Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-12
BIG STEAMSHIP CONTRACT.
New Work Received by the Harlan q Hol
Iingswortn Co.

New WORK Reserved by the Harlan q hoi-
lingswortn Co.
The contract for building steam
ship for the Merchants and Miners
transportation Co. line running be-
tween Baltimore and Boston, has been
secured by the Harlan Il Holdings
worth. Go. The agreements have been
signed.
The now steamship will be one of
the finest and best.equipped boats ply
ing on the Atlantic coast.
The vessel will be a companion to
the Howard, which was built by the
local firm and turned over to the Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation Go.
on August 10Th last, since which time
the vessel has been giving the best OF
satisfaction to her owners.
The Dimensions of the hull will be
as follows: Length between perpen-
diculars. go feet; length over all on
deck, 293 feet; beam nodded, AZ feet;
depth, "a feat, sheer, forward, 6 feet u
inches. Steel has been used through
out the construction of the hull. The
lighted by electricity. and particular
attention will be given to the safety
and comfort of the passengers.
most approved pattern. They will be
Of tho direct triple extension typo,
with inverted cylinders, high pressure
cylinder, "a inches in diameter inter
mediate 80 inches in diameter and low
pressure 80 inches in diameter; stroke
As inches. piston valve is used for
the high pressure cylinder. and double
ported slide valves for the intermediate
and low pressure cylinders. The latter
valves are fitted with springs ON the
back. The piston rods, tail rods and
crank shaft, which latter is of the
built up type, are made of hammered
scrap iron. The valve rods are made
of steel, with balance pist0ns ut the
upper ends of the intermediate pres
sure and low pressure valve rods.
The lower ends of the piston rods
will be secured with nuts to rough iron
croseheads, and the latter have cast
| iron shoes, fitted with bars OF white
metal. The packing boxes and glands
are pushed with brass with katzen-
| STEMS metallic packing. The piston
rods, and the connecting rods also, are
interchangeable. The crosshead pin
brasses are of phospher bronze, and
the crank pin brasses are of hard brass
lined with white metal.
The bed plate will be of the box form,
cast-iron with circular recesses for the
main bearings, which will be made OF
hard brass. The water service pipes
are to be of brass and reduced to suit
| the requirements for circulating water
| through the main journal brasses.
| The condenser will be of cast iron,
with brass tube heads arranged for
| three quarters inch solid drawn bass
| condenser tubes. and will be arranged
horizontally. The tubes will be SGT in
two sections, water passing through in
the upper section and returning through
the tubes in the lower one. The tail
shaft is to be fitted with sleeve eS-
tending from the wheel hub to a point
inches forward of the packing boS
gland. The sleeve will be bored and
shrunk on the shaft, and further secured
by counter. sunk screws. The sterr
tube will be made of cast iron anC
securely fitted 10 recess bored into
the stern frame of the ship. The bras
bushing will be fitting with strips d
ignum-yite placed on end. The thrus
blocks will be fitted with brass collar
in cast iron blocks, lined with whit,
metal, suitable for water circulation
ard tight box filled with oil 70
fabrication.
, The four-blsded propeller will be 4
feet in diameter. % feet pitch. witt
blades bolted to the hub. The tunne
, will have water-tight door aft of tn
, thrust bearing and stuliing box, wit
gland around the shaft through tn
. bulk head. The vessel will have 81
/, water tight bulkheads.
! Four Scotch boilers will supply tn
steam. The dimensions of the boiler
will be IL feet in diameter, and - fee
6 inches in length.
s A BRIGHT PROSPECT.
! AT tho shipyard of the Harlan
y Hollingsworth Co. business Is on th
increase and in conversation Thursda
e with representative of the firm it wt
L learned that the company had enoug
n work on hand TO keep them busy ft
+ almost year with their present fore,
which has been increased by the add
tion of number of men, and if I'll
work keeps on coming in it is estimate
q that the company will shortly ha,
j. 1000 men on the payroll. There al
! at present in the neighborhood of ], ~