Evening journal., 1896-12-08
new STEAM PILOT BOAT.
WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE NEW AS
SOclATlON'S VESSEL
SHE WILL BE THE STRONGEST
VESSEL OF HER SIZE EVER
BUILT AND WILL MAKE SIX
TEEN MILES AN HOUR.

BUILT AND WILL MAKE SIX
TEEN MILES AN HOUR
Work has already begun on the new
steam pilot boat which is to be used
by the Delaware River and Bay Pilots
Association. The boat will be possi-
bly, the strongest, for her size, ever
built and she will be capable of run
ming sixteen statute miles an hour.
She is to be used not only to convey
pilots while on cruise. but to render
assistance to vessels that may be
ashore, or on fire, or leaking.
When this steam pilot boat goes into
service, two of the present sail-bOats
will work in conjunction with her, One
sail-bOat will be stationed at the Della
ware Breakwater to receive pilots from
vessels that are outward bound. and
will also supply pilots to vessels that
have come that far in from sea with
out having already taken on a pilot.
The other sail-bOat is to cruise far to
sea, and the space between her grounds
and the Breakwater will be patrolled
by the steam boat 1t was the inten-
ton to have four of the present eight
sail-boats in the service but there are
now only three, one the J. Henry Ed
munds, being withdrawn because the
new association would not pay the fig
ure the owners asked for her. If the
ice is heavy at the capes this Winter a
steam boat will. as usual. be chartered,
as the new steam boat will not be
ready until Spring. The three boats
in service now are the w. w. Ker,
Thomas r. Bayard and e. w. Tunnel.
and those now laid up, besides the Ed
munds, are the Il. G., Knight. John G..
Whilldin, Henry Cope and Thomas
Howard. The Ker. Knight, Edmunds
and John G.. Whilldin belonged to the
Pennsylvania association, while the
other four belong to the Delawareans.
/ The four sail-boats that were chosen
/ for the service at the capes were of the
most recent build. the Edmunds hav-
ing been launched in 1898.
; The new pilot boat is to be con-
structed of a soft mild Steel yielding
and elastic. of a higher grade than is
used by the English Lloyds. Her cost
/ is to be $500 The length of the
/ vessel is to be 1875 feet; breadth OF
/ beam. % feet and moulded depth of
| hold, 14.6 feet She will be propelled
/ by a single screw.
The engine will be a compound sur
/ face condensing one with two cylin-
ders 20xl0 inches. having a 2S-inch
/ stroke and specially designed for
/ heavy service and rough weather. It is
tC be constructed SO as TO do heavier
work than any ether engine of its size
The vessel will have a large stee
Scotch boiler. designed to steam freely
with a natural draught, and to with
stand a pressure of % pounds of steam
to the square inch. Before the boat
goes into service. however. the boiler
will be tested up to 1875 pounds Of
steam. There will be an auxiliary
boiler in the fire room to supply the
water pumps and heating apparatus
The boat will have a large wreclIini
FIRE pump, with a capacity of 1000 gal
Ions a minute, with a suction hose OF
each side of the steel deck house. Their
will be four lines of fire hose. It vii
also have an independent feed puml
and an independent circulating pump
with capacity of | 200 gallons min
ute. She will have a complete equip
ment of life boats life buoys and lif
preservers.
Electricity viii be used for ell man
ner Of lights on the vessel. She viii
have a multi-pClar dynamo, which viii
be directly connected with the engine
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viii be on top of the pilot house, whicl
, will be controlled from the interior o
! the house. 1t will throw a ray of ligh
that will be seen for ten miles al
> around the horizon A long-burninl
, arc incandescent flash light will b
placed high On the foremast, which
I to he used as a signalling light, an
! will have a 1,000-candle power. Their
, Will be about seventy incandescen
I LAMPS The side lights will also b
electric. The inoandescent lights Wi
Z be on the relay system. The steerin
D gear will be controlled by steam bu
r all signals to the engineer. as how I
I direct the boat, will be given by eleC
! trio buttons
g The pilot house will be equipped wit
r the best modern makes of compassel
I harcmeters. thermometers. quadranti
sextants. marine glasses and the lates
photographic charts. The cabin, whic
is to be finished in plain white ename
with hardwood trimmings. raised par
/ els and carved pilasters and cornicei
a No name has yet been selected for tn
y boat