The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-08
THE vIeILANT ARRIVES.
Capt. Gibson's New Steamer to Make
Her First Excursion To-day.


Her First Excursion To-day.
The new twin-screw steamer Vigilant,
which has been expected for several
| days, arrived here yesterday morning.
As she steamed up the river the whistles
! from all the steamers saluted her, and a
large crowd of people gathered on the
wharf to see her land. She was moOred
| al the Alpha's wharf. where she was
visited by hundreds Of people during the
day. The Vigilant was built for Capt.
( w. I. Gibson, to be placed on the Bruins
wick and Darien route, and 20 be- char
tered for excursions around Savannah.
| For the latter purpose she is particularly
| adapted having every convenience for
| tne comfort and pleasure Of large num-
| Der OF passengers She is PROBABLY the
| most completely equipped excursion boat
| ever owned in Savannah, and will be q
great addition to the port in giving excur
slons 10 the various sea resorts.
| Inc steamer Is 1874 feet in length and %
! feet beam, and is 1859 IS tons gross regis
Ter. Her hull is of steel She draws ~
| Ieet hight and about feet when loaded.
On the main deck is the engine houses, in
! Jhe center, with wide Dassage-way on
| either side; saloon for ladies in the
stern and an open deck forward. On the
! second deck is large and handsomely ar
| ranged and furnished saloon. and spacious
| open decks fore and aft Above this is
| the hurricane deck, which is capable of
accommodating large number of passen-
| gers who Will prefer 10 get the full bene-
Mt OF the sea breezes. She is licensed to
carry 600 passengers. Her cost was about
| S35, 600
The Vigilaut was built by T. s. Marvel
Y Co. OF Newburg, \. Y, and is entirely
hN hfaTl H. ID
| erts SAFETY Water Tube Company of Red
| Bank, n. j. They are two in number,
each feet In length and 6X6 feet in di-
ameter. She has two compound cOndens
Ing engines of l014X20 inches diameter of
cylinder She is allowed to carry 200
pounds of steam, but it is claimed that ITO
pounds is all that will be necessary to
gain speed of fourteen knots an hour.
The Vigilant had a very successful trip
down the coast under the command of
Capt: Van B. Avery Of this city. She left
Newburg. Saturday, July %, with
crew OF fourteen men, including
+. 2. Sykes of this city as
engineer. She arrived at New York in
four hours that day, and laid up until
Sunday morning, when she put to sea
| and made excellent time down the coast,
reaching Morehead City, n. c., Tuesday,
where she put in on account of bad
weather. When the weather cleared up
she put out again, but was compelled to
make harbor at Southport, Mt the mouth
OF the Cape Fear river, arriving there
last Thursday night The frequent squalls
during the latter part of last week kept
her in, and she did not get away from
Southport until Monday morning at 4
o'clock. She arrived at Tybee at II 80
o'clock p. IN. Monday, where she was
tied up for the night to the tug Cam bria,
which was moored at Tybee, and steamed
up to the city yesterday morning.
The Nigilant will be commanded by
Capt. James G.. Garnet formerly of the
Bellevue, who enjoyed the highest esteem
and confidence of the patrons of his
former charge, and will 10 doubt add to
his popularity as commander of the new
steamer.
The steamer will make her FIRST trip
to-day. She will leave her wharf at 3
o'clock this afternoon, going to
the Tybee bell buoy and re-
turn. Tomorrow she will take the
Irish Jasper Greens to Warsaw, leaving
the city at a. m. and Thunderbolt at 10
a m. on Friday. She is chartered by the
| Ptneora church for an excursion to Beau
| fort Capt. Gibson has made about a
dozen charters for excursions during the
remainder of this month. The first trip
on her regular route to Brunswick com
mences next Tuesday, after which she
will make two trips a week Every Sun
day and Thursday She runs to Warsaw,
| leaving the city at 8 a. m. and Thunder
| bolt at 10 a. m and p. m.