St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
QUEEN OF MARINE.
The Great Steamer Which Is
to Wear St. Paul's Name
on the Atlantic.
A BEAUTY FOR THE WAVES.
Giant American Liner to Be
Launched in Philadel-
phia Monday.
PRETTY GIRL TO CHRISTEN.
The ST. Paul and st. Louis to
Restore Our Marine
Supremacy.
BOTH VESSELS DESCRIBED.
Have Two Sets Of Engines and
They Are Practically
Unsinkable.
BOTH VESSELS DESCRIBED.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 10.
The launch of the giant American
liner st. Paul at Cramps Shipyard
will take place ON Monday, March
25 AS the great marine colossus
rests upon her stocks, towering high
above every object surrounding her,
she is sublimely suggestive of all
that is magnificent and splendid. AS
one turns into Ball street, the first
thing which greets him is the shapely
bow of the st. Paul, her black sides
shining out and looming up away
above the tall shops and buildings
which stand in front Of her. One
has to see the great ship to get an
adequate idea Of her proportions.
She rests upon her stocks, fianking
the cruiser Brooklyn, while just off
to the north lies her beautiful and
powerful sister, the ST. Louis, receiv-
ing her finishing touches. Every
body loves ships, everybody glories
in witnessing launches, but par
ticularly will every American thrill
with pride when he sees this tre-
mendouS mass of steel and iron
and oak take its initial plunge into
its destined element, says the Times.
For the st. Paul, like the St Louis,
is distinctly an American ship, built
of Yankee materials and by Yankee
workmen; and, Furthermore, it is
proposed that she shall be christ
ened by
AN AMERICAN GIRL,
Miss Frances c. Griscom, the pretty
seventeen-year-old daughter of
President GriScom, of the Interna-
tiOnal Navigation company. 1t is not
likely that there will be any elabor-
ate ceremonies at her launching. Her
builders have not even thought of
getting tickets printed for the event,
but for all that there will be present,
when she takes her plunge, a delega-
ton from the far-off city after which
she is named. And the general pub
lie will be there, too, to crowd the
yard already famous as being the
birthplace of marine wonders whose
achievements have surprised the
world. Every one will hope that this
Second-largeSt ship ever built upon
the Western hemisphere will have a
successful dip, for, like the st. Louis,
she is the beginning of what cannot
but prove the restoration of Amer
lea to marine supremacy. Nothing
afloat will excel, either in sturdiness
of built or completeness of outfit,
and only the Lucania and Campania
exceed either in size. What the
speed of these transatlantic liners
will develop only their trial can tell,
but the men who forged the rivets
and plated their sides with loving
care hesitate not to say that they
will show
A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS
to anything afioat.
In the light of, two such great
events-the launching of the st. Paul
March 25, and the sailing of the ST.
Louis June Sit will be interesting
to revive description of the vessels;
and still more interesting to show
1IOW IL OGCdHlc DOSSlUIe W SUCH
ocean greyhounds, a feat which Eu-
ropean nations have always declared
was impossible in this country. AS
both the st. Louis and the St Paul
are twin vessels, the figures of one
will suffice for both.
Their principal dimensions and
qualities are as follows:
Tan0th hatuaaY1 narnandionlar SoS
feet
Length over all, 35i feet 2 inches
Extreme beam, 62 feet inches.
Depth from first deck to fiat keel, 42
Depth of hold for tonnage amidship,
% feet 2 inches.
Height of bow above water line at
load draught, SO feet.
Number of decks, 5.
Number of water-tight compart.
mentS, exclusive of ballast tanks. 12.
Gross register, 10,7 200 tons.
Load displacement, 1860 tons.
Dimensions of main saloon, 1O9 feet
inches by 46 feet.
Dimensions of second cabin, 80 feet 6
inches by Sc feet.
Seating capacity of main saloon, 800.
Seating capacity of second cabin, 2O8.
Berthing capacity of steerage, about
800.
HER POWERFUL ENGINES.
The propelling machinery is pair
of vertical quadruple expansion en-
gines, to carry a working steam
pressure of 200 pounds, and expected
to develop from $4,000 to 10000 COL
lective indicated horse power. These
are the largest and most powerful
marine engines ever built in Amer
lea, and, as the principle of quad
ruple expansion has never before
been applied on SO large scale, it's
results in this case will be watched
with interest by the entire profession
Of marine engineering. The steering
apparatus for the st. Louis is of
the screw gear type with William
sons steam and hand steering en-
gine, while Browns patent steering
gear will be used on board the ST.
Paul. The rudder is of the single
plate type. The anchors are of the
Hall and Watman patterns. The
ship will carry fourteen Chambers
collapsible lifeboats, fourteen ordi-