New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-15
LAUNCH or TIE Ell N0RTE
10 run BETWEEN NEw-YORK AND NEW ORLEANS
A GREAT DAY FOR NEWPORT NEWS.


A GREAT DAY FOR NEWPORT NEWS.
Newport News. Va. June 1.-THE Inhabitants Of
this busy little seaport city all astir TO-DAY over
the launching Of the second great steamship that has
been built at the yard ~ the Newport News ship
building and Dry Dock Company People fIom Rich
mond. Norfolk. Washington and Ncw>ork were COM
Ing IN oil th. morning by rail and steamer 90 witness
the ceremony. Last March the steamer FL Sud the
first Of the steamers destined for the trade be
tween Ncworleans and New York. left her ways, and
oday her sister ship. FL Norto. gracefully anded into
tho water amid the cheers Of q great multitude
The ship left her ways M 1870 p M.
and she struck tho water. Miss Mary
w. circuit OF Elizabeth n. j. broke the bottle acninst
the bow with the words: 4" ! name thee FL NOrte.'
Aitcrward u bandue, was given IL the Office building
nj which President circuit. OF the Old Dominion Land
Company presided. e. =. Huntington sent
telegram expressing his regret a, not being able 10 be
present. Among the prominent people present. be
sides a large number Of Congressman. were J. T. Lea
Of Lea Co.. OF Philadelphia; Pcrelvnl Roberts. Of
the Pcncod Iron Works J. y. White. superintendent
Railway Mail service: W. r. Clark president North
ern and Washington steamship Company =. H. Davis,
New York Andrew Wheeler. jr.. and :. II. Chauvenct
The Fl Nortc has carrying capacity Of 1000 tons.
and with the exception Of Its ship III sud is the
largest merchant steamship ever built In America.
She Is ninth IN the feet Of the southern Pacific Com
pany all American built ships. and her dimensions
nrc a. follows Length between stem ana after stlc
d propeller post $50 feet. breadth OF beam modol,
~ feet depth from top Of keel T. top OF uppcrdeck
beams OF lowest part Of sheer 800 feet length over
a. 400 feet she has three decks and partial orlop
deck nj the fore end Of the f)rehold ON the awning
deck are iron lauscs. She will Dc rIeged with four
op-holc masts.
The tonsts and speakers rs follows "Thc
Congress Of the United States; may lis attitude toward
the American merchant marine be wise patriotic and
Il.
and Fl sud, VrTnias twin ships; nm earnest OF the
effort OF IN. North and south rebuild the American
merchant marine" Congressman W. G. Oates, OF Ala
bama Newport News. Nirgnia's new city: It's his
tory past, lis promising future Major Charles l..
~iringfcllow. OF Richmond; - Landsman's View OF
American shipynrs.r Congressman j. VI. Allen, Of
Mississippi The dignity OF American labor: how can
II better be demonstrated than In mans grent work,
a ship" Congressman d. u. Henderson, Of Iowa;
Hampton Roads. The stormossed mariners safe re-
treat coming factor In Americas foreign uale,'
Mayor William Lamb. OF Norfolk; IL parting saluta-
ton from a favorlte Of Kcnuchy.' Congressman
Asher G.. Caruth, of Kentucky Among tho 200 guests
wcrc forty from Washington and twenty-five from
Ncw.York and Philadelphia Among them were Con
grcsSmen ~ ~. Curtis 6. W. Cobb. J. r. Heard. f.. T.
airi John j. O'NeL. F.. Atkinson and G. f.. Bcknap.
on tho occasion Of the first launch Congressman
BCntrlc, Of MIME, one Of the speakers. voiced
rather general impression when he remarked zone
Of The most marvellous things 10 me about this great
establishment to-day the fact that II has been built
up hero right In the centre Of our country, at the
month Of one Of the greatest harbOrs the American
coast. and done 80 quietly so uncScniaouSly, that
not one man out vi 10000 In the United states has
known OF It's CREATION The population OF Newport
News day Is about 1000. but dozen years ago II
gave little promise Of the future development. Early
In the eighties, C. =. huntington A. a. Low and II
few associates purchased the land upon which the
Il .tttlt holm hat ba
conditions ncccssar, TO make the finest seaport on
Tho North American continent were better filed at
Newport News than anywhere else on tho coast.
The Chesapeake and ohio Railway extended
seventy five miles from Richmond and its p-wlter
terminus established here. Great wharvcs were built
and an elevator VI 100000 bushels capacity was
erect a.. 4 few years ago Mr. Huntington decided t.
establish Mt this port the greatest shpbulldng and
dry plant Ia the world This splendid enterprise
has practically reached It's completion. and II has |
naturally given Il great impetus 10 the business OF
Newport News and OF the state Itself. ON an area
of seventy five acre. with water frontage Of half
mile. fifteen buildings. nearly all of brick, have been
for the various departments Of work. and
G yer six acres. Ahont 500 men find employment |