The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-18

The Richard Peck Exc eeds its Build
er's Expectations. and runs a Mile in
Two Minutes aud Fifty-iive Seconds.
This morning promptly at twenty
i've minutes to O'Clock the tug boat
Taurus took the following named gen.
.lemcn aboard from the Harlan andl
company's yard:
Mr. J. Taylor Cause, Edward Jack
son, william Jackson, L.. b. Sadter
Geo. Whiting. N. r. Benson, Thomas
Holt, G. z. Bissell Rodgers Wilson
L. I. Gnnse, Levi Sparks, A. G.. Wilson
L. Jackson Shaw, Samuel Smith
Frank McGulgan, Sergeant Geo. In
gram. w. l.. Hill OF the Morning Now
md w. Scott Vernon OF the REPuBLI
GAN.
III less than half an hour the party
vera aboard of ,he handsome and
swift steamer Richard Peck, viii III lay
.at anchor over on the New Jersey side
of the Delaware river, opposite the
mouth OF the creek. Aboard of the
boat were the following named gentle.
men from New York and New Haven
and other cities:
4 Captain Il. Peck, Jas. A. Rumil
Capt. Fred Peck, ID. A. G0rity, E. f. ID
Young, Frank Scoop, ii. +, Howard
Capt q. G Ellis, Government In5pec
tor stewart, Michael Phalon and +. J
Wilhelm. After the tug Taurus hal
placed its passengers aboard of the
steamer The anchor was pulled up AMI
away she steamed down the river t.
: the mile course where the trial of speed
j was to he made.
Everything being ready tho word
was passed to the pilot-house to "let
her loose" The steamer was rnr
iown the river and back again over
the course and made the mite in tire,
minutes and forty seconds Til,
iecks smiled as also did She Harlar
and Holling5worth representatives
but Mr.. Cause and her designer were
not satisfied but that the boat coul,
do better.
4 A little more steam was gotten UT
and the final mile Zach way was mad,
In the remarkable quick time of .
minutes aad I55 seconds, thus max
ing the Peck the fastest boat yet turn
iial out OF the company's yards. Sh
, will no doubt travel over q miles al
'Ihour. Her builders, AS well as her de
5lgner Mr. A. Cary Smith and her own
iers the New Haven Steamboat Com
ipany feel moro than proud of he
achievements.
= vi ~ Ih1iOl Nidi7N was IIlOIB
pleased with the speed OF the boat,an,
tihis good natuTed eounteHance VII
= wreathod in smiles when the olficlt
. line in Which she made the mile wa
! shown hun. The hoat is built to ru
2 between New YORK ana New HaVel
and was built for endurance an
speed. She has twin screw trlpl
f, expansion engine capable OF 1000 hors
J power.
The vessel is 800 feet in length OF
water line. 3l6 feet over all, AZ fee
beam hull, 50 feet over guard, 1877 fee
lIdepth of hull, 1917 feet draft. $50
litOns displacement with gross tonag
of 2aO6 tons.
The vessel is tastefuly painted II
, light salmon scolors filled in with high
cream body with panels of Iigh
cream, filled In with dark cream. IN
ceiling is OF a light cream, while tn
mouldings arc lined up with gold, giy
ing tho vessel very pretty effect
The main deck forward contains tn
j., mess rooms, bar room, freight space
social hall and ladies cabin and toile
room. The promenade deck has
. grand saloon the whole length OF III
II vessel, with state rooms on either sid
I, containing ITO staterooms. From her
- y uu ttlIl Kew On lllH hlil'I uttk bN wv
stair ways The upper desk contain
the pilot house, captain and pilo
0 rooms, smoking room, pantry an
/, Kitchens and officers rooms. The We.
q sci had over two hundred tons OF cor
i on board that represented that nuc
y, freight.
a Tho vessel was under the guldanc
r. OF Captain Thompson. The electri
plant IS complete in every detail. an
is Of the Edison incandescent system
y Tho wiring was done under the dire
Vt ton OF Mr.. +. II. Alterkamp, II
plant was put In under tho charge
Nh. Joseph Peck. who represents u
Page Bros, Of Boston Mass,
"a The outside of the boat is llluminf
* ed at night by 3B lights, while tho i
side Of tho boat Is lighted up with oy
49, 595 electric lights arranged in oluste
of two and elk lights, bning shad
ir with very prottily designed opal shod
n The dyBamO5 are driven by /,
a- straight line engines. A poweri
u search light OF q 600 candle Is pac
~ right over the pilot house. The y,
I, Haven line now own six boats with [
- Richard Peck.
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