The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-18
The CoIumbine
Here at Last.

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colors flying in great profusion, steamed
into port this morning al 3 O'Clock, anS
was welcomed by the whistles Of every
steamer in port. A large crowd hat
already gathered on the wharf at tn.
foot of Main street, and no soone ha(
the vessel been made fast than visitors
began crowding aboard, anxious to in,
spect the M~anzanita's companion, anc
grasp the hands Of those two genia
officers, Captain Richardson and CHIEF
Engineer Lord.
In the captains cabin are many cur
los picked up envoyage. several OF
which show the skill of Captain Rich
ardson as a taxidermist. There are
beautiful rugs and robes from South
American ports. photographs of Spanish
beauties picked UP at Lima, and dozens
of odd looking fish bones and birds
gathered from various ports in southern
countries. One fine specimen is that
Of an albatross, hooked by the captain
in the vicinity Of the equator. 1t meas
ured thirteen feet from tip to tip, and
proved a tough customer when hauled
aboard.
The Manzanita, shortly after the Col
umbine came into port, steamed up
alongside and made fast. Then a thor
ough cleansing was gone through with.
on both vessels Decks were washed
clean. woodwork rubbed down, and the
brass ratings and fixtures polished in
their neatest manner After this the
new arrival was thrown open to the
public and all day long visitors crowded
the decks and examined closely every
part Of the splendid little steamship.
Captain Richardson came ashore dur
Ing the day and was busy shaking
hands with his host of friends. He ex-
pressed himself as greatly pleased with
the successful ending Of SO long a voy-
age. But three heavy storms were en-
countered on the whole trip, all of them
being in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
The Manzanita left out yesterday
morning expecting to meet the Column
bine and escort her into port, The
heavy weather prevented her from go
ing outside, and so after cruising
Ing outside, and so after cruising
around until nearly noon returned TO
her dock. Utzinger's band and a num-
Der Of guests accompanied the boat.
The Columbine will leave for Port
land this morning where she will be
formally turned over to the inspector.
She will remain there about two weeks,
and about the middle Of May wiiiieave
for Alaska on a tour Of Inspection.
Some details Of the Columbine as she
appears will now prove interesting, and
are appended: Length between perpen-
diculars. las feet; length over all, 1855
feet; breadth nodded, twenty-six feet
six inches; depth Of hold. fifteen feet
foul inches from top Of beam to top Of
double bottom; depth of hold from top
of beam to top Of keel plate, fifteen feet
two inches. She is a screw steamer,
and will develope 60O-horse power when
the engine is making ITO revolutions
per minute and 100 pounds steam pres
sure per square inch.
She a two. cylindrical single-ended
boilers, ten feet eight inches in diam
eter outside the smallest course OF shell,
and ten feet nine inches long from
outside to outside of ends. The high
pressure cylinder is twenty-five inches
In diameter. proportional to stand a
pressure OF 10 pounds to the square
inch. The low pressure cylinder in
nane feet -four inches In diameter, driv-
en- by an inverted cylinder. surface con-
forty-two inches in diameter. There
are a donkey engine, reversing engint
and steam steering gear. There Ia ont
right-handed cast-iron screw propeller
nine feet four inches In diameter, driv-
en- by an inverted cylinder, surface con-
densing, two-cylinder, fore-and-aft com
pound engine, the cylinders to be TWEEN
ty-four inches In diameter. and q stroke
OF thirty inches.
The material Of the hull Is a Sic
mems Martin mild steel, and It also is
built with q double bottom. divided In
to four separate water-tight and indie
pendent compartments. There are eight
water-tight compartments. above, for
ward and aft the double bottom. In
addition to the fiat plate and protec-
tive keel, there are outside bilge-keels,
one on each side OF the vessel. extend
ing about seven feet. to prevent rolling.
Size Is wider than the Manzanita and
about seven feet shorter. but draws O
little more water, having a displace-
ment on eleven feet draft OF $50 tons,
In general appearance the Columbine is
very much like the Manxanita, except
In internal arrangements. she has AL
deck house on the upper or superstruc-
ture deck aft, fitted as a state room and
chart room. on the main deck aft are
the inspectors quarters. consisting OF
two staterooms, pantry and
bath room. These reach clear across
the ship. and the crew in going from
stem to stern, must pass over the su-
p~erstructure deck. The vessel is rugged
as q two masted schooner.
There are bathrooms, staterooms,
closets. and all necessary ac-
commodationsfor the officers and crew,
boats. complete outfit for galley
and pantries. and the entire material is
hrst-class.
Persons familiar with the extent Of
his Thirteenth district will readily un-
iorstand how much another tender was
This district takes In the en-