Evening journal., 1892-01-16
THE STEAMSHIP FLOATS.
GOOD SHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE
LAUNCHED THIS AFTERNOON.

Description Of the Rev Vessels for the
Providence and stoninxton Lins-Their
Handsome Saloon Furnishings- Modern
EqIuPmsntl-ro be Completed Before
May j.
The Providence and StoningtoE Line
steamship New Hampshire was launched
at the shipyard of the Harlan ard
Hollingsworth Company at 80 o'clock
this afternoon.
1t was thought at 6rst that the snow
and Ice in the yard and creek would in
terfere with the launch, but the way was
cleaned by noon and the launch
was without an interruption. AS soon as
the vessel had glided into the Christiana,
a hundred EN- ployes manned the haw-
ser and. with the assistance
of tug boats, brought the vessel In to the
wharf, where she viii remain until COM
pletei.
Among those who were on the vessel
when she glided into the Christians
We e: Vice Prssd Mt s. D. Ia cock
d. w. Heav sns, Superintendent Clarke,
]. L Riker. Commodore z Gerry.
President j. w. Miller, General
Passenger Agent o. H. Briggs, D. w.
Heavens, Jr., all OF New York
Supt Clarke and party came IN Vice
President Miller's private car, No, 100.
The visitors will return this afternoon.
The building Of the two new steamers
by the Providence and Stonington Steam
ship Company, to run on their Stoning-
ton Line. is an event of much interest
not only to the travelling public, but to
all who are in any way interested ia
marine architecture, as these steamers
present many novelties In type and plan,
and are the result Of much thought de-
voted to the question OF the best type OF
vessel TO run on great inland bodies of
water such as Long Island Sound
The size of these steamers. the ad-
vantage of their plan and equipment,
their arrangements for speed, comfort
and safety, the msgnifcence Of their
Interior fitting and decorations, will ell
combined make them the finest vessels of
their kind ahost The first OF these
vessels, the Maine, was launched at
the Harlan and Hollingsworth yard
on October 81
These boats are steel propellers. in It
self great innovation on Long Island
Sound, where the side wheeler has held
sway so long. Their general dimensions
are: Length on water line 302 feet Z
inchesi length over all, $40 feet; beam
nodded on load wster line. Al feet; width
over guards, go feet; draft, 125 feet.
The joiner work Of these vessels will
be very handsome and the passenger &C.
commodatioDs are 20 be the most com
Portable that can be secured.
special feature of the new vessels,
however, will be the steam heating ser
vice which will be connected with both
the main and the donkey boilers. The
saloons will be heated by radiators and
the staterooms by continuous pipes. All
the plumbing will bs first class. The
steamers will be lighted by electricity.
about SOC lights being installed on each
vessel, side and stern lights bein8 also
electric, and a search light will be
mounted upon the pilot house The main
engine of the steamers will be an inverted.
direct acting, surface condensing, triple
expansion engine with four cylinders %.
40, 81 and 81 inches dian Q 'er, with AZ inch
stroke. The propeller Is Of cast iron left
handed, four bladed, and 1874 feet In
diameter. Four Scotch type boilers will
be installed in each vessel These will be
Is feet inches in diameter and II feet
? inohev long, and will be made Of steel
having tensile strength Of 90 600
pounds to the square inch Each boiler
Will nave three corrugated furnaces &c
lnehes outside diameter, comprising 274
square feet Of CRATE surface.
The steering gear will be the William
son combined hand and steam gear
There will be seven watertight compart
ments In each vessel, insuring perfect
safety Ia case Of accident. The steamers
Will carry the full complement Of life
RATS and boats. These fine vessels will
be finished next May, and will take their
places on the Stonington Line at the
opening of the next snmmar saasnn-