be accompanied
boiler which IS nm old one. gives ont immediate as
stnce will be ut hand to tow her TO her destination
Another tug will meet and accompany her through
Hell Gate and the East River, Richard Deming as
sstant the president Is In charge, and tonight ne
stated that he putting In fifteen tons OF coal. and
oxpcctcd TO reach Pier No. 36. North River by noon
Friday with old craft in fairly good condition for
The uses to which she will be put. One Of her boilers
is disabled.