The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-21
THE NEW REVENUE CUTTER.
All the Wood in It's Construction Must
Be From Puget sound.


Port Townsend. Nov. 19.-Special.-Bids
have Just been called for by the treasury
department for the construction of the
new revenue cutter SO much talked about
for service on the Pacific coast. The cost
Of the vessel is to be 500 90, and it must
be finished and ready for commission
January l, 1897. There must be some live
" figuring done by ship builders, as the
bids are 10 be opened at the department
on December q next. A certified check
for s.. 600. as well as proof that the bidder
has the facilities for properly construct
ing the vessel, must accompany each bid.
Following is something Of a description
OF the new cutter. as youched for by Lieut..
q. l.. Garden. who has examined the
plans:
United States revenue cutter No. 2. 20
be built on the Pacific coast, viii be ths
finest in that service, provided with all
the modern improvements, except arrna-
ment. OF the new cruisers. She Will be a
single screw composite propeller. hull 2l9
feet over all in length, SO feet inches in
beam. and II feet j0i2 inches in depth.
Her draft will be about ii feet. and dis
placement 1.2S0 tons. The specifications
call for frames and plates or open-hearth
steel the latter TO have a tensile strength
Of 5000 pounds per square inch. All OF the
woodwork pianking. keels. etc, are 10 be
OF Puget sound fir, and the grain must lie
Pathways to the frames. The deck plank
ing must be OF seasoned. fine Puget sound
fir. cut to he vertical grain. free from
knots. sapwood and other defects.
The whole Of the decks are TO be planed
fair on the upper side the work to be de-
ferred as long as possible so as to facili-
tate delivering the vessel TO the govern
ment with the decks in perfect condition.
The bow viii be OF manganese bronze,
the upper piece 10 be bossed out and
shaped for the passage of the bowsprit.
The stern frame and rudder head Is 10 10
made of the same material The vessel
viii be fitted with watertght transverse
steel bulkhcads. al the strakes 10 be lap
jointed. lap-butted. single-riveted and
stfiened bv vertical iron bars two feet
apart In the coal bunkcrs. which viii be
also inclosed with watertight bulkheads.
VIII be constructed a railway, provided
with two coal ears for the proper transfer
OF coal
4 thin coating Of cement or other an
proved composition may be worked on the
! inside Of the hull. plating and planking OF
the engine and boiler rooms and shaft al
| lev: als1 az the extreri,jes Of the vessel
| ard I'm the. trimming tanks The windlass
| and capstan are 70 De OF approved pattern,
| cOmuleJe with steam engine.
| The pilot house. chart room and bridge
/ woodwork VIII he OF Puget sound FIR. we'll
! fastened 81 steel francs. the window
| sas1es and blinds VIII DO ef cherry The
| wardroom and cabin hulkheads VIII be
! constructed Of white pine. with holdings
/ ara trimmings 81 darker wood
/ T.t statcrcous are II he richly and
( besa.lfullv furnished with convenient
! lockers, shelves ar1 berth- TAe steam
/ steering engine VIII he of tNo most aD-
| proved class, WIKI steering wheels on tle
/ main deck forward OF the n'izze0mast.
/ Speaking tubes ard mec h4rtc-al telegraph
J lnts Wtll connect ai parts II IRE vessel
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