The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-13

tween the present English-built ocean
out ro Snd snoss S wnen WIZ When Pe
pleted she Will take her place among the
vessels owned by the international Naviga-
New pAd York ana ST. ' Paul. n''u the latter att being
IN process OF construction in the yards OF
t1e Cramg company. The work Of con.
builders on July q. 1888. just fifteen months
and the same number of days prior TO the
sH bonsand fOoa tons af have a
ready been worked into the mammoth
steamer. which. when completed, will ex-
York and Paris and equal that of the other
great transatlantic liners. Her length over
p s a s x aces eGges
breadth, 63 feet: depth nodded, AZ feet;
number of decks five; depth of water bot
tight compartments, IL; distance of collision
bulkhead abaft OF stem. 80 feet.
After the vessel has been towed back TO
the docks the work OF putting In her en-
gines will begin. These are of the quad
5uple expansion type and 2 are expected to
Each Of the two engines will have four
cylinders of So, so, II and 100 inches dame
ter The piston stroke will be be about sixty
going will be supplied by a battery of six
double-ended boilers. each twenty feet long
inches aed IN dameer The Steam na Is
expected TO be about two hundred pounds
to the square inch. The engines of the new
of the quadruple expansion type in the
world. The crank shafts, connecting rods
and steering gear will be made of the finest
ingot steel.
In order 10 come up to the builders con-
tract with the owners these engines viii
have TO send the St Louis through the
water at the rate of at least twenty knots
an hour under ordinary seagoing conditions
The steering apparatus Will be of the
hand steering engine. The hull is of mill
steel of the best quality. The arrangement
of bukheads and water proof compart-
possible to sink the vessel. If, in a co!-
lision, the bulkheads are damaged, three
of the compartments might be completely
flooded and yet the ship remain perfectly
seaworthy. The same arrangement prac-
tically insures the ship against fire, as 1t
confine a blaze to any one compartment
Another novel feature in the construction
of the St. Louis is that WHICH :s has been in
tide delays at the harbor bars in New
York and Liverpool Her double hull is
pumped out as the vessel nears the end OF
her journey, thus decreasing her draught
TO a sufficient extent to enable her to pass
over the bar at almost. any tide.
When completed the St Louis will have
Accommodations for passengers as follows:
$780, crew and employees. 4O0 making total
of 1,770 To insure the safety OF this multi
tude the ship will carry fourteen Chamber
colapsble life boats. fourteen ordinary
life boats, one cutter, one gig and four
metal boats. all on the shade deck. For the
comfort of the passengers there has been
supplied in the plans superb saloon Ito
feet long by fifty wide, which is TO be
exquisitely decorated. Over the center OF
this saloon rises a dome thirty-two feer
long by sixteen feet wide and twenty-five
feet high amidships above the dining room
deck. The dining room tables Will be SET
fore and aft. The normal complement of
officers, seamen. engineers and fire room
hands and attendants will be about as fol-
lows: Captain. 1: officers s. seamen. as;
AaA ofr md n lie re
ardesses. Is; chefs de cuisine, 2; mail clerks,
2; doctor. /; purser, l. printer, i, making
total of 3S1.
The gross register of the st, Louis will
be 11,000 tons, and as she slid into the
water to-day il was 500 tons. The ST.
Louis and st. Paul will differ materially in
appearance from the Paris and New York
in that they have straight instead of Clip
per stems and carry but two tunnels and
two masts. A feature which will be ap-
preciated by the new ships patrons will be
the promenade deck which is designed To
extend the entire length of the vessel
without a break