Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-01
MIR. SKATERS HANDSOME STEAMER.
The biggest Yacht Beiug Built Ia This
Country This Season.

The biggest steam yacht building in this
country this season is the Eleanor. She is
for Nil. William a. Slater. of Norwich.
Conn. a member of the New York and
Eastern Yacht clubs, says the New York
Times. and she is being built AT the Bath
Iron Works Bath, Me. She was de-
signed 10y Charles Ridgeley Hanscom. She
will be launched on May Sth, and COM
pleted by the fall.
1t is MIR. Slaters intention to take a
two-years' cruise in the Eleanor as soon
as she Is finished, and with that object
in view. Mr.. IIanscom decided TO give her
large sail area. The Forest and Stream
gives her dimensions as follows:
Length over all. 23l feet; length. low
water lnc POS feet length keel, 1S5 feet:
beam. extreme. % feet; depth of hold, Il
feet 8 inches; mean draught, Il feet !
inches; displacement. l,lS6.
She is constructed of steel throughout.
with watcr-ballast tanks. forming double
bottom forward and aft Of the machinery
| spaces. The hull is minutely subdivded
| by transverse and longitudinal bulkhcads
| into a large number Of waterught COM
! partmCnts.
! Cabin arrangements are luxurious. The
| owners state-rOom and study are fitted
up In the most modern style, with bed,
| wardrobe, vritng-desk etc. of carved
! mahogany. Adjoining the owners room
| IS the nursery, complete in all its appoint
ments. on the opposite side OF the pas
| sage there IS another suite of rooms. con-
| sisting of two state-roOms, nursery. and
| bath, which are equally well fitted and
finely finished. These rooms, in connec-
! ton with the linen closets and pantry,
| occupy the space forward of the main
| saloon.
| The main saloon is finished in panelled
| mahogany with polished floor; luxurious
| couchcs are arranged on either side. While
| an open fireplace lends it's homelke glow
| 10 the surroundings. The saloon Is TO
| contain an elegant upright piano. cabinet.
| etc. and oil paintings TO the value of
| 10000 will be added 10 please the eye.
| The dlning-room Is finished in mahogany,
| and furnished similar 10 the saloon. Abatt
| the dining-room is the social hall, finished
| in harmony with the dining-room. \
| stairway of elaborate design leads TO the
| saloon below from this room.
| The prupellng power consists OF N'ru-
cal inverted direct acting triple-expansion
\ engine. with cylinders IS, 2S, and 10 inches
1 diameter 10y 50 inches stroke Steam VIII
| be supplied by two steel scotch boilers.
| zach - feet o. inches long. and II feet
| L
| il 100 square feet, and the working pres
sure 1G5 pounds The propeller is Tour,
| bladed. 10 feet 4la inches diameter. ard II
| feet inches to II feet pitch.
The ,ssel Is bark riGsed, the area OF
her principal sails being 1880 square
feet.
The Eleanor viii carry seven boats. as
! follows one steam launch, p feet long
one naptha launch, % feet long; Two
| 2g-foot lifeboats, with capacity or =
persons each; one six-oared gis' % zee
long. one dinghy. % feet long ana th'
catboat Willie 10 feet Ii inches in length
the latter being built for rac-ng ana plea
sure sailing. The complement of the YES
sci will be az follows: Captain, hrst ah'
second officers. physician. th'ee engineer
| cornenter four ouartermaste four APP
prentice boys, boatswain, fifteen seamen
four flremen. two messmen. three oilers
six stewards four cooks, farber. tw'
Chinese laundrymen. and two aeck boys