Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25
TIE RIcnARD PECK.
Her Trial Trip Thursday--D description of
the RcaI.

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The elegant steamer Richard Peck,
built by the Harlan Sc Hollingsworth
Company for the New Haven Line,
went on her official trial trip Thursday.
A large party was aboard, including A.
Cary Smith, d. A. Grady, Lenox Smith,
u. +. DeIoung, Q. v. Tobin, G, 9.
Ellis, w. B. Ferguson, S. Steward,
James Mulligan, H. f. Howard, Captain
Richard Peck and II. J. Picking, visitors
from New York, New Haven, Conn,
Springfield, Mass, and other cities
Over measured mile course on the |
Delaware, with and against the tide,
she made 204 miles in an hour. The an
nouncement of this splendid record was
received by the large party aboard with
considerable enthusiasm and caused j.
L. Cause, president of the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Company, to exclaim,
''she is the fastest boat that we have ever
huiltln During the first two hours of
the test trip the boat made several runs
at a rate exceeding 10 miles an hour.
She was run on the measured course
about two hours and every mile that was
made developed greater possibilities for
the craft. At the conclusion of the final
run hearty congratulations We're in
order. During the tests Of speed the
experts of the Harlan Il IIollingsworth
Company kept careful record Of every
movement Of the engine, and when the
final run was made there was Gem
| parison of observations that determined
the record.
The party aboard numbered about 100
| people and included Captain Willard
Thomson Of the building firm, who &C.
cupied position in the whcel-house
and directed the movements Of the
steamer; j. t. Cause, Andrew G. Will
son, Il. jackson Shaw, Samuel X. Smith,
N. r. Benson, Il. b. Sadtlcr, George B.
Whiting, Lee Sparks, Thomas Holt,
Frank Macguigan, members and en-
ployes of the building company;
| Thomas jackson, Roger Wilson, +. T.
Cause, ]. Il. Cause, g. Y. Bissell and
Police Sergeant Ingram, all of this city,
Captain Richard Peck, superintendent
of the steamboat company, after whom
the boat is named; James A.. Rumrill,
vice president; David A. Geraty, assist.
ant superintendent; Captain Frederick
Peck, who will command the new boat;
Il. L. De1oung, general cashier; Frank
Scoop, experimenting engineer; A. Cary
Smith, designer Of the hull James
Mulligan, president of tire Connecticut
River Railroad Company, with whosC
line the steamboat will connect at New
Haven for Boston; Ii. Il. Howard gen
eral freight agent of the Connecticut
] River railroad Company; Captain G. G
! Ellis of New York; United States In
I spector of Steamboats, Stewart; Michael
Phalen, superintendent of the New
: York Iron Works; +. Ecaubert and Il
!. ]. Wilhelm, specialists in engineering
S The guests of the occasion had de
r lightful time.
The Peck put to sea at $50 O'CLOCK
Thursday afternoon and reached Ney
! York at o'clock Friday morning.
!, The Richard Peck is twin.screy
I propeller and was designed by A. Car
S Smith, She has two sets Of triple-eX
# pansion urface-condensing engines, q
II 80 and go inches diameter Of cylinde
and 30 inches stroke, and also has 81
7 Scotch boilers, each 13x12 feet. He
II dimensions are as follows; Length owe
J. all, 315 feet; length on water line, 30
70 feet; width of hull, As feet; outside qual
ST tiers, 81 feet depth Of hold, 1871 fec
" loaded, 1Qt feet. She has 11S stateroom
besides many free berths, and can carr
i a large number of passengers. Thei
10 are numerous passenger accommodi
tons below, fore and aft. The crew
OF quarters are in the forecastle.
p On the main deck there is lars
SPACE for freight The boat can carr
Y 800 tons Of freight, but her ordinai
II load will be 200 tons. The wine roo
~. is forward the freight space and co
tains all the modern convenience
Close by is an immense ice chest, fro
$. which dumb waiter passes TO Il
ar pantry, which is located on the gale
I'm deck. The passenger gangway is {
the freight space. The floor of t
,r- social hall is Of hard wood, laid in hi
Az ring bone style. Aft the social hall
Of the lobby, the floor Of which is
re mosaic thing. On the port side Of I
;la lobby is the purser's Office and on
~ starbOard side is the freight clerks Off,
NJ The ladies' saloon is aft the lobby a
will have crimson Wilton carpet a
to crimson brOcatclle curtains. tits paint
lite in delicate tints, beautifully ornament
ga with gold A broad stairway Of II
ne hogany leads from the lobby to I
" main saloon, which is about 245 Fl
= long and ~ feet wide between sta
zen rooms at the widest part. At the he
Az of the stairway and III other pla'
ter about the boat there are large mirrors
The fine French plate glass, The main
for loon is also decorated in d.
'fsf cate tints and gold. 1t has dome G,
liz ing and will have a terra Gotta Will
carpet There are on the vessel 600
hin candescent electric lights, which
Nn. operated by two straight line engir
hat In the main saloon the lights are III q
the man Renaissance. The side brack
"ut are Of model steel and represent
Va mediaeval griffin, bird Of mythol,
~ supposed to have emitted fire. Fir
the the Bird mouth protrudcs an incanJ
ares cent light and on either side Of the {
stretched wings there an incandesc
light enCascd in morning glory sh
Of pole crimson tint From the d
OTIS PTS depend two 1-lightclustcrs with clou
AN glass shades.
rain In the forward part Of the main sal
the there is an elegant stairway Of mai
dis, any with twisted balustradcS, lcadin
- ~ the dining room, which is forward
PIMA the gallery deck. over thedinirg II
~ staircase there il round skyhght, q
- a. feet in diameter The room is g.
atns feet and lighted in daytime by do
S 81 The frescoing Is similar 10 that of
otter main saloon. From the dome II
On three 5-light clusters, and on the "
ITS there are single lights, with morn
ihse glory shades, The carpet will be Il
sian cQl0rth Wilton In the lOrv
part Of the dining room there is 81
vii. room each for the captain and the p
l23. and Il large slateruom Tor guests.
| has the dining room, on the port side, is
and smoking room, finished in quart
d. II tnt, La a