The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-02-04
The New Steamer
CoIumbine.

Captain o. W. Fahrenheit, local in
spector Of this lighthouse district, left
for San Francisco Thursday to examine
into the condition OF the lighthouse tend
er Columbine, which arrived at that port
last Saturday. The ColumbIne broke her
propeller on her long voyage from New
York around the Horn to this coast,
which together with other repairs that
win be made, will detain her at San
Francisco for over a month.
The arrival OF the Columbine Is anx-
iously awaited by the local lighthouse
men, and the day win be hailed with joy
when she takes her, place alongside Of
the overburdened Manzanlta. Ali per-
sons familiar with the extent Of this 18th
district will readily understand how
much another tender Is needed, as the
Manzanita cannot do all the work. The
district embraces the entire coast line of
Oregon, Washington and Alaska, with all
the connecting lakes, rivers and bays.
Most OF the light stations are on wild,
rocky shores. with no harbors. Supplies
have to be taken from the steamer to the
shore in q small boat and when the sea
is rolling high this is difficult and danger
Gus. Thus II Is that the Manzanita lies
idle at times, often for several days or a
week, waiting for favorable weather to
go TO Tillamook. Yaqulna, Destruction Is
land and other places.
Some details of the Columbine, as she
will appenr when she arrives here, may
now be interesting. Her dimensions are
as follows:
Length between perpendiculars. las feet
length over all, 1856 feet; breadth nodded,
&c feet G inches; depth Of hold, 10 feet 81
inches from top of beam to top OF double
bottom; depth Of hold from top of beam
to top OF keel-plate, Is feet inches. Shej
is q screw steamer, and will develop cool
horse power when the engine is making
ITO revolutions per minute and 100 pounds
steam pressure per square inch.
She has two cylindrical single-ended
boilers. 10 feet inches diameter outside
the smallest course of shell, and 10 feet
Q inches long from outside to outside of
ends. The high pressure cylinder is %
inches in dlamete, proportioned to stand
a pressure of 10 to the square inch. The
low-pressure cylinder is "a inches in di-
ameter There are a donkey engine, re-
versing engine and steam steering gear
There is one right-handed cast-iron
screw propeller 9 feet inches in diam
eter, driven by an inverted cylinder, sur
face-condensing, 2-cylinder. fore and aft
compound engine, the cylinders to be 22l
inches and "a inches in diameter, and a.
stroke of 30 inches
The material of the hull is Siemens-
Martin mild steel, and it also is built
with double bottom, divided into four
separate water-tight and independent
compartments. There are eight water
tight compartments, above, forward and
aft the double bottom. In addition to the
fiat plate and protective keel, there are
outside bilge- keels, one on each side of
the vessel, extending about seventy feet, |
to revent rolling. She is wider than the
Mapzanita and about seven feet shorter,
but draws little more water, having a
displacement of II feet draft of $50 tons.
In general appearance the Columbine is
very much like the Manzanita, except in
internal arrangements. She has deck
house on the upper or superstructure
deck aft fitted as a state room and chart
room, On the main deck aft are the in
spector's quarters, consisting of saloon,
two state rooms, pantry and bath room.
These reach clear across the ship, and
the crew, in going from stem to stern,
must pass over the superstructure deck.
The vessel will be rlgged as a two-mast-
cd schooner,
There are bath rooms, state rooms,
berths, closets, and all necessary accom-
modations for the officers and crew, two
boats, complete outfit for galley and pam
tries, and the entire material is to be
first-class.