The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-04
LUXURY ON THE SEAS.
Yacht Eleanor Here on Her
Round-the-World Cruise.
SIZE HAS ESCAPED ALL STORMS.
How slater. the New England Million
aire, Sees the world-Hls Boat
All American Made.
SHE HAS ESCAPED ALL STORMS.

The nark-rigged steam yacht Eleanor.
the second finest vessel of her class in
America il not IN the world. arrived IN
port al lis yesterday afternoon and Isl
anchored at the buoy OF the Oregon I'M
provement Company's bunkers. She Is
owned by W. A. Slater, the millionaire
OF Norwich. Conn. the great cotton man
ufacturer and richest man in the state.
and a son OF the famous phiianthropist
who founded the Slater fund for the ben
eft OF the freedmen OF the South with
q contribution OF sl.0o1.0o
The cleaners owner and party are on
a nineteen months cruise around the
world. and are stopping at all OF the
points Of interest They have been out
nine months already. having left New
London. Conn. October p. lsei. This is
her maiden trip. She has visited the
ports OF Marssilies, Faysl. Cannes. Leg
horn. Naples. Port Said, Suez. Ismailia,
Alden, Bombay, Colombo. Trincomalee.
Penang. Singapore. Sarawoc. Manila.
Hongkong. Canton. Annoy. Shanghai, Ma
gasaki. Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu. Hilo.
San Francisco and Tacoma She will
leave this port probably this morning.
going to Alaska by the inner channel.
visiting all of the points OF interest, and
returning direct by the outer course. The
time consumed in the trip, like that since
the first sailing, will depend entirely up
on the pleasure of the owner.
Mr. Slater, like his illustrious father,
is one of the kindliest OF men and is re-
garded by his crew, who know their duties
in a measure by intuition. with great af-
lection. "One remarkable feature OF our
voyage" said Mr.. Slater. lis that not a
single storm has been experienced as yet.
The weather has been lovely and we have
seemed to miss all of the heavy winds"
The party on board consists of MIR. and
Mrs w. A. Slater. of Norwich. Conn. j.
w. Slater, of Slatersvilie, r. L., and DR..
w X Tingley, of Norwich. The party
came from San Francisco to Tacoma by
train. j. Nelson Howard, OF Newport, r.
L. going East from the former city. On
her return 10 San Francisco she will re-
main there considerable time, and some
Of the party may visit their homes before
proceeding further.
J. p. Satterlee, one OF the crew, was a
Seattle boy, son of J. S. Satterlee. and
a graduate of the state university. He
is said TO be tired OF yachting, and left
the vessel at San Francisco, coming home
BY rail.
The Eleanor has steel hull and was
designed by Charles Il. Hanscom and
built by the Bath Iron Works. of Bath,
Me, in 1894. She measures 232 feet over
all, thirty-two feet beam and seventeen
feet and five inches depth of hold. and
has 1876 tons displacement. Size is con-
structed of American material through
out, and only the compass and two an
chors were imported from Europe. She is
very nearly as large as the warship Mo-
hican and carries crew of forty-nine
men. Her master is Capt. G. w. Scott,
who is an Englishman by birth. and to
hold his present high-salared position
is OF course q very competent skipper,
as well as an accomplished gentleman.
The vessels engine is vertical, invert-
ed, direct-acting and triple expansion.
and has three cylinders. thirteen, twenty
eight and forty-five inches in diameter
and thirty inches stroke. She has two
steel boilers OF Scotch type. with a total
heating surface OF 4.0l5 square feet. Her
wheel has four blades and a diameter OF
ten feet She is especially adapted for
lengthy cruises. and rugged as a bark.
with total sail area of 13.2i5 square
feet.
The interior Of the cabins and state
rooms OF the Eleanor are principally fin
ished in carved mahogany, and the own
er's stateroom is fitted UP with furniture
of the same material The main saloon
is of paneled mahogany, and on the walls
are SEQ 900 worth OF oil paintings. The din
ing room is finished in the finest paneled
and carved oak. and the tapestries and
leather coverings to the upholstery are of
the costliest kind. There are pianos. di-
vans. cabinets and baths. There is an
electric light plant. which would put to
shame some OF the very finest on dry
land. and some very powerful search
lights The outer finish of the house from
stem TO stern. and even the bulwarks, is
the finest paneled and polished mahogany.
The total cost amounts to upwards of
$50. 600 and next to Nanderbilt's Valiant
she is the finest vessel of the kind afioat
ranking between the Valiant and Astors
Nourmahal
Capt. Harry ]. Gillespie, the well-known
pilot of this city. has been employed for
the Alaska cruise, and by his great knowl-
edge of those waters is quite well quail
fed for the undertaking