New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

PLENTY OF WORK ALL WINTER AROUND
THE IIG DRYDOCKs.
OCEAN LINERS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPAIRED
BUILDING A sTEAM YACHT.

OCEAN LINERS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPAIRED
BUILDING A sTEAM YACHT.
Not since the building Of Trenor L. Parks anx-
iary steam yacht Sultana has there been such
busy winter at the Erie Basin as this one Tnere
has been unusually large number OF wrecked
vessels undergoing repairs OF an extensive chai-
acter The repairing OF the Prince Line steamer
Asturian was extremely expensive piece OF WORK.
She was wrecked Off Sable Island and has obtained
an American register as the Mattewdn having peeh
purchased for r. Hogan G. Sons Manhanset Inc
The wrecked steamer Nerto has also obtained an
American register. She has been rechr'stened the
Miami and placed the same line. The British
steel clipper ship Carnehill. burned of Anity-st.
last fall also flies the stars and Stripes, and IS
called the Charles &. Flint, after the head OF her
firm OF owners. Besides these vessels repa-Teu
al the Erie Basin drydocks, there were the Puritan
and several other jobs that entaled the employ
ment of hundreds of workmen. At present the
ocean liner Werkendam occupies the big DOCK ana
will continue to for days to come The wilson
liner Otranto, wrecked Fire Island, has been
surveyed The stern frame aud most CT the stern
was carried away but nothing has been done to her
so far.
c. D. Bordens big new steam yacht is being nm
ished so rapidly that she Will probably be ready
Hr Vees Of y hsr a Glass oa and
size the ysan and one OF % excepon of the
Stern I" Her r'' general dimensions are Length go
feet inches; water-ine 2i2 feet; depth. lS feet;
beam. Is feet. The frames. reverse bars. susse,S'
beams and plates are of the finest Homestead open
hearth steel. tested to high degree or tensile
strength The staterooms VII be fitted In various
hued fine woods, including mahogany cnerfy' mape
and hardwood -
The designer is J. Beaver Webb the lines were ere
laid down by the veteran Greenpon puilaer' lex, en
Alderman John Connolly, and the engines ana Doll
ers being built by Fletcher & Co. Of HoDoss e.,
horse power The ripe-expans:on engines nave cyl
nders OF fifteen twenty-five ard thirty-four lncnes
respectively, with twcnty-fou inch stroke She is
expected develop a speed of eighteen KNOTS an
hour. as the specifications call for.
The yacht Will be fitted with twin manganese
bronze propeliers, placed little abaft OF the
other In orde to give these free play, the rudder
frame will not connected by shoe with the keel.
80 that the water beneath the screws will be abso-
lutey free. No other yacht Is known to be con.
sructed In this way which also tends TO couneract
the dangerous gavan.c action set up by bronze
twin propeers In all vessels. which soon eats away
the struts and other parts close TO the screws Inc
white pine for the decks IL already pied up IN the
yard The vessel will be fitted with two pole masts,
but will not carry any canvas. $50
1t Is more than likely that steel shipbuildnS
will be carried regularly In the Erie Basin now.
as indicated by the large and expensive shiphouse
erected there this winter AS IL is. the season has
been an unusually good for the hundreds OF
shipntters boermakers. machiniss and helpers
that work around the Erie Basin drydocks