New-York tribune., 1896-01-26
HISTORY OF THE ST. PAUL.
SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN PHILADELPHIA
LAST APRIL.
ESTABLISHMENT or THE PRESENT AMERICAN

ESTABLISHMENT or THE PRESENT AMERICAN
IIYE-TIiE PARIS. THE NEw-YoRK AND THE
ST LOUIS. OTHER VESSELS OF THE LINE
The St Paul was launched from the shipyard
az the Cramps. in Philadelphia. on the afternoon Of
April 10 last. The time first set for her departure
from the ways March 70. 1885, a: ! p. m. ana be-
fore that hour arrived 5000 people crowded In the
shpyard AMI made ready to cheer the new steamship
when she slid into the Delaware River. Many prom
inent people We're present. and Miss Frances. &.
Griscom. the pretty daughter OF the president OF the
lnterna ,ional Navigation Company, was ready with
bottle Of champage to perform the act of chrisen-
ing
When the signal given. the army OF work
men cut away the blocks. and then everybody who
watched the S Pau expected that she would 'feel
the thrill OF lie along her keel" and slide grace
fully down the ways but she did not bulge ana
there was sign OF thrill" 1t Was soon ap-
parent to everybody that she had stuck fast on the
ways. Several tugboats were anchored out in the
Delaware. and from them steel hawsers were paid
oIt to the ship. There was a long tug with the
hawscrs. by the ad OF a steam windiass, but stil
the -. Paul dd not Then powerful hy-
draulic Jacks were set in place to III the snip
slightly from the ways, but all such efforts proved
uuaVailirg The -. Paul remained fast In her
wooden cradle IN examination convinced the
cramps that the talloW With which the ways had
been CREASED hal hardened too much. ana there
was reason 10 believe that the talow was OF an IN
ferior quality
THE LAUNCHING POSTPONED
Two weeks were spent by the Cramps work
men in making ready for the actual launching.
which occurred on the afternoon OF April TO- Al the
second trial everything worked according TO the
programme and without hitch. The large ana
graceful steamship acted as # she meant to make
amends FOR her first refusal TO meet the embrace
o. the waters At the signal she started easily.
and then she sid smoothly and gracefully INTO the
river as Mss Gr.scom broke the bottle OF cham
pagne and said: II name thee st Paul
on the morning 90 December rs when the
steamship Nng az her pier al Fulton-st ana
the North River. large steam PIPE connecting the
boiers with the siarhoarl engine. VAS suddenly ana
Unexpectedly fractured and steam rushed out In
great volume The working Of the machinery was
in isc S ' Eve men were Killed almost in
sany by t. nscap' o' stan ana ioGr VeS nsr werS fS
who were lees seriously scaldcd survived the acci-
The cause OF the accident said TO be either the
formation ~ a water hammer or the sul4ch
IromgH, ia ,er'c. cxonerating The oficers of the
steam nip and fhe officials OF the company from all
blame
THE sr. LorIS's SISTER SHIP
The :, Paui Is the sister ship 20 the st. Louis.
Toy were built on the same lines and have the
80. le dimensions Speed has been sacrificed some
whlt 10 gain comfort ana safety IN travel Both
sn on cach efi ,be prfncps sni. con,prse four
siatcrooms ana iath Both are iron steamships
general dimensions are.
lenSh between pefp'nii.iars.. sS, t"'f
.,s n@s' n, l. - fee,
Humber - vatcr nsh, c,rparimen's formed
rsar.s e''f " 's ,asosG '"G aS"f q stern fee,
Displacement a. % feei dausht n"friH a." tons
The St Louis was launched on November H.
1904 and Mrs cleveland the wife of tho President
performed ;he a., of christening Mr. Cleveland
was me sgcN ~ honor a. me luncheon which fol-
tho revival Of the shpbuiidug industry In this
provided for in the contract which made be
forc Congress passed The act TO permit the steam
register under thc control Of Tho international
Navigation Compsny Those .l'amyyhips which
CITY Of Paris belonged ~ the lnnlan Line. but for
/, was agreed that tho company should build two
ships OF equal size and use them in the transat-
iantic passenger service
THE INMAS BECOMES THE AMERICAS LINE
In l~e IN. Inman Line Transferred its business
from Liverpool 10 Southampton. and early in 1873
the line became known a. the American Line. un-
der the control Of the lnternationsl Nay'saii9n
Company Of Ncw-Jersey Mos of the stock n The
COMPANY was o"nel hN men IN 'nNh'," teia. a.,
tho Cramps received the contracts for building the
on February is the steamship CITY Of New-York
arrived a; this port. making her last voyege under
English flag Thereafter she 10 be known ~
s,pSs ana orS a b snl To s w egcan n
At 2 = m on February - 1926. when the Ne"-
York lay at anchor on the Battery, ana was . noe
rated with nags from stem o. stern, Presient ilar-
rson hscepded 90 her deck. and there surround'l
ty company OF prominent men, oppressed fIs
pleasure al the establishment OF thc American Lin.
and then up The American colors 20 the mast
head Cannon doomed whistles scrssin'd and
everybody sight chcerei Special trains CART cd
a number % people from Pn.izdelphla ~ witness
tho csftmonyl and the s'e aubSet -HovNd caT.l
carried the Presidential party from Pier 40 q.
North River 20 the steamship The lowering =
the British colors and the raising = the Sists and
firiIas the Paris later was performed with l'ss
imposing ceremony and the TWO Old ships ~ 'h'
American Lane went making their regular trips
across the ocean without acCideQt
Tho international NnNl1eticr Company " New
Jersey has for ns officers clement \ Griscon.
President. Emerson T. PurVln. secretary, James
Swar'r treasurer. and element \ Gr'scom. VIII
lam "a Barnes. Alexander J Casaat'. Hcufamn
brewster Henry ~ Housfou Henry lI Rogers
nnl William J S.wen directors. Tho main Office
Of che COMPANY ls ~ 40. bowling Green. ana the
company I.or IS 50. r. North River.
THE IRRAwADpYs MisHAP.
Few steamships have ran ashore ON ~" Now
Jersey coast The last ono before the s. Paul %
stick hor nose into The sand thore was tho steam
ffrnrytIl. n southern trade