Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-03
Another Elegant Craft of Will
mington Build.
HER SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIP
Many Guests From This City
and Elsewhere Present.
After a Run OF I1.6 Miles an Hour shc
is Accepted by the Company For Which
She Was Buiit--A Description Of the
Fine Boat.

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Steamship Company, had her official
trial trip Thursday. She sailed from the
mouth of the Christiana to Ship John
Light and return, and during the test
she behaved SO admirably the line for
which she was built readily accepted
her. Captain Willard Thomson was in
command and Pilot Curry OF the steamer
Republic was at the wheel. Over a meas
ured course, and on an easy trial, she
ran at the rate of 17.6 miles an hour.
During the down trip she ran long dis
tance at the rate of upwards of 10 miles
an hour. She turned like top and she
gave such general satisfaction the order
was give that she sail for New York
Immediately after the test trip.
The vessel had been anchored off the
mouth of the Christana since Monday
week. and representatives of both COM
panies passed Wednesday evening
aboard her. A party of invited guests
assembled at the shipyard of the Harlan
81 Hollingsworth Company Thursday
morning at $50 o'clock, and embarking
on the tug Meteor proceeded to the
ship, which majestically rode the waters
of the Delaware. When the gathering
was complete there were present j.
Taylor Cause, president of the Harlan
& Hollingsworth Company; II. t.
Cause, vice presidents; Thomas Jackson,
N. r. Benson, Samuel X. Smith, An
drew G.. Wilson, t. Jackson Shaw, Lee
Sparks, George b. Whiting and Il. B.
Sadtler, also of that company; George
w. Hall, the company's New York rep
resentative; j. W. Miller, president of
the Providence g. Stonington Steamship
Company; Richard Deming, assistant
to the president; w. +. Herbert, treas
urer;. Samuel j.. Clark, superintendent;
o. III. Briggs, general passenger agent;
Captain George W. Davis, U. S. A.;
Lieutenant A. p. Nazro, U. S. N; Cap
tain William B. Appleby, who will
command the Maine; John j. Edwards,
who. will be the steward; Supervising
Inspector-general James A. Dumont
of Washington, Supervising Inspector
Starbuck Of New York; Carey Smith,
engineer of the New Haven Steamboat
Company; Samuel Soop, general engi-
neer; John Sherwood, superintending
engineer of the Bay Line; George w.
Peck of Boston, George Edward Kent,
A.. w. Ives, Theodore @. Zerega and
Lincoln Mccormack of New York, and
representatives of Wilmington papers.
After salutations had been exchanged
the gathering was invited to the dining
room, where delicious breakfast was
served by ID. B. Jones. The remainder
of the morning was given to converse
ton, noting the speed of the boat and
admiring her beauty. Early in the
afternoon Caterer Jones served de-
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tremely pleasant one, and at 4,30 O'Clock
the party again boarded the tug, when
the ship started on her journey to New
York. Several Wilmingtonians and
New Workers accompanied her.
The Maine is steel propeller and will
be great innovation on Long Island
Sound, where the side-wheeler has held
sway so long. Her general dimensions
are: Length on water line, 302 feet Z
inches; length over all, $40 feet; beam
moulded ON load water line, A feet;
with over guards, go feet; draft, 121
feet. The size of the boat, the advant.
age of her plant and equipment, hel
arrangement for speed, comfort and
safety, the magnificence of her interior
fittings and decorations, all combined
make her one of the finest vessels of hel
kind afloat.
The passenger gangway is well aft
| and leads to q social hall extending the
width of the boat. On the forward side
of this hall there is grand stairway oi
| quartercd oak and to the rear the
purser's office and the ladies' cabin. The
doors of these apartments are of hazel
| The grand stairway leads to the grand
saloon, magnificent apartment 243 fee
| long In the clear and decorated in white
and gold. The furniture is of oak, up
| holstered in old rose plush, the draperie'
are Of old rose china silk and the coloi
of the carpet corresponds. The front o.
this SALOON is occupied by ID large parloi
staterooms, finished in hard wood ant
| containg brass bedsteads, and there arr
also in the saloon 81 berth rooms
| Above and reached from q quarteret
| oak stairway, forward, there is {
gallery deck. The front is on {
circle and is an observation room
with nearly the entire from
of glass, the windows shaded by cur
tains of terracotta china silk. Sliding
doors shut it from the dining room
which is decorated IN white and golC
and has upholstery of silver sage. Eacf
alternate panel is mirror. A passage
leading from the dining room to th'
kitchen and pantry has hangings o
blue china silk and blue plush. Th,
smoking room, which is aft the dining
room, is elegantly furnished. Th'
pantry, kitchen, buffet, barber shop
officers and crews mess rooms ant
officers staterooms, back OF which
there is large promenade deck. Owe
the gallery is the pilot house, which il
extra large. The mems cabin is aft
below the main deck. Throughout tn,
vessel exhibits elegance and comfort
There is annunciator service in every
stateroom and special service betweel
the officers quarters.
The steam heating service is con
nected with both the main and tn
donkey boilers. The saloons are heateC
by radiators and the state rooms by con
tinuous pipes. The vessel is lighted b,
electricity; there are about 600 lights
The side and stern lights are electri
and search light is mounted on tn
pilot house.
The main engine is an inverted direct
acting surface -condensing, triple-ex
pansion engine with four cylinders, rs
As, 81 and 81 inches diameter and A
inch stroke. The propeller Is of cas-
iron, left-handed, four-bladed and 13
feet in diameter. There are four Scotcl
type boilers. They are 13t feet in diam
eter and Ill feet long and are made O
steel, having tensible strength of 60,
600 pounds to the square inch. Fac
boiler has three corrugated furnaces o