The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-25

afterward proceeded to Charleston with
the Colfax. She left Charleston Thursday
night coming through the inland route
and arrived at Tybee yesterday at noon.
The officers say that the steamer is
good sea boat and acted much better than
they had expected she would in a storm.
On her trial trip she made fourteen knots
an hour and her ordinary speed is from
nine to ten knots.
When the news of the arrival of the Ty-
bee was teleDhOned from the signal sta
ton at 1ybee, crowd of people gathered
along the wharves to see her come up the
river. The Revenue launch Discover,
steamed down the river to meet her, hav-
ing on board. Capt T. II. Laird and sever
al OF the custom house officials.
The meeting was near Fort Oglethorpe.
The Tybee slowed down and the party
from the Discover boarded her. As the city
was approached every steamer in the port
saluted the new conner, and flags were dis
played from a number of vessels. She
steamed uD to the foot of West Broad
street. where she exchanged salutes with
the revenue cutter Boutwell,, and then
landed at city exchange dock. The officers
Immediately reported their arrival to Col
lector of Customs Beclkwith.
No definite orders have been received
here instructing the officers when the Ty-
bee Is to go in service. The treasury de-
partment has been notified of her arrival
and 1t is expected she will be ordered in
commission in day or two. 1t is under
stood that the Discover, which has been
USED Tor lWenty-elRnl years, Principally
at this port for the use of the boarding Of
fcer, will be sold by the government.
The new steamer which Is TO take the
place of the Discover, was built by Dia-
logue a. Co of Camden, N j. She was
specially designed and constructed for
the service in which she will enter at this
port. She it a staunch little craft and will
answer the purpose for which she is In
tended admirably. She is sixty-seven feet
long over ALL and sixty feet between per-
pendiculans. The breadth of her beam is
eleven feet and depth of hold seven fees
one and one-half inches. Her mean
draught, with five tons of coal in the
bunkers, is four feet ten and one-halr
inches. The hull is constructed of open
hearth steel.
The pilot house is built entirely of wood
1t is six feet six inches in the clear
from deck to deck at the sides. The for
ward corner posts are of fine grained yei-
low pine. The lining under the windows
is of topgued, grooved and beaded black
walnut. The outside of the pilot house is
finished with panel work.
The cabin is six by nine feet. 1t is hand
somely finished in panel work. The seats
are upholstered with cushions, four inches
| thick, made of hair and corduroy. The
wash-room and closet are at the stern,
| back of the cabin.
The engine room is neatly filed up for
| the convenience of the engineer. There
! are heating pipes in the cabin and pilot
| house. A water tank with capacity of
| 100 gallons is placed in the forward hold.
The propelling engine is a vertical, in
Verted cylinder, direct acting compound
| type with high pressure cylinder of ~
| inches diameter a low pressure of Is inch
es diameter and stroke of 10 inches. The
| engines make 300 revolutions with a steam
/ pressure of 200 pounds. The high pres
| sure cylinder is forward and the low
pressure aft. There are all the latest con-
Veniences and appliances connected with
| the engines. She has a Roberts water
| tank boiler of the very latest pattern.
| She is painted white over everything
| above the water and makes a handsome
| appearance.
| Lieut.. Edmonds and Cadet Hamlet who
/ i -. t.s.. VDaTa
| have been ordered to return to the reve-
| nue. cutter Crawford, stationed at Balti-
| more. They will leave to-day at noon via
| the Atlantic Coast Line.
Chief Engineer Charles H. Foote was
| first assistant engineer when he embark
| ed on the Iybee at Baltimore, but re-
| ceiVed his promotion while on the vow
main here in charge of the steamer, but
| ii is now unotflcially reported that he will
] be ordered to San Francisco when he viii
| join the Berng sea fleet, which sails for
| Alaska In the spring. He will remain
| here, however, until relieved
MIR. Foote is well known in Savannah.
| having been stationed here on the reve-
nue. cutter Boutwell, seventeen years ago.
He was also on the Morrell at Charles
ton four years ago.
1t is surmised by the custom house
officials that First Assistant Engineer
George b. Maher will be detailed to take
charge of the Tybee, as he is expected
young gentlemen with many personal
friends in Savannah. He was on the
Boutwell, some years ago and is an ef-
fcient officer.
The appointment of pilot and engineers
on the Tybee has not yet been made.