The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-13
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 Philadelphia. Nov. i2.-The first of the two ships built in this country for the International Navigation company was launched at i:o2 o'clock to-day from the Cramps shipyard in the presence of President Cleveland. members of the cabinet and q large throng of people. Mrs. Cleveland stood sponsor for the ves- sel and ehristened it the St. Louis. after the metropolis of Missouri.
 At i2I0 o'clock a special train hav- Ing President Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland and their party aboard. steamed slowly up to the shipyard gate. Clement A. Griscom. president of the International Navigation company. and c. H. Cramp. president of the Cramp Shipbuilding company. had boarded the presidential special before 1t arrived at the yard. and they were the first to alight. Henry w. Cramp. secretary of the company. and a number of others were in walt Ing. and they stepped forward and rais- cd their hats as Mrs. Cleveland followed Mir. Grlscom and Mrs. Cramp from the car. Mrs. Cleveland followed the presi- dent and took Mir. Griscom's arm. and Mir. Cleveland walked beside Mir. c. H. Cramp.
 Mir. W. H. Cramp presented Mrs. Cleveland and the other ladies of the party with bunch of flowers, and then the party walked into the yard and up the incline to the sand.
 Right under the keel a small platform had been railed off, and In this Mrs. Cleveland, the president, MT. Griscom and Mir. Cramp took their stand.
 The steamship St. Louis, and her sis- ter ship, the St. Paul, are the largest vessels that have been built in this coun- try. The determination of the Interna- tional Navigation company to build the vessels was in pursuance of the com pany's promise to construct two steam ships in this country of equal tonnage to It's steamships Paris and New York, If congress would pass bill admitting the two latter vessels to American regis try.
 Congress passed the bill and 1t became law in 1892. Soon afterward the In- ternational Navigation company placed an order with the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building com pany to construct two steamships to meet the bills provisions.
 Every ton of material used in the con- struction of the vessels Is of native pro- duction, and American brain, skill and muscle have constructed the steam ship.
 A description of one of the vessels Is a description of both, as they are iden- tieal in every particular. The dimen- sions of the St. Louis are: Length, 554 feet inches over all; 63 feet extreme breadth and 26 feet draught. The gross tonnage is 10,770 tons, and when loaded to the draught line the steamships dis placement will be 16,000 tons.
 The cargo capacity is 1920 tons on 9 normal mean draught of about twenty six feet, with full coal supply; but the total hold capacity, when loaded to the. maximum draught of about twenty eight feet, will be little more than 3,2O0 tons. The motive power will be supplied by two quadruple, ,verticle Six cylinder engines on four cranks, driving twin screws with a working pressure of 200 pounds of steam. supplied by ten boilers.
 The St. Louis will be the first steam ship to be supplied with quadruple ex- pansion engines, the triple expansion engine having heretofore used, and the results obtained from such powerful | machinery will be interesting to watch. It is calculated that the engines will develop about 10000 collective horse power.
 Steam will be generated for the pro- polling machinery by forced draught, whereby, together with the new and | bold application of quadruple expansion to such colossal engines, the space and weight occupied by the machinery have been considerably reduced.
 Nc prediction for speed can be made, but, as the contract calls for sustained sea speed of twenty knots, 1t is morei than likely that the St. Louis will prove'l faster than the Paris and New York;
 The St. Louis will have accommoda- tions for 320 first cabin passengers, 220I second passengers, and 300 steerage pas- sengers. The crew, including stewards. stc., will number 400, making q total of l,S40 people that the ship can carry.
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